"Is it us, or is it DC?" (Two DC women go to Alaska looking for love?) (home, college)
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As a woman with mostly women as friends, I can say that many women have ridiculous requirements- height predominant in my mind because I am on the tall side of average but I hear more short women who 'require' height in their partner. Ridonculous.
But dudes have the 'Maxim model' idea in their heads too which is just laughable (not the women, the standard). Often laughable because I read on here how Average Joes (I'm assuming) are upset because DC doesn't have more Maxim model-types walking around... you know, on their way to their high-paying job (that isn't that important to them), single (but out of choice, not because they are picky), smart (but not too smart) and slutty (but only for the right guy).
Lastly, I want a man to be nice but I don't want a nice guy (TM or otherwise).
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Originally Posted by seiketsu
Someone, somewhere, is perpetuating the myth that women have mile-long checklists of must-haves that include things like the 6s (height, income, abs, etc) and will completely disregard any guy who does not meet every criterion. Chances are, the perpetuators are the Nice Guys (TM) who think that any woman they deem worthy of their attention is obligated to be into him, regardless of her own interests and what she finds attractive, simply because he is Nice. As if Nice were a deal-closer and not a baseline that EVERYBODY should be.
Sounds like a bunch of excuses for girls to choose jerks and then complain that there are no good men and sit lonely because the guy you NEED is not as tall or cool as you dreamed.
I have repeatedly posted pictures from bars and clubs in DC which clearly show a male surplus in all nightlife establishments (2 males : 1 female). There is not a single bar in DC where the men don't outnumber the women, it's almost always a sausage fest, factually documented in many of my posts from 2011. But there is one caveat: the few women in all those pics all are in their 20s, while the men are all over the map, which creates the male surplus.
Please do not kill my dream. I am still looking for this magical place in DC filled with so many women that a physical altercation over table seating started. Please don't kill my dream with your real life photos!
There's also a part in there where they often go out, and find wall-to-wall women. All the single guys need to find out where these women are going out in DC
As I said before, fellas...
Marry these women!!!
There's a girl who looks like this just sitting at home in Adams-Morgan with a tub of Ben & Jerry's just waiting for one of you guys to discover her.
(shaking my head) I don't know what to say about you guys.
I see the geekiest guys with some very attractive women so I don't see why you guys complain so much about DC women. I still think NYC women are more attractive but DC women aren't anything to sneeze at. My only complaint about them is that they seem to OBSESS over relationships to an extent I've never heard before. I can't walk 5 feet in some neighborhoods with out overhearing some young woman tell her friends about some guy she's dating...blah blah blah...
I was out for drinks one night with a coworker who had just moved into town. She had left a relationship a few months before and was in a new place, ready to meet some guys. We had a chat about what she was looking for and we touched on all the physicals -- height (about 6'2 or more, she is 5'11), blue or green eyes, chiseled bod with broad shoulders and the "man V", thick, light colored hair, nice butt, etc. etc. During the chat, I got a text from another acquaintance who wanted to know what I was up to. I let him know that I was out with my coworker and that we were having drinks. He asked if he could join, and I said okay. This guy is about 5'11, bald (shaves his head because he is losing his hair at 30), average build, brown eyes, and hasn't seen the inside of a gym in some time. In short, NOTHING like her list of "must haves." But a great guy. I told her he was coming and she said "Is he cute?" I responded, "Sure, he's cool, but I don't think he's your type."
We met him on the way to our second location and it was absolutely amazing. They got along like a house on fire. Talked, drank, laughed and had a great time all night. He spent the night on her couch and they hung out the whole next day. She met his family within a month and they are getting married in August after a little over a year together.
The moral of the story is the "right one" may not come in a package that's immediately enticing. We all have our ideals and should put them out there as just that-- ideals. But when it clicks, only a fool will cling to their need for a perfect physical specimen.
This is a great post. I know this is not the main theme of your post but there is something to be said for meeting people through mutual connections or even family. It's working great for me currently.
I hope they buy you a nice gift or something or maybe name their first born after you.
I have repeatedly posted pictures from bars and clubs in DC which clearly show a male surplus in all nightlife establishments (2 males : 1 female). There is not a single bar in DC where the men don't outnumber the women, it's almost always a sausage fest, factually documented in many of my posts from 2011. But there is one caveat: the few women in all those pics all are in their 20s, while the men are all over the map, which creates the male surplus.
But, I've never been to a (normal) bar anywhere in the world that the women outnumbered men. It would be shocking if DC was the one exception to that rule.
There is no such place. DC is basically a Mens Locker room.
Please don't tell me that. Now every time I bend over to tie my shoe, I have to worry about a naked old guy walking up in front of me and flossing himself dry with a towel.
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