We all have our lists, the guys o, gurls o...we have our lists.
Agreed!, a guys list is fairly minimal relative to a lady's list. Funny how women just think that they're are somewhat flawless and therefore if the guy doesn't have this and that, then o well...he's just not good enough. Ok, maybe thats not what we all think. I guess we've heard about so many stories because we've had so many discussions about marriage and therefore we are constantly updating our lists.
Guys talk about soccer, politics, random stuff and as far as we are concerned 'not so important things' till they finally meet 'the one'. This one that would make their minds spin, their hearts skip countless beats before they begin to give some thought to marriage, so in their defence, they had a little less time to think about what they want on their lists. As a result a guy would come up with a list such as:
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Not career-focussed. Now I would explain this, from the perspective of DB Gold, he would like a woman who is more family oriented than career oriented. Family after God but before her career. A woman who is all work does not give enough time to raise the kids. The career mind of the lady must be present but not overpowering. A woman with a passion is very much appreciated, but when the career begins to overtake then...its not welcome.
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Spirit filled yea, I know what kinda spirit abi?, same question I asked DB Gold when he was giving me his criteria. What if she's possessed..lol..jokes, but as christians we know n
ot to be unequally yoked with unbelievers so, u might wanna be just a lil more descriptive...Something like God-fearing, bible believing christian to me makes more sense...
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Must like to cook He made the word
like pretty clear when he described his 'queen'. It is absolutely no surprise that men and food...hmm..u just don't mess with their food, u don't!. He explained that she should desire (lol @ the word desire...) to cook without coercion or compulsion as a result of "he is ur hubby, those are ur duties". #understandable
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Fashion is a necessity = Attraction I'm sure u're thinking its a little shallow but I totally agree. From this discussion it is apparent that men don't like women that just let it all go because they're married. A man wants a woman who constantly cares for herself and appearance. In Golds theory, he added in the fact that ur fashion gives off ur character. Obviously a care-free lady gives off sloppiness, which in turn tells so much more about u, ur family, ur home etc. Also, ur fashion, ur look, ur attraction makes it easier for ur hubby to fall in love everyday. :D
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Humility Definitely a necessity for me too. A proud man sucks!....lol...ok I'm suppose to be talking based on a guys list. Proud women would find it hard to respect a man and well, we all know that besides the fact that respecting ur husband is a requirement,
that ego cannot handle a proud woman.
From Golds list, we can see that it is somewhat descriptive and fair but most guys I meet have like 2 things on their lists (at most 3)...and no I don't go around asking guys what they're looking for in a woman. For some odd reason, it keeps coming up and I'm not the protagonist in such stories...(I guess they feel the need to tell me...lol).
This morning, I was on
fromnowtillido.com when I redirected myself to her wedding website. Now what inspired me on her website was where she said she found her 'list guy'. Most of the time we hear stuff like, "oh those lists are so unrealistic", and we then begin to knock off a few things from the list. Faith coupled with Chichi's testimony, I'm so not knocking anything off anymore or selling myself short. I've actually found someone that had almost all the things on my list except 3 things so why not wait till I find the guy that has everything plus the 3 things...its so possible jo...
PLUS...I spoke to God about it so it is settled :D
I mean how hard could it be for God, the all knowing, all capable, omnipotent, the Alpha and Omega, the all powerful, the excellent God, the one who opens that no man can shut, the one who has my very best interests at heart, the one who loves me in all my unrighteousness....abeg all that talk of not finding ur list guy is for the faithless...I bet he'd give u, ur list guy and then some...he's kool like that...
So my aim with this post was also to compare the difference in a guys list and a girls list and to avoid boring u with a lengthy post, I'd just say my list has about 35 requirements, of which I just added one more to it (accents). Yea the accent sounds a little shallow but its just because I don't want to live with 'h-factor'. I never laugh at anyone with an h-factor or discriminate against them but is it wrong to say that I wouldn't want my hubby to have it? #notrhetoricalbtw.
I don't care for a french accent, which quite a lot of women find attractive, I'd just want him to speak proper English...#thatsall and if he has a british accent I won't be mad at him...lol.
When I say 35 it sounds too in-depth and detailed right? but they really are just branches of stuff and character traits. The main reqs are just 3, of which without the God-fearing, bible believing part; no man with all other 35 requirements is acceptable.
Ewo o...C me posting an ad here...(so not the intention)...LOL
#good-bye!
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