How I got him to ....(Man Manual)

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... screen his calls

"My man used to answer every phone call he got, whether or not he wanted to talk to the person on the other end. It ended up wasting a lot of time when we were together. So I set his favorite tune--"Reptilia," by the Strokes--as his ring tone. He enjoys hearing it so much that he only interrupts the song to pick up the phone when he really wants to speak to the person who is calling."--Leela, 34

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... understand what love is

'When I first started dating my guy, he moved really quickly and said the L word two weeks into our relationship, which freaked me out. I didn't think he actually knew what the word meant, and I didn't say it back. To help him understand, I began asking him questions about his feelings for me in passing--like whether he felt he could tell me his darkest secret or if he was ready to focus all his attention on one girl. After a few weeks, he confessed that he'd rushed into saying he loved me. Seven months later, he revealed something about his past that he'd never shared with anyone else and then told me he loved me. I could tell by the way he said it that he meant it this time."--Jocelyn, 21

... stop flirting with other women.