Not six foot whatever, blue eyes, not toned/athletic (but working on it), wouldn't say I was stylish (but then I'm not really a slob, either), Smooth chested seems kinda weird, can't really say I earn much being a student (which is two points on this list for some reason) and I don't really watch soaps unless it's social (ie, hanging out with someone else watching them).
Strangest one is the Audi bit. Seems kinda weird at first, but thinking back, the women I work with talk about wanting to meet an Audi driver quite often...
Whatever marketing they're doing seems to be paying off I guess...
Perfection is an idea that only goes to madness in a Capt'n Ahab level of obsession to try to follow. Great case in point is the film American Psycho, regardless of the murders & other wild things going on, while Patrick Bateman (or anyone really) tried to maintain that level of perfection in society, one would be driven completely insane just in trying to keep up with what society would consider perfect. People are far more interesting with whatever flaws they have & in a perfect world everything would be so cookie cutter bland that boredom would easily set in.
@fox01313: Perfection shouldn't be about just achieving physical fitness and these bland manners of interaction brought up in OP's list. I couldn't consider myself perfect unless I went after my ultimate dream, achieved that and understood what I am capable of and proceeding to exceed that.
Patrick Bateman was not too nuts in my opinion. Considering he was an orphan and he built himself to the man he was in the movie then surely he lost a bit of his humanity in the process and did what he had to do to even feel human. At least that's how I'd interprete that. I'm not justifying murder here, but that was his way of dealing with things. We're lucky to have video games to live out those emotions.
Any man who fits into that "perfect man" category in the first post sounds like a bore in my opinion. At least I wouldn't probably hang out with someone like that.
Beer drinker - Yes (though I prefer spirits, for the record)
Non-smoker - Yes, I do not smoke
Wears smart jeans, shirt and a V-neck jumper - Jeans are jeans. Shirts are shirts. I don't wear v-necks of any kind, sweaters or otherwise, I wear button-up t-shirts
Gets ready in 17 minutes - After a shower, yeah. Before a shower? No. My showers are usually 15-20 minutes
Stylish - I don't consider myself stylish
Wants a family - Yes
Earns £48,000 ($77,000) a year - I'm living in Xi'an, China, so no
Loves shopping - I do enjoy shopping if the girl is pretty
Eats meat - Fuck yes
Clean shaven - Nope. I keep a goatee, though I try to keep it neat
Smooth chest - Yep
Watches soaps - I hardly watch TV unless someone else wants to watch it
Enjoys watching football - American football or European football? I don't mind American football, but I don't actively watch either
Drives an Audi - I don't want nor need a car. But I do own an bike
Educated to degree level - Yes
Earns more than his other half - More than double, but again, I live in China. Westerners make a much higher salary than Chinese (supply and demand), but still not as much compared to most western countries - though I do find it easier to save money here
Jokes around and has a laugh - Yes, too much probably
Sensitive when his wife/girlfriend is upset - I do that for everyone usually, men and women
Says 'I love you' only when he means it - Yes
Admits it when he looks at other women - Yes, I do that
Has a driver's license - I did, but it's expired
Can swim - Yep
Can ride a bike - Yes to both types of bikes
Can change a tire - I was taught how when I was a kid, but actually, I've never done it before in a real situation
Calls mom regularly - Talk to my mom daily via email, and a few times a month via Skype
I think this was written by a man who was trying to write about what he believes a woman wants in a man. Brown eyes is the thing that really throws me off. V-neck jumper/sweater tells me that it was written from a British person's perspective as well. Watches soaps...is just weird to me.
"Drives an Audi"? Are people really that specific?
Yeah man. You can have a girl turn you down because you drive the 1.9 litre A4 instead of the 2.0 litre model of her dreams. /s This list feels like it was composed by someone who knew they could hit a few of their own criteria and just went with it.
@xMP44x: No one who contributed to that list knows the difference between an A4 and an R8. They know an Audi can cost a lot and they can use it to make people mad jelly.
No one who contributed to that list knows the difference between an A4 and an R8. They know an Audi can cost a lot and they can use it to make people mad jelly.
Good point. To the author of that list an Audi is probably just a peen machine.
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