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High-maintenance women. A reader actually asked, "Why don't you write a Top 10 Signs She Is Not High-Maintenance since all women are high-maintenance?" Funny stuff; the man does have a point, so I guess we will hit you with that one later. In the meantime, enjoy this one and discover whether or not you're dating a high-maintenance woman. 10. She's unfair She asks you to drive her somewhere, and you get yelled at for being stuck in traffic. You go for a walk, and she gets peeved because it starts to rain. You stop by to surprise her with pizza, but she blasts you for not getting burgers. 9. She's daddy's girl She has never earned anything in her life; she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and requires the help of servants to remove it. Her idea of protection is the insurance clauses on her daddy's platinum card. 8. Going out is like the countdown to eternity Going out for a night on the town should be more fun than this, but you must give...

When James Douglas Barron's girlfriend wanted to get married, he was, well, afraid. What threw this otherwise brave man into a fit if fear? Simple. He thought long-term commitment would ruin their fun relationship. Now that they are married (and happy), James thinks his prenuptial terror couldn't have been more amiss. In his book, She Wants a Ring -- and I Don't Wanna Change a Thing he offers advice to other commitment-phobes and along the way gives women a glimpse into the male psyche. "For a guy, the decision to get married is a series of educated guesses," says Barron. "For some women -- not all -- it's intuition. That's why it's so terrifying for men. They feel as though they're at sea without a paddle while women are sailing through the water on course." Ready for some real insight from a real guy? Some are more serious than others, but here are James' top 10 reasons why men (even your man) may be afraid to get hitch...

Cosmo uncovers the nonverbal clues that reveal whether a man is telling the whole truth and nothing but . . . or lying through his teeth. Bites His Lower Lip Liar look: He bites down on his lower lip. The lowdown: "When a man gnaws, tightens or sucks his lips inward, you know he's not telling you the whole truth," says body-language expert Jan Hargrave, author of Let Me See Your Body Talk . "He's physically fighting to hold back confessing the full story." Crosses Extremities Liar look: He crosses his arms, legs or ankles. The lowd own: "As children, we cross our fingers as we tell a lie to let our conscience off the hook," says Hargrave. "As grown-ups, we have a similar protective reflex. We subconsciously close ourselves off physically by intertwining our limbs." Rubs His Eye Liar look: He uses his index finger to rub the outside corner of his right or left eye. The lowdown...

BY JENNIFER BENJAMIN To suss out his true intentions, you have to skip the talk and zoom in on physical signals. Here, the subtle moves (he doesn't even know he's doing them) that say he's turned on, tuned in...or total trouble. When it comes to dating, mating and manhandling, any edge you can score is majorly beneficial. One invaluable coupling-up coup: the fact that you can read any man's mind just by looki ng at him. "Before developing speech, we communicated with our bodies," says David B. Givens, Ph.D., director of the Cen ter for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane, Washington. "We still subconsci ously use those instinctive responses to express our feelings." So if you can interpret a guy's signals, it's like having a backstage pass to his psyche. Eureka! Read on to learn his most-telling moves...and how to respond with some undercover communication of your own. The Cocked Noggin When your eyes meet, he tilts his head slightly to the side. ...

BY MYATT MURPHY Nothing is more upsetting than when a dude you damn well know is into you pulls the plug. One man gets to the bottom of out-of-the-blue breakups. Chances are, you've had at least one breakup that left you wondering, "What the hell just happened?" The guy dug you, you dug him, and the whole thing felt destined for a fabulous future -- at least the foreseeable one. Then, out of nowhere, he bailed on the relationship. So what went wrong? The sad truth is, maybe nothing. Here are five completely ridiculous reasons guys kick you to the curb. Warning: For the most part, it ain't pretty. The Timing Is Off Women get serious when they meet the right man. Men get serious with whomever we happen to be dating when we're finally ready to settle down. That means after every other aspect of our life is in order -- whether it's finishing grad school, finally pulling down a good-size paycheck, owning a car outright -- or when our friends start dropping like...

by Francesca Di Meglio Sports cars and hairpieces. Robbing the cradle and running away. Sure they're cliche, but if these images leap to mind when you hear the words "midlife crisis," you're not alone. The thing about cliches, though, is most are based on fact. In this case, the facts are staggering. More than half of respondents to a recent poll on Notmuch.com, a Website produced by Wisconsin Public Radio, said that the midlife crisis is a "very real, gut-wrenchingly depressing experience that we all go through at one time or another." Does this mean that the man in your life is suffering through a crisis of his own? Not necessarily, but here are eight symptoms of the male midlife crisis and what you can do about them: He says life is a bore . He is thinking about (or already) having an affair . He is suddenly making impetuous decisions about money and/or his career . He makes a dramatic change in his personal style or appearan...