Women’s expectations of the opposite sex are at least as unrealistic as men’s

The Economist ^ | April 13, 2013 (Back to the future!) | The Economist

[Islander7]

MEN have long wondered what exactly it is that women want.

Most women don't know either.

[DuncanWaring]

The Husband Store!

A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!

There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. ... You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.

The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.

The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

[central_va]

Most of the undesirable male physical attributes can be overcome by carrying one of these.

[maddog55]

Makes you wonder..

[freedomfiter2]

See post 4.

[tomkat]

             

Speaking of diminishing returns .. there comes a point at which staying single is preferable to running the risk of another decimation.

[lepton]

Somethings wrong. All of those controls have markings. That’s not right at all.

Really, some of those knobs should be missing, and others have screws through them so that they’re not actually adjustable.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Rightwingextremist's first rule of life;
“Money may not buy happiness, but it does buy a awful lot of good looking women.”

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Dude must be loaded.

[I want the USA back]

That’s a perfect description of what goes on in the woman’s mind.

[Mamzelle]

re: The study is not perfect. There was no danger of the women mistaking the digital men for the real thing.

And here is the true difference between men and women. Women may like what they see with their eyes, but do not love with their eyes. Men, on the other hand, think that if they love what they see, then what they see is lovable. They then marry a hank of hair and a waistline, then head to FR to whine about the bad person the waistline turns out to be and how she takes his money and his children.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent analysis.

[9YearLurker]

Ha ha—you about summed it up!

[Gefn]

All I’ve ever looked for is someone who will make me laugh, be my best friend and love animals.

everything else to me would be icing on the cake.

[Mamzelle]

I have in my circle a married man who always brings his chippie along, a kind of good-natured gal, not too bright but with a nice, high-sitting rack and is twenty years younger than he. This guy is pushing seventy and has all these quarter-sized freckles all over his (age spots just happen to be something of a turn off for me) bald, scaly scalp.

He's always making remarks about the unattractiveness of women his age. Hence, I always notice how unattractive he is, how his old rear end sags down to the back of his knees...

But he won't get a divorce because he can't stand to part with the money he made while his wife raised his kids...

[Peet]

MEN have long wondered what exactly it is that women want.

Most women don't know either.

A man on his Harley was riding along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, God said, 'because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish..'

The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want.'

God replied, 'Your request is materialistic; think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help man kind.'

The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, 'God, I wish that I, and all men, could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, why she snaps and complains when I try to help, and how I can make a woman truly happy.

God replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?

[SecondAmendment]

She must think he gives good wallet.

[momtothree]

You are truly correct! I read a thread yesterday about buying Russian brides. Slim hotties in high heeled boots. Then some wondered why people they knew who did this... were left high and dry as soon as she got her green card. LOL!!

[Mamzelle]

The wife store.

Floor #1 A loving woman, girl-next-door type, your age.

Floor #2 One not so loving, not so faithful, but has a perfect 34C bra and a 24" waistline. Butt a little big, legs short with cankles. She's a little younger than you.

Floor #3 A woman of known immorality, been married before and divorced under unpleasant circumstances, but she has a 36D, a tiny waist and a perfectly rounded rear end.

Floor #4 Cheated on every man she ever knew, makes it obvious all she cares about is money and spending you into ruination, but has a face like Catherine Zeta and long, show girl legs and is in her twenties! She's too beautiful to be bad...she's...not guilty

Floor #5 Here are several women, all looking different from one another like different breeds of dog at Westminster. Asian teenagers, Big Blonde Viking types, etc. You can marry them all, they'll all hate you and be unfaithful and steal from you. But men will admire you and envy you your varied arm candy...

Men generally get the women they deserve...just like women get them men they deserve.