All the Girly Blather That's Fit To Print
 

This from the self-proclaimed Newspaper of Record

Renovation, according to the National Association of Home Builders, is at an all time high. And with the warm weather, which marks the peak of renovation season, come the contractors in their tool belts, which, for many a client, carry a romantic charge. (Men who don't get it might want to consider the garter belt.) They invade still-occupied houses, taking charge of renovation projects and spending several weeks in close proximity with their owners. Often, even today, it is the woman of the house who is home all day long; in summer resort areas like the Hamptons, she is sometimes there alone with the children from Monday to Friday. Who can blame her for harboring dreams of the contractor?

"They've been totally sexualized, like the U.P.S. man," said Stephen Drucker, the editor in chief of House Beautiful. "I can't tell you how many times when I hear somebody give a recommendation for a contractor it inevitably ends with the four words, 'And he's really cute.' "

You guessed it. Brought to you by the deep thinkers at the Womens' Magazine otherwise known as the New York Times. How can the cognoscenti be expected to do without such incisive analysis of the hallmark issues of our age?

JP

hat tip - Taranto at OJ's BOTWT

If it was in the NYT, you know it's true. Besides, remember how 'Schneider" had the chicks fantasizing about him..http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1153431068.jpg

Women fantazsize about all kinds of things that don't seem logical. I had a friend who used to be a postal carrier, and he had one customer who wanted to take his uniform off, every day. He was happy to oblige.

... was he Newman? Or Clavin?

Kinda slender, but average-looking guy. Believe me, he was as puzzled about it as anyone.

Is it the tool belt... or the butt crack?

Re: All the Girly Blather That's Fit To Print
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Overpaid Slacker
[B]This from the self-proclaimed Newspaper of Record
Lemme guess - this month's Soldier of Fortune hasn't showed up yet?

I read that article, and I recall reading a similar article in the NYT about women having affairs with their personal trainers. Both articles had a common theme - women like men who listen to them, are interested in their lives and well-being, and are supportive and encouraging. Qualities that husbands and boyfriends often don't exhibit.

And sure, women like men that can fix things. None of you have ever had someone perk up when they learned you work on cars? I've had it happen often, most recently just yesterday.

So... women don't like their husbands and boyfriends?

Or is it the personal trainers and construction worker are usually in good physical shape and women are a bunch of shallow, two faced, lieing....

not that I am bitter or anything...

Well, the construction industry guidelines do involve "filling cracks and laying pipe"..

One ex-husband interviewed said that while he's a 6'4" fitness nut, his wife left him for a runty little contractor he used to pick up and twirl around. Why? The wife was passionate about the house and remodeling it, and the contractor was the one interested in listening to her plans for it and participating in the remodel, while he wasn't. She now lives in the house with her new husband, who paid $30k to the guy for fixing up the place and shtupping his wife. The ex and her husband declined to be interviewed...

Some of it is just physical, and some of the women do come across as skanks or opportunists in the stories contractors tell. But a few of the contractors married the women they had affairs with, and the wives interviewed mentioned that the contractors listened to them. Though their ability to fix things was also nice.

They're not really listening. A contractors success depends on the ability to feign interest.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1153438893.jpg

Yes, but all those guys already have boyfriends...

LOL!!!!

Some of them mention that in the article as well...

with so many mixed white collar office workers working together the place has turned in whore houses for free. A girl making the 100k her male co-worker does is equal and she knows it.. and she may want it if he wants it.

Aint that the truth..