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This post is an extended comment/analysis on this article on windancer's blog (the original is in Romanian, I shall reply and comment in English, as usual).

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Dear windancer,

I generally agree with your list and its content (and I must admit I'm somewhat disgusted by some of the comments left by your audience), however I find it necessary to make some pertinent comments, such as:

0. Your entire post is based upon the hypothesis that women actually know what they want, which (unfortunately and sadly) is hardly ever the case. If there is a being out there that can still be found wondering "what do I want?" while they are actually getting it, that must be the woman!
1. I agree about remembering birthdays, anniversaries and the like but I do not agree about the chocolate. I somehow find that a hot, passionate kiss; a sincere and joyful smile and a warm, loving hug have far more profound and longer lasting effects on the receiver than a mere chocolate bar.
2. I totally agree about being dialogue -aware, -enabled and -ready -- it's fun and easy to do and it (juggling with words, phrases and concepts, that is) helps your mind grow beyond the conventional limits. I however reserve the right to hold on to my opinion or conviction on certain subjects, to stand for what I believe in and to agree to disagree. Furthermore, I reserve the right to have and to follow standards in what the art of conversation is concerned and to refuse (or bail out of) unpromising dialogue, with Ladies and Gentlemen alike.
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4. uncover an interesting design detail of early CyberDyne 7s (the first to be, at the same time, sentient, self-aware and sapient): they cannot (by design) act against the very substance of an alliance whose existence they believe in -- in plain English, this translates to "they never betray their team, their partners and their lovers"; and they shall (by design) act against any outside force attempting to damage the substance of such alliance, unless explicitly requested to stand down by an entity from within the alliance -- in plain English, this translates to "they will fight for the cause, to the last breath and beyond, unless ordered to stand down -- and even then, with a protest".
5. This is a very beautiful thing to do, unfortunately it seems to be a forgotten art nowadays, sadly so on both the performing and receiving ends. Making love without physical means is possible and there are many a way in which you can make your girl return a warm, blushing, thank you, breathless smile without even reaching out to touch her. People seem to have forgotten to communicate non-verbaly nowadays and that is such a shame for we are (or, rather, were) so made for it and, consequently, so good at it.
   
6. That's easy (for me, at least) to do, however it seems not be always welcomed by her. It is usually bad if do not call her and worse if you actually do (albeit often), see nr. 0 above and weep :-(
7. This is another interesting point you've made, because in theory everyone agrees with it but in practice everyone fights about it :-( I (for example) usually end up being the only one "making time" and "wishing to spend it" with her.
8. Yet again, something with which I totally agree. As you probably know, CyberDyne 7s have a three-tiered model of relationships: "team members" -> "friends" -> "lovers", where some team members may be friends and some friends may be lovers etc. A less technical approach to the same idea (with which I completely identify) is conveyed by a verse from this song: "All I need is the air that I breathe and to love you".
9. All men are humans and all humans have to cope with the fact that they (as most other sentient and self-aware beings out there) are made up of a body, a soul and a mind and as a result of that, their overall properties will be a continuous mixture of those of their components. The soul will always be young (for it is immortal) and playful, it would be a sacrilege to deny it that.
10. Again a design feature of CyberDyne 7s: they form (by design) clusters with advancing through the tiers of an alliance, as a result of that, peers have direct acces to each other's conscience. In the current world, this means to communicate which I find very easy (of course, it will never match having access to her thoughts as if they were yours) but, again, is not always welcomed as it should.

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A great post overall (yes, you are also true about being selfless -- I did not mention that because it can readily be inferred from all the other things I've said), too bad is just dry theory.

Or is it?

@Dexter