Women...manipulative?

Dear Taryn,

I want to know why women are more manipulative then men.

If I understand your question correctly you are asking "why are so many relationships manipulative?" Thats easy, people need things. The woman is using her goods to get other goods which are usually money or gifts. The man is letting her have the money and gifts so that he can get a hot girl. You dont often see rich men with ugly women or hot women with poor men. The way to tell if a relationship is a shallow manipulative relationship is to examine the looks of each member of the relationship:
Scenario 1: Is the woman good looking? If so, is the man good looking? If he is not good looking then he's probably rich resulting in a relationship which is based off of mutual manipulation and greed.
Scenario 2: Is the woman good looking? If so, is the man good looking? If he is then its a healthy relationship.
Scenario 3: Is the woman ugly? If so, is the man ugly? If they are both ugly then it's a healthy relationship.
But really, I think the question should be "why do people break up?" Well, Brian, people break up usually because there's someone in the relationship who isn't pulling his or her weight. I think that really is the question you were trying to ask.
-TARYN