Why do the songs in my playlist not appear in the same order on my ipod as i have them on the computer

When I arrange the songs on my ipod the way I want them, I disconnect my ipod from the computer and they are not in the order I created. Why does this keep happening--it makes me insane.  I have tried clicking "manually manage" vs. "not manually manage" and neither works.

Sort by Date Added instead of Date Modified.
The Date Modified can change itself for a bunch of reasons, which are not really interesting. The Date Added is stable and more meaningful.

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