No Apparent Perving
30 October 2006
I had dinner with the girlfriends last night. The discussion turned to one of the friend’s latest dates. Seems he has Marie Antoinette’s hubby’s trouble: shyness.
After a couple of dates, the fella in question still hasn’t engaged in any below-the-neck eyeballing activity. This has maddened the friend.
Her justification: “He’s 30-something, not 15, and the year is 2006, not 1770!”
Why is it that we girls get all pissy when the bloke is a total pervert, i.e. the eyeballing doesn’t make it above the neck, and then when he doesn’t perv, we still feel pissy?
Marie Antoinette ate cream puffs and choccies in the effort to sublimate her frustration with Louis’ lack of perving.
Whether she doubled her intake of sweets as a means of dealing with the humiliation of full-frontal exposure when every morning she was stripped, and then dressed by her entourage of courtly assistants, is not known.
Overindulging, as a way of dealing with feeling exasperated, is not considered the best remedy these days - even though it won’t cause you to literally lose you’re head, it will cause other health problems, eventually.
Exercise is a better stress-reliever. And given that wooing or being wooed can be stressful, it’s a good thing it is 2006, since in the 1770’s workout options were restricted by fashion and hair best suited to gentle garden strolls under a parasol.
So much, yet so little, has changed. Courtship and the associated mating habits still cause great consternation and are still fraught with misunderstandings.
Take for instance the friend’s date that doesn’t perv, and Marie’s Louis, who was shy. These two fellas have something in common - they’re somewhat unconventional males because they’re slow to take action.
Just because an instant eyeball message failed to transmit their desire and interest doesn’t mean that they were disinterested! I mean Marie Antoinette gave birth to 4 children, it just took seven years for the action to happen.
Yes, yes, I know. No modern woman is willing to wait seven years. But what I’m suggesting is this, don’t misread the personal preference of some men to go slow.
After all, if the “let’s bonk” proposition behind the over-zealous eyeballing turns you off, and a relationship is what you’re really wanting, wouldn’t you prefer a respectful, unhurried getting-to-know you period?
November 2nd, 2006 at 5:31 pm