Hi Keith,

Dude, you are definitely confused in more ways than one. You think that a girl can behave like this and still have 90% Interest Level in you! She's got you more mixed up than a fruit smoothie. Unfortunately you are doing what too many other men also do. They over rate the woman's Interest Level towards themselves and they project their own high Interest Level onto her. Just because you like her a lot and she let's you call her "girlfriend" that doesn't mean that she's gone over you. It is an unfortunate fact of life that many women will spend a lot a time with a guy without having any true romantic interest in him (40-49%). So how do we know that she doesn't truly care for you? The Bottom Line Factor says that her behavior is confusing and inconsistent; tell tale signs of low Interest Level. Women with high Interest Level don't keep doing things that baffle you. In fact, women who like you help you.

Let's talk about the tattoo. You say it wasn't a big deal. But Keith, it was a big deal. She was worried that you would be angry about it, but not worried enough to not get it! A girl with high Interest Level and a good attitude that knows you don't like tattoos would either never have gotten it, or at least would have somehow included you in her decision to get it. Furthermore, she would have found a way for you both to feel OK about it (like getting a press on instead of a permanent one). If we translate your girlfriend's Womanese into English, what she was really saying was: "I'm doing this cuz I want to, and screw you." She needs to rebel, so she's made you into an authority figure that she can rebel against, and she proved that she has no respect for you when she sacrificed her tender flesh to the burly biker Tattoo Master. Now she has a permanent symbol of her disrespect for you emblazoned on her body - forever.

Next she plays with your head about the ring and then she puts down your car. Why are you with her? Together your ages are forty, but while you act twenty-five, she acts like she's fifteen. You sound like an opened-minded guy, but she should be dating someone in a band, not you. You two are like oil and water.

Keith, you are in denial, and I am not talking about the river in Egypt. Wake up and look at the huge red warning flags waving in front of your face. If you want to have a successful, mutually rewarding, long-term relationship with a woman, she must have a good attitude and this dudette gets an F on her attitude report card. She's a walking contradiction. She wants to hang out with the punky tattoo piercing freaks and also have you drive her around in a $40,000 jeep, plus buy her expensive jewelry. Assuming she means what she says, it sounds as if she sees you more as a bank than as a boyfriend.

Keith, I know I may sound a bit harsh but it's my job to keep you from becoming a divorce statistic. In the future, when she asks you how you feel about some other stupid thing, just say: "If it makes you happy Honey, I'm happy." Meanwhile you should be thinking about dating other women.

Listen, guys, I would never tell you to get rid of someone, because that's only your choice, but I will tell you what your odds of having a good relationship are with a particular woman. Remember, you have to be with a gal with a good attitude and high Interest Level. If either one of those is missing, the Love Boat ain't gonna' float.