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Pretty or sexy?

I still get "handsome", even at my age, only God knows why. Personally, I think I look like I have been rode hard and put away wet.
 
JC Callender said:
I think it's easy to think "tasteful and classy" when thinking of pretty and "slutty" when thinking of sexy, but I wasn't necessarily looking at it that way. I've heard women say they think funny is sexy many times and as I've mentioned earlier in this thread, some even think Abe Lincoln was sexy, which is to say that I think sexy people often do have admired and/or respectable traits. On the flip side, I've known good looking people who aren't very respected because some believe that they got to where they are based on their looks. And then of course there's envy.
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This strikes me as being a rather broad definition of the concept.

You're basically just asking if people want to be good looking enough that the opposite sex would want to have sex with them. I'm not really sure if anyone in their right mind would answer that question with a negative. Lol

Hell! Pretty much everyone's "sexy" to somebody. Even I've been described as being "sexy" before. However, I don't think I'd self-identify as being the "sexy" type in the typical way people use the word.
 
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Fearandloathing said:
At 66, I would say the objective would be to be perceived at all.
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Alain Delon in shades looks cool in a snappy blue blazer, crisp red and white stripped shirt, ascot and grey flannel pants. He is noticed. And you are young by comparison.
 
JC Callender said:
Would you rather be perceived as pretty (or handsome for guys) or sexy? In this case you can't be both.
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I think I'd describe myself as sexy. I'm 5'8" tall...wear lots of leggings and boots, dress upscale blingy, and tend to command a room with confidence. I've got swagger, yes I do. ;)

I mean, you asked . . .
 
MaggieD said:
I think I'd describe myself as sexy. I'm 5'8" tall...wear lots of leggings and boots, dress upscale blingy, and tend to command a room with confidence. I've got swagger, yes I do. ;)

I mean, you asked . . .
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Nice! I think I would rather be sexy than handsome. I think sexy would be much more fun, even if married.
 
MaggieD said:
I think I'd describe myself as sexy. I'm 5'8" tall...wear lots of leggings and boots, dress upscale blingy, and tend to command a room with confidence. I've got swagger, yes I do. ;)

I mean, you asked . . .
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You are so awesome! I need to get some swagger. I just feel ridiculous if I try to act "sexy." One of these days.

The thing that I always hated when I first started going out a lot with my friends was they would always talk about how hot or great they looked, and then tell me how "cute" I am. All the time. "Cute." Not hot, or sexy, or anything. Just cute. Like kittens or toddlers in snowsuits. "Cute."

How embarrassing. Like take your little sister to work day. I hated that.
 
MaggieD said:
I think I'd describe myself as sexy. I'm 5'8" tall...wear lots of leggings and boots, dress upscale blingy, and tend to command a room with confidence. I've got swagger, yes I do. ;)

I mean, you asked . . .
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Man, good thing we never ended up together because we would simply dominate....
 
Alyssa T. said:
You are so awesome! I need to get some swagger. I just feel ridiculous if I try to act "sexy." One of these days.

The thing that I always hated when I first started going out a lot with my friends was they would always talk about how hot or great they looked, and then tell me how "cute" I am. All the time. "Cute." Not hot, or sexy, or anything. Just cute. Like kittens or toddlers in snowsuits. "Cute."

How embarrassing. Like take your little sister to work day. I hated that.
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Don't complain. Beauty fades, but cutes are forever.
 
Alyssa T. said:
You are so awesome! I need to get some swagger. I just feel ridiculous if I try to act "sexy." One of these days.

The thing that I always hated when I first started going out a lot with my friends was they would always talk about how hot or great they looked, and then tell me how "cute" I am. All the time. "Cute." Not hot, or sexy, or anything. Just cute. Like kittens or toddlers in snowsuits. "Cute."

How embarrassing. Like take your little sister to work day. I hated that.
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Cute isn't bad! :) Some guys actually find the cute look sexy.
 
JC Callender said:
Cute isn't bad! :) Some guys actually find the cute look sexy.
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Okay. I think the whole sexy thing is way more than looks. I know some women in their 40s that don't dress very "sexy" but the way they carry themselves and their confidence, intelligence, strength, beauty, everything just screams that they are very sexy. I want to be just like them. They can make jeans and a sweater look sexy. Seriously. It's like they can own the world.

Sure, they gotta be real on the inside, but they are so wonderful to even be around, like a magnet drawing people in. But they are so strong, working mothers, happily married, with great curves and style. They go to work all day and rule, then they go home and take care of their kids, husbands, and the business there. They have it. Sure do.
 
If I could only be one, I'll take handsome. Looks will get you a lot farther than attitude. Not saying that attitude doesn't open doors (legs), but looks makes it a lot easier, and far more often a thing to happen.
 
