25 thoughts on “What Men Want”

    1. Have you seen the Photoshop of President Obama into that onesie? The President is a properly good looking in a masculine sense guy, and the iconic photo actually doesn’t look revolting with Mr. Obama’s face pasted in.

  2. I agree, acting like a kid with my kids I’m into, the rest, absolutely nope.
    There must be some . . . unusual people around to produce a list like that.

    1. Indeed. Want to carry a purse??? A grenade launcher with a comfortable shoulder strap will be a standard male accessory long before a purse will.

    1. If you click through to the original reddit in thread, it just gets worse. One “guy” wants to wear a sundress.

  4. We could put together a poll for men.

    Q) You are seen carrying a purse down a public street. Do you hope people think:

    a) That you’re an androgynous metrosexual who is comfortable in either gender role?
    b) That you are violent purse-snatching thug?
    c) That you are a pimp who just punched one of your hos in the face and took the money she owes you?
    d) That your wife handed you her purse so she could go beat up some skank bitch?
    e) That you just beat up a violent, purse-snatching thug and are returning the victim’s purse?

  5. I’d go with a few of these.

    1. Think Italian suits. And a rose gold watch.

    3. Maybe, although I prefer Johnnie Walker Red or Jameson on ice.

    5. Years back I used to carry this bag by Eagle Creek, in black. This was before smartphones.

    http://shop.eaglecreek.com/guide-trek/d/1265_c_411#

    I also at one point used to wear instead a small back pack of the same size, by Victorinox. I’m surprised this one is still made. Cheaper now, I paid over $90 for mine.

    https://www.swissarmy.com/us/product/Travel-Gear/Category/Collections/Lifestyle-Accessories-3-0/Flex-Pack/30372801

    This was by a younger man, before smartphones. I might still go with a small back pack, if I can find one in black leather.

    10. What Rand said. Although these days you have to be careful about some random woman calling the cops accusing you of being a kidnapper / child molester.

    11. Been there, done that. Not that I get hysterical or anything. 😀

  7. Almost every one of these list items is about “feeling judged”. Plenty of men and women could learn a thing or two about the benefits of disregarding what other people think.. especially the imagined variety of that neurosis.

  8. I had to laugh when I read it. I already carry a purse, I just call it a “laptop case”. 🙂

  9. Trent, the military used to be a goal, not a source of degridation despite the fact that the men and women, mostly men, who serve are far greater philosophers than philosophers, and more noble, than nobles, and accomplished than the accomplished.

    NOW the military is derided as a fall back. A fall back from what? THIS?

  10. Since a woman compiled the list, not too surprising it’s a female wish list. Spa?! Makeup?! Projecting much? And, if she found a guy who wanted all those things, she’d dump his butt in 10 seconds for the first Alpha she saw.

    But of the list, only #10 for me, thanks; BTDT and somehow survived without a random woman getting me arrested, as was noted earlier. And for #11—any man who can’t show proper emotion has problems. But any man who cries at the end of every Lifetime movie also has problems, IMHO.

    Maybe we could put together a list of what women secretly want. That could be fun.

    -Some alone time with my hobbies.
    -Being able to watch football on Sundays without being interrupted for chores.
    -Power tools.
    -Being able to play CoD multiplayer with my kids, without being called infantile and told to grow the hell up by my husband.
    -A day shooting clays with the girls, winding up with a trip to that gun shop across the street from the spa where my husband likes to go for his mani-pedi.

  11. 1. Have more stylish clothing options.
    I LOVE going to English country dance balls. Tailcoat, waistcoat, tophat, gloves… all in contrasting colors.

    2. Be able to talk about other men being attractive.
    Nope. Don’t give a damn.

    3. Order “girly drinks.”
    Lop the top off a fresh coconut, add rum and use a stick blender. Oh yeah….

    4. Get treated to a spa day.
    Take my wife out for a mani-pedi, and spend an hour getting MY feet pampered? Hell yeah.

    5. Carry a purse.
    I still have my old book bag from the Rotary Rocket Roton rollout in ’99. Call it a book bag, but functionally it’s a purse. Bite me.

    6. Dance like no one’s watching.
    Ann & I can do english country dance, waltz, two step, east coast swing… now I just need to get a rotator cuff repaired, alas, and we can dance up a storm again.

    7. Wear makeup.
    Barf. One of the best things about being a guy is that you don’t have to fart around with that BS.

    8. Get pampered by women.
    My wife bought a massage table for our first Christmas together. Damn right I get pampered by my lady.

    9. Wear yoga pants.
    Like Speedos on fat men, some things do not belong in public.

    10. Have fun with one’s children without being judged.
    Chasing my boys through the tunnels in the play zone is how I screwed up my rotator cuff in the first place.

  12. Even if I were a woman I wouldn’t want to carry around a purse. I don’t want to carry that much cargo, and I want my cargo in pockets. I can’t accidentally leave a pocket behind at Walmart.

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