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Sunday, August 21, 2005

` Sunday, August 21, 2005

(An over-coffee conversation between 3 friends who have known each other since university days)

J: Yesterday, I went shopping for a diamond ring at (jeweller)'s. It was 0.xx carats encrusted. I shopped around some more and asked to see the more expensive ones, but my mum told me that some of the ring designs were too old-fashioned, so she picked out one for me that she thought would look good on my skinny fingers.........................."

A and Y (shooting each other bewildered jaw-dropping looks): You're buying a diamond ring for... yourself?!?!

Of course, if J was a woman, I could perfectly indulge in the sparkler of a conversation (no pun intended). However, it was absolutely surreal having a conversation with a supposedly straight guy friend over.... jewellery?

I'm starting to wonder if the metrosexual theme has been overly endorsed these days. I'm referring to the heterosexual male who makes an extraordinary effort to look good, to the extent that these men are starting to use skincare (we're not talking about basic soap and water here), love shopping (a bane to men of yore, like my dad) and in David Beckham's case, wear skirts (once considered solely a woman's clothing item).

Female proponents may applaud this new age male, who dispels the common belief that shirts and sneakers are wardrobe staples a guy should have, understands the difference between a toner and an essence and looks unfazed giving you pointers on whether a Birkin's funkier than a Spy bag. I for one, am convinced that the gender divide should stay the way it is. Judging from the trend of having popular male singers with shrill voices, 3-step men skincare and OTT drama serials with men reduced to crying over the smallest of issues, I lament the imminent extinction of the traditional breadwinner with chauvinistic tendencies. Where have all the cowboys gone? Yes, Paula. I'd like to know too.

Comments:

Eh, hello, i not metrosexual ok. Never was, never will be :)

Shopping habit inherited from my Dad one lah including other habits like digging nose while driving. So how's that for being a so call "metrosexual" :)

# posted by

Anonymous : Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:02:00 pm

is it who I think it is?? wahlao! sibeh hiao leh.

# posted by

Anonymous : Monday, January 02, 2006 6:04:00 pm