While a wingman is something no man should need, a wingman is something every man should be.
Wingman originated as a term for fighter pilots who assisted each other during wartime dogfights. Now, I am not saying that love is a battlefield in which women (or other men) are simultaneously the obstacles to and targets of our affections (metaphorical love bullets). I am just saying that Cupid was always happy to have another flying angel-baby help fire some arrows.
A wingman aids his fellow man in small ways. He shifts conversation to cast his fellow man in a favorable light or pays him a compliment when his hopeful to-be can hear.
He knows to avoid obviously displaying his wings and keeps his compliments subtle. Try something like, I have never had better sex than I have had with this man.
Men want each other to have success.
While they may occasionally find themselves competing for the affections of the same individual, they do so with sporting cause (see dueling glove and a flintlock pistol). However, they would far rather each have success with different targets. So they openly express their intent to their friends, in order to avoid interman conflict and enlist their support in the coming battle.
Wingmen serve two purposes.
Aside from the subtle assist, wingmen also fight cock-blocks.
While there are many kinds of cock-blocks, I focus on the My friend's not getting any if I'm not! girl, and the tool who is in the way - not to be confused with the very-impressive-man-who-clearly-outranks-me-and-I-should-go-to-another-part-of-the-room, or VIMWCOMAISGTAPOTR.
In the first instance, the wingman very plainly flirts with or distracts the friend, so that his fellow man has a fair opportunity to present himself to his hopeful.
This will require careful maneuvering, as typically the cock-block has a specific motive for acting this way. The man must identify her/his dilemma and counter it with manliness - always the right answer.
The tool requires a different approach. I recommend two waves of assault.
In the first, the wingman says something unflattering about the tool when he leaves to refill his drink. Try something subtle and decisive like, I have never had better sex than I have had with that man.
In the second, the wingman approaches the tool as a friend and whisks him away to some really exciting event in a different room, like a bean dip spread.
Men work as a quasi team of freelancers, assisting those with whom they compete.
Men: they work together but stand alone.
- Alex Bill is a sophomore studying psychology. Send him tales of your victories or losses on the battlefield of love at ab279708@ohiou.edu.
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