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Originally Posted by Deborah35
To all the single women on here,
I just wanted to get others opinions on this. I think i'm going to puke if I see another "how to snag a guy article". I read something on aol i think it was, yahoo has them too, on how us single women can "snag" a man. Oh now it's "snag", what happened to just using the word "meet". Why should women change their appearance or have to stoop to a man's level to gain his attention. There was this article on yahoo about "What single women hate to hear". It was pretty good actually. Personally, I'm tired of people saying to me "you have got to get out there and look". I have, and it's not like I sit home curled up in front of the tv, but there's not a whole lot to do in my area, unless you go downtown where of course the bars and clubs are. Forget those places to "meet" a man. I only go out maybe twice a month, if that, to see a "live" band I like. What I see is the same old thing. A group of men standing there looking, holding a drink, and not doing anything, reminds me of my high school days, you know, where that group of guys just hang out in the corner, well that's what these men were doing. What the article said was to be ourselves and someone will take notice. Do you all agree, or what do you guys do?
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You are right; the choice of words like "catching" or "snagging" a man rubs me the wrong way. Haven't we come a lot farther than that now that it's 2012 and not 1812? It used to be about getting married and having kids. That was supposed to be your goal.
I agree with what you said about being yourselves. I don't even read women's magazines anymore, because so much is about improving yourself, yet they say "Be yourself and accept yourself as you are." If you do that, you don't need to improve. You are okay the way you are! Also, there's a lot of stuff about getting a man and pleasing a man. "The 10 top things men want from you." So, what, you do these 10 things and everything will be peaches and cream???!!! HA!!
"All women are beautiful in their own way" they say, yet there will be an article about losing weight or looking younger. I read Allure, and it used to be unique in keeping the prospective about beauty being "inner". Now, they are getting more like traditional women's magazines.