Vanity - question

[KenC]

... in response to Thanx apk...., posted by LP on Jan 10, 2002

LP,
My wife Lena is more like John K's wife above.  She would never be caught dead in a sweatshirt and only wears "sport shoes" while going for a brisk walk.  She has maintained her Russian sense of style after 3 years here.  The only exception might be that she wears short skirts less and slacks more often.
KenC

[LP]

... in response to sorry LP, posted by KenC on Jan 11, 2002

...to be sorry that she's the exception to the rule.

Then again, in your case, I can understand why.

[Zink]

... in response to Vanity - question, posted by thesearch on Jan 10, 2002

It was a big issue with the lady I was with and to a slightly lesser degree her sister. They were both very attractive but they literally needed hours to make themselves up. The bare minimum was 20 minutes before they could go out on the street. To be honest I never noticed much difference between the before and after. But they did.

I took a picture of my lady once when she didn't have all her makeup on. She was very angry over that. And when she saw that picture later she tore it to pieces. She develpoed some of my films that had pictures of her on them. She destroyed the pictures and negatives that she didn't like before I even saw them. We had a nasty fight over that. Every trip I came home with one to five pictures of her and her sister. My family couldn't understand why I didn't take more of her. They couldn't believe me when I said I shot several rolls but she destroyed them.

This was my experience. I hope that it is not typical behavior. The sister was less concerned about this but it was still important. She politely asked to be able choose which pictures I took home. My lady's excuse to me was, "I don't want your family thinking you were with an ugly woman." Sounded pretty lame to me. My family wouldn't have cared if she was the ugliest woman on the planet as long as I liked her.

[tim360z]

... in response to Re: Vanity - question, posted by Zink on Jan 10, 2002

I had an AW girlfriend a few years back.  While she was very beautiful she also needed "bathroom time" before she would meet the world.  Normally,  1 hour.  A big dinner date she needed at the very least 1 1/2 hours---2 hours would be normal "face time".  So I see 20 minutes as an absolute bargin.  But,  the results were perfect and of course she knew that quite well.

[Zink]

... in response to Re: Re: Vanity - question, posted by tim360z on Jan 10, 2002

Her knowing how good she looked was one of my problems. When we first met she was shy, coy and sweet. If I told her I thought she was beautiful, she would blush and giggle. Later on she showed that she could use her looks as a weapon. Not entirely a RW trait. But RWs are better at it than most of the women I know in North America.

[tim360z]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Vanity - question, posted by Zink on Jan 10, 2002

well known to all women, IMHO.  All girls know that guys are quite moved by the outside of the package.  But,  I do think that RW/UW's place a much greater emphasis on their looks.  ie:  One girl who is just a friend--- over the last 2 months,  has sent me over 40 photos by email and postal mail.  Originally,  I guess I did not fully realize how good-looking she is....she has no problem in letting me know.  And,  I am just as sure that she does have the expectation that our friendship will become something else.  I know, that she knows,  her looks would be hard for most guys to resist.

[Zink]

... in response to Weapons of destruction are, posted by tim360z on Jan 10, 2002

Very true. But RWs come more heavily armed than some women. It's hard to describe but there are many subtle and not so subtle things about RWs that drive me crazy. I've known pretty girls here. But all a RW has to do is walk by and I notice! They carry themselves differently. And it's not all a conscious attempt to gain attention.