2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI know a "chick magnet" guy. Bit of a dinosaur. NOTHING like the Nuclear Cheeto.
I'll call him 'Karl' (not his real name.) Dude was a ship's engineer in the merchant marine for decades. Genius mechanic, can fix anything. Recovering alcoholic, quite the hell-raiser in ports all over the world in his youth.
Women love him.
Women fall into bed with him.
Women chase him.
I had momentary "hmmmmm.... what would it be like....?" fantasies about a whirl in the sack with him myself.
He's been married a coupla times, neither stuck. Still friends with the exes.
Not good at the long-haul relationship thing, Karl.
But not a whole lotta women out there with bad feelings about him, either.
There's a lot of words and phrases out there describing guys like Karl- some admiring, some crude, some envious.
By the way, he's not conventionally good looking. Short, sturdy. Fireplug build. Graying, thinning blond hair. Scars from old fights. Bad hip, walks with a bit of a limp.
He's a bit sexist. Definitely old-fashioned.
But still successful in getting a nice, friendly woman to join him in bed just about any old time he wants.
Amazing guy, Karl.
So, what's his secret?
I think its this: He just LOVES women.
We went with Karl to a casino one time, on an outing sponsored by a company we all worked with. Karl sat at our table, watching people on the dance floor. "Golly, she's a beauty!" he'd say. And "Yea, that's a dancer-prancer!"
And then he'd get up and make a round, inviting women to dance. A lot of women, complete strangers, accepted his invitation, danced, and you could see they were having a great time.
Here's the deal: Those women he was admiring? Some of them most people would consider 'beautiful' in the conventional sense. Most weren't. Some might have been dismissed as homely. But Karl wasn't looking at their faces or their bodies. He saw something in the way they moved, or smiled, or responded to other people, that said "beautiful" to him.
And he wasn't the least bit shy about letting them know it, in a non-threatening, appreciative, joyful way.
And he could tell when he was getting a real response, and when he wasn't. He'd never push hard on a shy woman, but he'd take the time to let her know she'd be welcome if she wanted to come out of her shell. If not, he'd give her a smile and move on.
He just loved women, liked being with them, whether sex was in the immediate focus, or not. Women seemed to sense that and respond.
It didn't hurt that he could fix a leaky faucet, of course. Or that he was generous with his time and kindness for other things- giving rides, coffee conversation, telling jokes, clean and dirty and all sorts.
Kinda lost touch with Karl these last few years since we moved to the Southwest. He doesn't come this way much.
But I'd put a large bet on who he's voting AGAINST.
certainly,
Bright
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)I've known guys like that and they are so cool, so much fun to be around.
They just love women, feel really comfortable around them and treasure them.
They make the world a more friendly, more loving place.
TygrBright
(20,762 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)It's the possessing or violating part, even in conversation, that's odious. Karl sounds like he loves women in the best way.
TygrBright
(20,762 posts)You made something go "ahah!" for me.
Karl was neither about possessing nor being possessed.
He was about having fun together.
If the woman he was with wasn't enjoying herself, he didn't have any fun, either.
But yeah, he was from a generation that grew up calling women "honey," and he wasn't into commitment. He could piss off some younger female colleagues with a sexist assumption now and then. And his eyes would get all big and he'd say, "No, sorry, honey, I think you're fine, I'm an old man you know."
But even us fairly hardline feminists had a difficult time holding a resentment.
It's possible to be a (putting it crudely) pussy chaser and yet NOT be a vile creepazoid.
Karl's never had much cash in a bank account- he travels light in every way. But as human beings go he's both wealthy and respectworthy.
appreciatively,
Bright
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(13,259 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)I never saw that one.
randome
(34,845 posts)Trump is no chick magnet, despite what he claims. In fact, judging by his wild stories, I'd say it's safe to assume he has rarely had sex, and then only because he and his wife of the moment have "an agreement".
Nicely written post, TygrBright!
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