Carlos Xuma's Dating Tips for Guys

Just watched the Blu-Ray version of “Starship Troopers” last night… A guilty pleasure of mine.

It’s worth it to re-watch, not just for the bug battles, but the totally believable character arc of Johnny Rico.

Witness him as he goes from being completely chumped by Denise Richards and eventually gets with the chick he should have been with. (But he didn’t want her because she wanted him. Crazy…)

Oh, the scene at the train station where Rico professes his love and BEGS Denise to reply is painful to watch…
I just love it when Rico says, “Diz, can’t we just be friends?”

But notice that throughout the movie, Diz doesn’t punk out and turn into the creepy stalker. She just stays in the game with him confidently until her opportunity comes along. She plays it pretty cool.

The jealousy and perfect placement of the guy-you-love-to-hate – Zander – is spot on, too. He’s cocky, confident, and a bit of a dick. Yep, he’s the “bad boy.”

Johnny wouldn’t have had a problem if he’d just pushed Denise into his arms at that football game instead of being a totally chumped and choded out jealous guy over everything. The perfect Alpha response to that situation would have been, “Hey, you two are a cute couple. I think you should date each other.” Then smile and go back to having his own fun at winning the game.

So many lessons, so much he could have avoided.

But you know what? I’ve been there, man.

And it sucks.

Until you know what it means to be the Alpha Man.

If you’ve seen this movie and know what I’m talking about here, give me an AMEN and post a comment on this blog…

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