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[Dr.J]

Just reading the 'girl/guy talk' threads. Someone said a girl reading a newspaper really attracted him (what?).

I'm curious.

What are the really strange, the really idiosyncratic things that make you attracted to an otherwise 'plain' person?

[Tong Dawei]

Let me just say that I get a kick here in China when I see a woman (typically young/middle ared as opposed to old) breezing down the road on a macked out scooter. There she is all by herself in this "male dominated" society operating a shiny new piece of hardware just cruisin', hair fyin'. That image says a lot to me and it makes me feel good and it makes me not so timid to try communicating with them in more of a direct person-to-person manner instead of some stunted and socially constrained way. Granted, there is a lot of wishful thinking on my part going on here, but that image is attractive to me.

Don't be confused though... My post is made in a different light than that of this thread's originator for I do not get automatically attracted to or aroused by the sight of a woman on a scooter. Well, maybe just a little...

Down Boy, Bad dog!!

[Ben Round de Bloc]

For me, I think it's mainly the eyes, the way someone makes or avoids eye contact that attracts or doesn't attract my interest and attention.

Then, too, people in this hot, humid climate commonly expose a lot more skin year 'round than is usually seen much of the year "back home" in Midwestern USA. Lots of bare skin in the right places often attracts my attention, I have to admit.

There are some people who seem to have an aura of sensuality about them, even though they may not have physical features that I find particularly outstanding. I don't know. It's hard to explain. Yet, I've noticed that lots and lots of locals in this culture seem to have it. Am I weird or what?

[khmerhit]

Subject: FW: I wish I'd said that!
Importance: Low
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>I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome
things
>that money can buy."
>--Tom Clancy
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>You know "that look" women get when they want sex? Me neither."
>--Steve Martin
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>"Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner,
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>better have a good hand."
> --Woody Allen
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>"Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the
>taxidermist."
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>"Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope."
>--Camille Paglia
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>"Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are
>unimportant."
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>"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole
>relationships."
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>"My girlfriend always laughs during sex---no matter what she's
reading."
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>I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with "Guess" on it. I said,
"Thyroid
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>"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."
>--Jack Nicholson
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>"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives,
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>"Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the
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>"Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place."
>-- Billy Crystal
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>"According to a new survey, women say they feel more Comfortable
undressing
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>having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They
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>"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, I
know
>what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked."
>-- Jerry Seinfeld
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>"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't
like
>and just give her a house."
>-- Rod Stewart
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>"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a *beep*, and only
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[Lynn]

A smooth, dark, hairless chest. (hard chest that is; I don't care for man-boobies)

[Capergirl]

I have to admit that I go for wit over looks most of the time, so I can't think of any one thing that gets my immediate attention. A guy who is intelligent and articulate, and who has a dry sense of humour, will melt my better faster than a chiseled, feather-brained Adonis will. Hmmm...now that I think about it, a man wearing a red serge will sometimes turn my head (my fellow Canadians will know to what I am referring ).

P.S. Lynn...I almost shot coffee out my nose reading your "man-boobies" line!

[denise]

Internally: I like a combination of smart-@ssiness/quick wit/sarcasm and compassion/tenderness--yes, it's possible to have/be both. Oh, and an awareness of the world around him--a consciousness of the fact that his existence and his actions impact other people. (we do not live in a vacuum...)

Externally: A firm body. Not necessarily a rock-hard bodybuilder (not my type...), but I do like to see some sort of indication that he respects himself enough to take care of himself.

And bonus points for nipple rings. I have yet to date a guy who's pierced there, though.

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[Wolf]

Hmm. I don't know.

But my guess is the following:

Someone open to new ideas and who is willing to stand up for what they believe in and be different.

Someone who isn't afraid to have their own personality and not just tow the Party Line.

Someone who genuinely has compassion for others.

And above all else, someone with enough imagination and sense of fun to realize that CCTV is utter crap.

This is only an untested theory, though.

[baby predator]

I find men with a vicious, relentlessly sarcastic wit strangely attractive. Anyone remember Albert the FBI Agent from Twin Peaks? He's the kind of guy I'm talking about: rude, grouchy, no redeeming qualities, but sharp.

Uh oh. That makes Scot47 my ideal man! Anyone have the number of a good therapist?

[Dr.J]

I said STRANGE dammit.

"genuine compassion" and "respect for others" ? Give me a break, and a sick bucket, dammit.

[Steiner]

Well I can't think of anything really strange for myself, but Chinasyndrome really finds women with a lot of back hair attractive.

[chinasyndrome]

Stein is just being coy. What he finds really attractive is any woman who will talk to him. You should have heard him going on and on about the old woman who accidently called his number. All she said was 'wei?' but the memory of that rusty old voice and the images it conjured up for him made a deep impression on him. Until he found out it was actually an old man, which made him even worse.

[SweetOne]

Phd's

[Canuck2112]

<-----------------Any girl who finds Office Space hilarious is a girl I will most likely be attracted to in some way. It sounds stupid, but when I look back it's actually been very true in my case.

Bonus points: If she loves Conan O'Brien

[some waygug-in]

When I was young, it was any girl who wouldn't have me.

Now, it's any woman who will.


But seriously, honesty, simplicity, a natural girl, (not a high fashion guru)
Someone who is willing to look at life in different and unexpected ways.
cheers