03 March 2010

My Collective Thoughts On Men.

1. Men with visible tattoos are attractive for two reasons.  One, a tattoo is something that lasts forever, obviously this goes without saying.  The fact that a man can commit to a tattoo for the rest of his life suggests that he might be able to do the same for a woman, or at the very least hopefully won't cheat.  And two, because tattoos are basically our nation's symbol of bad-ass-ism.  A boy with a tattoo is much more attractive than a boy with a pocket protector because there is a much higher chance of the boy with the tattoo driving a motorcycle to work than a Geo Prism.

2. The guy letting you cut in line for drinks rather than offering to buy you and your friends a round is typically the one you're going to have a better conversation with.  For instance, the round-buyer is probably just looking for some action, and since we all know (or should know) that the bar is one of the last places you'll find a quality women, round-buyer probably needs to grow up a bit, and stop using lame excuses to talk to women.  The line-cutter is probably older, maybe a little wiser to the fact that some women come to the bar to prey on attractive guys such as himself for free drinks, so he takes the simple approach: letting you in front of him in line.  Not only does this give him a primo view of your backside, but also suggests a "thank you" and perhaps even a - what - conversation?!  Granted neither of you are too shmammered to converse coherently.

3. If a dude has a baby, it's not an instant red flag.  Not that I'm talking from personal experience here, but here's how I look at it.  Everyone does silly things, some people write essays in blue ink rather than black, some drive their cars too fast and crash, and some have sex without protection which typically results in childbirth.  PS: I'm not condoning unsafe sex... but anyway.  Say you're getting to know this really nice guy and somehow it pops up, he's got to get home by 11:00 because his daughter's babysitter has to get home before then (hypothetical situation).  Are you immediately turned off?  My first reaction would be - yes!  I'm not ready to be a mommy, kids have diapers, what if his kid doesn't like me, am I even going to meet his kid, what's going on?  I say stop - take a deep breath and keep dating the dude if you like him.  The fact that he has a beebee shouldn't immediately cancel his chances with you.  You might not even end up meeting the little one anyway!  Unless of course you get married and you become the kid's legal mother then you basically asked for it.

4. Shy guys are bad dates.  I hate carrying the conversation, and although I tend to know how to converse pretty well (hell I could probably carry on a heated debate with a window fan), I like to see initiative in the man to get to know me.  A little shyness is cute and that's all fine and well, but once the lulls in the conversation become closer and closer together and you feel as though you might have to excuse yourself to the bathroom for a fourth time and maybe run away while you're at it...?  Not sure where I was going with that sentence, but shy dudes are most always boring dates.  There, I said it.

5. Men like to compared themselves to movie stars/famous people, even if they know they look nothing like them.  For example: your friend sets you up on a date with a friend of a coworker's step brother in law's best friend's roommate and you agree to meet for lunch.  He says, "I'll be the guy in the blue hat, my friends say I kinda look like Derek Jeter."  While my mind is screaming "NOBODY LOOKS LIKE DEREK JETER YOU A-HOLE, HE'S THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE!" my mouth says "Alright, see you at noon #2."  Aaaand hook, line & sinker.  Really works.

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