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Men Who Talk Too Much!!
Audio by Mimi Tanner

If He Badmouths Other Women to You....

Part 2 from a reader named "L" whose guy started out their relationship by going on about his failures with women!

Hi Mimi,

One of my biggest issues with this man was that after we had dated for about four months and started having some problems in our own relationship, he turned around and "overshared" about me with ANOTHER women on Match.com in the same way he complained about his previous girlfriend with ME! The man had a big mouth, and if a man bad-mouths other women, trust me when I tell you that he will eventually do the same thing to you. Beware of the "oversharer"!

Click here to go to GetYourManBack.comThis man was also extremely negative about other areas of his life and overshared those with me as well as his bad relationships with other women. He wanted me to feel sorry for him and enjoyed the sympathetic feelings he brought out in me. As I said before, I thought he was looking for a mommy or a shrink, and I'm a very nurturing woman, so I was the perfect mark for him. An email you wrote last year really summed him up for me in a nutshell when I read it. Here it is:  -- L.

Subject: You cannot 'make' him happy - by Mimi Tanner

Have you ever dated someone who was always depressed, no matter what you did?

Some people have a great deal invested in being down in the dumps all the time - and don't you dare try to change their mind.

For several months, I dated an art teacher. He had one particular hang-up - he did not like the holidays. He did not want to have anything to do with celebrating Christmas. Why? Because it depressed him.

So unfortunately, we happened to be dating at holiday time. I was not supposed to get him anything. We couldn't celebrate anything. It "depressed" him.

Some people do wallow in misery because they are more comfortable being miserable than being happy!

Another thing about some people like this - they like the alarmed, concerned attention it brings out in others!!

If you are in a relationship with one of these Joes, or Jills, I want you to know that you cannot make him or her happy!

Click here to go to GetYourManBack.comIn fact, your own happiness will be a constant reminder to him of how depressed he is - and intends to remain, thank you very much!!

So please do not spend your life trying to make someone happy who does not WANT to be happy - it's a little game some people play. It's a great way to get a lot of attention and nurturing!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Get Your Man Back by Bob Grant, LPC!


How do you deal with men like this?

Here is L.'s original email to me:

  Mimi, I was contacted by a guy on Match.com who is an "oversharer."  That's my term for men who talk too much about their relationships with other women, both past, and in this case, present. Below was his OPENING letter to me!
 
  I actually felt sorry for the guy and offered him my advice, and we struck up a friendship that led to a romance fraught with problems. I have this nurturing quality about me, and I'm sure a lot of other women do, too. I think he wanted a mommy or a shrink.
 
  Please warn other women not to get involved with an "oversharer"  as I did. I should have seen this as a red flag! I thought since he was sensitive and open about his emotions, that he would make a good mate. Boy was I ever wrong!
 
  -- L.


Audio play time:  2 minutes 57 seconds...

We've been discussing men who go on and on about their exes....  well, here's a doozy of a note that "L." got last year...

This note started out her relationship with him.  I'm going to read it to you in the audio and comment on it:

 Date received: March, 2007
 Subject: Hi
 Caught you looking! Lol.

Yes, I'm back on the market (sigh). I had a four-month  relationship that went kind of sour....I found out she was dating  three other men at the same time as me!! We weren't committed to  each other, but still, the idea of being one of four doesn't thrill me. And I just assume that someone with a profile on  match.com is totally available, not dating anyone. Boy was I  stupid. Well, are you having any luck?

Yikes, NO, no, no.  Have you ever received a note like that?  I have!  What do you say to these guys?  Not much! 

With love,
Mimi Tanner
Author of Calling Men - the Complete Guide to Calling and Emailing the Men You Date!  www.callingmen.com

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-- "Jennifer"

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From a reader:

Dear Mimi, Thank you so much for the mails. I love my book "The Women Adore." I was divorced many years ago. I see where I made so many mistakes. I am so happy to have the book. I feel that the
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It has helped me already to not make another mistake when I met
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I give all the credit to the book. Thank you so much. Please keep
the mails coming. -- "Bess"

She's talking about
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