[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Man you are so bang on with this it's shocking. I manage at a restaurant in Yaletown, I'm not gonna name the restaurant but we're a busy spot, anyways I obviously get my fair share of Vancouver/Yaletown women frequenting the joint. A few weeks ago these two women who were single and in their early thirties, 33 I think, were in the restaurant and I started chatting with them and they started to ask me "where they can meet good men" in this city, a question of I could not answer because I have never searched for men.

However I asked them what they wanted in a guy and I kid you not she said "tall, handsome, athletic, smart, funny, good job..." I told her she was single at her age for a reason (she did not like this) as her expectations were far to high and guys like this are not the norm and that she should be open to new things and understand that there might be certain concessions that you will have to make. I'm not saying that these concessions means that she should date the homeless guy across the street but MAYBE things like the body of Michelangelos David and a BMW M3 are not really things that hold much weight when it comes to personally connecting with someone. Somehow these women seem to all think they "deserve" this ideal man.

There is this certain male archetype that is ingrained in the psyche of a lot of Vancouver women that is quite frankly unrealistic and has ultimately resulted in articles being published about how WE suck. Men have their flaws, some play video games, some smoke weed, some don't open doors for women, some do, so what, get to know someone and try to look past their shortcomings.

I must add that I am from Calgary and not from Vancouver so maybe I don't qualify for this article, but I know a lot of guys from Van that are good guys, with a lot to offer.

Lies!