Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[robustpuppy]

I'm just wondering what the guys of the FB think of these Bachelor girls. Personally I have found none of the Bachelors to be even marginally attractive, and as for the guys on the Bachelorette, there were a couple of cuties but none of the guys in her top group blew my skirt up.

I've noticed that Mr. Firestone's bachelorettes have complexions that aren't as smooth as they ought to be for women of their purported ages. OTOH, perhaps they've gotten too much sun, because there's not a lot of the emotional depth that you might expect from women who have earned their little laugh lines (however slight they may be, just put some kinetin on them and the makup won't cake up so much, dear).

Originally posted by dtb
Interestingly, this lovely lady describes herself with 2 of the same adjectives as Tina P. I guess that means she's out too.

Tiffany

How lame are all the answers that each of these chicks gives about why they want to get married now? It would have been refreshing to have at least one of them say, "Well, I wanted to get on TV, and you guys picked me!" or something even remotely honest. I don't think any one of them is over 26 years old, yet they're all "tired of going out". HUH?!?! I was just hitting my stride at 26!

Even more curious, can someone explain why it is this dude needs to meet a bubblehead on national tv? I read the article in the NYT someone mentioned earlier (the one that describes the "chain restaurant" incident), and it describes him as "handsome, clever and rich." So what's his M.O.? Fame? Does anyone think he will actually marry the "winner"?

He kind of reminds me of that guy who was the main character on Northern Exposure.

I would guess his MO is twofold. One, he has a JFK JR bored with the entitled life thing going on. Everything ishanded to him on a silver platter so he wants to do something different to spice things up (go on a trash tv show, fuck around with a bunch of hos, not get married). Two, perhaps he wants to amuse his buddies on the golf course or piss off his family?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I would guess his MO is twofold. One, he has a JFK JR bored with the entitled life thing going on. Everything ishanded to him on a silver platter so he wants to do something different to spice things up (go on a trash tv show, fuck around with a bunch of hos, not get married). Two, perhaps he wants to amuse his buddies on the golf course or piss off his family?

I think he likes to practice his "smell the fart" acting technique. During the rose ceremony last night he definitely closed his eyes halfway and flared his nostrils as he pondered the lovelies.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by evenodds
Okay, that is really funny.

I don't watch the show, but I clicked on the bios. One of them didn't list an occupation (SV lawyer?) and another lists 3 jobs (real estate sales, nanny and fitness model). On the place where it says to list 3 adjectives that describe you, one of them wrote 4 things down. Another one wrote "opportunistic"--thinking it sounds like positive quality.

Verdict:

None of these women is THAT attractive, one of them can't count to three and the another two probably don't know where next month's rent is coming from. One of them needs a thesauraus, and they all say they want to get married to someone they never met before which makes them emotional cripples.

Why do you people watch this?

What is wrong with this guy? Why does a millionaire need to go on national television to get a girl unless he has serious issues himself. Heroin addiction, domestic violence, closet gay etc.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by dtb How lame are all the answers that each of these chicks gives about why they want to get married now?

I find some of them just heartbreaking, actually. Like Stephanie, the "ambitious, charisthmatic, articulate, and competitive" waitress who can't count, but who says "I want somebody to share my life with so it is not so dull." Jesus, how sad it is to have a life so "dull" that you want to marry a random stranger to change it? Or the classy Tina, who says "It has now become a priority in my life" at the alleged age of 22?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I find some of them just heartbreaking, actually. Like Stephanie, ... who says "I want somebody to share my life with so it is not so dull." Jesus, how sad it is to have a life so "dull" that you want to marry a random stranger to change it?

I thought that was sad as well. Disturbingly honest, as well (NTTAWWT). It made me want to give her a good shake.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I thought that was sad as well. Disturbingly honest, as well (NTTAWWT). It made me want to give her a good shake.

If I had to answer that questionairre, I would say that I don;t want to spend the rest of my life working my ass off for someone else, plus I have always wanted to live on a vineyard. He's hot so I could probably learn to love him if he is fun and not stupid. Plus, how bad could being an heiress be?

