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Ladies, know how to play the dating game

By NJOKI CHEGE February 19th, 2014 3 min read

The dating game is like a jungle. There’s the lion that catches the nicest, juiciest deer and then there are other carnivores that eat the leftovers.

Similarly, when a man enters the dating scene, he will look for the prettiest girl he can find.

I need not remind you that a great, well-dressed body is everything here.

A man will go for the fairest of them all. The head-turner, the bootylicious girl, to make his friends jealous. And guess what, men are not ashamed to admit this.

Embarrased

So it comes as a surprise to me when we – women- are embarrassed to say exactly what we want in a man.

I am not embarrassed, so I will say what women, no, what I look for in a man.

The most important thing is money. No romance without finance. No honey without money.

Call me a gold-digger if you like but if a man is entitled to select the prettiest girl, then I have the right to select the most baked guy I can find.

Every mother worth her eight hours of labour will tell her daughter that love does not put food on the table.

While men are good for the company, his primary role in a woman’s life is to be the provider. And provide big he must.

Ladies, if a man will date you for your looks and show you off to his buddies, then you have every right to quote high.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean that you become financially dependent on him; I mean, he must have a tidy sum set aside for you and the children if it ever goes that far.

Fall back on

Like I always say, every girl needs a couch, a man who is wealthy so that should everything fall apart in your life, you have someone to fall back on.

Forget the ‘Miss-Independent’ nonsense, a real man should be able to spend a fortune on you and not feel the pinch.

The second thing I look for in a man is networks. What’s a local rapper or artist who paints nude women going to help you with?

Ever heard the saying that goes; ‘Your networks determine your net worth’?

If you are not dating a man who plays golf on Tuesday afternoons with CEOs then you are doing badly.

If you are dating a man who is not ‘boyz’ with top litigators, then sit at a corner and take a lesson from a sister.

A man with powerful friends will not only expose you to the crème of society, but also connect you with the right people in your profession. Your man should know people!

Finally, a man with class. If you are dating a man who takes cheap vodka, then you need Jesus.

Date a man with decorum, someone you can show off to your friends, and who knows how to behave in the presence of your esteemed friends.

Date a loser

The same way men would never date a ratchet, so should you never, and I repeat, never date a loser.

Date a guy with self-respect, who doesn’t drink himself silly and starts to dance awkwardly. Date a man with an aura.

Of course there are those other boring but extremely important virtues we learnt in Sunday school like God fearing, kind, loving and, loyal, but if you are looking for a warm and friendly partner, then you might as well get a fluffy white puppy.

After all, mwanamme ni wallet, sura tutavumilia (A man is his wallet, not his looks).