I'll venture a guess and a response to the inevitable, "there's a whole industry dedicated just to weddings" mantra.
My guess, and it's a good guess, is that the industry dedicated to men's "expectations" is far, far more lucrative than the wedding industry. Why, you're surfing the Internet due more largely to men's "expectations" than any woman's fantasies of finding Mr. Right.
Girls should have standards, bargaining strategies, and fallback options, but should never, ever apologize for their fantasy of Mr. Right. It's every bit as valid as a guy's Playboy Centerfold Dream Girl.
If your fantasy Mr. Right is interfering with your chances of settling down with the guy who isn’t quite rich enough or handsome enough or sensitive enough, it’s a problem. If your “Mr. Right Template” is set up so you don’t settle for Mr. Wrong, then it’s a good thing.
Some of my friends used to tease me because my list of requirements was so stringent I wasn’t interested in people who met one or two, but not all, of them. They told me I’d never find the guy I was looking for. Ha!
I guess my philosophy is “settle down, don’t settle for”.
Perhaps, but you will hardly find many guys who will sacrifice their lives because they won’t ‘settle’ for less then their ‘Playboy Centerfold Dream Girl’.
I have to take umbrage with your generalization of males....the vast majority of the men I know, will look at Playboy, as matter of curiosity, however the same males move on, a small percentage of males get high on a picture...
It is typical of certain type female, that tends debase all males, by the inference that male sexuality, is rooted in a Playboy magazine...that is, a male is incapable of any real emotions.....little wonder that men are walking away from modern women...