Sunday, March 28, 2010

How I Spent my Weekend.....or What Men Really Want

When I was asked what I wanted to accomplish out of participating in Celebrating Men Satisfying Women the response came quickly. I wanted to stop disempowering men, learn what it means to be feminine, be more trusting and secure in my relationship, and understand why men do what they do. Admittedly, I was somewhat skeptical as I have taken a lot of courses and these issues had never been handled. Nevertheless, I had been hearing about the course for years. I had friends who took it whenit was still offered in Chicago. Then when it wasn’t, I had friends who flew to New York to participate. Furthermore, it seems now more people in my social circle have done it than those who haven’t. Every woman raves about it and I trust them so what do I have to lose. They have a money back guarantee and I have time on my hands.

Through the years, men have told me that a woman has everything to say about how a relationship goes. Really, I date strong men and they seem to want a say too? They would tell me, “men really want the women in their life to be happy.” Um, then why do they willingly keep doing things that they know will make me unhappy? They’d say, “Men are simple.” How simple can they be when I don’t understand why they do over half of what they do? They couldn’t answer my why questions? If men cannot answer my questions about men then why should I believe what they say? I will go to my faithful female friends, otherwise known as the coven. Men are clueless they would verify. He’s an asshole they would affirm. I wouldn’t put up with that shit they would announce. They would proceed tell me how they would address the situation, which I would act up. Things never ever ever turned out well. Fights and breakups often ensued.

So as more and more of my friends participated in this class they started to reiterate what men had been telling me for years. How could this be? Maybe I should check it out. So all things being right in the universe I registered for the class.

OMG! Why did I wait so long? If I had know what I was missing I would have flown from Chicago to New York YEARS ago. However, I think now is the perfect time for me to do this course. All my training and development not only added to, but also allowed for, me being ready for what this workshop taught. Out of my participation, I was able to pinpoint those ways of thinking, acting and being that had my relationships with men work and those that really really did not. I know that my unique skill set only made the experience richer.

What makes this program exceptional in that it is written by a woman and delivered by a woman. The only people who participate are women. The content is based on interviewing thousands upon thousands of men. The course is not an uniformed women talking about what they thing men want. It is relaying what men have said they want and how they think. My mind was blown by how men think, operate and relate to the world.

Throughout the class, I had about 100,000 moments when I understood why my life with men looked the way it did. Including the good, the bad and the ugly.

I will blog more about the specifics. I acquired everything I wanted and so so soooooo much more. Now it is possible for me is being satisfied with my relationships and not having to be in man-mode to produce a result.

So stay tuned. Men, I want to know from you what your thoughts are about this. What relationship advice can you give? What do you want women to know about men? Women who have done this program pipe in! Coven members, who have not, speak up too!

I love you all…

3 comments:

  1. Great weekend Alyssa! And so great that you were there too! I can see now all the ways in which I created the frustration in my life in relationships with men...sounds like bad news, but it is actually good news, because now I have the choice to choose to celebrate them instead!

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  2. Wonderful week-end of discovery, Ah-Ha's and Oh, that makes sooo much sense now!!!
    Men and women are clearly different, which I already have been painfully and synically aware of. This training has now illuminated, alligned and transformed my listening of, communicating and being with men. I am optomistic now of being in a relationship with a man. Before this week-end I have been guarded and fearful of being in another relationship. I could create the man of my dreams, but the real fear comes out of what will I do or be once he shows up? I confidently now know when he does, it will be better than "ok", it will be stellar, blissfull and it will be a workable relationship beyong my wildest dreams!!!

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  3. Well, there's our ideal sense of how men/women should be. I participated in the event Marjie Parrot created, "Men talking to women, Women Talking to Men" a little while ago.

    It was really a great event. Men and women got to share what they loved about being their own gender, what they liked about the other gender, and what frustrated them about the other gender. It was very comforting to know that both sides really wanted to relate openly and honestly with the other side.

    Men and women approach life from different perspectives. That won't change. Biology decides that. However, we all share the same human qualities of wanting to be loved, to be intimate, to have sex, and to be companions with each other.

    When the defenses and barriers come down, it's easy for us to relate as human beings to each other. I believe that is the heart and soul of relationships. Granting space for someone to be who she/he is, being a clearing for listening, and playing in the creation of a relationship, brings workability.

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