Does everyone know what metrosexuality is?

[Bouncy Ball]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual

Well, I think I found the most metrosexual man in the world Saturday night.

He was on a date with a very attractive blond woman; they were seated one table over from us in a restaurant.

He looked like he stepped off a runway or out of the pages of GQ, such were his clothes. MEN turned their heads to glance at him when he came in.

His hair was impeccable and I know a wax job on the brows when I see one. His face was exfoliated, scrubbed, masked, toned, moisturized. He fussed with a cuticle for a bit, seeming to be very angry at it.

He looked around to make sure people were looking at him. Did that a lot. His date was a very pretty woman, but was overshadowed by his gorgeousness. And he seemed to know it.

He kept fixing the break on his pants. Fussing with his collar and looking at his very expensive watch. I swear he hardly looked at his date. His teeth were so white they were blinding.

I write all this only because I was fascinated by him. I didn't stare, but I stole glances whenever I could. I've rarely ever seen a man so into his appearance before--it was truly impeccable.

He was the King of Metrosexuals. Oh and when his date ordered the wine, he turned up his nose, stopped the waiter and said "no not that one, ick.." and then told him which one they would have instead.

So he also seemed like a dick. But an oddly fascinating one.

[cprise]

1. Thanks for spreading RW memes.

This is complete bullshit.

[Bouncy Ball]

9. Was it you?

:D :hi:

Calm down, I'm the last person to want to spread "right wing memes." :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Hmm yes. This trend comes into fashion every so often

[Lilith Velkor]

62. Such as the late 18th century

The founding fathers dressed very "gay" by modern standards.

[GreenPartyVoter]

64. Regency period, too, when Beau brummel ruled the english fashion scene

[rug]

3. yeah, but him or angelina?

[WeRQ4U]

4. Yeah, it means a guy with personal hygiene

The man you just described is actually known more commonly as the "Self Absorbed Prick"

[cprise]

10. And a way to make wordly, hetero men feel guilty.

It is similar to "latte liberal".

Its easy to describe someone as a "dandy" without shoving a "sexual" term under people's noses.

[Bouncy Ball]

11. Look

I could give a shit if you are worldly and hetero. That's great, good for you. I was simply describing someone I saw, someone I found oddly fascinating and someone I thought might just match the definition of metrosexual.

[cprise]

15. You assume waaaay too much

I'm gay and not dandy-ish at all.

FWIW, I don't trust shallow people who latch onto RW terms and describe grooming habits as it they were a sexual orientation.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. Who said it was a sexual orientation?

Read the Wickipedia article, they address that right there.

I never said shit all about his sexual orientation. I think it is you reading too much into my post.

[cprise]

31. Its "Wikipedia"

Besides that, I really don't care what web pages are devoted to it. That doesn't make it anything other than a way to apply double-standards to men. RWers in congress have used it as a way to make heteros who watch 'Queer Eye' feel dirty.

[ET Awful]

32. Okay, how about we just call him a male label whore fashionista then?

Your righteous indignation is duly noted (and disgarded as completely inane).

[cprise]

33. Its a bullshit term

...and your 'alternative' tries to sexualize it too.

I guess I should have known better than to venture into DU Lounge.

[Bouncy Ball]

34. We do engage in a bit of humor in here.

Sorry to hear you don't like it.

[ET Awful]

35. No, you should know better than to get your undies in a bunch

over something so trivial.

[Bouncy Ball]

37. NARCISSIST!!

There! Someone at the end of the thread pegged it! Narcissist, does that make you feel better? NO sexuality implied or stated!

[JimmyJazz]

49. Your slap in the face has been duly noted.

:eyes:

[WeRQ4U]

25. Whoa, didn't mean any ill will sport.

If I spoke incorrectly, I'm sorry.

