Here’s the scenario: You've been single for a while and no matter how you try to woo the ladies, your suave pickup lines and quips bear no fruit. Then, one evening when your dignity has all but bottomed out, you make nice with a jaw-dropper and soon find yourself in a new relationship. Things progress beautifully, and as they do, you notice that you’re getting an abnormally high number of bicep-squeezes, do-me eyes and knee-slapping laughs from attractive women who aren’t yours to bring home. In an unlikely turn of events, it seems that your success with one woman has made you successful with all women. So what gives?
Like a moth to a flame, single women are drawn to a man in a relationship. It’s a fascinating coincidence -- one that is frustrating and unfair for the newly tied-down gentleman. Just when the gettin’s good, he’s not allowed to get. Nevertheless, the reasoning behind this phenomenon will help you be a better man, whether you’re single or taken.

It’s a funny thing about life, you would think that as you get older and wiser that life would become less complicated. Alas, it’s just not true.  And if you’re a single dad, you likely know this fact better than anyone.  You were, at one point, in love with your ex. You made beautiful children together. And somewhere along the way you and your ex fell out of love and left each other -- sort of. Unlike those heady years before you were a dad, when falling out of love simply meant moving on to the next woman, your ex isn’t going anywhere. Why? Well, it seems that you both have something very much in common -- you both infinitely love your children and do not want to be separated or removed from them.You’ve moved on and are dating other women. Now there’s your ex and your girlfriend(s) to work, deal and negotiate with -- however you want to put it. And as a newly single father, negotiate you will. Here are my musings on the topic.

You got dumped again, huh? We’d say “sorry about your luck” if we thought luck had anything to do with it. To be perfectly honest with you, however, the fact that you keep getting dumped over and over again is probably your fault. Sorry, pal. Now it’s time for some tough love.We know it’s easier to believe that all women everywhere are crazy: they don’t understand you, they don’t know what they want, etc. But isn’t it infinitely more likely that the cause of your frequent relationship failures is, in fact, you? Might it not be the case that you are the reason why you got dumped - again?It’s not that you’re a bad guy; it’s probably just that you are stuck in a cycle of bad decisions and bad behavior. See, certain kinds of relationship mistakes are self-reinforcing. For example, a man might get dumped because he’s too clingy, but getting dumped will only make him clingier in his next relationship, which gets him dumped again, and again, and again. It’s a vicious cycle.If you’re trying to figure out why you got dumped - again, read on and see if any of these guys sound at all like you.

You were always the small guy of the bunch. You were the one who was chosen last in the basketball lineup. You were the one who was afraid he wouldn't get a date for the high school prom.
However, just because your pants are shorter and you need to look up to most of those around you, doesn't mean that you should also have short expectations when it comes to dating and life.

What it means to be short
Besides, what do we mean by short? Anyone is short next to Yao Ming, Conan O'Brien and Peter Crouch, so they are no indication of the norm. Regular height for a man ranges between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-11, while "short" for men, according to clothing sizes, ranges between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-7. Now, even if you don't reach the average height, there's no reason to feel insecure or lacking in any way.

Even the heights of the "shorter" Ryan Seacrest, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Ronson, and Kanye West have nothing to do with their power or presence.

But in our prejudiced society, where certain norms and expectations rule, we all want to be part of the crowd, and even meet or exceed standards. Even Louis XIV wore five-inch high-heel shoes, which helped popularize the shoes no man today can grasp.