Lonely ugly women often share links to articles about how men should behave with women.
For other women to read while sighing and eating chocolate or biscuits. Those
articles are usually written by other lonely ugly women or by desperate men.
For emphasis, the text is accompanied by pictures with watercolors, grainy flowers or cliché landscapes like a sunset or a beach, or -for extra oomph- a beach at sunset. Of course, there's never a gorgeous woman wearing a tight bikini on the beach splashing suggestively, or even a spinning dune buggy splashing suggestively; deserted sand and an over-sized shell are somehow more interesting. If there happens to be a woman, though, she's holding the fore-mentioned shell next to her ear (because it's much better than the nearby waves) or she's looking through a window.
And if clicking a link is too much for you, they also come in your inbox, in the shape of over-sized PowerPoint attachments. Because you see, boys and girls (or rather -in the spirit of the story- girls and boys), you can also embed music in PowerPoints to make everything even more intense and emotional. Well, music may be an overstatement, it's Michael Bolton or an elevator jingle set on loop in case it takes you too long to finish reading. It's never Buckethead nor Rob Zombie.
Anyway, it's not the pictures that make the story (although children and some men over 30 might argue), so let's delve into the story (if I may call it so). The story is a tepid introduction about how manners were the norm a few centuries ago and how today they are not what they used to be, followed by a list of such acts of chivalry that real gentlemen have not forgotten. And just like the music in PowerPoints, it's never something interesting. It's things like walking her home after the date, paying attention to what she's saying, carrying her things, being on time, bringing her flowers and so on. Crass insipidity aside, there may be an issue or two with some of these fine acts of gallantry: she may have said no, do you still walk her home? There's a fine line between acting knightly and stalking. And should you drop her things (that you're carrying for her) on the pavement in order to open the door for her? Do you have to be on time even if she's always late by at least 20 minutes?
Habits and people have changed from a few centuries ago; it's called evolution. What if you have a car? Do you still walk her home? And if she's late, I reckon a quick call or text message would make more sense. Because if we stick to the past, maybe she should sit in the back of the car (assuming the car is not a problem and she prefers it to walking); in the day of carriages a lady has always sat at the back, probably to avoid the horse breaking wind in her hair. And she shouldn't bother her pretty little head with things like emancipation or a career. Or voting. Or wearing a swimsuit in which she can actually get a tan at the beach. Or whom to marry, as a real man only needs to ask the father for her hand in marriage.
The articles also contain so much inequality they would even make a feminist with common-sense cringe. Luckily, common-sense has never been an issue for feminists and they generally approve said articles. And unluckily, there's a very low chance we'll see a list of interesting acts of chivalry with Probot soundtrack and with edgy pictures.
For emphasis, the text is accompanied by pictures with watercolors, grainy flowers or cliché landscapes like a sunset or a beach, or -for extra oomph- a beach at sunset. Of course, there's never a gorgeous woman wearing a tight bikini on the beach splashing suggestively, or even a spinning dune buggy splashing suggestively; deserted sand and an over-sized shell are somehow more interesting. If there happens to be a woman, though, she's holding the fore-mentioned shell next to her ear (because it's much better than the nearby waves) or she's looking through a window.
And if clicking a link is too much for you, they also come in your inbox, in the shape of over-sized PowerPoint attachments. Because you see, boys and girls (or rather -in the spirit of the story- girls and boys), you can also embed music in PowerPoints to make everything even more intense and emotional. Well, music may be an overstatement, it's Michael Bolton or an elevator jingle set on loop in case it takes you too long to finish reading. It's never Buckethead nor Rob Zombie.
Anyway, it's not the pictures that make the story (although children and some men over 30 might argue), so let's delve into the story (if I may call it so). The story is a tepid introduction about how manners were the norm a few centuries ago and how today they are not what they used to be, followed by a list of such acts of chivalry that real gentlemen have not forgotten. And just like the music in PowerPoints, it's never something interesting. It's things like walking her home after the date, paying attention to what she's saying, carrying her things, being on time, bringing her flowers and so on. Crass insipidity aside, there may be an issue or two with some of these fine acts of gallantry: she may have said no, do you still walk her home? There's a fine line between acting knightly and stalking. And should you drop her things (that you're carrying for her) on the pavement in order to open the door for her? Do you have to be on time even if she's always late by at least 20 minutes?
Habits and people have changed from a few centuries ago; it's called evolution. What if you have a car? Do you still walk her home? And if she's late, I reckon a quick call or text message would make more sense. Because if we stick to the past, maybe she should sit in the back of the car (assuming the car is not a problem and she prefers it to walking); in the day of carriages a lady has always sat at the back, probably to avoid the horse breaking wind in her hair. And she shouldn't bother her pretty little head with things like emancipation or a career. Or voting. Or wearing a swimsuit in which she can actually get a tan at the beach. Or whom to marry, as a real man only needs to ask the father for her hand in marriage.
The articles also contain so much inequality they would even make a feminist with common-sense cringe. Luckily, common-sense has never been an issue for feminists and they generally approve said articles. And unluckily, there's a very low chance we'll see a list of interesting acts of chivalry with Probot soundtrack and with edgy pictures.
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