[trebizond]

5. Yup. What a great episode of South Park.

:rofl:

[Bouncy Ball]

7. I don't watch that show.

:shrug:

[trebizond]

24. basically the whole town became metrosexual after watching "Queer eye for-

-the straight guy", but then discovered the Queer Eye team were actually subterranean crab people. The episode did actually put forward a serious point, that "metrosexuality" is just another hijacking of a minority culture by whitey (or rather, straight-whitey).

[khashka]

6. Metrosexuality sucks

Men shaving off their body hair? I don't think so! We fags got over that back in the 80's.

Personally, I think any guy who waxes his eyebrows needs a good ass kicking.

Khash.

[Bouncy Ball]

8. LOL!

What about manicures and pedicures?

Personally I say whatever floats your boat (poster #1 on this thread TOTALLY missed what I said in the last part of the post), but I do find it fascinating.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. I agree, whatever makes you happy.

My daughter and her boyfriend share Veet. I guess that's a special form of bonding. :shrug:

[khashka]

18. Well sure, I agree too

I just think it's a crying shame when men get rid of their body hair. So many times I've watched it swirling down the drain with tears in my eyes.... (my boyfriend's chest hair not mine).

Oh, the loss!

Khash.

[Bouncy Ball]

22. I would kill my husband if he did that.

He used to threaten to have his chest waxed and I'd say "don't you DARE!!" I like him furry!!!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

27. Hey, I like a nice hairy chest, too!

I don't get my daughters thing about hairless guys, either. :shrug:

And if my man were wanting to be hairless he'd better be buying his own Veet. That stuffs expensive. :P

[Left Is Write]

51. Although I like men's body hair...

if my husband had heavy dark back hair, I might persuade him to wax it. :)

(I would stop short of referring to it as manscaping, however.)

[sundog]

19. hehehe

:toast:

i'm with ya khash

[xmas74]

38. The only men who should consider eyebrow waxes

are the ones w/ massive caveman monobrows that scare young children (and it should only be enough to tell that the person has eyes, a forehead and two eyebrows).

[Redstone]

68. You can always just shave the middle of a monobrow.

Why go through all the waxing rigamarole?

Redstone

[xmas74]

69. Not always good.

Some just do not have a steady hand and it will obviously look shaved. Going to a reputable professional who will listen to exactly what you want done is a better option.
Besides, eyebrow waxing isn't that expensive and the results last much longer.

[khashka]

70. Or you can skip the whole thing....

I like monobrows. I think it's deadly sexy....

Khash.

[WCGreen]

13. I bought this book Confession of a Metrosexual....

And it was hilareous.....

It was a collection of essays.....

The one that got me rolling was how do you tell if a masuese (sp) is coming on to you.....

And, what should you do when he asks you if you want hime to finish you off....

But the guy who wrote it did keep on saying he kept being asked if he was gay......

So in the end it al comes down to this, metrosexual is just another madison label to further segment us all into marketing niches....

[Bouncy Ball]

23. A British journalist first coined the term in 1994.

For whatever that's worth.

[WCGreen]

26. Didn't know that....

But it soon was co opted by the Ad types

Are metrosxuals Democrat or republican

[LanternWaste]

14. All I can think of

I never heard the word before, but I think I can get the gist of it's meaning.

All I can think of if I were in your place would be to go up to him ans say, "Dude, there's a stain mark on your pants buttocks... and it's really obvious", then go back to my date and watch the fireworks! :)

[Redstone]

16. So "metrosexual" means "fussy, vain, arrogant asshole," eh?

Just about what I figured.

Redstone

[Bouncy Ball]

21. Well, no.

I made the distinction at the end that I think he was somewhat of a dick, TOO. Metrosexual does not equal asshole.

I put a link in my post about it that explains it better.

[Redstone]

29. I was trying to be funny.

Guess it didn't work.

Redstone

[Bouncy Ball]

45. Sorry!!!

:blush:

[Redstone]

67. You don't need to apologize when I'm trying to be funny

and manage not to be. My fault, not yours.

