Hey, it looks like the Geeks are in-style! Woo! My time has come at last.
James Bond, a metrosexual? Uh…no. A metrosexual would never fire a gun, or any of that other death-defying stuff James Bond does. A better cinema example of a metrosexual would be every Richard Gere character.
James Bond is always impeccibly dressed, well groomed, elegant, courteous and polished. He knows wine and is very specific about his cocktails. I’m pretty sure he uses moisturizers and has regular manicures. He’s also an excellent dancer. The fact that he also kills people for a living doesn’t make him any less of a metrosexual, just like the fact that Indy has a PhD. doesn’t make him any less of a manly man.
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- *I am from “the land before MTV”… 50 years ago typical straight men did not engage in these things to any great degree. The popularity of these things among men was introduced by gay fashion. So maybe you should explain–why would straight men want to look like gay men?
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- *I am from “the land before MTV”… 50 years ago typical straight men did not engage in these things to any great degree. The popularity of these things among men was introduced by gay fashion. So maybe you should explain–why would straight men want to look like gay men?
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I was on the fence until I got to this.
Besides, after the flames of passion die down, and you have to decide which of these would make the better "roommate".....definitely the metrosexual.An interesting comment. Some of the guys I hang around with, when preparing to go out to a night club for an evening by dressing well and using hair products, scents, etc. refer to the practice as getting “gayed up”.
It’s definitely an overstatement that hair spray and gel equals ‘looking gayed up’. I’m straight as an arrow – I dress in t-shirts and jeans and wouldn’t wear an earring if you paid me, but I use hair spray.
Since when is hair gel a sign of sophistication? The guys I know who wear the most crap in their hair are the type who think that elegant means rolling expensive cigarettes into the sleeve of their tight black T-shirt. Where do you think the term “greaser” comes from?
I’ll take the metrosexual, please. The “manly man” thing just doesn’t matter that much to me. Cleanliness and style go waaaay further. Also, smart guys are more likely to be metrosexual. In fact, it has very little to do with the outside. Its that I think a metrosexual guy would make a better person to live with. I think he would be more likely to notice details about me if he notices details about himself. If he has good taste in clothes, maybe he has good taste in other things too. And if he works indoors or on a computer all day, then I won’t have to worry about him getting killed while clearing the hay from under the tractor or killed by cutting a tree down on himself. He’d be around to provide. Yeah, I 'm gonna go with saying that ultimately the metrosexual is the better man from the evolutionary viewpoint of a reproducing female. 
By default I wear no jewelry, hair gel or special clothing. My normal attire is a large t-shirt (I size into a small/medium) and jeans.
With the introduction of my GF I find myself using hair gel and scents. She’ll put lip balm (on me) and mosturizers.
I think my GF wants a metrosexual man.
On the other hand she likes it when I “take control” in a manly fashion. She gets turned on if I give her the “cave man” treatment (grab her, kiss her with passion/force).
I think women really want the middle ground. I’m also a “geek” type in that I can discuss computers and technology for hours. I LAN party every chance I get and spend serious money on computer hardware.
Another vote for option C. I understand it’s not actually an option, but both of the men presented in the OP are turn-offs for me. I like a man who can fix my car and hold an intelligent conversation. Romantic enough to bring me flowers, but also understands that sometimes things do not need to be slow and gentle. 
A bit harsh for IMHO, but that last line cracked me up.
Yes.
As I said in an earlier post, somewhere in the middle (which they are) is infintely preferable to the extremes in the OP.
I’d pick manly over metro, but I guess I like a mixture of both. My man is clean, but rough around the edges, hairy, doesn’t get manicures, can talk about a variety of topics, has musical talent, and isn’t closed off to the arts. And he isn’t obsessed with sports.
Yep, I’m lucky, I’ve got that perfect guy. 
Pssst… Miller? Um, the Brawny guy? Total homo.
Hmm, if I had to choose between the extremes listed in the OP, I think I’d have to go find myself a nice lesbian. She could fix my car and help me build shelves, but her flannel shirts would always be clean and she wouldn’t make me feel like a big slob for not being all frou-frou. The sex would be an issue, but I guess I could get used to girly parts easier than b.o. or prissiness.
I asked my wife:
The showering thing would be the dealbreaker, and she just dismisses the whole hygene issue completely since it’s so unrealistic as to be trivial in real-world scenerios.
Take a manly-man with minimally acceptable grooming vs. typical metrosexual, and it’s manly-man all the way. Guys who care more about fashion and skin-care products than she does make her skin crawl; and this is coming from a lady who cut her professional teeth in musical theater. She loves her queeny and metro friends dearly as friends, but the idea of hopping in the sack with them provokes the gag reflex. She thinks Tom Menino (mayor of Boston) is kind of sexy. She adores John Goodman. The scene in “Moonstruck” where Nick Cage overturns the table, bellows “Son of a BITCH!”, and lustfully lugs Cher off to the bedroom gets her sorta hot. Ed Harris? “RddddrrrrrOWWW!”
“Mmm, oh-kay, so what in the hell are you doing with me then?” I ask.
“Oh, I turned over that rock, saw you there, and my heart just went out to you, poor thing! C’mere…”
And at least some of the women who are attracted to geeks are also shy. It can be very hard for two extremely shy people to meet up. There’s no easy answer, because one of the things we like about geeks (or at least that I like about geeks) is that they’re not constantly throwing themselves in our faces or chasing after everything in a skirt.
Too true. Some of them are scared by girl geeks, too, who are at least part of the female population that is interested in geeks.
Back on topic of the thread, I’ll take the geek guy any day. Who else would tolerate my computer gaming habit?
Yeah. Haven’t you seen the lastest batch of commercials for Brawny? To whom do you think that dude doing the voice-over is appealing? Not to chicks, I tells ya!
I’m married to a EE, so definitely the geeky guy.
Thinking about kissing a metrosexual makes me want to gag. Any man who curls their hair and puts hair products in would never appeal to me. James Bond is not at all appealing. Yuck.
Manly guys who don’t shower do not appeal to me at all. If it’s a manly guy who showers, then yes. Indiana Jones is very spiffy dressed up.
But I would still choose the geeky guy over them. He may not want to fix the car, but he has the brains to learn, and he also can learn to moisturize if needed.