Are All Men Looky-Loos?

Pepper said:
I had an hilarious encounter with a construction guy years ago. I passed by a site and a worker yelled "Hey Baby, will you Marry Me?" complete with grunts & whistles. Instead of being offended, I realized how ridiculous it was and started laughing. Then he realized how ridiculous it was and he started laughing and before long we were laughing hysterically together and as I was leaving to go about my business he gave me the thumbs up sign. Good memory, still makes me laugh.
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Yeah, I have had that happen several times. My reply is it depends on how many pigs my family gets from your farm. I usually get a laugh, but not always. :LOL:
 
David777 said:
Had only previously heard the term "looky-loos" a few times on radio traffic reports as another slang term for rubber neckers, those inconsiderate curious drivers that cannot resist driving slowly past anything along roads like accidents, police vehicles, and anything else that backs up traffic. Like when they reach an annoying highway bottleneck, they cause the bottleneck to continue for everyone behind them they apparently don't care about. So as someone not on any post smartphone social media where such is likely rampant, looked the slang term up and notice like many who think using such terms is socially cool, they are also quick to co-opt use in other ways never intended.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lookie-loo
US, informal + often disparaging
: a person who looks at something: such as a : a person who goes somewhere or stops to look at something (such as the scene of an accident) : an intrusively curious onlooker —usually plural

So in @SandyR 's OP case, NO, not all men behave like looky-loos. Responses have obviously broadened the OP's meaning to enjoying looking at women in all ways. There is a difference between a man looking at a physically attractive woman in an acceptable way and the way many men will habitually gawk, ogle, grinning like some yokel, in more physical ways.

I personally have always enjoyed looking at attractive women but learned growing up going to K12 schools there are ways socially to do so reasonably with a smile and others that are not without coming off as a !@#$. That noted, it is true as a teen and young adult lost in a rapidly changing cultural revolution of the 60s/70s era that I sometime adopted the crude and rude dark side. That was especially true while in the military that is a moral cesspool. Am not a fan of current societal morals while also being over decades, a "Live and Let Live" person for those who are free to choose otherwise. As one of the minority that over decades now that never looks at any pornography in any media, I also never view any web pages of all those celebrities in this era that are constantly showing off parts of their anatomy.
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Off topic a bit but I have mostly used the label lookie loos for people who read a board but do not participate...:D

As for the topic being discussed...,..I think it is wonderful to have men and even women notice how everyone looks. I like it, especially after all my shopping and fixing my hair and make-up not to mention the time taken to eat properly and exercise. 😃 Cat calls go too far,as do crude comments. I hear that happens a lot in NY city? That would be annoying..
 
Serenity4321 said:
Off topic a bit but I have mostly used the label lookie loos for people who read a board but do not participate...:D

As for the topic being discussed...,..I think it is wonderful to have men and even women notice how everyone looks. I like it, especially after all my shopping and fixing my hair and make-up not to mention the time taken to eat properly and exercise. 😃 Cat calls go too far,as do crude comments. I hear that happens a lot in NY city? That would be annoying..
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It happens a lot in Iowa, too.
So much so, in fact, that a few years ago someone started a website to bring it to the public's attention.
 
MsFox said:
Yeah, I have had that happen several times. My reply is it depends on how many pigs my family gets from your farm. I usually get a laugh, but not always. :LOL:
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lol great response! Exchanges should be fun like that(y)
Pepper said:
I had an hilarious encounter with a construction guy years ago. I passed by a site and a worker yelled "Hey Baby, will you Marry Me?" complete with grunts & whistles. Instead of being offended, I realized how ridiculous it was and started laughing. Then he realized how ridiculous it was and he started laughing and before long we were laughing hysterically together and as I was leaving to go about my business he gave me the thumbs up sign. Good memory, still makes me laugh.
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I love interactions like that..it's fun!(y):D
 
Alligatorob said:
I think you are right, but I also think women with money do better with men than women without. Just the way of the world, I think most of us, men and women want to befriend winners and influence people.
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Yes, that is probably true. However, IMO, women desire "security" far more then men. Men, on the other hand are far more interested in physical attractiveness. Not to say that women don't like physical attractiveness, but if given a choice between a man who is handsome, but dirt poor, and a man who is wealthy , but not so handsome, she would pick the wealthy man 9 times out of ten.

My own experience tells me that when I had money, I was quite popular with women, but when I was strapped for cash, I did much less well.
That was especially true when I lived in Asia. Many women there seemed to think I was rich. Such women often made the 1st light touch.
 
MsFox said:
Some are and some aren't! My 52 years as a widow is testimony that in my case the ones that looked weren't the right ones. :ROFLMAO:
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Not finding the right one can be put down to all kinds of reasons of course, though you're right those who look at each of us, and for whatever reason turn out not to be compatible, are always therefore the wrong ones.
A good friend of mine who is now sadly no longer with us, but who was a treasure of a woman, always had to admit she went for the wrong ones, (those a bit "flash" if you know what I mean), and it must be said if she tried to find a more dependable type, they were convinced she'd have "lead them a merry dance",(I overheard one say this to her!).
 
Right Now said:
`nuff said.;)
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So, women check out men as much as men check out women ? Really ? Hmm. Well, all I can say to that is that those women who allegedly check out men, is that they certainly are quiet about it. It seems to me that they rarely ever take any action to back up their desires. Instead she averts her eyes and waits for HIM to make the 1st move.
 
senior chef said:
So, women check out men as much as men check out women ? Really ? Hmm. Well, all I can say to that is that those women who allegedly check out men, is that they certainly are quiet about it. It seems to me that they rarely ever take any action to back up their desires. Instead she averts her eyes and waits for HIM to make the 1st move.
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You are maybe not considering the ways in which it is possible for a lady to look out of the corner of her eye, and know exactly what they're doing to attract your attention thereafter! :)
"The first lady to entrap me" had weighed me up the week before, (whilst I was playing a game of hockey), asked my cousin about me, (who was a friend of hers), then arranged to be the one of them to try to sell me a raffle ticket at a young farmers organised evening. Thus unsuspectingly I asked her for a dance in return for buying the tickets, and one of my father's farming friends watching this first dance and her staring into my eyes told him, "Graham's hooked", not finding out until long after how beautifully set up the trap had been!!!!!! :sneaky:🤩
 
Bella said:
You're complimenting the woman rather than her dress. That's the ticket, Rob.(y);)

LOL! 😊 Why thank you, kind sir! 😘
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I knew a guy once who made a thing out of complimenting the women he met on their hair, and how nice it was or looked. I suspect the ladies he gave his attention to knew he was doing so in jest, but still enjoyed the flattery, (hence my old bosses comments proved true once again, "Flattery can get you a long way"! :) ).
 
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