MetroSexual?

so your definition of metrosexual is: giving a fuck about showering and wearing nice clothes when appropriate that feel good?

Your and idiot

Metrosexual: caring about looking good, feeling clean, not having a Uni brawl, and wearing nice clothes when you feel like it..

The thing is metrosexuals have their own definition and you're describing your basic male.

it's 2013...I can't believe that this is a relevant thread right now. LOL

pretty much the new generation of skiers. think about all the twelve year olds who spend hours looking for the perfect matching suit of saga, jiberish, first drop, etc...

You're driving down the road, in the middle of nowhere when you notice that your coolant light comes on. You know about cars so you pop the hood and check out the radiator hose. You spot a leak. You don't have anything that will work in your car, so you take your shirt off and use it to tie around the hose as a temporary fix to get you to the next closest town. This is the kind of man I'm into. When I think of metrosexuals I think of men who know more about fashion and grooming than cars, who wouldn't know the slightest thing to do if his car broke down and even if he did, would care too much about his designer shirt to destroy it so calls triple A on his iphone.

I know some people will think this is a retarded example, but similar scenarios to these are what I think of when I think "metrosexual"

If you're a guy who appreciates nice clothes, taking showers, and cares about his looks, but doesn't mind getting dirty, knows about things that manly guys stereotypically know about: sports/cars/hunting/fishing/chopping wood/construction/building things-- then I don't consider you a metrosexual. You have to know at least as much as me about these things, preferably more.

But perhaps my definition of metrosexual is inaccurate. I just think of high maintenance men-- men that I may actually need to take care of in certain situations. I want a man that will always be able to protect and take care of me. I think that's natural.

Also, I'm only attracted to men who would be willing to drive a truck. He doesn't have to, just be willing to. Not because trucks are "macho" but because they're practical and any man of mine will know the inside of a home depot.

I disagree about it being natural. It could be your preference, but also realize that the general societal trend is for this to be true, because of the patriarchy. It's that thing that feminists hate but it also restricts men and tells that naturally they are strong, unfeeling, protectors and completely cuts off their emotional development and gets them to hide vulnerability with violence as a solution. Men in general need to be protected and loved just as women do. Self esteem and power for men come through dominance in our society when I believe authentic and healthy power and self esteem come from making connections with others and loving ourselves. Another problem with this is that when men are taught these things, they are unable to connect emotionally, having been told to not portray a lot of emotional responses that most people feel. This sometimes leaves men unable, or makes it harder for them to do emotion labour in a relationship, such as checking in with their partner or expressing love openly.

i don't know anything about anything you posted....

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replace "home depot" with a hardware store-- it was obviously a metaphor for knowing about the types of things in a hardware store and what to do with them.

You really took that comment the wrong way and went off on a tangent. I said nothing about emotions/feelings.

"men are providers, protectors, and fixers. That's their biological programming."

Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-caregivers-handbook/201204/man-the-fixer-woman-the-nurturer-the-caregiving-gender-gap

There's obviously a million other sources if you google it, but I thought I'd use the one from a website that appeared scientific and not religiously biased or anything.

If you have some source that says it is not natural for men to have a tendency to protect, please provide it (pun intended).

this made me laugh, +k