Women

Dante’s Opinion: Do men have “backups”?

It’s another round of questions that I offer my opinion on. This first one is from a DALANEL reader. Chocolate Vent asks:

I am a single woman who has several male friends. I do have a few “backup” choices – guys that have expressed genuine interest in marrying me – but I’m not attracted to them (no physical attraction, no romantic chemistry, etc.). As I go further into my thirties I am seriously starting to consider marrying one of these “backup choices”. And I know I am not the only one who feels this way – a lot of women have “backups” in the event we do decide to get married & have not yet met our dream mate. My question is this: Do men have “backups”? I would think not considering men have far more options than we do, but I am curious if a man would rather be alone or marry a female friend who will “make do” as his wife. What are your thoughts on this?

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Women Are Beautiful

As a guy…a straight guy…I look at the women of this world. And the following words are from the mind of a guy. This is such a simple post with an interesting ending.

Women. Ladies. Girls.

You are beautiful.

You need to know that. Especially in this country, you’re only beautiful if you fit a size 8 dress…and you’re only valued if you show more of your body. You have to wear this type of clothes. Perhaps even smell a certain way (I’m kind of a freak because I do sniff people from time to time. I need help). But I feel like that’s not fair.

For one reason, there is so much more to a woman than just her figure. I will be honest, thinner women are more attractive to me than…larger. But, make no mistake, a woman’s figure only plays a part in what makes a woman beautiful. Some say how personality isn’t important. It is to me. Even in my list for what I look for in my future wife, personality traits appeared while figure made no appearance.

Besides, when we’re become old, all of our bodies will start looking…rough…

I love a woman because she’s caring. She’s strong. She’s funny. She’s smart. A woman with any of these characteristics and more positive attributes are what make a woman beautiful as well as her body.

Some women are blessed with beauty in different areas. Her voice. Her encouraging words. Her body.

Ladies, I want you to know that you are beautiful. You are. You are in your own way. Don’t let the media…the world tell you what real beauty is. God made you beautiful the way He wanted to. You may not believe this, and that’s fine with me. It’s hard for guys to approach certain women because an honest compliment can turn into something nasty because you apparently can’t be as beautiful as that person said you are.

But you are. You really are. So smile, dang it! Take a compliment. Not everybody is trying to get in your pants.

I’m doing a lot of talking here but I’m about to do something that could be crazy. I’m in the process of making these business cards. They read: “Smile! You’re beautiful!” That’s it. And I intend on giving them to random strangers of all ages. Well, maybe not kids as that could get me in some trouble. So I guess 18+ women are all eligible. There’s so much beauty. Some obvious and some not so obvious. Some need to know it while others already know how beautiful they are.

So if you are in my neck of woods, don’t be surprised if I hand you the card and then walk away. Just smile. Because you’re beautiful.

-DALANEL

Daily Good Stuff 158

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6

My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t. Samuel Johnson

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