flogical Taxi Shoes “Female logic – not a thing” joked RC. I can’t remember what outlandish opinion I’d been touting. We’d just started dating and he quickly learned to not make such comments aloud. Smart guy. It’s OK if I say it though. Because I know that female logic is a thing. For instance… We were out at a friend’s birthday drinks recently and I was wearing jeans and a jumper. This lady walked in wearing a tight short dress and killer heels. She looked amazing – I immediately wished I’d taken the opportunity to trot out a party frock myself. It turned out she was a chiropractor. “I said I love your shoes – I can’t believe a chiropractor is wearing them!” She laughed “Oh I’m not going to walk in them. I got a cab here and I’m getting a cab home. Door to door. They’re taxi shoes.” “Taxi shoes!” said RC. A little lightbulb went on in his mind. Do you know why your girlfriend only wears jeans and flats (those boring shoes) when you go for Thai or catch up after work? Because it’s casual. Don’t say “duh” – bear with me. If you want her to wear the hot dress and the hot shoes you have to plan a date. You have to book the restaurant, tell her where you’re taking her and… pick her up. This is not because your lady is high maintenance. It’s because killer heels fricken kill – you know that, you’ve tried them on. The only way she’s going to wear them spontaneously is if she’s under 30, if she is single and she really, really wants to get laid, if she actually is high maintenance (e.g. works in marketing), or if it’s somebody’s wedding or 30th/40th/50th… even then at a pinch. Basically, if you are in a relationship, you know how tall your girlfriend is – the mystery is over. RC calls me Miniature or Mini. I constantly have a crick in my neck from looking up at him. I have to lay him down to talk to him properly. Anyway… you can imagine how delightful it is, if and when I step into a pair of stilettos. All I ask is to be carried to and from the restaurant, by cab, car, motorbike, manly arms or magic carpet. If the restaurant has not been booked – yes I will make excuses and suggest Thai, to get out of wearing the shoes. And what man wouldn’t leap at the chance of a low maintenance, low cost date. And so it goes on. Female logic = taxi shoes. And the thing about women is – not so deep down, we all LOVE, love, love to get dressed up. If you have doubts about this, peek into your girlfriend’s wardrobe and suss out the cute sparkly numbers in there. But it’s like you with ties, or shaving a two week growth. We need encouragement. If you want your woman to dress like there’s no tomorrow, create the environment. Book the restaurant, get a taxi, take her arm and walk slowly. If you build it, she will come. My pleasure. P.S. If all this sounds too hard or unnecessary, I guess you’re OK with the actual height of your wifey or GF – even if she is a very small person or you are a freakish giant who towers over tiny Thai waitresses. Tagged Dating advice for men Jul 27 Post navigation Blog at WordPress.com. Follow