"A Guy's Guide" by Roberto Chavez

Life’s greatest treasure is finding your one true love. So how do you begin on finding your second-heart? How will you take care of her once you found her? How will you make your soul mate feel like she is your only princess? Speaking for all the men, I will part valuable knowledge that I hope every guy will know. (If you are a guy that’s reading this, and if you are the type of guy that goes after gals for one reason and one reason only, I ask for you to please put down this paper, and walk away. This paper is only for the few good guys that still remain.)

For the single young men out there who believe that they’re going to die all alone in this world, take a second to realize that there is someone for everyone! Finding your true love begins with the first conversation. When you approach a gal, gather up all your confidence and kill all of your shyness, and let her know that you’re one of a kind. Instead of following someone else’s footsteps by saying “Hel…hello…um...what’s your name?” take a sweet but serious approach. Start off by saying a compliment. Avoid complimenting her about her hair or the shoes she’s wearing but rather compliment her on how pretty she’s looking today. Make eye contact and keep your composure. Let her know that you are true, honest man who is looking for someone to lean on. You’re looking for a close friend. That’s all. Remember, the golden thread that ties two hearts together is friendship.

Once you’re best of friends, increase your volume of togetherness. Think one of a kind. Provide her with compliments that will have a reply of “aw how cute”. Create lovely poems to her every once in a while. If you thinking of giving her a gift, give her a hand-made present. By giving her a hand-made present, such as a paper rose (origami), you’re folding in a message about how you are putting effort into the relationship. Keeping in mind one of a kind, think about how to ask your long awaited question, “Will you go out with me?” That, my friend, is all up to you. Best of luck.

Married men, I congratulate you for finding life’s greatest treasure but all can change in an instance. Never forget that. Men, in order to please your wife, you must first think like a wife. What kind of things would you like? What would please you? Answer those questions, and then do them for your wife. If it means providing her company to the beauty salon, you better make plans on going. When she asks for the simplest things, like taking out the trash, do it with a smile, even though you would like nothing better than to grunt and mumble under your breath. When you walking in public hand-in-hand, keep your eyes where they belong. If you see a super-model running down the street naked, look at nothing but the ground.

Following this guide is not full-proof; it has its own flaws. Remember, every gal is different. On the contrary, this guide is to help you create ideas on how to find and/or keep your treasure. For the single and for the married, I leave you with this; the journey will be rough, you will have your ups and downs, but like a best friend once told me, “Everything happens for a reason.”