# (Perhaps Surprising) Things That Make a Guy Sexy To You **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775 "2001-10-01T15:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/101 "2001-10-03T19:48:20Z")
Sexy Things [ul] A man with a tool belt, faded jeans, work boots and a 5 o’clock shadow, in the midst of doing work. A man who can look under the hood of a car and know what he’s looking at. A man who can get on the dance floor without embarrassing himself. There’s something about a boy with rhythm. A guy who can pitch a tent in pouring rain in two minutes flat. Big noses - oh yes! Grey hair, yes! And some wrinkles on their face. Yes, yes! A man who can play the piano or guitar and sing on key. A man who loves babies AND dogs. [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/102 "2001-10-03T19:56:54Z")
Stop it, Lisa. You’re making me pitch a tent. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/103 "2001-10-03T20:20:35Z")
I can’t speak for everyone, but I don’t expect one person to ever completely match the list. That might even be scary! I just find all those things sexy. The studious guy with the great eyes in the that corner, the cowboy that just walked in, that guy over there talking in a sexy drawl, dear Lord, that chick in the boots… Heh. Dragon\*Con, for instance, had me at a high hum all weekend. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/104 "2001-10-03T20:29:40Z")
BRUT All my husband has to do is put on Brut and I go nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/105 "2001-10-03T20:57:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corrvin \* > **Glasses are always good…geeky guys. Tell me you have a gig of RAM and my toes curl.** [Got that and more…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85835) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*Glasses are good… > > Graying is also good… > > Balding is good… > > …as long as you can at least find your butt with both hands, that’s a big plus, in my book.\*\* [sub]Someone describes me to a T and look who it is…[/sub] Lady Persephone, I’ve been away too long. Let me say once more: “How you doin’?” > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*C’mere, **Tygr** and I’ll tie you to the couch next to your wife and we won’t be watching _The Princess Bride_, either. > > [sub]Whoa. Now there’s a fantasy that came out of nowhere[/sub] \*\* If you want to think it came out of nowhere, I guess that’s okay. I prefer to contemplate how cool it is that Arden Ranger can read my mind. 😉 Now, let me ask you: Will what I’m thinking right now get me slapped, or pounced on? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/106 "2001-10-03T22:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tygr \* > \*\*Now, let me ask you: Will what I’m thinking right now get me slapped, or pounced on? \*\* Both. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/107 "2001-10-03T22:19:57Z")
Ooooooh **Arden…** **Tygr** mentioned you _and_ me in the same post… You thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/108 "2001-10-03T22:29:24Z")
Dirty minds think alike! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/109 "2001-10-03T23:12:27Z")
I can’t believe I forgot this, since it is one of my major, major turn-ons, and I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet. Suits. I go weak in the knees at the sight of a man in a suit. I took a guy home one time just because he was wearing a suit (turned out I regretted it; he was _terrible_, but that’s another story). The suit has to fit well, though. Ill-fitting suit…no. Without the suit jacket, a nice white dress shirt and tie will do it. Hell, ties in general. My boss’s boss at my summer job would wear an oxford shirt with a tie, (Arden’s going to love this) cowboy boots and a baseball cap. I loved that look. Whoo. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/110 "2001-10-03T23:30:10Z")
cowboy boots… Ties are way up there (pretty and multi-functional! :D). Double breasted suits are damned sexy on men or womwen. Especially topped off with a fedora. I am so Italian sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/111 "2001-10-03T23:45:57Z")
I like ties cuz of where they point. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/112 "2001-10-03T23:54:24Z")
What about bow ties? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/113 "2001-10-04T00:06:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*What about bow ties? \*\* You are so cute. Bow ties don’t really point anywhere, now do they? Maybe that’s why bow ties to me just scream, “Sexually repressed!” But that’s just me. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/114 "2001-10-04T00:07:54Z")
Forgot to add to my last: Except when worn with a tuxedo. Then they’re dead sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/115 "2001-10-04T00:16:15Z")
I don’t know, **Geobabe** , I think bow ties scream “Hurt me! Make me late for work! Please!?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/116 "2001-10-04T02:11:10Z")
So basically, Geobabe, you’re looking for a policeman in a tuxedo cradling a baby in his well toned arms and tossing off bons mots while playing right field for the Orioles. Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/117 "2001-10-04T03:05:55Z")
Sexy is a guy who swims butterfly. Other perks: a good speaking/singing voice, excellent massage skills, a meaningful and interesting job, the ability to rid my apartment of big bugs. Oh, and he should be tall. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/118 "2001-10-04T03:07:09Z")
**Robot Arm** , my dear, dear friend, if you were a policeman in a tuxedo cradling a baby in his well toned arms who played right field for the Orioles, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion because I’d have you tied to my bed right now. Because you never fail to make me laugh. And that’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/119 "2001-10-04T04:36:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > …we wouldn’t even be having this discussion because I’d have you tied to my bed right now. I’m in a good mood, no reason we can’t do both. ---
**Author:** ![Limerick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Limerick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limerick)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/120 "2001-10-04T05:54:01Z")
A cleft chin. Not a butt-chin, mind you, just a subtl little cleft. Mmmmmmm… Guys who do thoughtful little things without even realizing they did it. Stupid stuff, like opening your beer as they pass it to you at a party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775.md?page=7)