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Understanding the alpha female

When a woman knows what she wants and goes after it resolutely, not waiting like a damsel in distress for a man to rescue her, she suffers less disappointments in love and in life, writes ALLAN OLINGO

She is aggressive, assertive and doesn’t make it easy for you to pick her up. She is on top of her dating game. She gives you a run for your money and makes you work overtime just to get her. But all this only makes her more appealing to men who are also frightened to date her.

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