Anya ,'Storyteller'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I wear make-up every day to work and almost every other day that I leave the house and I have since 7th or 8th grade.
As for the what men find attractive thing. I absolutely know men who have stated they will not date women for the following reasons:
don't wax
don't work out
wear flats
aren't stylish enough
don't "take care" of themselves
have had plastic surgery
need plastic surgery
I freely admit that I know more than a few vapid men.
BF has told me many times that he is not the boss of me in any way, but he likes my face the way it is and looks forward to seeing how I look through the years with no surgical intervention. That and "please, no french bangs" are the only two dressing limitations he's ever suggested in 10 years. Everything else has been in the nature of comments which widened my sartorial choices--like saying he didn't see why I felt self-conscious in jeans because i looked great in them or that my feeling my arms were too gigantor to wear sleeveless things was "insane."
don't "take care" of themselves
Oy. I knew a guy like this. Shame he never got to see me in my work clothes until after we stopped sleeping together. I enjoyed the look on his face.
As for the what men find attractive thing. I absolutely know men who have stated they will not date women for the following reasons:
Wow. I don't suppose those guys do all those things themselves, do they?
Of all the guys I know, I know one like that. The rest of them had rather have a girl who can hang with the guys, likes good food and having a good time. They'd like it if she made herself all pretty to do those things, but they'd be fine if she did it in jeans and a t-shirt too. But then, I know some awesome guys.
I don't suppose those guys do all those things themselves
Metrosexuals are very annoying when they remove this ammo.
Heather's guy description has been my experience as well. Then again, I think I'd ditch any guy who was into the Barbie thing anyway.
I know several straight guys who have more of a regiman about their physical appearance than I do. They also tend to be extreme neat freaks.
I know a woman who gave her BF tooth veneers and he gave her breast implants for Christmas. They were very well-suited.
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