THREE: THE PLAYBOOK: HOW TO WIN THE GAME 9 Men Respect Standards—Get Some                   -You should also know that my wife has a set of standards that I have known about and respected from the first day I met her. -Men can’t accomplish this mission for you without your help; we can’t possibly begin to fathom what it is you women need and want because your needs and wants change from woman to woman like the wind does from city to city. Men are very simple, logical   people; if you tell us what you like and what you don’t like, we’ll do anything we can to make sure we live up to your expectations, particularly if we’re interested in forging a relationship with you. -Instead of saying you “can’t stand it” when a man shows up late, say something like, “Everybody is so busy these days— time sure is precious, isn’t it? I go out of my way to make sure that if I say I’m going to be somewhere at ...