Posted on 09/27/2006 5:54:26 AM PDT by Mike Bates
Several years ago, I wrote a column praising a sweet and talented Welsh girl named Charlotte Church. A singer of arias and sacred songs, she possessed an uncommon sense of modesty and decorum in the skin-baring age of Britney Spears. Charlotte had the face and voice of an angel. Her signature piece was "Pie Jesu" (Blessed Jesus). Her favorite keepsake was a rosary blessed by the pope.
Or so she said at the time. Now, alas, the once-charming Charlotte is the new face of skankdom. And you won't believe what she's saying about the pope.
The 20-year-old entertainer has rebelled against the wholesome image that brought her fame, fortune and worldwide respect as a rare role model for young girls. She has traded in "Pie Jesu" for "Crazy Chick" — a lousy pop anthem even Ashlee Simpson wouldn't be caught performing. Charlotte's gone from pure-hearted to pure crap. These days, she drinks, she smokes, she curses, she fights, she parties, and she tries very, very hard to shock and offend — like a trashier Lindsay Lohan, only with better pipes.
Charlotte has a new talk show in England, where she plays a profanity-spewing hostess who is part Rosie O'Donnell, part Keith Olbermann (she has bashed President Bush as "clueless" and a "twat") and completely unhinged. The pilot episode featured Charlotte calling Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, dressing as a nun and pretending to hallucinate while eating communion wafers imprinted with smiley faces (symbolizing the drug Ecstasy). The Catholic News Service reported last month that the pilot also showed Church smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary to reveal a can of fortified wine. To top off her anti-Catholic snit, she stuck chewing gum on a statue of the child Jesus.
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James, take my word for it, as a man who has alternated between "plain" and "good looking" my whole adult life (depending on my commitment to excercize):
Good looks can only get you in the door quicker, but they can't seal the deal. Women are not men. Three things seal the deal with "marrying" women: stability, adoration (of the man for the woman) and a sense of humor.
Adore a girl and make her laugh consistently, and you will win her heart. At least that's what Mrs Piece tells me...
So you're advocating something of a "Two-Face"?
Oh, and good hygene...
That's it. You understand!! Woman don't really want anymore than men do. At least this one doesn't. Just a little loyalty and laughter. I'll bet you're happier than most men too.
They went with all the good men.
who among us did not do STUPID things at that age?!
Yup.
Decades later, there's a couple things that still make me blush.
And I'm male!!
Sure do get alot of stones cast around here, eh?
Women just want to feel safe, secure, etc. Men want to throw themselves against the world...
Nah, but Charlie Rich sang of this ideal 30 years ago:
My baby makes me proud. Lord, don't she make me proud
She never makes a scene by hangin' all over me in crowd
Cause people like to talk. Lord, how they love to talk
But when they turn out the lights I know she'll be leavin' with me
CHORUS:
And when we get behind closed doors then she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me feel like I'm a man
Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors
My baby makes me smile. Lord, don't she make me smile
She's never far away or too tired to say I want you
She's always a lady, just like a lady should be
But when they turn out the lights she's still a baby to me
CHORUS
The good ones are out there! Trust your friends and your family. They know you, and they are very good judges of who you'll do well with. (Hint: if every single person you know hates your significant other, move on. Consensus doesn't happen by accident.)
My mother met my stepdad on a blind date (her friends set her up with "this really funny guy we know and you'll love him"). They've been married for more than 30 years.
I was set up with Xena's Guy - not a blind date per se, but a "come meet my friend who would be perfect for you" situation promulgated by a very close friend of mine. It took him a week to get up the guts to ask for my phone number, but we knew about a month in that this relationship was the one.
Gawd, that is a hideous whatever-it-is she's wearing. Is it a teddy? A tank top? Just tell me where she bought it so I can avoid that place.
She doesn't do skank well. I think she's aware she needs practice and that's why she's doing this show.
Duh! You're talking to her right now! ;)
Oops! Yeah, I meant that 'nice girls don't ask guys out'. Not that that's entirely true!
Speaking for myself, looks weren't high on my list of things I wanted in a husband. Enough that I didn't say "ugh, you're revolting" but an ordinary guy with everything I wanted would have beat a good-looking one who had nothing in common easily.
Now it happens that my husband is very good-looking but we met and did most of our courtship online (with a minimum of 600 miles between us. Ugh) and that wasn't a factor. Just a nice bonus.
The only guys I got creepy stalker vibes from were unattractive, yes. Mostly because they neglected their hygeine, dressed sloppily, and projected an air of un-attractiveness, rather than from any physical ugliness. But they were creepy stalkers. Especially the one from last year who apparently thought I was desperate enough to go out with him. I practically had to hit him over the head with my engagement ring before he got the message.
I agree 100%. Men want the skinny, loud, outgoing, dumb whore. It's in 'their nature'. That's why there is a double standard. Men can sleep around and it's ok...but a woman?
Pictures?
Most of them have been destroyed, which is good since they weren't of the best quality anyway, having been taken at raves and nasty underground Houston clubs.
I'm much more wholesome now, and I don't have that near-dead look I cultivated so assiduously a decade ago.
Men want a nice girl, because they're after a lifelong relationship.
And, being competitive, live in fear of inevitable comparisons.
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