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'The End of Men'? -- I May Have Married the Last Manly One {Lemondrop}

Jul 20th 2010 6:19PM This entire article is an observation of one individual about the relationship she has with her husband. Honestly, today each one of us, male and female have different preferences on what they find attractive qualities in prospective partners. What this author finds to be the ideal man may not measure up to the person sitting next to her. The "real men" haven't gone anywhere. They're still here, and there are people who find the aforementioned qualities of a "feminized man" more attractive than its opposite.

It's all about a person's preference, and being a "real" man (or woman for that matter) has nothing to do with personal appearance or what potential stereotype they can be catagorized in. It has everything to do with how they choose to live up to their own self imposed standards. What makes me a "real" woman has nothing to do with what I watch on the weekends or what magazine I am reading. It has everything to do with how I choose to carry myself through the day to day. The same goes for a man.

People today need to realize that we can no longer catagorize people into the black and white. We're a giant melting pot of grey, the most important thing is finding the person who makes YOU happy. It doesn't matter how that person acts, dresses, their nationality, gender, or what their shopping and tv preferences are.

The bottom line is people are changing. Expectations are changing, or moreso evolving. Can we say with an absolute, this is better than that or that was better than this? No, we can't. It's all about perspective. You'll find women and men lamenting about the old days, the days of "manners" and the predefined roles men and women were expected to uphold. On the other hand, you have other men and women scoffing at these old fashioned ideals.

Each one of us has an ideal of how they want their mate to be like. And it could be a Cary Grant or an Audrey Hepburn for one person, and it could very well be a Jersey Shore Guido/Guidette for another.

Summer Trends -- What Turns Guys On, and What Flummoxes Us {Lemondrop}

Jun 25th 2010 1:03PM For those of you who seem to be upset about what was said... It's meant to be a humorous observation about today's fashion trends. Not a big deal, so take a breath, you can still wear your gladiator sandals with your maxi dress paired with a fringed cover to the mall. It's OKAY!

By the way, I agree with most of this list. Not saying I've never been an offender of terrible fashion choices. I think most of us who experienced our childhoods through the 90's made sure of that.... Oh to go back to the days when Lee Pipe jeans paired with a technocolor tshirt was trendy look for us girls..... Ahh, memories.

And one more thing, this author is hilarious. Plain and simple.

Hair Dare -- How Getting A Pixie Cut Changed My Life {Lemondrop}

Apr 1st 2010 11:34PM This same thing happened to me too. In the fifth grade, with the same haircut. I had really long curly brown hair. I also wanted to have an adorable bob as well, and when I got my hair cut, the hairdresser spun the chair around and revealed a pixie. She said it was adorable, I was horrified. I was called a boy at every store, and even in school. I remember my Spanish teacher was counting girls and boys, and counted me as one of the boys. I even was dubbed with the nickname Kramer (from Seinfeld) until 7th grade. As my hair grew, my confidence diminished, and I kept my hair in a ponytail until high school. I can say though, that during high school my confidence flourished again, and I went through a rebirth of sorts with my hair. I had every cut, every color imaginable. Having such a pseudo traumatic experience with my hair so young taught me a valuable lesson when I was older, that hair grows back, and your personal style is defined by how you feel about yourself, not how others view you.

Thanks for the story and the blast from the past.

Bundle Up, With Asylum's 'Frozen' Giveaway {Asylum}

Feb 8th 2010 1:42PM When I was in the 6th grade, our class traveled up to Lake Tahoe during the winter to visit a snowshoe/cross country camp. During the winter, Lake Tahoe sees temperatures at below zero at times, and the water is a constant 30 degrees all year long. We were separated and half of us went snowshoeing, the other half cross country skiing. It was snowing that day, and had a 10-15 mpfh winds. At 23 now, I stand only at 5'2, so you can imagine how small I was when I was in sixth grade. The boots were too big, as well as the skis, and I had the worst time going across the 1.5 mile trail. I eventually was trailing last and when I came around the corner, my boot came right off my ski, causing me to tumble down the little hill into a river that flowed from the lake. It took me a while to get out of the river and back to the lodge by myself with only one working ski...

Needless to say, pneumonia soon followed, and that was the last time I found myself on skis.