# Am I the only one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779 "2003-03-20T11:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/21 "2003-03-23T15:45:39Z")
The operative word is _taste_. You can also add _class_ and _style_ if you like. The gowns are fine if they are not gaudy. The makeup is fine if it is not overly done. Not too many jewlery pieces also. A woman can look breathtaking if it is done with taste, class, or style. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/22 "2003-03-24T03:43:33Z")
what amazes is me for example, is how women in general spend so much time on their hair. i swear i do NOT remember the haircuts of the chicks i drool over, i simply do not pay attention to things like that. it takes me about 1 second to check out a girl’s ass, legs and face and about 70% of my opinion is formed right there. the other 30% is when i see if the surface of her body is toned or flabby. the hair never enters the equation. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/23 "2003-03-24T04:37:26Z")
This isn’t completely off-topic, but \, here I go. Ever notice when the high schoolers are out for prom that, for the most part (IMHO), the girls can often look ravishing, grown-up, gourgeous? (unless they’re chewing gum or you hear them talk 😉 ), and the guys look like little boys with their daddy’s suit on? Or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/24 "2003-03-24T13:09:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mith \* > \*\*I’ve always liked, and will probably continue to prefer, the natural “lazy sunday” look on women… clean skin, clean hair, short clean nails, flannel jammie bottoms and Tshirts… far sexier than hair extensions, red-whorish lips and posed smiles. \*\* I’m with you there, brother. I just don’t like the ‘high maintainence’ look. Plus, I like a woman with a little meat on her bones. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/25 "2003-03-24T20:33:26Z")
Me too. An adult woman looking comfortable but cute in jeans, sneakers, and t shirt is awfully hard to improve on. ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/26 "2003-03-24T20:53:01Z")
spooje, that would be “sista” but I do have a mean case of penis envy, so “brother” was cool as well. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/27 "2003-03-30T06:12:07Z")
daddy times two, i agree completely. its very rare that a 17 year old guy can have a well-developed muscular body. a guy that watches his diet and exercises will reach peak shape at about age 25. i don’t see any reason though, why a girl can’t look her best at 17. so at age 17 girls may be 120 lbs and guys 140 lbs … but for a girl that 120 is THE goal, while for a guy the goal may be 200 lbs. more mass takes more time to put on, i think its simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/28 "2003-03-30T16:04:27Z")
Let’s move this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779/29 "2003-03-30T18:38:48Z")
I agree with you DaddyTimesTwo. I had to take a fair number of photographs of prom queens and kings when I worked as a reporter for small newspapers. Most of the girls looked like gorgeous young women in their finery; nearly every boy looked like a gawky scarecrow who was uncomfortable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one/162779.md?page=1)