felixis99: thank you for phrasing so well what I'd like to say but don't have time to compose because I must get to the office
let everyone be responsible for their behaviors and choices men & women both, but the kind of man described in the OP sounds morally bankrupt and boring - to me anyway
hey felix
I totally agree with you sweetie
What you're saying here is that it's about RESPECT from both parties, not emasculating men as this thread topic suggests.
If any man feels less than a man it's b'coz of his "ego" and the women that refuse to stroke it.
Expecting men to show respect doesn't involve them losing or giving up their manhood in my opinion!!
JeeepersCowpet Bay, Saint Thomas Virgin Islands (USA)6,482 posts
I think a gentleman is the best way to go. Gentleman in public and home, rock star in the shower...and pure heaven in the bedroom. And, if she wants to be slapped around a bit, sorry, not my style.
Jeeepers: I think a gentleman is the best way to go. Gentleman in public and home, rock star in the shower...and pure heaven in the bedroom. And, if she wants to be slapped around a bit, sorry, not my style.
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
DjWabbet: Its interesting that you havent noticed that like everything else in life the "Alpha Male" model has and will continue to evolve.
The Alpha male you refer to is at best, a throwback to the 70's and 80's, why, if you think back even further to the times when the alpha male was the sole breadwinner and etiquette demanded that his meals were on the table when he finished work, the housework and children were tended to by the time he got home and the housewife was at his beck and call in a life long sentence of indentured servitude.
The Alpha males of today, have developed and evolved, i have actually gone with a male friend of mine and stood in a store and argued about the merits of thread counts in bed sheets, now, we are both ex rugby players, we still drink (and know our limits) strip clubs bore us to no end, and if we had to fight for survival we would and have no compunction about doing so. The difference is that we are much more smarter than our predecessors and we realise that its not all about us.
Or is it that personally you just prefer the old knuckle draggers?
And the Golden Carrot Award goes to...
(Psst! hope you've got another thanking-the-academy speech up your sleeve)
mariespoodles: Yes venus and mars ARE our differences, without question reb. Respect on the other hand is a choice descent humans make... regardless of gender!!
as my mother taught me/god bless rip.the golden rule works.
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
moodyblues: It's just that if I had to pick between a knuckle dragger and a man who has monthly facials - I'd pick the knuckle dragger. Sorry, just different things for different people.
Monthly facials are not deal breakers for me.
Curtains are not deal breakers for me.
Oh, for shame, they're not that important to me.
Sharing, love, respect and negotiating those things equally, are a teeny weeny bit higher up on my list than lampshades.
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
Jeeepers: I think a gentleman is the best way to go. Gentleman in public and home, rock star in the shower...and pure heaven in the bedroom. And, if she wants to be slapped around a bit, sorry, not my style.
RRrrrr..... !!
Yeah... ...that's soooo going on my list of real man requirements...in fact... ...its going on my profile checklist...
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let everyone be responsible for their behaviors and choices men & women both, but the kind of man described in the OP sounds morally bankrupt and boring - to me anyway
hey felix
I totally agree with you sweetie
What you're saying here is that it's about RESPECT from both parties, not emasculating men as this thread topic suggests.
If any man feels less than a man it's b'coz of his "ego" and the women that refuse to stroke it.
Expecting men to show respect doesn't involve them losing or giving up their manhood in my opinion!!