I would describe myself as...the rugged type. I mean, I do clean up nice, and I DO have to dress up for work. But I'm the dude that mostly wears blue jeans and a plain white T. I've got big, rough hands. My stubble can light a match. I often have motor oil rubbed in deep into the cracks and lines in the skin on my hands. I'm not a jock, though I used to be. I'm not thin, but I'm not fat. In short, I'm just a big, rough around the edges dude. My wife tells me I'm handsome AND sexy. I suppose it's her job. I don't think I'm all that handsome, as I never got a lot of tail in highschool and college...and I figure, if I were a looker, I would have gotten more. I DO think I'm sexy, to a certain demographic of woman...the kind that wants a MAN, not some pretty, delicate metro sexual.
 
KevinKohler said:
I would describe myself as...the rugged type. I mean, I do clean up nice, and I DO have to dress up for work. But I'm the dude that mostly wears blue jeans and a plain white T. I've got big, rough hands. My stubble can light a match. I often have motor oil rubbed in deep into the cracks and lines in the skin on my hands. I'm not a jock, though I used to be. I'm not thin, but I'm not fat. In short, I'm just a big, rough around the edges dude. My wife tells me I'm handsome AND sexy. I suppose it's her job. I don't think I'm all that handsome, as I never got a lot of tail in highschool and college...and I figure, if I were a looker, I would have gotten more. I DO think I'm sexy, to a certain demographic of woman...the kind that wants a MAN, not some pretty, delicate metro sexual.
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LOL/ Same here. When I went to court I had a female lawyer... early 30's. I always came to meetings in sports shorts and shirts with sandals. I showed up trial day in a suit all spiffed up and she did a double take and actually said, "oh boy, you clean up nice". Made my day. LOL
 
Alyssa T. said:
Okay. I shouldn't even talk about this stuff. It hurts my brain.
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Don't believe me? All right. There were two women who played on a TV show named "Gilligan's Island" years ago. The characters they played were "Ginger" and "Mary Ann", and they sparked the "Ginger or Mary Ann" debate, wherein guys were asked who they would rather be with. "Ginger", played by Tina Louise, was the sexy movie star type. "Mary Ann", played by Dawn Wells, was the cute girl next door type. Almost every guy who has ever voted in this debate voted for Mary Ann, and for the final definitive evidence, the last time I saw a picture of Dawn Wells, she was past 70 and STILL cute. Tina Louise, not so much.

Coincidence? I think not.
 
KevinKohler said:
I would describe myself as...the rugged type. I mean, I do clean up nice, and I DO have to dress up for work. But I'm the dude that mostly wears blue jeans and a plain white T. I've got big, rough hands. My stubble can light a match. I often have motor oil rubbed in deep into the cracks and lines in the skin on my hands. I'm not a jock, though I used to be. I'm not thin, but I'm not fat. In short, I'm just a big, rough around the edges dude. My wife tells me I'm handsome AND sexy. I suppose it's her job. I don't think I'm all that handsome, as I never got a lot of tail in highschool and college...and I figure, if I were a looker, I would have gotten more. I DO think I'm sexy, to a certain demographic of woman...the kind that wants a MAN, not some pretty, delicate metro sexual.
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Exactly. I'm more the sort of non-metro and rough around the edges quiet, aloof, and moody intellectual type who lightens up after you get to know him. While I'm tall and slim(ish), I'm not necessarily unathletic. I'm basically built like that guy who played the "Guv'ner" on the Walking Dead. There's certainly a particular type of woman out there who finds all of those things "sexy."

I don't think I'd describe myself as being "sexy," however. To me, anyway, that conjures up imagines of some swaggering "Stud Beefpile" type with the the kind of charm necessarily to get a girl out of her panties in 20 minutes or less.

That's sure as Hell not me. Lol
 
it's just me said:
Don't believe me? All right. There were two women who played on a TV show named "Gilligan's Island" years ago. The characters they played were "Ginger" and "Mary Ann", and they sparked the "Ginger or Mary Ann" debate, wherein guys were asked who they would rather be with. "Ginger", played by Tina Louise, was the sexy movie star type. "Mary Ann", played by Dawn Wells, was the cute girl next door type. Almost every guy who has ever voted in this debate voted for Mary Ann, and for the final definitive evidence, the last time I saw a picture of Dawn Wells, she was past 70 and STILL cute. Tina Louise, not so much.

Coincidence? I think not.
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I would have had Ginger for sure.


Red heads are my cryptonite.
 
it's just me said:
Don't believe me? All right. There were two women who played on a TV show named "Gilligan's Island" years ago. The characters they played were "Ginger" and "Mary Ann", and they sparked the "Ginger or Mary Ann" debate, wherein guys were asked who they would rather be with. "Ginger", played by Tina Louise, was the sexy movie star type. "Mary Ann", played by Dawn Wells, was the cute girl next door type. Almost every guy who has ever voted in this debate voted for Mary Ann, and for the final definitive evidence, the last time I saw a picture of Dawn Wells, she was past 70 and STILL cute. Tina Louise, not so much.

Coincidence? I think not.
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The professor was the way to go. Did he ever get the girls? He should have.
 
KevinKohler said:
I would have had Ginger for sure.


Red heads are my cryptonite.
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Crap, you ought to have one for a granddaughter. That one plays me like a fine violin, but granddaughters in general will do that.

I don't think Ginger was a natural redhead.
 
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