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Q: Am I really being sexist for being a traditional type of girl (e.g. waiting for the guy to make the first move, propose, etc)? I don't think I am being sexist but in other men's eyes, I am.

A: Any guy who tells you that's sexist is a lazy bastard. Even though most men claim to want a woman to do all of the work ...

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Q: How do you feel about a girl giving you a rose?

A: Girls giving out roses, whether it be on The Bachelor or at the beginning of a basic movie date, is fantastic. Men are m...

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Q: My guy walks ahead of me a lot, especially when we get out of the car... rude? or just absentminded?

A: I'm gonna go with absentminded. I'm guessing he's not doing it on purpose, he just never learned the rules of social dec...

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Q: My boyfriend can cook and I can't. This just feels wrong. I mean, I love eating, I just couldn't make a decent meal to save my life. Is this a horrible girlfriend quality? How do I make up for this?

A: No, it's not a horrible girlfriend quality, and you don't have to make up for it. Maybe you've heard: this is 2011, not ...

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Q: Should I let my guy do things for me that I can do myself? Case in point, I got in trouble for changing my own oil...

A: Sounds like you have the kind of chap that believes in traditional gender roles. That might be a stretch as you only gav...

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Q: If a woman can't cook...is that a turn off? I mean, they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach...

A: I'm not sure, let me call 1952 and see what it thinks. It's the 21st century. Some women cook, some don't. Some men cook...

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Q: How do guys really feel about makeup?

A: We love that it works (when it does), and by and large, we have no interest whatsoever in how it works. I'm fairly certa...

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Q: I'm a woman moving in with six of my best guy friends. How do I survive?

A: Wow, that sounds like the tag line for the really awful spin-off Full House never got. I can't tell you for sure how to ...

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Q: Why do guys tune us out - do we sound like the adults on the Charlie Brown cartoons? Sometimes there's real info in there!

A: Sorry, did you say something?Hey, you knew that one was coming.Yes, some guys tend to tune out their wives and girlfrien...

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Q: Are guys really okay with girls asking them out? Is that a turn-on or do you think a girl should wait for the guy to make the first move?

A: I think it's a turn-on. But then, I get turned on by bra ads in the newspaper, so take it for what it's worth. Ok, not r...

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