The irony is that for a 1000-word whinefest, I'm really not complaining. We've all heard little tricks like that, and all know that any attempt by a "loser" to adopt those tactics is usually forced, and seen as even more desperate by those oh so perceptive females... at least until he is able to wear that facade convincingly.

The difference isn't a surface change, it's a core change that I think we all learn in time. Guys learn to act a certain way, and women learn to accept this act. If anything, I'm criticizing myself for letting something so shallow affect me.

But I appreciate the 40 year old virgin quote, even though, for the most part, my problem is not that I don't know how to be a dick. It's more that I don't have the patience to do the whole balancing act without calling bullshit on myself.