Keeping Up With the Metrosexuals
Probably because I can count the females on my floor with one hand, my attention is focused on the males in the office. And until recently, I thought I took care of myself. Now I find that I am being put to shame every day by the men in the office.
Look around the office and you can spot a new breed of man. Here are the tell tale signs:
He goes to the gym. Phew! So do I. He uses hand cream. Phew! Me too. He has cologne in his drawer (I have Marc Jacobs in mine - Daisy - not the fashion king himself), he’s under forty (so far so good). But he takes more supplements then me - eeek I best get myself to Boots and stock up. (Not on the protein shake though - I want to shrink not expand).
He spends his money on personal training session (I prefer to spend mine on shoes), he checks the RDA percentage figures on his cereal packs (surely a cereal bar is OK), lunch is the healthy way or the highway, and he has a designer man bag (thankfully I have no issues here; Miuccia Prada keeps me in the game).
The single ones have the cash to splash on spa breaks to the country (yes, really they do), and the married ones are buying their wives gifts. Good ones (I’m jealous) - they’re more thoughtful than me.
He watches romcoms (and enjoys them), he’s interested in my shopping purchases, he notices my hair cut, and he comments on a gorgeous handbag he has seen that will complement my shoes! A Longchamp, as you ask. (Crikey, I best get there to buy it before he does!)
But more worrying, I’m afraid to ask, are us women keeping up?
"Are they gay?" my boss whispered to me last week.
"What the whole office?" I cried. "No. Welcome to the modern man."
At what point does this get too good to be true? Does he still think women are too emotional and over-sensitive? Of course he does, girls. He’s a male not a miracle.
He goes to the gym. Phew! So do I. He uses hand cream. Phew! Me too. He has cologne in his drawer (I have Marc Jacobs in mine - Daisy - not the fashion king himself), he’s under forty (so far so good). But he takes more supplements then me - eeek I best get myself to Boots and stock up. (Not on the protein shake though - I want to shrink not expand).
He spends his money on personal training session (I prefer to spend mine on shoes), he checks the RDA percentage figures on his cereal packs (surely a cereal bar is OK), lunch is the healthy way or the highway, and he has a designer man bag (thankfully I have no issues here; Miuccia Prada keeps me in the game).
The single ones have the cash to splash on spa breaks to the country (yes, really they do), and the married ones are buying their wives gifts. Good ones (I’m jealous) - they’re more thoughtful than me.
He watches romcoms (and enjoys them), he’s interested in my shopping purchases, he notices my hair cut, and he comments on a gorgeous handbag he has seen that will complement my shoes! A Longchamp, as you ask. (Crikey, I best get there to buy it before he does!)
But more worrying, I’m afraid to ask, are us women keeping up?
"Are they gay?" my boss whispered to me last week.
"What the whole office?" I cried. "No. Welcome to the modern man."
At what point does this get too good to be true? Does he still think women are too emotional and over-sensitive? Of course he does, girls. He’s a male not a miracle.
Here Is The Writer : Accidental Accountant
Accidental Accountant is a twenty-something City girl parading the trading floors of investment banks, wondering everyday how she came to be here. She has been playing the corporate game for the last five years, has a passion for fashion, a fondness for partying, and a love/hate affair with City life. If you’ve ever thought you didn’t quite fit in, welcome to her world (and feel free to get in touch).
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MrSMartinPants 25th Sep, 2:20pm
Yes, as a man, it's the unfortunate side-effect of being in tune with your sartorial/life-style self that you can get mistaken as a "gay" when in fact you are anything but. With one T.
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