Awful.
Why should I have to be anything more than a successful, educated, well mannered, well groomed gentleman?
I am sorry. This is unacceptable
That says much more ab out today's western females than it does about guys like me.
I used to think a very similar thing, from grade school through about freshman/sophomore year in college -
less so the "
why should I have to be anything more than a successful, educated, well mannered, well groomed gentleman",
and more of, "
all I have to be is a successful, educated, well mannered, well groomed gentleman - I just have to wait out this teenage interest in the jocks, they'll realize these guys are jerks and get tired of them/grow out of them eventually, and then they'll give me a chance, I just have to study and wait, I don't have to worry about anything else".
I didn't know I had to be interested in more than fandoms and "nerdy" interests - I had to do skilled interests as well, at least as much. But I just didn't have those interests at the time, and I thought you had to be talented, and I thought I wasn't so I thought I couldn't do it and I never paid it much attention. Besides, I thought you just had to be "a successful educated well mannered and groomed gentleman" anyway, and stuff like playing a sport or art form didn't matter.
How wrong I was. I came to find that it's not so much about the muscles and money (although I'm sure they don't hurt) but it's more so about being an interesting person - being able to show a woman novelty, and take her out of the humdrum routine of mundane life. "Blow her mind", if you will. It seems to all be about being impressive and interesting.
You can't just talk to your date about spreadsheets. That won't work. It has to be some kind of passion project/lifestyle, something emotional. It's that good feelings stuff I was talking about - what it means to have a
romantic life. That's why I think rock star/artist types do so well, they're all about emotions.
As far as it being acceptable or not, the problem is we're in wanting, we don't hold the cards. I would try not to think about it and try to just be as interesting/cool as possible.
How or if I can be impressive or interesting, I don't know. But that's what I think it's about, anyway.