Metrosexuals

Ania

Metrosexuals are heterosexual guys who "exaggeratedly" take care of their appearance and are not ashamed to present their strong feminine side.
Metrosexuals use to shave legs, perfectly treat their eyebrows, use creams and body lotions for a baby- soft skin and polish their nails.
Typical metrosexuals:
David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, etc.

Personally, I don't like the ides of men shaving legs, but I'm in favor of men who care for their appearance, i.e. wear nice clothes, use nice fragrances and the like.
How do other girls feel about metrosexuals?
Boys, are you metrosexual? If not, how do you, as a man, feel about them?
I'm curious to read others' opinions.

Creamy Goodness

lol metrosexuals, sorry that word just brings back memories of a south park where they all turned metrosexual.

you wouldn't catch me shaving my legs or wearing a pink shirt or with a spikey mullet no way.

simu

It's a media creation more than anything else so I have no opinion.

gireland

i had a good post here, but it seems that this thread is going to be bashed, so screw it....

I am MAN

Unfortunately Dublin is becoming the home of these new "men".


Lads do yourself and everyone else a favour. Take off the pink t-shirts, diamond ear rings and cut the highlights out.

I am MAN

I am MAN wrote:

Unfortunately Dublin is becoming the home of these new "men".


Lads do yourself and everyone else a favour. Take off the pink t-shirts, diamond ear rings and cut the highlights out.

what an apt username for this topic!

it's unfair to class men that keep clean as Metrosexuals. i look after myself, but would never consider myself a metrosexual. There's a wide band of man, from the butch/slobs to the prissy/OCD cleaners

Talliesin

I'm queer, but I'm a scruffy bastard. Is there a label for that yet?

I am MAN

Deleted User wrote:

what an apt username for this topic!

it's unfair to class men that keep clean as Metrosexuals. i look after myself, but would never consider myself a metrosexual. There's a wide band of man, from the butch/slobs to the prissy/OCD cleaners

Keeping clean is one thing but wearing pink/bright yellow t-shirts and all of the rest is just metro.

Mark

I am MAN

Talliesin wrote:

I'm queer, but I'm a scruffy bastard. Is there a label for that yet?

Yeah, Unattractive.

Ania

what an apt username for this topic!

This was exactly my inspiration!

simu

gireland wrote:

i had a good post here, but it seems that this thread is going to be bashed, so screw it....

Ah, go on.

nesf

Whats the issue?

If some guy has great attention to detail when it comes to himself and his appearance who are you to judge?

It's like fat people calling healthy ones "body obsessed freaks". It is just your insecurity speaking. Get over it.

Oh and seconded on the whole media created label argument. Although tbh what isn't these days?

I am MAN

nesf wrote:

Whats the issue?

If some guy has great attention to detail when it comes to himself and his appearance who are you to judge?

It's like fat people calling healthy ones "body obsessed freaks". It is just your insecurity speaking. Get over it.

Oh and seconded on the whole media created label argument. Although tbh what isn't these days?

No that's not it at all. Great attention to detail doesn't describe a metrosexual's dress sense AT ALL. I am certainly not an insecure person so I've nothing to get over regarding that.
It's nothing like fat people calling healthy/thin people "body obsessed freaks.

nesf

I think you really missed the entire point of my post.

I am MAN

Well I must have

RandolphEsq

metrosexual is the way to go! i would care as much as a metrosexual, if i could afford it. who wouldnt want to spend their money on their appearance?

nesf

BrightEyes wrote:

metrosexual is the way to go! i would care as much as a metrosexual, if i could afford it. who wouldnt want to spend their money on their appearance?

I prefer spending it on hookers and coke personally.

Funkstard

I;

i)Use a facewash
ii)Use a moisturiser
iii)*OCCASIONALLY* pluck a few stray eyebrow hairs
iv)Colour co-ordinate

How bad am I

Alana

Not bad at all, v good in fact. You care but not too much...if that makes sense.

I don't really care, once he ain't stealing my eye-liner and gets his own, that's fine...kinda draw the line at him shaving his legs though...but then again..mhe, whatever, ppl come in differnt shapes and sizes and are attracted to different media hype.

What I want to know, is wtf is with guys wearing pink t-shirts and shirts lately???????!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm all for ppl wearing whatever they want, but that was my guide for "hey he's gay" (note this is in jest)..but it's really weird, pink is a girly colour-well aware I'm being sexist, but it's just weird.

