How to Trap Your Man into Marriage
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Trapping a man into marriage is very difficult to do. Back in the day, men were a more responsible breed when it came to taking care of their babies. Women who were intent on getting a man to marry her without benefit of birth control would produce a child out of the passion of the moment. Out of responsibility and intent on trying to make an "honest woman" out of the mother, the man would promptly marry her. That occurrence was really what they call the "old days." Also in the days of "old skool" the woman wanted desperately to get married before the age of 21 for fear of being called an old maid. The signs of the times was to get married have really have changed.
Women now are waiting until their thirties and forties to get married. Some women are even waiting until they reach their forties to have children let alone having children before the age of 21. There was also a time when the woman did not want her child to be born out of wedlock.
Now having a child before marriage is about status quo among American's teens. There is now a popular term called momma's baby's Daddy and a movie has been made about the incidence of having a baby before marriage and naming the unwed man as the father. There are plenty of this genre of women struggling to make ends meet while the father is busy adding to his family without the benefit of a marriage license.
To write how to trap a man into marriage is difficult to write because of the phenomenon that is happening as this article is being written. There are kids in the world looking up to their mothers to be fed because there is not a man in the family to take care of them. But that is another story.
To trap a man is to play the periennial game of hard to get. The game still works and men will always wants someone who they can not have. It is just in their psyche to hunt until they catch their prey. However, the games gets old after a while and the woman will eventually give in to her captor. But that is the name of the game. Put yourself out there with all of the trappings that men are attracted to and then tell them you can look but you had better not touch. You can look but you had better not touch is another flirty game that women play to trap a man. The success of such moves still remains to be seen except during the teenage years.
To trap a man into marriage is difficult because of the promiscuity in society today. Society is liberal in its implications of sex before marriage so a woman can not trap a man with sex as easily. In most movies which job is to reflect real life situations, there are liasons in the bedroom within the first few minutes of the movie without the benefit of a wedding ceremony.
The two games mentioned, playing hard to get and you can look but you had better not touch can be played to get the man interested. Getting him to give up the promiscuity that is prevelant in society today and choose one partner is going to be more difficult.
The better way to trap a man is to leave the trappings to each individual situation. Get to know who you are as a person and then widen your horizons. If you know yourself to the hilt then go where the men are and make yourself available. No one is going to come riding on a white horse in the knight attire and sweep you off of your feet while you are looking at American Idol.
You have to trap a men by going where they are assembled; be it the church or a club, whatever is your preference. With the current divorce rate and the ease with which society accepts cohabitation without marriage, trapping a man into marriage is going to be a lot different and even more difficult in today's world. How can you trap a man into marriage when the institution of marriage is no longer as solid as it use to be in America? People are accepting the other alternative of just living together thinking that marriage may end in divorce based on the odds.
Back in the day, living together or "shacking up" was something that was not good. Now the phrase shacking up is synomous with living together or partnering together and is acceptable in today's society.
Who in America said that freedom was not free. As the country becomes more liberal, the institution of marriage seems to fade. Trapping a man into marriage becomes about as easy as trapping a mouse when the mouse already has got the cheese.
Time has changed and now women are not trying to hook or trap a man with the birth of a child. More often than not, these type of "Shotgun Weddings" have resulted in divorces. The many marriages where a man was trapped into marriage may be coming to a head. Women are much more independent and feel that having a man in their lives is not a desperate issue when babies can be born in the labortories and Vermont has just passed same sex marriages.
Trapping a man has changed and more often than not the decision to go after a man at all is totally up to the individual woman. It is ultimately her individual decision whether she wants to trap or to be trapped.
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Marriage is a fine Institution...if you like to be institutionalized.
hahahaha I agree totally Blue! Thanks God I escaped from that institution!
I should be institutionalized and have the key thrown away...I've been married more than a few times
R. Blue, thank you for you comment. Maybe the next one will be the charm. Don't give up on love.
Cindy, come on. It's the relationship we are talking about here. We are not quitters here, right?
Linda,
Despite the changing times I have discovered a very easy way to trap a man. First you buy a keg, strip off naked, (don't worry how you might look, they are men after all, it isn't going to matter, you're naked remember?) Tune the raido to a sports broadcast, (not tv, too much compitition you are only a naked woman after all) Tell them that you will not have sex with them till after you are married, but that if he will agree, for his wedding present you will bring your best looking girlfriend along to help consimate the marriage.
Once the cerimony is over, all bets are off, you got him! That is the easy part. It is the keeping part that challenges even the best of women.
