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Ladies, tears will get you anything you want from a man

Crying to get your way with a man is ridiculously simple and efficient [Photo: Shutterstock]

Ladies, are you even doing relationships rights if you have never turned on the waterworks to manipulate a man into doing what you want? A woman dissolving in tears is often perceived as weak and vulnerable but that is when she is most powerful.  The most effective weapon in a woman’s arsenal is her tears. Use it correctly and you can get a man to do damn near anything you want.

I’ll be the first one to admit that I am not above bursting into tears to get a man to do my bidding in a relationship. I am something of an expert at it too. I can cry on cue. My exes would be shocked to learn that some of my most heart-rending sobs were nothing but an act. I can put up an Oscar-worthy performance when the situation calls for it. Some call it manipulation. I call it subtle persuasion.

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