There’s order in chaos!

Ever since I have started dating, I have learned a tough lesson: you ca never win an argument with a woman. Never! EVER!

For many years, I have put these failures on one common belief: women never use rational thinking when they are in a fight. They’re usually a rolling chaos that tumbles over you. Basically you can die hanging on to your arguments.

But then, last evening I came across something that put the entire issue into a new perspective. Apparently what I though it to be chaos is some kind of native erudition. Did you know that what seems chaos to us is actually Arthur Schopenhauer?

He wrote 38 ways to win an argument. Here are 17! Take a pen and just check all of them. It happened to you! it will happen again! trust me!

1 Carry your opponent’s proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. – been there

2 Use different meanings of your opponent’s words to refute his argument. – been there too

3 Ignore your opponent’s proposition, which was intended to refer to some particular thing. – sooo been there

4 Hide your conclusion from your opponent until the end. Mingle your premises here and there in your talk. – “what the fuck are you saying?” is the most common question that comes into a guy’s mind when he’s fighting with a woman…

5 Use your opponent’s beliefs against him. – every single time!!

6 State your proposition and show the truth of it by asking the opponent many questions. – and sometimes the questions repeat themselves…you know …just for fun.

7 Make your opponent angry. – you’ll be angry, and frustrated, and pissed off, and feel like hitting yourself with a hammer…

8 Use your opponent’s answers to your question to reach different or even opposite conclusions. - “Did you use what I gave you for your birthday?!” no…haven’t been in situations that requiered a kilt… “of course not! because you don’t love me!!”

9 Try to bluff your opponent. – “I know you talked with your ex!” yes I did… “WHAT?!! WHEN?!”

10 If you wish to advance a proposition that is difficult to prove, put it aside for the moment. – “honeeey…do you like this bra I bought?” (sounds familiar?! be alert!)

11 When your opponent puts forth a proposition, find it inconsistent with his or her other statements, beliefs, actions or lack of action. – “I promise I won’t do it again!” – “You said that before!”

12 If your opponent presses you with a counter-proof, you will often be able to save yourself by advancing some subtle distinction. “When I cheated on you it was different! You pushed me into it!”

13 If your opponent has taken up a line of argument that will end in your defeat, you must not allow him to carry it to its conclusion. – “THAT’S IT! I’M DONE! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THIS ANYMORE!” -usually that means she won…accept defeat. walk away…

14 If you find that you are being beaten, you can create a diversion–that is, you can suddenly begin to talk of something else, as though it had a bearing on the matter in dispute. - “Let’s not talk about it anymore. Kiss me!” – and to think that I used to believe that this meant I won…

15 Make an appeal to authority rather than reason. – “you should do it because I’m your girlfriend and I say so!”

16 You admit your opponent’s premises but deny the conclusion. “I lied to you, because I love you, not because I don’t…”

17 You may also puzzle and bewilder your opponent by mere bombast. “bla bla bla bla BLA BLA BLAAA!!”