Into The Perfect Match

Maya, Ghizlan and I walked into the movie theater Thursday night to find it filled with teens! And some of these creatures were in our assigned seats too. Bad start!
After the usher moved them off, we settled down each nestled with her nachos or popcorn ready to enjoy the movie and waiting for the ever late Dania to join.

Dania made it just as “Into The Blue” (Paul Walker & Jessica Alba) started. Talk about great timing. But she did miss the new movies trailors and our loud pre-movie conversation.

The first twenty minutes of the movie were spent with envious remarks on Alba’s body flying amongst us and with promises of strict diets starting soon after the movie is finished or next day!
I reminded the girls that dieting would be wasted, as none of us has a Walker look alike in our lives. Nor are we ever likely to have him as a far acquaintance.
Come to think of it, we want even get a look alike of Scott Caan!! Groans emitted!!


The movie reminded me of a long Bounty ad. It was an “ok” movie. Not much of a plot, or acting, but plenty of beautiful scenes and bodies.
When we left the theater my legs were aching. I guess as I have a phobia of the seas (I believe I will die drowning in a sea or ocean, and this apparently was the same phobia that my great grandfather had and he drowned in the Indian Ocean!!) I was subconsciously tense during the whole movie. The tension eased as we walked to Paul’s for a late snack (yes the diet resolution was forgotten already).


Put any single women together around a table and they will end up talking about the perfect match. Of course I wrote about the perfect mate previously but this is different. A bit!


Though Dania, Ghizlan, Maya and I have similar interests we are different in many things. We come from different backgrounds, and we lead different lives, yet when it came to describing the perfect man, we agreed on most of the necessary characters.

If we made the perfect man he would have the following:

1. Looks: He would be pleasant to look at. This means something in between Shrek and Walker, closer to Walker hopefully but we could overlook this if all other criteria matched! Hair on head and face not body!
2. Body: Simple: Taller! Could be overweight but not fat!
3. Education: It’s a must for successful careers and he has to be successful! He is well read and could talk about many issues and topics and actually makes sense when talking!
4. Personality: In short: A Gentleman! In more words: He has to have a strong character which forces respect but yet is not domineering. He has to be chivalrous who will bring femininity out of us. He has to be mature and responsible. He has to be charismatic and has a sense of humor and not 7th grade humor. He has to share the same interests we have, or at least understands why we have these interests. He has to be a friend!
5. Money wise: Generous! We expect him to pay for everything even when we invite! Though we would pay sometime, we still want him to make an issue about us paying and not him. This is an integral part of the gentleman we seek.
6. Love wise: Though the man has to be romantic all through the relationship and for however long it would last, it is especially important when courting us. A message sent while he is in a meeting just to say he is thinking of us is a small example of a romantic gesture that will give him a great bonus. Flowers, boxes of chocolates, more flowers, pieces of jewelry, again more flowers and endearing one liners by email, sms or real notes are all expected throughout this very important phase. Spoil us and you will win us!

The list is really short and not demanding, so how come we are all still single? It just tells you how sad this world has become if no men matching the above exists!
URGH!


A tip for any man courting a woman he really likes and doesn’t know how to charm her: get in touch with her girlfriends and ask them what makes her tick and what makes her sick!
A tip for anyone woman who wants the man in her life to know how to win her heart: introduce him to your gals and plainly ask them to tell him exactly what you want! If he doesn’t get it after that, he doesn’t deserve you!



The evening ended peacefully with promises to go next Thursday and watch together a play called “Private Lives”. I’m sure we will end up talking about the same topic again. I promise I will not post about it next week too. Except if I get requests ;)