Metrosexual America
 

I've just read about a new phenomenon- the Metrosexual. What is the metrosexual c apital of the USA?

Has to be NYC. Although you find them in pockets of LA (Westside mostly), they're counterbalanced by vast hordes of more earthy (and sometimes trailer-trashy) types. San Francisco will have them, although they are countered by the bohemian types and unemployed dot-commers crowding the coffeehouses.

I could never be a metrosexual. I cannot dredge up enough interest in my appearance to ever buy undereye concealer or bronzer.

Okay, so for those of us who aren't in the know on this new phenomenon --- exactly what IS a metrosexual ???

A metrosexual is basically a straight guy who doesn't need a queer eye-- he's kinda sensitive, he dresses perfectly, is well-versed in skin care and hair care products and their use, doesn't usually know which Stooge said "Nyuck-nyuck-nyuck!", watches Lifetime-- Television for Women, etc. That is, what women consider The Perfect Guy (for about an hour, then his pretty-pretty smarminess begins to irritate them). The chic stylishness by necessity makes these grating gentlemen congregate in large cities, hence the name "metrosexual". These guys know their Barney's from their Blue Light Specials. For many women, they prove that all the testosterone doesn't make ALL of us jerks. For men, it proves that some men are becoming pre-whipped for women's approval.

rjw_lgb_ca: Or Belmont Shore?

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Gardyloo: LOL! Certainly a wandering metrosexual would turn his artfully re-sculpted nose up at the shopping in Belmont Shore-- "Banana Republic? That's the best you can do?" he'd sneer.

Guys in Long Beach are pretty down-to-earth, and that's the way everyone likes them, it seems. Even at the chic-est restaurants, you can tell that the well-dressed men are wearing things their Special Woman picked out.

I like the idea of a pre-whipped man, it would save me alot of time and toil, why didn't someone think of this before?

Nocinout, how very funny and true. I must really be getting out of it, I have never heard the term before. Who coined that little phrase anyhow? As if we need any more labels or stereotypes! ;-) Judy

nocinonut, doesn't the fact that you don't have to break their spirit with fashion take all the fun out of it?! :)

Coined by Mark Simpson. What a surprise. See http://www.marksimpson.com/pages/jou...exual_ios.html

Aack! I dated one in college. Had to dump him. Can you even imagine how crushing it was to my ego that my boyfriend dressed better than I did? He did buy me my first Manolos. Hmmn.

Metrosexuals put too many false blips on my gaydar. Gets annoying.


rjw - You sure are getting close since you already know what undereye concealer and bronzer are.

GoTravel - Have you checked in with your former bf lately? From your description sounds like he might have switched teams by now.

tommy: Tell me about it.... Comes from living here in the LA area for so long and having to pick over those products to buy cologne (hey, I stink, I admit it!). ;)

So rj I guess you don't get pedicures either?

Sounds a lot like a Mod in Quadophenia. Remember Sting?!?

Troll alert maybe? Cant find reference to metresexual.

Just came across a definition of Metrosexual on something called The Word Spy. Metrosexual- a dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself but also his urban lifestyle; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side.

First mention of this term- Mark Simpson of The Independent, a British newspaper, invented the word metrosexual in a November 15, 1994 article called "Here come the mirror men".

wendy....here's a link....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=metrosexual
I think you might have been misspelling it.

buckeyemom, now you know I could never do that to the poor pedicurist! Not with my yucchy hooves....

Thanks for the smile during a busy Tuesday!! ;)

My poor Yankee works with one and nothing is more irritating than having to look at Vogue with him ! LOL

Pre-whipped, although it does not appeal to me personally, the phrase does give me a giggle~

nocinonut, LOL :)

Had a friend who could be considered a "metrosexual". Said he loved to go shopping, especially to buy designner clothes for his girlfriends, he dressed better than I did, got regular manicures, etc etc. but he was WAY too sensitive!!! If this what the "new man" is supposed to be, I think I'll remain single!! I always thought the grooming should be left to women and gay men anyway....

Imagine the bathroom cabinets of a Metrosexual and his wife/girlfriend! Fighting over who gets in front of the magnifying mirror! The amount of hair gels and sprays alone :O Yikes!

Oh my gosh! I used to date a metrosexual and I didn't even know it! He got regular facials and hair color. He bought me a St. John knit (this was 1990)for my birthday (about $800). He was an expert on beautiful clothes. Very very narcissistic. Unfortunately, though, he "changed teams" as someone said, just a year ago at age 52!

Just last week the San Antonio Express News announced the winners of their "Most Metrosexual" competition. Yes, San Antonio, Texas, the largest village in northern Mexico! If the trend has infiltrated even this hotbed of machismo, look out Omaha and the midwest...
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.c...mp;xlc=1066655

(BTW, this all reminds me of the old joke about there being something in the air in San Francisco that keeps the women from getting preggers...)

If you order your clothes from Cabela's, are you considered a metrosexual?

I don't know, I kinda like a guy who likes......being a GUY. My husband wears baseball caps and jeans with the best of them of the weekends (but no sandals....rjw, remember our exchange re: that topic?) but he also has great fashion sense that seems to come more naturally than mine (which really ticks me off). I'd start to wonder, though, if this 6'3", 265 lb guy started to go every Sat. for a manicure, pedicure and whatever else. And no hair gels in the bathroom either (because he doesn't have much hair left!) Yeah, I prefer mine going bald, too!

puddin, sounds like my Eugene has a twin brother and you lucked out and got him. One big diff' - we're into phase two of hair replacement, and the gels are beginning to pile up. I did catch him sneaking a peek at some lipo brochure, which promised to move the fat from one place to another, of our selection. I'm giving serious thought to going halvsies on the cost.

HelenZass: I definitely lucked out with my Gary. I wouldn't want hair replacement for him though. It's very becoming on him, having very little hair. He's been told he looks like Jack Nicholson. Not a bad comparison, in my estimation.