The entire gender role thing is retarded. Not only am I actually good at cooking, cleaning. laundry, and taking care of kids, I also enjoy it. Whoops, guess I'm not allowed to be a man anymore.
Nope, you're now a chick. I on the other hand, enjoy cooking, cleaning, laundry, taking care of kids and beer. So I am awesome
I've never seen beer as a gender-specific beverage. What exactly is it about beer that makes it masculine?
We don't expect old people to understand computers, so we shouldn't expect them to understand our new social values either
No, I guess I'm old fashioned in the way that I want a man to be a man. I want a friend and lover -- him to wear the pants -- be someone I can depend on for guidance and support -- someone I can respect and love. We care for each other equally. --I'm very independent, I don't need a man to take care of me -- but in the relationship, I like a man to be a man.
Lady of the Freaks, I don't think you're weird. I think that sounds totally cute. I'm engaged to a man that has his own apron and bakes better than I ever could, and the last thing that makes me feel is turned off to him... We have a nice balance I think. We both cook and clean and we both work. He's a little better at baking than me, and he makes a pizza to die for, but I make a mean curry and my soups are always better. He gets a little shaky around money matters, but I'm a whiz with a calculator and a ledger. We still have some things that are kind of traditional I guess, like I am not technical at all, he usually fixes little things with the car, and I guess he usually takes out the trash, but we just don't think of each other in those terms that much, I guess... Quite frankly I'm shocked by some of the ignorant opinions in here. It's one thing if that just doesn't do anything for you, but to say you flat out wouldn't respect them?? That's bullshit. You're just asking to be disrespected yourself if you think that way. What if he wants to go back to school to pursue his true passion as a career instead of punching his ticket at the factory every day? What if you have to take the wheel for the while if he has some kind of accident? Are you just going to drop his ass because he's not "being a man" anymore? How is that an equal partnership? We are all human. Just because we were born with different genitals doesn't mean we can't be whatever we want to be. I don't get people. Women fight for equality and think it's progress when they paint all men as big dumb buffoons that are good for nothing more than going out and getting a steady 9-5 to support their asses? That's not progress. That's reverse prejudice. We are PEOPLE. What's in our pants shouldn't matter. If you want to cling to your Beaver Cleaver gender roles, that's fine, but forcing it on others is holding back our evolution. I might have gotten a little fired up. Sorry about that. :leaving: Bottom line, it's totally fine, and I hope you find what you're looking for. Take others' advice. Maybe a dating site would be your best bet. Good luck!