If I had said to one of my mates 2 years ago that he'd buy a pink t-shirt he would of told me to fu(k off...and then the other day he was in one...strange phenomenon methinks

My manager was wearing one the other and i was so confused....is he gay or not gay...argh! Then I remembered he was married, and then a whole heap of confusion ensued in my head-is he in the closet...stupid pink shirts.

Gillo

I take grooming very seriously, prob too serious, but hey I enjoy it and like to look my best. My mates have described me as been metro, and to be honest I'd agree with them.

But I don't wear those pink tops, diamond earrings or have the same haircut as everyone else. I dress well and generally keep up with the fashion but I wear my own style and what I want to wear.

I wouldn't describe the pink t-shirt diamond ear-ring, splike hair brigade as metro at all, they're more like sheep they wear the exact same as everyone else. It's funny to watch them, a group of lad's all dressed the exact same, sporting the same hairstyle, it remind me of a school day out where all teh kids are in uniform!!

So basically, I wouldn't of said that metro was about fashion, it more personnal grooming (and a lot of it), most people who are metro will also be very fashionable but not to the point of wearign the exact same as everyone else.

Helzeena

Well I think it's good that guys take care of their appearance. Guys who take care of their skin are sexy to touch. Smooth skin to glide your hands over is always a plus.

But shaved legs...no thanks! I hate hairless guys. It looks stupid. A bit of hair is sexy :cool:

deedee lepoopoo

Men should be smelly as God intended......................................................

Seriously though, it's just not manly men who groom themselves too much individuality is the name of the game

damnyanks

Peh

Pet

Wha'?

Karl Hungus

Helzeena wrote:

Well I think it's good that guys take care of their appearance.

Yeah! Because they never did that before! :rolleyes:
A man actually caring about how he looks without being metrosexual? Unheard of!

Christ, I've never heard a more ridiculous term before in my life. I'd like to stab whoever unleashed the word metrosexual on the world.

damien

Alana wrote:

but that was my guide for "hey he's gay" (note this is in jest)..but it's really weird, pink is a girly colour-well aware I'm being sexist, but it's just weird.
...Then I remembered he was married, and then a whole heap of confusion ensued in my head-is he in the closet...stupid pink shirts.

I woul have thought him fcking other men would be a clue about his sexuality more than the colour of his t-shirt.

Pink looks good with black, it doesn't suit all guys though. It was better when less people wore the colour but now as someone said it's just like a bloody uniform.

I moisturise, I exfoliate, I use soap that costs €20 a bar and I wouldn't be caught dead in a tracksuit. If anyone called me metrosexual I'd be annoyed.

Ania

Metrosexual is no insult.
And i find nothing wrong about this identification. Many boys I know are confessed metrosexuals and they are excellent looking guys and really have a fantastic taste.
However, I like what Helzeena said and I totally agree with this statement:

But shaved legs...no thanks! I hate hairless guys. It looks stupid. A bit of hair is sexy

Nala

I personally would be hugely turned off by a man that spends longer in the bathroom than I do. I like my men to be manly. I'd rather a scruffy guy than a metrosexual, though obviously not too scruffy.

poobum

Ania wrote:

Metrosexuals are heterosexual guys who "exaggeratedly" take care of their appearance and are not ashamed to present their strong feminine side.
Metrosexuals use to shave legs, perfectly treat their eyebrows, use creams and body lotions for a baby- soft skin and polish their nails.
Typical metrosexuals:
David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, etc.

Personally, I don't like the ides of men shaving legs, but I'm in favor of men who care for their appearance, i.e. wear nice clothes, use nice fragrances and the like.
How do other girls feel about metrosexuals?
Boys, are you metrosexual? If not, how do you, as a man, feel about them?
I'm curious to read others' opinions.

i think thats an over the top way of describing them! they are in my opinions guys who take care of themselves! they dont all necessarily shave legs etc...but they do take care of themselves to look their best!

poobum

Nala wrote:

I personally would be hugely turned off by a man that spends longer in the bathroom than I do. I like my men to be manly. I'd rather a scruffy guy than a metrosexual, though obviously not too scruffy.

i no pleanty of guys who are scruffy yet still metro sexuals! they take care of themselves etc...always clan yet still scruffy! any1 can be like that!

weemcd

despise the term metrosexuals.

reminds me of a song in friends " and then there are bi(metro:p)sexuals but some just say they're kidding themselves"

in short, metrosexual = gay but afraid to admit it??

LadyJ

Metros are usually hot...... Not in pink shirts though!

Karl Hungus

I think I'm going to give this one more shot...

poobum wrote:

i no pleanty of guys who are scruffy yet still metro sexuals! they take care of themselves etc...always clan yet still scruffy! any1 can be like that!

