A lot of times women get with guys that they assume are good only to be blindsided when the supposed good guy breaks their heart. Many women mistake decency and good manners as the traits of a “nice guy”. In reality a man’s actions can mislead you, the true sign of a man’s heart lies within his speech. You have to listen. Men are honest to a fault (unless you have one of those rare guys that lies non-stop). If you can get him talking he will tell you his intent, long-range plans and past transgressions. This isn’t to say that you should ignore his actions completely. If you listen to a man and he says something then executes it – you have to realize that you are dealing with a solid man. However, if you meet a man who says one thing and then does another, then you should be prepared for disappointment. What… [Read more]

In the past I’ve talked about a person’s aura having a lot to do with intimidation. Well beyond walking, your presence has to be one of bravado, I like to call it the Panther presence. When I find myself walking into a building or plaza, I mentally assume ownership of everything there. It becomes my metropolis and it’s people become my people. This allows me to take it all in at a glance and it leads me to walk briskly as if I own the place. A good example of this stride can be seen through Bill “The Butcher” Cutting on Gangs of New York or Ari Gold from HBO’s Entourage. Both these men don’t stroll, they walk like business is meant to be handled! When you walk this way people want to get out of your way and on observation they tend to assume that you’re a big deal. Put a little smile on… [Read more]

1. Culture Intelligent women are pretty awesome but a woman that is worldly and knows a lot of little useless facts can make for a great conversationalist. I went out on a date once with standard cool girl and outside of what we were eating I could not vibe with her on any topics. Music – she was only hip to what was on the radio, books – she didn’t do them, travelling? Making trips to and fro from work was about it and anything that was foreign or different, forget about it. Some people don’t know anything outside of their current city, what was taught to them in High School and what they see on television. If you are a man that travels, reads and actually studies, you may not do well with hooking up with a woman like this. If a woman has closed her mind to learning and broadening her horizons then you… [Read more]

Compliments are generally a good idea especially when you are sincere.  For men in relationships, flattery is important because when the woman gets a new hairstyle she is going to want to know what you think about it.  But even before that she will want you to notice it without her prompting you that something changed about her appearance. In many cases many men won’t care either way, but letting her know you’ve noticed is an art form. The Art of Compliments: The first thing you must do is to take into account the woman’s appearance.  Make sure you don’t generalize it with something stupid like “you’re hot” or “Damn baby you got a lot back there”- those type of statements aren’t going to get you far with most women. Pick something specific about her, like her hair, or how her outfit looks because that will let her know that you took the time to… [Read more]

“hey baby, hey baby, damn shawty you fine! Hey red! Come here!” – Editor’s note: Some women respond to this. Here on the Hall we refer to them as birds! There are certain things that men will do that will not vibe with others but they will continue to do it with some fools notion that it is part of the man code. One of the most annoying examples of this is when a man sees a woman by the side of the road and he decides to pursue her by slowly driving or parking in the middle of the street. This happens a lot in the hood and on college campuses where a dude will hold up traffic in order to try and talk to a woman despite whether or not she’s giving him positive feedback. What makes it annoying is he will look back at you – another male – with that look… [Read more]

Yes broke men can find love just as fast as men with money can. The problem with this question however is that it is asking something that is different from the asker’s true intent. The full question is “can a broke man find love with any woman that he deems attractive and irresistible?” Which of course is a big fat NO, not even a good looking rich guy has that privilege. The fact of the matter is that most guys who do find love are broke. The rich ones may find “love” from more attractive worldly babes but the trust may be sacrificed for the money. A broke man knows that all he has is his wit and charm to work with, while a newly rich man will lean on his money. Wit and charm locks women in like super glue while money gets old once she has gotten past her “queen for a day”… [Read more]

While to more intelligent women the title of this article seems like common sense, it will surprise you to know that many women actually believe that men lack feelings. Recently a popular blog I follow ran a poll asking its female readers whether or not they believed that men had feelings and emotions. When the results came back, it was heavily in favor of us lacking. The fact that women believe that we have no feelings explains alot about the manner in which we are treated on dates, in relationships and in everyday life. A woman will disrespect you on a date and keep the conversation coming right after without even missing a breath. A woman thinks that she gets a pass to do foul things to a man and have it be forgiven when she tries to get back with him after the split, all because she believes that he will get over it…. [Read more]

When men breakup, they take it the hardest. Women? We a) Cry b) Cry with our friends and c) Cry with ice cream on the phone to our mothers, friends, sisters and any other female within a 5 mile radius… The beautician, the hairdresser – everyone. No one looks at a woman weird for crying. If she tears up, at the end of the day she’ll say that she’s a woman to get out of it and no man will ever question her. Put a MAN in the same mix and dear God, his heart might be in shreds but because of social conditioning he FORCES himself NOT to cry. He is a man and crying is “weak”, its a woman’s thing and he cannot be eaten alive by all the other guys that are not crying out there. I cannot imagine as a female the pain that men endure deep within when something hurts them. I… [Read more]