Very true...on that note I better make a move soon ....i'd better show up for this meeting...dont want to be mean now do I?

Women definitely respond more and are more interested in a man who doesn't continually lick their arses, this is a proven fact. If that means being a bit "mean" sometimes then so be it. I definitely have more success when I act a bit of a twat as opposed to acting all nicey-nice all the time.

Well, I guess that's "too nice" to which you refer. As in "namby pamby". Let's face it, if a woman acts not-so-saccharin-sweet she uses pmt as an excuse to be bitchy/forgetful/thoughtless/selfish etc. A bloke cant really blame his hormones so well.
Men have the same emotional states as women, more or less, so I would expect a bloke to occasionally be grouchy/forgetful/arsey/all the above and more, I am so why shouldn't he be any different?
"Too nice" in my book means nambypamby, no personality of his own, easily led, no ideas/opinions of his own and I would require a sick bucket to be provided along with him to put up with that for too long!

Pah, I guess or own personalities win out in the end of any given situation. I started out being a bit bitchy to guys, which I have already said...and ended up - like Cinderalla at midnight - magically transforming back into my good-natured self.
I think some of you took my 'mean' statement a bit literally too - I didn't mean I was being a total drama queen with them, just not saying 'how high?' when they said 'jump'. I just found myself experimenting with the shoe on the other foot for a while, taking my heed from a few girlfriends who always seemed to 'wear the trousers' in a relationship. As it turned out, neither the shoe or the trousers fit quite right.
By the way..one of the guys I was sort of, but not quite seeing at that time is now my partner. So I guess being a bit conservative and not running to do thy bidding in the beginning gave him time to adjust to the culture shock that is, falling in love.

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love is not a game ! be yourself, but justbe stronger and don,t put up with the mean people, they just make our lives misserable. think about it,you are doing exactly the sameto your partner(s)what you didn,t like. i,m sure you are a nice person, stay that way. afterall,think why these people are attracted to you............not because your nice to them,but because theyare weak and probably desperate for their own reasons. good, luck, and remember,.......be nice but be strong. active max.

As much as I hate being treated meanly...it keeps women hooked. Tis utter madness!

Women should walk away rapidly from any fist that thinks its ok to treat them like shit. If you acquiesce, then the other party seizes the high ground and expects to stay there. They become controlling. Eventually the downtrodden sole decides to move on, or meets someone else and realises the grass is greener. Then the fireworks start. Domestic abuse, harassment etc. Not all men are abusive, but many are, 1 in 4 in fact.

Move on straight away and find someone who cares for you.

Here endeth thine lesson!

It's not a question of fists... More a question of mind meanness... Although some wrestling would be interesting. LOL

The whole things utter bollocks. I walked away from the only guy who treated me meanly fairly rapidly. Other than him I've only ever been with 'nice' guys. I don't mean saps either, just guys that treat me as I would want to be treated. Nobody has to put up with meanness, and nobody needs to behave meanly.
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Quite. Otherwise you end up on the Jeremy Kyle show.

it will work, in most situations, but you'll feel terrible and they'll snap at some point, and so, no more relationship. I

f all you want is to bully people then split up, then def treat em mean, they'll be keen as pie.

Unfortunetly here in the channel islands mean to keep 'em keen does seem to work.
A lot of people including my sister are in crappy relationships where they are bought to tears and made to feel like dirt.
I think it's something to do with being the alpha or some sort of superiority complex, the need to be in control. So you asert this control by treating your partner like dirt.
Unfortunetly I can't be mean even if I try, probable explains why I've been single for so long.