But I stand by my original description of the guy you saw.

And I stand by my position that I'll look extremely aakance at any guy who describes himself as a "metrosexual." It's just another ridiculous, media-and-advertising-driven, hype-laden fad label.

Redstone

[bigwillq]

20. Most metrosexuals are more gay than I am

I think some are just closet cases. hate to judge but....

[Initech]

59. My theory is that most metrosexuals are...

Closet cross-dressers. Think about it - why else do they shop at a lot of the same stores that women do?

[Lilith Velkor]

60. Good point--most TVs are straight.

[kcwayne]

28. I am so out of it, I thought metrosexual was someone that did not do

farm animals, unlike that right wing wackjob Alan Colmes interviewed TWICE.

[ET Awful]

30. Metrosexual is just a new word for Narcissist n/t

[cprise]

36. Except Narcissist isn't overtly sexual

...nor is it aimed specifically at men.

[Bouncy Ball]

40. ARG!!!

So THAT doesn't make you happy, either?

I give up.

:eyes:

"Narcissist" fits this guy very well, why does it have to be sexuality specific or gender specific?

[ET Awful]

41. Ummm, Narcissus was a MALE, the term is distinctly MALE in context

or were you truly unaware of that fact?

[xmas74]

43. Was he the one who stared into the water?

I always forget exactly how that goes.

[ET Awful]

44. Yes, he became so enamored of his own image that he stared into

a pool so long that he turned into a flower (of the same name).

[xmas74]

50. Thank you.

I thought that was how the story went but thought that I would ask first.

[cprise]

52. No.

Narcissism is not restricted to men in definition or use. Only its origin from literature is male.

Its like saying the context of "murderer" is male because Cain slew Abel.

[ET Awful]

54. Really? I wasn't aware that the word "murder" derived from the name

"Cain"`

[Bouncy Ball]

46. Hey I will say one thing for your presence in this thread:

you made it all flamey because there are so many posts.

Oh God. That's a sexual reference isn't it? I'm in trouble again, aren't I?

[cprise]

53. LOL!

Yes, it was I who helped make your thread a smashing success! :)

[edbermac]

39. You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you....

You're so vaaaaaaaaaiiinnnnnnn, you probably think this song is about you, don't you, don't you, don't YOOOOUUUUU?

[Bouncy Ball]

42. LOL!

[Deja Q]

47. A metro or just a vain and pompous ass, he's got some disorder...

[Left Is Write]

48. I'm not sure I'd use "metrosexual" as the primary descriptor

for that man.

Of course, I think metrosexual is a pretty stupid label to begin with, but that's my gig. If other people like the word, I've no problem with it.

The man you saw sounds like a self-absorbed, conceited, vain jerk. Especially the way he rudely dismissed his date's wine selection. That's not metrosexual. That's asshole.








edited subject line for typo that COMPLETELY changed what I really intended!

[Bouncy Ball]

55. Well yeah that's why I said he was "also a dick."

[Left Is Write]

56. I know, but

there does seem to be a connection made between his appearance and his behavior. You may not have intended that connection, but it reads that way.

[NoPasaran]

57. And all this time

I thought it had something to do with the subway.

[Dukkha]

58. That's not metro, That's a Mimbo

Completely hung up on himself, The trophy date obviously there as an accessory.I'd love to hear a transcript of his "witty" dinner banter.

[Lilith Velkor]

61. Is that like a Himbo?

[Bouncy Ball]

63. A Himbo, darmit, I got it wrong.

Thanks! :hi:

[Mitt Chovick]

65. What self respecting woman would date a man prettier than she is?

[Seabiscuit]

66. Sounds like the lead guy in "American Psycho".

That's the last kind of guy I'd call a "metrosexual".

[usedtobesick]

71. no but jetrosexuality

was a very scary marketing ploy by Virgin Air...

[greblc]

72. Sex on mass transit