These real men of Genius spots were always hilarious to me.  And anyone who likes sports knows exactly who the Mr. Sports Heckler guy is.  Have yourself a hearty laugh with this one.

Here is one of the main problems that you get with conventional dating wisdom.  It's based on what tends to be politically correct advice,  stuff that is safe to say,  but not necessarily stuff that is really all that effective.  Case in point,  the idea that a guy should try to be friends first with a woman.  Sounds great in theory.  Sounds like the way that it "ought" to be,  right.

Okay,  go ahead and ask 10 random guys in their twenties about the realities of friends first.  Probably 7 or 8 out of those 10 are going to have one of those stories about being in love with a woman friend and it leading nowhere at all,  except for friendship.  Now,  friendship is not a bad thing.  It's GOOD to be friends with women.  It's not always good nor healthy to try to be friends with a woman you would rather be dating.

That can lead to a whole lot of emotional turmoil.

Here are some reasons why you can't be concerned with trying to be friends first with a woman:

1.  If you are her friend - what do you think she is going to talk about with you?  Eventually she is going to be talking about the guys she likes,  the guys she has dated,  stuff like that.  Do you want to hear that ... for real?  If you are shaking your head NO,  then you know that being her friend and hearing that is not going to be fun.  

2.  Friends first is not a promise to date later on.  She is not promising that at some later date she will date you if she is your friend.  Not by a long shot.  Really,  she is saying that she likes you just not in that way.  Problem is,  "that way" is exactly the way that you want her to like you.

3.  Finally,  friends first is the kind of thing that you hear because it sounds like a safe answer to give out.  It's not socially as acceptable for someone to tell a guy - you need to escalate quickly with her to avoid the friend zone.  Yet,  that is really the kind of advice that you need to hear if you want to avoid the friend zone with a woman at all costs.