Last night I shared something with my husband which, as I was saying it, I realized that few men actually know. It’s another one of those woman-secrets which, being the mens’ rights advocate that I am, I delight in sharing with “the enemy”.
Here it is:
Women look at men who like to go out drinking as one of three things, and if you’re a guy who regularly goes out with the guys, you will be categorized in one of these three ways by most women who know you. You are either:
1. A drinking buddy
2. Rehabitable
3. Reprehensible
Of the three, being seen by a woman as a drinking buddy is by far the rarest of the three categories into which you will find yourself pigeon-holed.
If the woman wants to have (or already has) a romantic relationship with you, then you are “rehabitable.”
If, however, you fall into just about any other relationship category – including being romantically involved with one of her friends or relatives, or being a drinking buddy of someone else with whom she is romantically involved, then you will almost certainly find yourself slotted into the “reprehensible” category.
Now, how many of you knew that?
What about men who don’t drink? How do women see them?
Yeah, those of us who don’t drink I suppose aren’t seen by women. (big grin)
That is… logical. /me hits the bottle.
I’d have to disagree with you, but perhaps I’m in the minority. As a woman who likes to go out drinking myself, I understand the attraction. Give me a couple of good friends and a bottle of wine, and the laughter (and sometimes tears) are sure to flow. For my dh, beer is a great life passion (ie., he dreams of going to Belgium and touring the monasteries that make the Belgian ales that he so dearly loves), so going out to have a drink with a good friend who shares that passion is very nurturing for him. I wholly support it! 🙂
I dunno, Linda..I don’t think that makes you disagreeing, I think that makes you one of the minority of women who sees your man as a drinking buddy. :-b
[I should have qualified that I was *not* talking about spouses. ;-)]