Boys and Girls
Listening to:
No Angel – Dido
10 – No Angel
Lesson of the day: All men, despite how nice they appear to be or how devoted to their wives and children they may seem, are secretly hoping that a time capsule will transport them to their college days so that they may have the opportunity to enjoy the company of women half their age.
Ok, that’s probably not a fair statement, but after an all too long and revealing conversation about the potential advantages of wearing male thongs, my cube-neighbors stumbled upon this slippery slope. So now, I must ask my imaginary male audience: What is it with men and their need to seek younger women?
Actually, the real question is, why must men try so hard to woo their women? A friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous, was kind enough to point me in the direction of brochures available on the internet which serve the express purpose of teaching men “the art of seduction.” Although I cannot verify the validity of their claim that they can teach any man to be a “pick up artist,” I do find it quite disturbing that so much energy is being put into something that should be so natural.
Besides, when it comes down to it, no woman will be too impressed by any man who is obviously trying too hard, be he a rock star, a world leader, a millionare, or just the odd nerd we meet in the subway. Whatever happened to just being too cool to care and having a fun personality?
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Men get sexier as they age. Women get… older.
Sorry, I was just thrown off by the thought of male thongs. The thong did not do it, just imagining a balding, middle-aged, over-weight male wearing a thong.
Forgive me, but I shall now have to go rinse out my eyes with some Listerine.
Comment by Hank — 6/23/2004 @ 10:46 pm EDT
“Fine men are like fine wine, they only improve with age.”
But that is only applicable to fine men.
All other people in the world follow this golden rule of aging:
“Do not wear male thongs.”
Comment by Amy — 6/24/2004 @ 11:47 am EDT
I would have thought that the people (who know what’s best for them anyway) in this world would follow *this* golden rule of aging:
“Do not wear thongs. Period.”
And on your question about what happened to being too cool to care and having a fun personality? … I suppose that’s now justs become the domain of lesbians and gay men. And I for one happen to be both
Comment by Roanna — 6/24/2004 @ 12:52 pm EDT
Uh … both too cool to care and a fun personality, that is. Not both a lesbian and a gay man >.<
Comment by Roanna — 6/24/2004 @ 12:57 pm EDT
I do not know, I find more and more lesbians I know seem to work too hard to be cool.
I think being too cool to care and having a fun personality is now the sole property of gay men.
And thank you, Roanna, for clarifying, I was trying to figure out how one could be both a lesbian and a gay man.
Comment by Hank — 6/24/2004 @ 5:22 pm EDT
Hey, I know a lot of gay men, and they work *hard* at being cool though the ‘cool’ may be less of the smooth, effortless tough guy/girl coolness we’re used to and more of the stylish, high-fashion, trendy kind of cool that seems to be a big part of gay male culture. I think perhaps everyone should try a little less hard?
Comment by Roanna — 6/25/2004 @ 12:36 am EDT
do you think a person who really was “too cool to care” would be worrying about relationships?
Comment by Trev — 6/26/2004 @ 11:52 pm EDT
well i think i can answer your question.. men go for young girls because they are full of life, and make them feel young… and also because there skin is tighter to their bodies.. nuff said
Comment by max — 6/27/2004 @ 2:20 am EDT
Women are no longer social enough no allow attraction to happen naturally. Because of this, there is a social barrier that has to be overcome by the man, even though this is an “equal” society. And because of this, both women and men end up settling, attaching, and becoming too romantically involved with people they otherwise would not care about, because of the fear of not meeting anyone — of living along.
Which brings me to my point: men, with whom the primary responsibility to make the first move lies, do not become comfortable with the perceived social obstactle until much later in life. So it is not that the men are trying to “relive” college days, as much as “live for the first time” the life of being surrounded by women they can now “get”, because they are comfortable enough to. Women, whom do not generally have to make the first move, are generally unawares of the difficulty, the phenomenone, and are perplexed by their observations.
Comment by B — 7/5/2004 @ 3:16 am EDT
Smart man, smart response. For the record, I’m making it a goal of mine to be more assertive in my romantic endeavors. Hopefully I will receive enough positive response to reinforce the behavior.
Comment by Amy — 7/5/2004 @ 5:38 am EDT
B (whoever you are), can I quote you? I love that line:
So it is not that the men are trying to “relive” college days, as much as “live for the first time” the life of being surrounded by women they can now “get”, because they are comfortable enough to. Women, whom do not generally have to make the first move, are generally unawares of the difficulty, the phenomenon, and are perplexed by their observations.
Comment by Daniel — 7/6/2004 @ 12:35 am EDT