Beauty

Allow me to indulge in some generalities about women. Or rather to report a passenger’s generalities on women. He was around thirty years old and extemely handsome with, I guessed, a Mediterranean heritage. A classic chick magnet.

At 2am this morning he climbed aboard and said, "Take me into the City, I’ve got to bail-out my girlfriend from a nightclub." They had spent the evening apart, mutually; he, with mates and she, with girlfriends. Apparently she was drunk and missing him so instead of going home she’d called and insisted he pick her up. "I must be stupid," he moaned, shaking his head.

"I’ve just about had enough of this woman," he continued. "My last girlfriend was a backpacker from Slovakia and knew how to behave herself, a real class act. When she was out with girlfriends she wouldn’t drink, she’d only drink when we were together. But this girl tonight is a local and just loses it when I'm not around."

He confirmed that these women were great beauties, thence explained he’d also had problems with Brazilian girls. "When they’re with you they are totally demanding, always wanting attention. But if they’re not with you, then they forget about you and flirt with every available guy. They’re worse than Aussie girls." (I warned you about generalities)

The bloke obviously loved women-who doesn’t-yet complained how many were just time wasters and only gave him grief. It didn’t sound like he was exaggerating, but simply stating how it was for him. Maybe he’d never bothered to probe beyond the superficiality of his girlfriends’ beauty, in order to examine their true qualities. And vice versa.

Whatever, the encounter recalled a recent post by Sam de Brito on the ‘handicap’ of beauty. An interesting read and worth checking out.

Comments

[Bill Steamshovel]

Bah! Its too hard to find someone with airless confidence, intellectual depth, compassion and a sunny disposition, let alone keep 'em. It's much easier to plow through an endless supply of hard-bodied, insecure bimbos and whine that none of them are worth the effort.

BTW, that de Brito's a funny bastard. He panders to his female audience and yet cries foul when they arc up when he doesn't toe their line. Although I gotta say, I was pretty shocked at how hard they were whipping him for that rape article.

[Harry Buttle]

I also find it a bit hard to feel sorry for someone who will run out of beauty by age 40 and have to do it on ability - by then they are set and have frequently got there at the expense of more talented people.

You may call it a curse, I'd call it a terrific headstart in the race of life.

[Anthony]

I reckon it might be something to do with the sort of girl he is attracted to - and the sort that is attracted to him. It's not hard to detect a pattern. But having said that he's still a LUCKY BASTARD!

[Anthony]

I reckon it might be something to do with the sort of girl he is attracted to - and the sort that is attracted to him. It's not hard to detect a pattern. But having said that he's still a LUCKY BASTARD!

[Anthony]

I reckon it might be something to do with the sort of girl he is attracted to - and the sort that is attracted to him. It's not hard to detect a pattern. But having said that he's still a LUCKY BASTARD!

[Roy]

I can never see good looks in another bloke, you all look like ugly bastards to me!

[TheDailyMagnet]

Actually, I find that Sam a bit spewriffic, could be the passenger you mentioned, actually.