unpredictable men!

[miss tenderness]

I just wish that the stupid guys number increases in the world:D:D

[AimusSage]

I fear the number of stupid men might be decreasing, or at least it becomes a different type of stupidity, where the men start behaving more like women in their shopping. Even though the age of the metrosexual man might be passed, men still spend more and more on cosmetics, clothing, etc. :D

linky (http://adage.com/article?article_id=111857)

[Virgil]

"metrosexual man?" What's that? Sounds like a really cool term that I wouldn't want applied to me.

[AimusSage]

Indeed, not something you want to be. :D

[TEND]

But can't you just picture it. :lol: :lol:

[kathycf]

A metrosexual is a clotheshorse wrapped around a dandy fused with a narcissist. Like soccer star David Beckham, who has been known to paint his fingernails, the metrosexual is not afraid to embrace his feminine side. Why "metrosexual"? The metro- (city) prefix indicates this man's purely urban lifestyle, while the -sexual suffix comes from "homosexual," meaning that this man, although he is usually straight, embodies the heightened aesthetic sense often associated with certain types of gay men.

Mark Simpson invented this term in 1994 (see the earliest citation), and it drifted slowly from one media source to another throughout the rest of 1990s and early 2000s. Then Simpson wrote another article about metrosexuals in the online magazine Salon.com on July 22, 2002, and the term took off. Since then it has been picked up by thousands of media outlets, has made numerous TV appearances, has spawned at least a couple of books, and has been dropped in untold numbers of cocktail party conversations. There is no escaping the metrosexual.


Can I picture it? Yes. Is it an image I am trying to scour from my mind's eye? Oh my yes. (!!!) :p

I actually don't care about an individual's sexual preferences and tend to feel the stereotypical "gay" man may exist, as does the "metrosexual" . There are many stereotypes and some individuals may define that for a particular group, but there are just as many who don't fit into defined categories.

That said, sometimes I used to wish my ex-husband would have cared even just a little about grooming. :lol:

[Idril]

That said, sometimes I used to wish my ex-husband would have cared even just a little about grooming. :lol:

There's a lot of men I wish cared a little more about their grooming as long as they don't go too far. They shouldn't take longer to get ready in the morning than I do. ;)

[kathycf]

When I was in my early 20's I had a boyfriend who used to wash his hair and body as well as shave with Ivory soap. Talk about utilitarian. Compared to him my ex was a product junkie as he used to actually use shampoo AND shaving gel. :lol:

[Virgil]

A metrosexual is a clotheshorse wrapped around a dandy fused with a narcissist. Like soccer star David Beckham, who has been known to paint his fingernails, the metrosexual is not afraid to embrace his feminine side. Why "metrosexual"? The metro- (city) prefix indicates this man's purely urban lifestyle, while the -sexual suffix comes from "homosexual," meaning that this man, although he is usually straight, embodies the heightened aesthetic sense often associated with certain types of gay men.

Mark Simpson invented this term in 1994 (see the earliest citation), and it drifted slowly from one media source to another throughout the rest of 1990s and early 2000s. Then Simpson wrote another article about metrosexuals in the online magazine Salon.com on July 22, 2002, and the term took off. Since then it has been picked up by thousands of media outlets, has made numerous TV appearances, has spawned at least a couple of books, and has been dropped in untold numbers of cocktail party conversations. There is no escaping the metrosexual.

Oh man. :eek2: :lol:

Hey, I live in the city and I don't see any men who paint their fingernails. Wait, I just remembered. There was a guy at the supermarket!!:goof: I wonder what else they do?

[subterranean]

I happen to fancy metro sexual men. I can borrow their make up kits for free!

[bazarov]

Oh man. :eek2: :lol:

Hey, I live in the city and I don't see any men who paint their fingernails. Wait, I just remembered. There was a guy at the supermarket!!:goof: I wonder what else they do?

DAVID BECKHAM!!!

[bazarov]

I happen to fancy metro sexual men. I can borrow their make up kits for free!

Please don't do that.

[subterranean]

Please don't do that.

Why?

Please tell me.

[Nightshade]

women! definitely a women's thing! :nod:

The most common thing is when they go shopping and come back with lots of clothes, and when you ask them how they paid for it, they go 'Oh I used your credit card' :eek2:

But darling thats what credit cards are for :nod:

Man was stupid for getting a credit card to begin with and then laeving it hanging about? double stupid :lol:

[subterranean]

But darling thats what credit cards are for :nod:

Man was stupid for getting a credit card to begin with and then laeving it hanging about? double stupid :lol:

Hear hear!!! :D

[AimusSage]

But darling thats what credit cards are for :nod:

Man was stupid for getting a credit card to begin with and then laeving it hanging about? double stupid :lol:
I do admit it only happens to stupid men and not someone like me, but that does not mean it is not the women who actually uses the card. It's like finding a wallet on the street, taking all the money out of it, use it to buy all kinds of things, than return it to the owner, and still expect a reward. :nod:

[optimisticnad]

mmm...soemthing fishy here....my nero/monk skills tell me that amius is talking from experience....we interrupt this post to bring the latest on MArs News Daily: King Amius has been accused of petty theft...at present he is being escorted to the police station for further questioning and...my god, who is that raiding his palace? Oh, its the petty pretty neighbour...shes probably just checking if everythings ok...wheres she taking the sugar room?

[AimusSage]

You can have the old sugar room, it still fully functional, but I am building a new one, so I don't need it anymore. :D

[optimisticnad]

whats a sugar room without me?

[AimusSage]

a nice n quiet sugar room, without the nosy neighbour making a ruckus. :p

[kathycf]

Hmm, Aimus...I dunno. Seems like you are describing a personal experience as optimisticnad says.

Shoes--200 dollars
Bestselling novel --25 dollars
New watch-- 75 dollars

Watching Aimus weep after reading his credit card bill? Priceless. ;) :p


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/smileys/shopping1.gif

Just kidding! :lol:

[AimusSage]

As if girls will ever ask me for a credit card, they usually think I'm a bum asking for change when I approach them anyway :lol:

[Madhuri]

How predictable :lol:

[optimisticnad]

a nice n quiet sugar room, without the nosy neighbour making a ruckus. :p

as if, you know ul miss me. i dont know why men cant be honest. :lol:

[optimisticnad]

As if girls will ever ask me for a credit card, they usually think I'm a bum asking for change when I approach them anyway :lol:

I have a picture of you in my head now, becasue the only time i got approached by someone asking for change was a much older man, about your age-50 ( :lol: ) very scruffy looking and smelled of beer when he came really close to me. he really scared me, plus i was only 11-it scarred me for life. lol. so that you?

p.s. your paying remember! ;)

[AimusSage]

I have a picture of you in my head now, becasue the only time i got approached by someone asking for change was a much older man, about your age-50 ( :lol: ) very scruffy looking and smelled of beer when he came really close to me. he really scared me, plus i was only 11-it scarred me for life. lol. so that you?

p.s. your paying remember! ;)
Did you give me change that day? If not, you pay! :p