This is an insightful look at the U.S. dating culture. Or should I say "game"? Because everyone seems to be giving the LW strategic advice: "Be mysterious!" "Be aggressive!" "Slow down!" "Speed up!" This isn't a chess game! This is finding someone you're attracted to!

LW should relax a bit and stop analyzing what one should do on the first date or the 10th date. Stop talking about dates! Hang out, don't hang out. Go at a speed that's comfortable and stop overanalyzing. Furthermore: it shouldn't be held against her if she "gave it up" too soon. Yes, she should take necessary precautions, but she shouldn't be so wrapped up in what he may or may not think. One day she'll find the guy who likes her and her pace. And that's why patience is important.

On a side note: I'm 20 going on 21. All these "Do's and Don'ts" of dating are so contradictory and pretentious. It's kept me far away from the dating scene. It's like Chris Rock said, (I'll paraphrase): "When you go out on a date, you're not meeting the person, you're meeting their representative." When did things get so fake?

I've been watching almost religiously. I'm up at 6am to catch all 32 teams play at least once. However, this isn't about nationalism (I'm not rooting for the U.S. because well, they suck), this is about a sport I find exhilarating to watch, and the talents of players I highly admire. And yeah, there is eye-candy. You can't say I'm a chauvnist for drooling every time the camera zooms in on Zidane, can you?

I also don't believe this is a problem for the rest of the world. The fans in the stadiums are equally male and female. When I was in France watching the Europe cup, there were girls at the bar with their steak and frites dangling precariously from their forks everytime Theirry Henry got close to making a goal. We'd all scream "Aller! Aller! Aller!" or make collective sighs. Football is a fun sport to watch. And I intend of having fun, so don't call me between the hours of 6am and 2pm.

I don't know what bars you've been hopping, but the assholes really only get the women who just don't care. Having pub crawled across Europe, I can tell you a clean look and well executed compliment goes a LONG way. You don't need to pull a bunny out of a hat.

P.S. Saying that women LOVE assholes, is like saying women LOVE to be verbally abused. Which is bullshit.