| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 11/17/2007 7:15:00 AM | Ladies .... this can't end just after a few pages.... Surely, there are more positive attributes you can find about these lovely creatures. There must be more ladies who can post. Heck, post the same comments as others (it has never stopped other threads)!
Let me try to continue...Men - thank you for:
* your smiles
* your laughter
* your brain
* your tenderness
* your cute behinds
* your muscular backs
* your manzoobies
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 11/17/2007 7:32:50 AM | Hey! I love men! They are a great challenge to me, but offer (as one post said)..."stability". That was a good way to put it. A man can bring me back down to earth with reality and reminds me what take off those rose colored glasss.
A man that laughs and can laugh at himself is very interesting to me. Men are little boys at heart and I love the way they try to pretend they are tough guys. A mature man who truly is a gentleman is a real keeper. I am a little old fashion I suppose, but the respect and courting rituals make me feel very feminine.
If he smells good, has a boundary on his affection tactics when first meeting, well groomed, loves his kids and parents, is not over the top with the compliments, has a job, not stingy or selfish with his time to date, takes his time in all aspects of getting to know you, calls when he says he will, has good social skills, can carry on an intelligent conversation and likes my dog then, I'll probably try a second date.
A good kisser and jewelry helps too!  | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 11/17/2007 8:24:59 AM | | What I like about men is that they are not like women. Men I'm attracted to see things from a different perspective than I do. When things work well, that means that we complement one another. Men also are physically different (surprise!). I enjoy the things about them that are different from me: Height, muscles, hair, stubble, texture, etc. I like how their personalities are basically different from mine. I like that their emotional feelings are different than mine. They express themselves differently than I. For all the things we have in common, we're so different, and I LOVE those differences even though I don't understand them. I accept them, and try to appreciate the differences. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 3/1/2008 3:24:11 AM | | Very kind of sweet of all of you to make such observations. A new outlook I have now. It's these kind of statements that make me feel comfortable at my age to make a comment towards a man like: "good-lookin' kid" or "the dude's a hunk!" and so forth (I recently said this with my brother when I saw Daniel Day Lewis on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, because he's 50 and well, is still a hunk). I think it might mean more coming from a man, esp a fully hetero one :) | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 3/1/2008 3:37:31 AM | Their cheekiness.
Their grin when they have been cheeky.
When they giggle.
Their smiley eyes.
Good arms for cuddles.
Broad shoulders to lean on which make my hands look tiny. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 3/1/2008 6:47:27 AM | I have a very deep, down to the soul, affinity with men. I understand them so clearly as we think the same way and speak the same language.
Around men I can relax and totally be myself in a way I can't with woman as with many of them I have to reign in and tone down my personality in order for them to feel confortable. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 1:03:57 PM | men and women "fit" together physically, energetically, emotionally, spiritually (yin and yang), longitudinally ( the hunter) and horizontally (the gatherer). there is something very wrong with the world today. maybe some innate form of population control? too many people unable to truly love. bickering instead of honoring spirit and growth and partnership. 
but i do not give up too easily! on anything.  | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 2:19:14 PM | Honestly, I think that everything a man does can be done by a woman.
But something about their actions they make, their smell, the way their hands feel against our soft skin.
It's just a great contrast. Male and Female. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 2:51:57 PM | michaelangelo wrote:
"Girls - tell me what you like about men and what makes you keep wanting to have them as part of your life"
I reply:
For me it is sincerity and caring.... if there is a genuine sense that I am cared about. This would be number 1. The 2nd is if the man does not give me weird vibes. Because I have been told that I was "cared about" and I think he actually did but the man gave me weird vibes through the way he looked at me, body language, the way he talked to me and what he talked about. Thirdly, it would be intelligence. Fourth, would be some kind of success or possessing a direction toward success. Fifth, would be attractiveness.... (and believe me, attractiveness comes from the inside out)... I have met many an unattractive guy who was extremely physically handsome. Being Physically handsome DOES NOT necessarily equal being attractive!!! That is where the two get mixed up. An ugly, unattractive personality can repel a person much quicker than an average or "ugly" looking guy. I'd go for a sincere, caring, non-weird-vibe-giving, attractive, average guy any day.
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 3:49:59 PM | They're great to have around for fixing things and believe me, that's something to be grateful for. Like, the horn on my car got stuck "on" and a sweet guy who isn't even that masculine showed me how to disconnect it until I got it to the mechanic. I really appreciate that, even though I'm a pretty handy woman. They're great for opening jars that are hard to open. I like it that they aren't as emotionally complicated as women. I like it when they kiss on my neck. Not very many women will do that. I love it that they learn how to lead dancing. If they didn't, I'd have to do that myself and I hate it. I love the sense of strength you can get from them and I love it when you're laying in their arms and you feel safe and protected. There are other things I like about them that I'm too shy to post here.
It's taken me until late in life to appreciate male energy. I used to work in construction and I grew accustomed to working with guys and things being pretty straightforward. You move a heavy piece of furniture with a group of women and they have to have a committee meeting for at least half an hour before anyone touches anything. With guys, you assess the situation and move it. No big deal. I love women for other things but if I have to move something big, I'd rather do it with guys. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 3:52:16 PM | | Oh, and I love guys who are witty and have a good sense of humor. It isn't that women don't ever have it, but it seems like in general guys are funnier than women. I love that about them. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 4:17:14 PM | | I love men. I love the voice and the look and the muscles. I love their appreciation of all that's feminine. I honestly can't think of a thing I don't like about men. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 4:24:16 PM | I like it when men are tough and strong and yet can be soft and tender, too. I like the soft touch of a big, strong hand that holds yours gently. I love seeing a dad walking with his little girl, or picking her up and kissing her cheek. I like to see a man grab an umbrella and hold it over his lady when it's raining or run to get the car for her.
Most of all I like it when men aren't afraid to be themselves and don't feel they have to try to fit some image to attract or interest a woman. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 4:25:25 PM | I thought of a way to explain.
Men aren't catty. They're kinda smarmy (not all, obviously), but I find that incredibly amusing. They're easier to talk to if you're me. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 4:49:29 PM | The things I end up liking about men sometimes sound like some sort of stereotype. I like seeing a guy working on something whether it be building something, fixing something, or cooking. I like the broad shoulders and hairy chest. Sincere smiles from a guy is pretty great.
My guy has a lot of other individual qualities that I think are awesome that most other guys don't have. I've found I have a hard time riding motorcycle behind my boyfriend (on my own bike), because his butt looks so awesome on his bike, that I get all excited and have to force myself to watch the road. When we finish the motorcycle ride, he has to get tackled. Really, that's what I want on my wall for a poster.  | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/21/2008 5:22:18 PM | | Ehmmm... every man is different. I can't think of one reason why I love "men" because every one I ever met had different reasons to like them. Yay. | |
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| Another chance to be positive about men!
Posted: 7/22/2008 10:35:05 PM | I'm repeating what others have said, but I love their directness of communication, their sense of direction (mine is challenged), the ones that are chivalrous and protective, the ones that love being with their kids (just makes me melt). Their scent. That hollow in their shoulder where I love to lay my head. Their desire to please and to be loved.
Someone pointed out that women can be catty, which is true. I think men are more like puppy dogs than cats. Snakes and snails and puppy-dogs tails.
I also agree that they are generally funnier than women. I SO love a man who has the confidence to laugh at himself but never to crack cruel jokes.
Vive le difference!
Good thread - refreshing not to see male-bashing or negativity. | |
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