I'll order lettuce and a carrot with low-fat dressing on the side, please.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:07pm

Girl talk yesterday over appys, steak and SoHos. (Note - I live in Canada, and everyone gives me funny looks when I order a "South of HOW-ston martini" instead of "HEW-ston". Should I stand my ground, or am I wrong? That's the correct pronounciation, right??)

We were talking about how we can eat whatever we want around each other, but not when we're dining with members of the opposite sex. It doesn't have to be a date, mind you, and it's not a question of messiness or getting spinach stuck in your teeth. It was just the notion that if a man - any man - dines with a greater-than-90-pound female and sees her chowing on a burger, fries and a milkshake, his inner reaction is, "Mmmm...that explains it. Tragic, really."

I rubbished this idea, but then thought maybe my desire to actually, you know, enjoy my food, could partially be the reason I'm still single. (This is what my friends suggested.) Is this true??? (I mean about different eating customs around different genders, not an analysis of why I'm still alone.)

[Plum]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:10pm

*blink*

I have no idea if that's true. But if it is, I'll stay single, thanks. I like my food.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:13pm

I'm one of those skinny girls who can eat anything... don't hate me!

If a guy is turned off by the fact that you like more than lettuce, he's too superficial to bother with. Don't you want to act like a real person and date one too?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:13pm

Word, Plum. My girl friends say that a tossed salad is their standard eating-with-a-man fare. (A literal tossed salad, sickos.) I say a salad minus the fixings is a side dish, not a meal.

PS. Insomniak, I'm definitely not gonna dispute that. If being with a guy means watching my calories in front of him, I'd rather be alone. And, Insomniak, if you're one of those skinny girls, then why are you wearing that corset in your avatar?

Updated On: 10/7/04 at 07:13 PM

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:15pm

WHY? Why don't you just eat what you want? Why salad? I mean, why would a guy be wierded out by you eating?

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:17pm

I hate salad.

Give me a burger or fries anytime.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:18pm

*high-fives LadyG*

[Plum]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:20pm

Restaurant servings (in the U.S., at least) are often way too big for me, but I'll order what I want. And I'm by no means fat- if a guy thinks I'm a pig because I don't restrict myself to 20 calories a meal, he can kiss my ass.

But really, as insomniak pointed out, I don't think guys really look at a girl who eats a burger and think "Oh, she's so chubby." I think that's what girls think. They're projecting their insecurities onto men who probably don't give a **** what you eat, and might even think it's strange or bad if you only eat lettuce.

Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. :)

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:21pm

And they say women are the more complicated sex. Oy!

Personally, I would've thought guys are more appreciative of a gal who can scarf as much as they can. (Or almost as much.) But do guys really think about what a girl eats in relation to her weight/appearance? Regardless of whether or not they're considering pursuing a relationship with this woman?

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:23pm

I think you're asking the wrong board, seeing as almost all the guys here aren't attracted to women.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:24pm

give me a girl who can eat as much as I can and likes to make a competition of it over a salad eating pasture grazer anyday.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:27pm

But it's not just an attraction thing. These girls were saying that ANY guy, gay or straight, makes these kinds of judgments about women.

And Guido, if I remember correctly, you're the same age as me, you said you'd f*** me AND that we could have eating competitions.

Honey, will you marry me?

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:29pm

I think your girlfriends' theory is a bunch of BS. Maybe some guys are superficial like that but I am not. If you like a burger and fries every once in a while fine. My only possible worry would be as I got to date a girl more is I would worry about her eventual health if ALL she ate was burgers and fries and thats it. My concern wouldn't be her getting fat as much as the health problems that come from that. Don't knock salads! I am a big fan of those Fried Chicken Salads from Steak n Shake and the ones from Wendy's are pretty good too! OOh and I had one with Madarin oranges from O'Charley's once that was really good!

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:31pm

I think girls think to much about boys thinking which is pointless because they don't. Boys thinking, that is.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:32pm

"And Guido, if I remember correctly, you're the same age as me, you said you'd f*** me AND that we could have eating competitions.

Honey, will you marry me?"

I believe we are close in age Tiff. (I'm 24)

and sure...why not?

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:32pm

Not to be sexist or anything but women (at least the ones I know) in my experience tend to overanalyze things.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:33pm

Another bww marriage! Can I come?

That's not being sexist, imo, gunn. If you're just talking about certain women you know and not using a blanket statement based on a few people, it's ok.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:34pm

uh suure you can, Nia..you think i'd miss having another Ohioan there?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:35pm

A-freakin'-men, Gunn! And it's true. But I think it's biologically ingrained in us. It ain't never gonna change.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:36pm

http://bears.ece.ucsb.edu/personnel/astornet/humor/humor14.html
I think you will enjoy this. I know it is at least true on the guy's end of things.

Updated On: 10/7/04 at 07:36 PM

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:37pm

It is! We women are just all overanalyzers, I sure am.

Really, I can come? Thanks Guido. I'll be representing the midwest.

Speaking of Ohio, how do you like it? I hate Cedar Point but I was at Old Man's caves a few weeks ago and hiked the gorge, it was GOURGEOUS. I didn't know Ohio had that kind of thing.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:40pm

how do I like Ohio? truthfully, I don't think Ohio's that bad....but where I lives sucks hardcore. My best friend has an office job at cedar point i'll let him know of your discontent.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:42pm

It's not Cedar Point's fault, it's the fact that I loathe amusement parks in general. Cedar Point is one of the lesser evils I've traipsed around unwillingly, though.

Where do you live, if you don't mind my asking?

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:43pm

I live nearly right in the middle of the state. I'm about 65 miles or so North of Columbus.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/7/04 at 7:43pm

Oh my god, Gunn, I just finished reading that link and it's SO funny!!