Posted on 12/09/2004 8:13:30 AM PST by dukeman
Having apparently hoisted up the white flag over the "stolen election", some of the ladies over at DU have weighed in on what constitutes an ideal man. Here goes:
DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts)
Equal time for DU women! Conjure up your ideal man!
Mine would have dark hair and eyes. He would be brilliant and an excellent conversationalist. He would love cats, music and nature and care about the environment and the less fortunate. He would be an excellent cook and not care that I'm not that interested in cooking. He would encourage me in my intellectual pursuits and career.
Oh wait - that sounds just like my husband! What about YOU?
intheflow (1000+ posts)
He would be about 6 feet tall, be a "dog person," could make me laugh, can comfort me when I'm being neurotic.
And in a dream man, he'd be a free-spirit artist/musician living in a funky artsy town (maybe in upstate NY? maybe the mountains of CO?). Long-haired hippy dude who loved me more than weed or booze or his horse.
Nadienne (970 posts)
He would have to be cuddly when I want to be cuddled, yet unoffended when I want to be alone. Someone who doesn't rely on me to entertain him when he's bored.
Intelligent. Someone who doesn't roll his eyes when I recommend a book for him to read. Someone with an open-mind, and open eyes and ears, who isn't out to prove that he's an expert at anything, who listens and considers other people's perspectives.
He would be willing to make sacrifices for the less fortunate.
He would love music, and cook for me, and forgive me for being a picky eater.
Longgrain (515 posts)
Not a woman myself...
But for inspiration... [posts a photo of long-haired Brad Pitt]
Nadienne (970 posts)
Very nice. Even with glasses. [anti-optically impaired bigot!]
Longgrain (515 posts)
I'm not as quite good looking. But I have a female friend who constantly insists that if I cut my hair and ditched my glasses I'd look exactly like Brad Pitt.
I mostly think she's crazy. [I wonder whether this approach works for this guy]
davsand (1000+ posts)
Sacked out on my sofa snoring with Tweety on really loud...
Oh wait--THAT would be my husband I'm describing. He also happens to be:
The one man who can stand me when I'm being bitchy
The one guy my elderly and evil tempered cat ever allowed to pet her (she slept in the bed with us every night till she died)
One of the best possible Dads I could ever want for our daughter [Read that over again a couple of times]
Amazingly brilliant with his political insights and intuitions.
Dedicated to social justice and willing to walk the walk.
The only man I ever could see myself just hanging out with when I was an old, old, old lady.
One of the kindest humans I've ever known. He elevates me as a person. I am much nicer as a human being because of him.
SarahBelle (1000+ posts)
That's easy.
He's tall and built with piercingly gorgeous eyes. He's introverted, but not necessarily shy. He's inwardly driven, not in the pursuit of "stuff" to impress people, but beyond that for himself. He's brilliant (so brilliant that he's not pretentious about it because he has nothing to prove). He doesn't use substances. He's sexually open in a monogamous type of way. He's supportive of my dreams and goals. He doesn't try to "rescue" me all the time and gives me space when I need it. Most importantly, we "get" each other in ways other people don't.
Pirate looks at 50 (1000+ posts)
ideal man = pirate looks at 50
just throwing in my two cents worth. have a great day all. [Gotta love those parrothead, lefty horn-dogs!]
Dear DU Slutiots,
The earth revolves around the sun.
The earth and sun are part of a solar system that revolves around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
The Milky Way is part of a larger cluster of galaxies, known as the "Local Group", which revolve around a single point at the center of the universe.
That point is not you!
This husband has to be a woman.
intheflow (1000+ posts)
This husband has to be a dog lover. ;)
Nadienne (970 posts)
This husband shouldn't mind being bored.
Longgrain (515 posts)
This husband should be gay.
davsand (1000+ posts)
With this lady's cat-in-the-bed fetish, this husband has a reason to be snoring on the sofa.
SarahBelle (1000+ posts)
This husband should dial 911 as soon as he manages to escape.
Yea, the guys who aren't gay look like Allen Colmes.
Ha! Perhaps you should visit DU and straighten those ladies out.
This describes Sanford Blatch, Carrie's gay friend on "Sex and the City." You go, DU Girls!
Muleteam1
Tractors and dozers are expensive to get your bidness going. Down in FLA, there is plenty of clearing work to be done. They just flatten everythang!
They all want "Stepford Husbands"
Sounds like a bunch of kids.
What the heck...
Don't these girls care about anyone having a job? Being hard working? Defending them? Their children? They basically just want another woman...with equipment.
If they want someone unselfish, they want someone just like Ronald Regan...but far be it from me to tell them.
The most touching line I heard from him was that he wanted someone to give his love to. Being loved in return was a natural consequence of loving first. What a guy. Sigh.
Gosh, you just described FLOTUS' man.
Darlin,
I just took it as you being a teensy bit insecure ;)
Good luck finding that on DU -- LOL!
I'm the only conservative among my female friends. The refrain is the SAME THING: they always say they want sensitive, funny, evolved men who respect them and cater to them and blah blah blah bliddy blah.
They chide me for saying, "ALPHA MALES ROCK!" Although, ironically, I'm the only alpha female among them... go figure.
But, for all their mooning over the sensitive guys--they all fall, hook line and proverbial sinker, for every tough guy alpha male they see. It was especially evident when discussing movies: Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Arnold Vosloo or Brendan Frasier in the Mummy, Ciaran Hinds in Persuasion. Testosterone and hair ALWAYS wins over wire rim glasses, Birkenstocks and soy cheese.
It really is, despite what they want you to think, about which male is the better hunter and provider.
It sounds like these DU chicks want another WOMAN.
That they can order around and have take care of their every whim. A man that they will NEVER respect. See John Kerry and Tarazzzza Heinz for example...
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