![]() Humor is the secret sauce to any lovefest. Every woman wants to be around the guy who makes her laugh. To Ben, making the best of a dour situation was the key to happiness and he seduced everyone with his contagious joie de vivre. Today, having extramarital affairs is frowned upon because you (hopefully) didn’t choose your partner based on her bank account or birthing hips. Considering that syphilis can turn your brain into a chewed up sponge, this is sage advice. there was a lot of “wenching.” (hookups)īen’s advice to men with “violent natural inclinations” (horniness) was to take an older mistress (see above) and NOT visit a prostitute. He belonged to a little boys’ club called The Hellfire Club, where let’s just say. Thus, Franklin became a big proponent of free love. There was only one way around this love/marriage conundrum - lots of affairs. ![]() (And obviously, some of the ladies were pretty miserable too.) So many unfortunate men got stuck with a wife whose only redeeming quality was an inheritance and a healthy pair of ovaries. It just wasn’t typically the impetus to get married. That’s not to say that husbands and wives did not marry lovers or grow to love each other. This was before the Romantics swept in with their quixotic notion of marrying for love. he was a bit of a player.īut before you judge his philandering, we must remember that men in Ben’s day were forced to marry for status, money, and with the sole purpose of fathering an heir. responsiblyīen wasn’t the most faithful guy to his wife, Deborah. “Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.” - Benjamin Franklin Ben’s Seduction Lesson #2: Pursue pleasure. You can have just as much pleasure with an unattractive woman as an attractive one. He is reminding his male compatriots that beauty melts like a burning candle. But when you take a beat, that is not what Ben is saying. His “just put a bag/basket over her head” advice is so misogynistic, it is downright comical. The feminist in me wants to bonk him over the head with a Gwyneth Paltrow Yoni Egg. And as in the dark, all cats are grey, the pleasure of corporal enjoyment with an old woman is at least equal. “So that covering all above with a basket, and regarding only what is below the girdle, it is impossible of two women to know an old from a young one. Since nurturing and cleanliness are not age-related, that advice isn’t entirely helpful.īut number 5 on his love advice listicle should be heeded. In one famous listicle known as “Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress,” Ben gave eight reasons why a gentleman should find himself a ripe, old gal instead of a young mistress.īen believed an older woman was preferable because she will “take care of you when you’re sick” and is “cleaner” than a prostitute. or a basketĪs the avuncular relationship coach of his day, Ben wrote letters to his friends, advising them on how to seduce a quality woman. Ben’s Seduction Lesson #1: Find an older woman.
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