*most unlady-like snort*
http://www.askmen.com/dating/heidi_100/117_dating_girl.html
What an utter load of bull.
Don't bother reading the article. It's basically yet another article on a men's online magazine, which claims to reveal the secret to what woman really want. In summary:
Height, Money, Education.
*snorts*
Why don't they preface it with, "what shallow, materialistic, not-a-single-working-brain-cell" women really want?
Lets start with height. It's the second most trivial, and possibly overempathzed feature on a man. Maybe I'm biased--at 5'1, I'm hard pressed to find a guy that I have to look down on...so perhaps the 5'11 model-tall, leggy girls can claim otherwise. But in all seriousness...WHY do people make such a big deal out of this? So what if he IS taller than you--how does that change things? Someone explain it to me. I've had this engrained in me by society, by my mother who's convinced that my boyfriend is wrong for me because he's only 3 inches taller (she wants someone who's at least 5'6)...but it really doesn't make sense. How does height affect a person's character? How does it matter, in the end?
Money really gets my goat. If I was single, and were to pick out a boytoy for a weekend...sure, I'd choose one with money, so I can spend it lavishly. I'd also want him with ripped abs, a gigantic mansion...and his mouth duct taped shut. And it would only last a weekend, because that's how long it would take me to get bored with him. Personal opinion: men use money to buy a woman's affection (either illicited through prostitution, or implicitedly through expensive gifts/dates) when he has no better currency--money, in place of personality or a good sense of humor.
Education. Subtle, but still insufficent--and rather misleading. There's a world of a difference between education and intelligence...education and curiousity...education and learning. Education is useful. I'm paying 40 grand a year for this "usefulness"...but I think education for too many people is purely the means to an end--a fatter bank account, in the long run. And while that works well for them...it's not enough for me, or what I seek in a date. Worse yet, people see education as a shortcut for intelligence/thinking:
"I read the Ulysseus. I'm smart. Now let's find a motel room..."
"Did you understand any of it?"
"Hell, what's there to understand? I fit your criteria--are we going to @#$@ or not?
Sorry...personal gripes.
I've seen far too many "educated" men (women too!) who can't think beyond their cliffnotes.
What an utter load of bull.
Don't bother reading the article. It's basically yet another article on a men's online magazine, which claims to reveal the secret to what woman really want. In summary:
Height, Money, Education.
*snorts*
Why don't they preface it with, "what shallow, materialistic, not-a-single-working-brain-cell" women really want?
Lets start with height. It's the second most trivial, and possibly overempathzed feature on a man. Maybe I'm biased--at 5'1, I'm hard pressed to find a guy that I have to look down on...so perhaps the 5'11 model-tall, leggy girls can claim otherwise. But in all seriousness...WHY do people make such a big deal out of this? So what if he IS taller than you--how does that change things? Someone explain it to me. I've had this engrained in me by society, by my mother who's convinced that my boyfriend is wrong for me because he's only 3 inches taller (she wants someone who's at least 5'6)...but it really doesn't make sense. How does height affect a person's character? How does it matter, in the end?
Money really gets my goat. If I was single, and were to pick out a boytoy for a weekend...sure, I'd choose one with money, so I can spend it lavishly. I'd also want him with ripped abs, a gigantic mansion...and his mouth duct taped shut. And it would only last a weekend, because that's how long it would take me to get bored with him. Personal opinion: men use money to buy a woman's affection (either illicited through prostitution, or implicitedly through expensive gifts/dates) when he has no better currency--money, in place of personality or a good sense of humor.
Education. Subtle, but still insufficent--and rather misleading. There's a world of a difference between education and intelligence...education and curiousity...education and learning. Education is useful. I'm paying 40 grand a year for this "usefulness"...but I think education for too many people is purely the means to an end--a fatter bank account, in the long run. And while that works well for them...it's not enough for me, or what I seek in a date. Worse yet, people see education as a shortcut for intelligence/thinking:
"I read the Ulysseus. I'm smart. Now let's find a motel room..."
"Did you understand any of it?"
"Hell, what's there to understand? I fit your criteria--are we going to @#$@ or not?
Sorry...personal gripes.
I've seen far too many "educated" men (women too!) who can't think beyond their cliffnotes.