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Old Aug 07, 2013, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MarlboroChick View Post


Im getting off topic. Cant only female goats produce milk? Why would the male ones be able to? Maybe i just didnt understand what you were saying...

Yes, only female goats can produce milk. As a more general statement, only female members of any mammal species can produce milk. the translator was a retard.

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Originally Posted by MarlboroChick View Post

Maybe getting that ripped look and obsessing over that is kind of like women shopping, doing their hair, coordinating outfits, etc. People set an ideal in their head for themselves and try to live up to it. For a while i was into working out as a way to deal with stress, and started chasing different 'looks'. I think its natural, especially with how much the media has to do with everyone's self image.

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You wouldnt want a man to work out? I understand not wanting him to work out excessively, i guess, but if he just likes it, and likes how he looks for himself, I dont see a problem.
It is entirely possible that getting that ripped look is indeed akin to women's doing their hair and coordinating outfits, and, since I am just "wash the hair and let it air dry and slip in a dress and cruise on" kind of a woman, I do not get the male's equivalent of doing the hair and coordinating outfits. Quite possible.

Chasing the look offered in the media disqualifies a man for me. So that was probably what I was trying to say when I expressed my reactions to the torso. It does not mean that I prefer men who are not muscular. Actually, on Monday I had lunch with a friend whom I met more than 5 years ago via my then husband's running club. He was kind of interested in me back then, but not only was I married, but so was he, and I was friendly with his wife, and their daughters played with my daughters (same age) etc., which ruled out the possibility of exploring his interest further, though in theory I reciprocated the interest.

So we met - we are now both divorced, and, interestingly enough - actually an amazing coincidence - our ex spouses behave the same way. They even get the same amount of support from us. And they both turn the daughters against us (I foolishly gave up trying to get parttime custody a few years ago, and so did he).

So we talked a lot, but mostly just sharing notes on the ex spouses' behavior.

But kind of, also, did take a moment to at least confirm that yes, both of us would, at least in theory, be more than glad to take the matters further.

So he is... amazingly muscular. Amazingly. I always knew he had extremely muscular legs - as in, "harder than iron and very big", and he complained, a lot, about the wrong twitch (there are different types of muscles) - his muscles were the wrong twitch for long distance running. He had the right twitch for sprinting, and was a sprinter in the days of his youth, but then changed it, and he was competing in long distance running events for which he had the wrong twitch (my son has the right twitch muscles for long distance running - his legs are skinny... very skinny... ).

But he also has hugely muscular arms - he showed me on Monday and I squeezed them and yes, sure, astounding.

And all of that is cool.

But he is not chasing a look from a magazine - he is a passionate athlete and participates in extreme sports - you know, those mud races with obstacles and all of those? Serious stuff. And he has fun with it. And I like that.

But working out to get a ripped look - oh no, god forbid, not with me.

Plus, athletes do not necessarily have the ripped look. I have a friend whose husband - a very nice man and I can easily see myself being with him although I am not positively attracted to him, but sure, i do see all kinds of good qualities in him - so he bikes, with his friends, from palo alto to santa cruz

EVERY WEEKEND

he is very skinny

I would much prefer a skinny biker able to bike for such long distances while enjoying breathtaking views along the Coast than a guy who works on his musculature at a stuffy gym. The biker wins any day.