Singin' those campfire songs
Women don't want their men to be smart.
They might think they do, or they might tell us they do, but they don't.
What do women want?
Cowboys.
See, if there's anything that exclusively listening to country music over the past three weeks has taught me, it's insight into the psyche of the average woman. And that woman is not into a smart white-collar guy type. They want cowboys. They want guys who are quiet, strong, and tough. Guys who don't talk back, but do what they're told loyally and in order. This shouldn't be a surprise; in fact,![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
langster's been telling me this for years. But it never really clicked with me why until recently. It's way more simple than anyone ever thought. Perhaps I can let Lee Ann Womack explain:
Don't have to wow me like a long beard Shakespeare/Just talk plain talk right here in my ear
If you aspire to sophistication/I'll tell you now you're in the wrong location
Get out of here before this country girl gets to you
(written by Mark Sanders & Ed Hill)
...er, wait a minute. Why are two men writing about what a woman wants? See, that just complicates things even further. Clearly, Sanders & Hill have gotten over that barrier of female psychology. After all, they also wrote Faith Hill's "It Matters To Me."
Anyway, my point is, I'm totally in the wrong business, and have been from the beginning. Not like I can help it; our personalities shape our careers more than anything else, natch, and I'd just be the bookworm cowboy Lee Ann Womack wouldn't want anyway.
"But Tim," you say. "You're an academe. You're more into the intelligent, bookwormish girls anyway. In fact, you even have a thing for girls who wear black plastic frame glasses!"
...okay, so I do have a thing for the glasses. But if you think I'm not the Cowgirl type, then you don't know me very well.
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They might think they do, or they might tell us they do, but they don't.
What do women want?
Cowboys.
See, if there's anything that exclusively listening to country music over the past three weeks has taught me, it's insight into the psyche of the average woman. And that woman is not into a smart white-collar guy type. They want cowboys. They want guys who are quiet, strong, and tough. Guys who don't talk back, but do what they're told loyally and in order. This shouldn't be a surprise; in fact,
langster's been telling me this for years. But it never really clicked with me why until recently. It's way more simple than anyone ever thought. Perhaps I can let Lee Ann Womack explain:Don't have to wow me like a long beard Shakespeare/Just talk plain talk right here in my ear
If you aspire to sophistication/I'll tell you now you're in the wrong location
Get out of here before this country girl gets to you
(written by Mark Sanders & Ed Hill)
...er, wait a minute. Why are two men writing about what a woman wants? See, that just complicates things even further. Clearly, Sanders & Hill have gotten over that barrier of female psychology. After all, they also wrote Faith Hill's "It Matters To Me."
Anyway, my point is, I'm totally in the wrong business, and have been from the beginning. Not like I can help it; our personalities shape our careers more than anything else, natch, and I'd just be the bookworm cowboy Lee Ann Womack wouldn't want anyway.
"But Tim," you say. "You're an academe. You're more into the intelligent, bookwormish girls anyway. In fact, you even have a thing for girls who wear black plastic frame glasses!"
...okay, so I do have a thing for the glasses. But if you think I'm not the Cowgirl type, then you don't know me very well.
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Happy 100th birthday to the equation e=mc^2. Read more about it.
