Comments on: They used to just give DIY advice, until they realized that women were fixing their homes without pausing to fix their hearts.

By: AnotherKatie

AnotherKatie — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:12:30 +0000

/delurk

Ugh! I just had a flashback to my freshman roommate, whom I believe was raised in a patriarchy indoctrination lab. She was firmly convinced that a man couldn’t or wouldn’t have sex on pink sheets because it would unman him or something. Then again, she also used “MRS degree” unironically and asked me to point out Jewish men on campus because she wanted to meet guys with money (and produced huge crocodile tears when I pointed out that this was just a tad antisemitic, particularly as I was Jewish and broke). She also had something like an 0.7 GPA after first semester…shocking, I tell you.

I can’t dare to hope that they had a “companion” piece on how some men’s apartments/bedrooms could be turning off female guests? Like, posters of naked women with huge fake breasts generally aren’t great for setting the mood? Stuff like that? Nah, didn’t think so.

/relurk

By: N1Nj4G1rl

N1Nj4G1rl — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:35:53 +0000

I don’t understand why they are taking this as a bad thing to do (messy apt and such) it’s a great screening device! My roomate always knows that a person isn’t worth keeping around (and definelty not worth the time and effort it takes to fuck) if they can’t handle our five cats. And that number is NOT an exageration. 5 kitties, imagine the obsession that would develop if we cared about cat hair on our furniture!

By: firefalluk

firefalluk — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:11:17 +0000

Hey, if the roommates are that close that they barge in on each other when the door is closed, why not ask?

Hey, he didn’t say the door was closed, just that they were ‘walked in on’ …

By: Deoridhe

Deoridhe — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:35:10 +0000

“I can’t stand when I go into a girl’s bedroom and everything is pink,”

Shouldn’t he be more worried that he’s about to have sex with a girl and not a woman?

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:47:14 +0000

Other offenders? Color.

“I can’t stand when I go into a girl’s bedroom and everything is pink,” he continued. “A little pink is okay, but not the whole thing. I don’t want to feel like I’m sleeping inside a Pepto Bismol bottle.”

My boyfriend bought me an all-pink bedset and pillows. not sure what this means, maybe he’s trying to keep competition away?

He also bought me a stuffed animal that is on my bed now. and i have a cat that he loves.

By: sabotabby

sabotabby — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:03:10 +0000

And yet nothing about men who leave dirty socks and underwear on the floor? That’s way more of a turn-off than my gazillion pillows and cats.

By: uccellina

uccellina — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:13:32 +0000

I brought, I believe, two stuffed animals with me when I moved in with my boyfriend (who became my husband). The collection has grown since then, and it wasn’t on my initiative. The man is a stuffed animal fiend.

By: shannon

shannon — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:36:27 +0000

This is why us prudes never sleep with anyone who doesn’t think they are wonderful and/or are willing to deal with a little bit of clutter to get some.

By: JasonC

JasonC — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:48:00 +0000

This piece really speaks to me, the complete douchebag that I am.

By: junk science

junk science — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:23:20 +0000

And if you see throw pillows on his bed, run.