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the excruciating power of attractive women

I used to be a pushover for a pretty face. I had the fun mental defect that if I was really attracted to a girl the speech center of my brain would immediately be shut off, unless enough alcohol was consumed.

Just as I was starting to figure out the games and on the verge of becoming a "player" (I'd like to believe this but I'm sure I wasn't even close) I met my wife. She was one of those girls at work who managed to shut off my ability to speak, and worse yet, it was work so I couldn't have alcohol to counteract my paralysis.

We'll see how well this works when my daughters start to figure out "Hey, we can make Daddy do anything if we just look at him like this..." I'm going to have to give all the credit cards to my wife....:D
 
atszyman said:
We'll see how well this works when my daughters start to figure out "Hey, we can make Daddy do anything if we just look at him like this..." I'm going to have to give all the credit cards to my wife....:D
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One solution is to have ugly daughters that you don't love much. ;)

/ Oh come on, that was funny
 
It's interesting to read these. I sometimes feel we don't have any power over the guys. Maybe its just the ones around me, but they'd flirt with one girl then turn around and smile at another. Makes me lose faith in males in general :(.
 
MarkCollette said:
One solution is to have ugly daughters that you don't love much. ;)

/ Oh come on, that was funny
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Well, I'm a bit out of luck there. They are already darned cute and their only 2.5 years old and 3 months old... I'm already having a tough time being a disciplinarian (although sometimes the 2.5 year old makes it easier). It's going to be a dangerous time when they learn how to manipulate me...
 
teflon said:
It's interesting to read these. I sometimes feel we don't have any power over the guys. Maybe its just the ones around me, but they'd flirt with one girl then turn around and smile at another. Makes me lose faith in males in general :(.
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I have two reactions to that:

1) Those guys are doing you a favor by showing you what they're after so soon. You don't want those guys anyway.

2) If you only wait for guys to come to you, then all of your "power" is based on your appearance. If you take the initiative and introduce yourself to guys that you're interested in, then you have more of the power. Sure, some of those guys will turn out to be unworthy, but at least your dating destiny will be in your hands.

I could just as easily say that I lose faith in women every time I see one who dresses like a skank to get guys to buy her drinks. Or the one who's seeing an older guy who drives a Porsche. There's no point in being unimpressed with someone you don't want to date anyway.
 
teflon said:
It's interesting to read these. I sometimes feel we don't have any power over the guys. Maybe its just the ones around me, but they'd flirt with one girl then turn around and smile at another. Makes me lose faith in males in general :(.
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You shouldn't take flirting so seriously. It's just a mechanism to show an introductory level of interest, and gauge a response, to ascertain reciprocal interest. It's not even a statement of intent, or of emotional connection.

In fact, it's quite common for friends who have mutually agreed not to date, to still flirt, as a means of showing that they still view each other as attractive, as a form of encouragement, in their endeavours to date others.

Put another way, it's a way of reassuring each other of their marketability to third parties.

And as people are growing up, and trying to find their identity, it's also a means of finding out how attractive they are, and who their attractiveness peers are.

So take it for what it is, a nice small compliment.
 
MarkCollette said:
You shouldn't take flirting so seriously. It's just a mechanism to show an introductory level of interest, and gauge a response, to ascertain reciprocal interest. It's not even a statement of intent, or of emotional connection.

In fact, it's quite common for friends who have mutually agreed not to date, to still flirt, as a means of showing that they still view each other as attractive, as a form of encouragement, in their endeavours to date others.

Put another way, it's a way of reassuring each other of their marketability to third parties.

And as people are growing up, and trying to find their identity, it's also a means of finding out how attractive they are, and who their attractiveness peers are.

So take it for what it is, a nice small compliment.
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Oh please. You're a whore, just admit it. :)

Love you, Marky. ;) Hee-hee!:D
 
atszyman said:
Well, I'm a bit out of luck there. They are already darned cute and their only 2.5 years old and 3 months old... I'm already having a tough time being a disciplinarian (although sometimes the 2.5 year old makes it easier). It's going to be a dangerous time when they learn how to manipulate me...
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Clearly, you should have chosen an uglier wife, which would have solved all these problems. But don't worry, it's not too late to reverse this. Simply record them when they successfully beg you to do their bidding. Then get yourself a pair of active noise cancellation earphones, programmed to filter out their voices when they beg you in that way.

I have a similar thing, here at work, for when my coworkers ask me for help, so I know that it totally works.
 
MarkCollette said:
Clearly, you should have chosen an uglier wife, which would have solved all these problems. But don't worry, it's not too late to reverse this. Simply record them when they successfully beg you to do their bidding. Then get yourself a pair of active noise cancellation earphones, programmed to filter out their voices when they beg you in that way.

I have a similar thing, here at work, for when my coworkers ask me for help, so I know that it totally works.
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Well, the uglier wife thing would have worked but my wife used all those powers that attractive women are granted to convince me to marry her and father the children (OK, working on the kids didn't take a lot of convincing ;)).

Hopefully I can be scary enough while they are young that they're too afraid to cross me when they are smart enough to be really dangerous. At least currently I can bribe the toddler for less than $1.
 
atszyman said:
Well, the uglier wife thing would have worked but my wife used all those powers that attractive women are granted to convince me to marry her and father the children (OK, working on the kids didn't take a lot of convincing ;)).
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Damn those accursed attractive women, and their feminine wiles! That I see them using on other men... Those poor bastards... If only I could help those guys carry the burden, for just a little while... Hahaha


atszyman said:
Hopefully I can be scary enough while they are young that they're too afraid to cross me when they are smart enough to be really dangerous. At least currently I can bribe the toddler for less than $1.
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Dude, you control their access to cookies, chocolate and ice cream. Never forget that.

Kamera RAWr said:
Well, fortunately for us men, we grow into our looks, as they say... as for women.. well, I just don't know :D
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I think they do too.

<20 : Cute
20-25 : Sexy little things
25-30 : Filled out curves, for all the right kinds of naughtiness
30-35 : Gorgeous elegant goddesses
35-45 : Thank the gods for yoga, pilates, and Lululemon clothing! All the love from someone giving birth to your children, without them still having baby puke all over the back of their shirt anymore :)
 
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