Perplexing Male Behavior Once Again Considered...
Why is it that men want their significant others and wives to look like strippers but not actually work as strippers??
Seriously. What's up with that?
And if that's what men really want, then perhaps more men should put some effort into looking a little more like Tom Brady
and a lot less like Homer Simpson
Seriously. What's up with that?
And if that's what men really want, then perhaps more men should put some effort into looking a little more like Tom Brady
and a lot less like Homer Simpson
posted by Tish Grier at 1:54 PM
5 Comments:
"Buff" is in the eye of the beholder.
Besides, I'm loosing that extra ten pounds. Really.
I am.
(Kirk just made me laugh so hard I would've passed coffee thru my nose if I were drinking it)...
in both ways, both of you got it right...my thinking is "put up or shut up." I remember when I was answering personal ads from the paper, and I'd say exactly what I looked like, and then the guys would act weird toward me--tell me they'd hoped I had long hair or that I was thinner. "How rude!" is definitley one way of looking at it...but the other was that, upon questioning them about their own appearance, they vastly over-estimated themselves. How a guy who's in his 50's, who looks like he's in his 60's, with a huge paunch, can say he resmbles Paul Newman because he has blue eyes is beyond me...how some balding 30-something with an old-fashioned handlebar moustache, like some 70's gay dude say that he'd like me better if I had long hair is beyond me, too.
Sure, it's easy to chalk these guys up to simple jerkdom, but I think that's just taking the easy way out. If more women had higher standards for men, rather than acting like beggars and taking any old thing that comes along, maybe men would be a little more concerned with their appearance.
but they certainly don't have to go the fancy jogsuit at the gym route either...
Hey Tish!!!
How are you? ;)
Love your new profile picture - you look great!
I totally agree. Men don't necessarily need to be "buff", but they should take better care of themselves than they do. The average guy at 40 looks nothing like they should these days.
I'm not 40 - but I was being generous. Most of the boys from my reunion (I"m 35) looked much older than us girls!!! It certainly seems nowadays that us girls are aging far more gracefully than our male counterparts.
really, not meaning to gloat... but Caleb actually does like my larger hips and my little poochy tummy. We're extraordinarily honest with each other and he assured me that he likes the more womanly me. I used to be a rather boyish waif of a girl. 110 lbs, and size 4 pants. But alas, I hit 22 years old and BAM! Spreadin' hips! I'm finally starting to like them too. Finding what is flattering to my more curvacious figure now. Finding I like skirts so much more! :) And although I now weight at least 140 -150 lbs at 5'5"... I don't feel overweight... under toned, yes... but overweight no. Now, if only I could find a free way to get my abs in shape without hurting my already fucked up back....
R & M! So good to hear from you both! (if this were f2f, I'd give you both a huge hug...)
Sometime in my mid-thirties, I, too, noticed how the women were looking a heck of a lot better than the men--but that the men were getting more critical of how women look! It's one thing when you come across one of those guys who's super-fastidious about his own appearance, but that is *so* not the case...
and, let's face a small fact--there are few guys who age gracefully. Most age. Period. Like women, the graceful ageing is in how one takes care of one's appearance--even if it's simply being aware of the changes of one's body and that what looked great when one is 20-something may not fit quite the same at midlife.
and there's def. alot to be said for getting the dif. between being overweight and being undertoned. I think that's why, when I was 145-150, I never looked it--was super-toned. And sometimes, with back muscles, it's having over-toned abs and undertoned back that causes the problem. if the back problem is just muscle (vs. other more serious back problems, there might be a way, Mim, to develop your back muscles and even the pull between ab and back. but, as I said, all depends on the back injury.
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