On the seriouse side (I try it is just SO hard!) It is only very recent and still small, but I see the young kids starting to revert a bit to a better more moral way of life. You have to look hard, but it is happening. I heard on TV the most popular video game this year is NONviolent! WOW huh? I just think that is the greatest thing I ever heard.
I walked into wal mart the other day and the first three racks (prominantley displayed at the top selling location in the entire store) were all shirts with peace, love the earth, love each other type sayings. I wanted to dance! We can do this! We can bring back a kinder gentler and much more RESPONSIBLE way of life! I just know it!
Just recently I have heard story after story about a young men stepping up to the plate and acting like REAL men.
Thanks for the fantastic topic. I bet we could talk about this forever!
R. Blue,
I have a nice soft room just waiting for you. ( I did say soft not padded right? Don't want you catching on!)
Cindy,
If you change your mind, I have more sure fired traps we can use! LOL LOL
Cindyvine, thank you for your comment. You put me out there but is always do my homework assignment. Knowing that you made the request, I should have know that you were not serious. Anyway, the article received a lot of comments and the article ended giving the reader a choice, to trap or to be trapped.
R. Blue, thank you for your comment. I agree that marriage is an institution and that is a fact. As you said it is up to you whether you want to be institutionized or trapped in keeping with the topic of the article.
Great comment 1964Human, and thank you for the excellent man trap; nakedness, sports and an additional partner, eh? It is all Cindy's fault for asking for an answer to her question of how to trap a man.
I am almost tempted to change to subject to institutionization but I doubt if i would receive as much of a response.
LOL, and soon as he finds out you denutted him into marrying you he will just cheat on you with a younger prettier woman, but you married him for the money right? otherwise you wouldnt have to trap him he would just love you and do it for the right reasons. just remember that there are a lotta golddiggers looking for men with wives who demasculate their trophies and play hard to get a few too many times. The men go to the ho cause they cant be a man with a bullwife in the stable.
memeandmoreme, thank you for your comment. Lots of generalizations but the article was more for fun and each situation is different. Sometimes the other woman is not a "ho" but may seriously think that she has a chance. The odds are against the other woman, however, because the man invaribly goes back to his wife. Hmmm, there can be something to trapping a man into marriage.
What is wrong with living together? Why do you need to marry at all? If you love each other, and have the legal part sorted, why bother? Only for a nice dress and losing money? Living together without being married, or having children without being married is perfectly fine. As long as you love each other. And it doesn't only give the man an easy way out if he wants to, but the woman too. And why would you want to trap a man? That can't be a good base for a happy marriage... At least not in my book.
Nienke, thank you for your comment. As you can read from the last paragraph of "How to Trap a Man Into Marriage," there is an admission that mirror your sentiment.
"Trapping a man has changed and more often than not the decision to go after a man at all is totally up to the individual woman. It is ultimately her individual decision whether she wants to trap or to be trapped."
Your response is greatly appreciated but personally, I like the old school way of having a man own up to his responsibilty especially if children is involved with a marriage certificate. Think of it as an insurance policy for everyday living and the events that are uncontrollable and when you may need protection. Love can endure or Love can fade.
Personally, I find it abhorring that a woman would think of marriage with such a motive in mind. It turns a man off "if" he discerns a woman's desperation. I would even gain respect for a woman if she admits that she's becoming desperate rather than hide it and I having learned that she's not being honest. Best if she's not desperate at all.
My suggestions to lure a man (or women) into marriage:
1. Honesty
2. Romance
3. Empathy
I don't even recommend the hard-to-get tactic. Sometimes I can discern when women try it and it leads me to think that its mostly to have an illusion of value bringing them further down. If you are able to fool him once, later in marriage he'll wake up. I don't think it's good that parents are not in love with each other and are just "staying in a marriage".
Edward, How to Trap a Man into Marriage was my answer to a post from the Hubpage Forum. Realistically, however some women do use the tactics mentioned to get a man. Your passionate response is much appreciated and the values that you deem necessary to lure a man is excellent. However, you have to first get his attention before you can show him that you have honesty, romance and empathy, so the question would not have been asnwered, How to Trap a Man into Marriage. You essentially are saying that once you have a relationship, then these qualities would have to stand out for you to stay.
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cindyvine says:
8 months ago
Hey Linda, thanks for answering my request! I thought it would be a good request to generate interesting discussion on here. Personally, I don't think it's good to try and trap anyone into marraige. I guess I'm a romantic that believes marriage should be all about love but I am cynical enough to know that that's not always the case in this crazy world of ours!