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How to Be Tantalizing
I’m in big trouble. How do you size up? (Psst. I think that Public Relations Director is gay.)
From the awful book Dancercize, 1967
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Well I had a good laugh reading down the list. What surprised me, though, were the beginning twinges of shame of not measuring up – old conditioning dies hard! Ouch.
If number one were true then why are so many men incompetent fools who find women who stupidly give themselves up to take care of them. They don’t like women to be bossy but they want them to work and pay the bills and cook the meals and clean the house and meet their sexual needs and not question why they’re spending an unreasonable number of hours playing role playing games on the computer or why they won’t pay the cell phone bill so they can switch plans and get her a better phone that isn’t falling apart. Touched a nerve. I have a friend who is going thru this right now and I can’t convince her he’s not a prince. Grrrr. Women are stupid to accept the above without question.
My therapist friend often tells me you can’t save anyone.
The title of the book immediately describes the type of audience it is looking for. Aka, not me. (I put my makeup on in the car this morning while talking loudly to a UPS customer service representative, bossing him around to find the package they lost!)
I hear you. And I love to be affectionate in public.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were women out there who actually followed this ridiculous and inane list.
The guy is gay or gay leaning and cannot:
-install dimmer switches
-unclog your disposal or toilet
-carry heavy boxes
-make your body quiver and levitate
-bear the attention you take away from him when you look great
-give you a sincere compliment
-hold your hand and kiss you in public and make you feel special
-give you his full, undivided attention
-do anything a woman couldn’t or wouldn’t do
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Powder room?? Powder room! ah, now I know why I’m reminded of the Patty Duke show…this was written in 1967.
Some of this is totally dated, and some, unfortunately not.
Tantalizing? Oh dear. I’d rather be myself really.
It’s quite a snapshot from another time.
I think the only one of these I adhere to is number 3… and then that’s only because I don’t adhere to 2…