Posted on 12/15/2011 6:35:19 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Common faults that mean men miss the mark included watching too much sport and poor personal grooming.
Bathroom habits such as leaving the toilet door open were also cited by women taking part in the survey as a frequent failing.
The poll of 2,000 women showed more than 75 per cent believed the perfect man did not exist.
Other shortcomings were an inability to multi-task, criticising their partner's driving and not getting along with her family.
Nikki McReynolds, marketing director for Remington which commissioned the research, said: "It seems that women are actually quite realistic on what they look for from their partner
"While they might happily overlook a few common flaws from their guys, there are certain behaviours that men just won't get away with."
The results showed one in five women think their partner only pretends to listen to them while leaving clothes on the bedroom floor and snoring were among other gripes.
The perfect man would be expected to make an effort with his partner's friends, avoid using her toothbrush, stay clean-shaven and not be lazy.
But above all, 35 per cent of women rate a good personality as most important with sense of humour the top quality for a quarter of respondents.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
But of course men don’t have to worry about picking the perfect woman because God made them all perfect, just pick one and you can’t go wrong./SAR(did I really need to say sarcasm?).
Just another effort to paint men as idiots while women are God’s perfect creation.
The perfect man does exist but sadly for the rest of the women out there he’s mine. And I’m not sharing. Sorry ladies.
Heh. Usually I pretend NOT to listen when I drop my clothes on the floor, and pretend NOT to hear her when I'm snoring. And unless I was sleep walking, I'm pretty sure I have never pretended to hear her while dropping my clothes on the floor while snoring.
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“And the other thing he does that I just HATE! He SNORES! He knows I need my sleep or I fall asleep during “Young and the Restless” the next day. He does it just to irritate me. He says he can't help it because he's sleeping but that's just an excuse, but he's lying because I know that he does it just to make me mad and the other thing he does......”
Yuppers. After a few years of me helping putting groceries or whatever away and her constantly coming back around and putting them away in the 'right' place, I just gave up on it so it's all dumped in her lap now.
Why bother? I'm always wrong anyways. Waste of energy.
The problem is that Mr. Flashy is either gay or a narcissist. Mr. Bad Boy really IS a bad boy. Mr. Boring gave up long ago (and may gave gotten snapped up by a much wiser female). Ms. Perfect then defaults to Mr. Less-Than-Perfect and proceeds to make his life a living hell for the rest of it or the divorce, whichever comes first.
multi-task: doing several things poorly all at once, rather than doing them well sequentially: a failure to correctly organize and prioritize.
>>>The results showed one in five women think their partner only pretends to listen to them while leaving clothes on the bedroom floor and snoring were among other gripes.<<<
Not listening, while leaving clothes on the floor and snoring is a classic example of >>multi-tasking.
Moral: they want it both ways; there is no understanding nor reasoning with them, so no need to listen to them.
Ouch. I've been outed.
Since I’m also the guy who picks them UP off the floor and runs ‘em down to the washing machine, there is no reason to complain.
doesnt it say something about women who “Need” a perfect guy? what a crock...
Guaranteed to put you on the couch:
"You never listen when I talk!" -- "I do when you say something worth listening to".
IF the article title were really accurate as to how they portray things to women nowadays, it would be:
“Mr. Right does not exist, but You Still Deserve Him cuz’ You’re Awesome!”
Very nice. I too have Mr. Right. He’s a wonderfully funny man who, yes, snores and drops his clothes on the floor. But he also is a great Italian cook and the most generous man in the world.
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