As for the adjectives I woudl describe myself with I would say "misunderstood by the underintelligent, well-traveled and more liberated than an Iraqi.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by dtb
How lame are all the answers that each of these chicks gives about why they want to get married now? It would have been refreshing to have at least one of them say, "Well, I wanted to get on TV, and you guys picked me!" or something even remotely honest. I don't think any one of them is over 26 years old, yet they're all "tired of going out". HUH?!?! I was just hitting my stride at 26!

I confess, I can't bring myself to sit down and watch any of these reality shows. I did check out the link and read the bios, and the answers are lame. They all sound so pathetic. I feel sorry for people who base their self-worth on the status of their love-life. single = worthless is just not true. Nor does married necessarily = happiness. Just ask my wife-shopping former roommate who is now miserable in his relationship with the woman from hell.

p.s. Still single (for the time being) and proud.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Still[,] single (for the time being) and proud.

Are these the adjectives you would use to describe yourself?

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Are these the adjectives you would use to describe yourself?

Not "still". Mr. Elk-to-be can't keep up, even though he is younger.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Not Bob
As I recover from the first round of the playoffs, I thought that it would be interesting to revisit an old topic -- namely, whether your spouse or significant other or insignificant other (or all three) knows about us.

You know, the FB. Home of salacious talk with imaginary friends. Or about the related PMs, IMs, emails, etc.

And, per the rules for these sorts of polls, I'll go first. Not Bob's Answer is No. I wrestle with this, because I don't think that anything I do or say on the FB (or via IM or email) rises to the level of being in the same zip code as Conduct Contrary To Monogomous Wedded Bliss, as measured by objective standards.

But (and this is a-bigger-than-J. Lo's "but"), my wife wouldn't like it. None of it. Men and women, chatting on the computer? Egad. Talking about the things that are discussed here? (See eg the kama sutra thread) Yoikes.

So I rationalize that it's like a bad habit that one doesn't share -- like the secret cigarettes or shots of heroin that some spouses hide from the other. Yeah yeah yeah, I know -- it's self-justifying rationalization.

Mrs. Wonk not only knows about it, but she has occassionally chatted with some of my imaginary friends. The trade-off is that I don't get on her case about all the message boards she is involved with.

I don't tell her about all the FBers I've banged though. that would be declasse

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I don't tell her about all the FBers I've banged though. that would be declasse

You must be feeling better. You're getting the old form back.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Not Bob
it would be interesting to revisit an old topic -- namely, whether your spouse or significant other or insignificant other (or all three) knows about us.

Yes. On the occasions I'm bored enough to check them from home, she's sometimes reads them my shoulder. I try to stay on LWK when this happens. I lied and said the FB has "one or two" perverts who insist on talking about sex when we really just want to talk about shoes.

Sadly, one of the times she was reading over my shoulder, she saw the post in which someone asked "isn't Mrs. Grinch giving you any?" Talk about bad timing.

I sometimes mention particularly funny posts to her. BTW, she thought "Once Hugo Black" was moderately funny, even though she didn't know who Hugo Black was.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Sadly, one of the times she was reading over my shoulder, she saw the post in which someone asked "isn't Mrs. Grinch giving you any?" Talk about bad timing.

I remember this and confess that I don't understand why this was a problem. I mean, it's not like you were bitching about the fact that she never gives you any; someone was just teasing. Did it hit a sore spot, is your wife lacking a sense of humor, or what?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I remember this and confess that I don't understand why this was a problem. I mean, it's not like you were bitching about the fact that she never gives you any; someone was just teasing. Did it hit a sore spot, is your wife lacking a sense of humor, or what?

She understood it was teasing, and didn't take it as a slight against her. She was just taken aback that our sex life would be a topic of jest among strangers in the first place, and might have been slightly suspicious that I had interjected our sex life into board discussions. I explained the larger context that the joke had been made precisely because it was a sudden departure from the typical AG character, such as it is. But it wasn't a problem beyond momentary awkwardness.

We're pretty old fashioned, and don't hang out with people who regularly josh each other about sex quality or quantity except in the impersonal or abstract. We don't run with a "Whassamatter, the little lady not performing her wifely duties? Har-har-har" crowd.

On the other hand, we regularly talk about genital self-discovery with our priest. Go figure.