The Rules...Part 1

I've been doing research. Through personal experience and other's good misfortune I have come up with some tried and true dating rules. After a few sticky notes and a few pages of blogs, polls, lists and experiences later, I think I have come up with some stuff. Now these are rules I need to remember. They may not work for everyone. Take them with a light heart and a good laugh because we all know, not matter how many rules we establish, guidelines we setup or exceptions we make, everything usually goes to hell in a hand basket all on its own...
So here goes...

He texts instead of calls or text more than he calls. If he's into you, he'll want to talk to you. Texting is not an easy form of communication, its a way to avoid communication.

He won't make future plans. He won't commit to anything ahead of time. I had a guy (fairly recently) tell me, "I'm bad at making plans." yeah, that's bullshit. If he wants to be with you, then he will make the time for you, instead of sitting around waiting on something better to come along. Which brings me to number 3...

He wants to hang at the last minute. Why do men think we are just sitting around waiting on them to call? This means one of two things... You were his last resort or he wants booty.

Oh my personal favorite...
He always finds a reason to blow you off. There's a laundry list of excuses for this one. As of late, the one that I am most impressed with, baby momma drama. Even better than the excuses is the straight blow off. Makes plans and then doesn't show up. Then he makes excuses the next time he contacts you. Classic stuff.

Let's say you are ahead of the game. He calls. He makes plans. But...what do you talk about?
If sex is the only thing he will talk about...guess what he's interested in.
Which leads into...sorta...

He should initiate 80% of the things you do together. SEX DOES NOT COUNT. Him coming over for a late/middle of the night booty call doesn't count as a date. I like it when they come over wanting sex and then can't stay because they are going out with friends or have other plans. Better yet, they call you after the leave the bar, party, or heaven forbid, another date. Girl, if he really liked you, you'd be going to these places with him.

No sleepovers = No relationship. I'm not saying this is the way it has to be early on. But if he's serious about you, he'll want to be intimate with you.

He's cagey with the cellphone/Facebook page. He never answers or texts or call. He has to be the one to contact you or he waits 5 hours to text or call you back. Gives excuses why he never answers the phone. He denies your friend request. He untags himself from pictures of the two of you or doesn't post pictures of the two of you.

He avoids introducing you to his friends or doesn't want to hang out with yours. If he doesn't want you to be around his friends, he doesn't want you.