Going by the definition that metrosexuals "Take care of themselves" do you honestly believe that no man has ever taken care or themselves, or been concerned about their appearance before the dawn of Metrosexuality?

See what I'm getting at here?
Metrosexual is the most ridiculous, overused, unnessicary word that got spewed by whatever marketing firm under control of Satan's colon yet! It IS an insult!

Sarky

Standard Reply #253:

Bah. Filthy hippies.

athena 2000

You've got to be kidding. Metrosexuals shave their legs?! Chests maybe; legs, I hope not.

Anyone who thinks men haven't groomed themselves, dressed well, and had enough class and social skills to make women go all dreamy-eyed for centuries is kidding themselves. A man like this was called a 'gentleman'. Imagine that. Though 'metrosexual' has little to do with manners as far as I can determine.

Take the test. You know you want to... Are you a metrosexual?

And Karl, sharpen your blade for Mark Simpson, the British writer who coined the term in 1994. He wrote an article for Salon.com about it in 2002. Interesting read, and it's still available.

Sarky

athena 2000 wrote:

Take the test. You know you want to... Are you a metrosexual?

Hah! "Lost cause" and proud, damnit!

Ania

Metrosexual is the most ridiculous, overused, unnessicary word that got spewed by whatever marketing firm under control of Satan's colon yet! It IS an insult!

My dear, I see you haven't lived enough if it's the most ..., ..., ... word you've ever heard.
Baby boy, you will come across even more ..., ..., ... words in your life as you grow older!

Talliesin

Karl Hungus wrote:

I'd like to stab whoever unleashed the word metrosexual on the world.

Yeah, by rights it should mean someone who gets turned on by cities.

weemcd

Talliesin wrote:

Yeah, by rights it should mean someone who gets turned on by cities.

now im nameless!

simu

My inner man has serious potential to be a metrosexual and apparently, I should keep it up. How useful to know.

poobum

apparently i have to call my fam and friends...im a metro......girls this a good or bad thing? fellas dont answer this not you im interested in

Karl Hungus

Ania wrote:

Blah blah blah, condescending drivel.

In similar condescending manner, if you can't comprehend overstatement as a means to expressing disgust, you haven't lived enough. Don't worry, you'll understand when you grow up, rugrat.

Kernel

Ania wrote:

Boys, are you metrosexual? If not, how do you, as a man, feel about them?
I'm curious to read others' opinions.

I think they're pussies. I'm pretty sure John Wayne, Roy Keane and other real men would not approve of this **** anyway. Bring back the old days, lads - respect the cock, tame the pussy.
:cool:

Sarky

I'm pretty sure John Wayne, Roy Keane et al. were also bloody morons.

Gillo

Kernel wrote:

I think they're pussies. I'm pretty sure John Wayne, Roy Keane and other real men would not approve of this **** anyway. Bring back the old days, lads - respect the cock, tame the pussy.
:cool:

John Wayne spent most days wearing make-up
Roy keane couldn't hadle a bt of pressure so he came home
Other real men, um, well they are just scruffy

"Respect the cock"
Respect the whole body; exfoliate and mosturise

Disappointed, I didn't score high enough to be metro

Ania

Karl Hungus wrote:

In similar condescending manner, if you can't comprehend overstatement as a means to expressing disgust, you haven't lived enough. Don't worry, you'll understand when you grow up, rugrat.

Poor boy!
Get a girlfriend! Your frustration may be healed soon.

Karl Hungus

Ania wrote:

Blah Blah Drivel Blah

Poor girl!
Get a boyfriend! Your frustration may be healed soon.

Gillo

Karl Hungus wrote:

Poor girl!
Get a boyfriend! Your frustration may be healed soon.

Now, now, boys & girls. Bo fighting, you don't want to break a nail or ruin your designer hair. Thats why I am am lover not a fighter.

Karl Hungus

gillo wrote:

Now, now, boys & girls. Bo fighting, you don't want to break a nail or ruin your designer hair. Thats why I am am lover not a fighter.

I'm sorry for my copy&paste retorts, it just annoys me when a poster uses childish condescending insults when they can't counter any points raised. I probably shouldn't rise to it, but oh well.

LadyJ

Kernel wrote:

Bring back the old days, lads - respect the cock, tame the pussy.
:cool:

Good God Kernel! :rolleyes:
It's time someone took a whip to you!

Kernel

LadyJ wrote:

Good God Kernel! :rolleyes:
It's time someone took a whip to you!

Is that a promise??