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third!
Fail.
Please welcome the folks from MLIA..
To the folks from MLIA: Welcome! I love you.
This graph is a lie. No girl is that perfect!
True.
I play world of warcraft but right now I’m into Halo Reach. Of course people who look at me would think I’m super high-maintenance and unattainable. I’m into gaming, sports and anime while my husband doesn’t like any of them.
well you were almost correct about yourself ( married=unattainable)
Actually we are here…and still trying to find perfect men…. hmmmm….
Sorry, they already all have boyfriends
maybe that’s because we are only friend material according to countless douche bag dating women
I’m not perfect, but I’m sure all my former girlfriends would vouch that I’m a nice guy. Unfortunately they all basically ended up acknowledging, near as I can tell, that they actually needed a not-nice guy.. Anyways, see you on MarryWell
Yep, when young nice-guy’s we’re all useless, but the time says that they will end loking for one
Indeed.
I play free MMOs, but so does he so it works, and him playing the Xbox turns into, “Scoot over, I’m turning on the second controller on, you need help getting through this.” Not quite an exact match, so must mean I’m not completely a robot?
Does he ask for your help, or do you inflict “help” upon him? I’ve known plenty of gamer girls who lost their boyfriends on account of their “help” being emasculating and little more than an indulgence of their control freak tendencies… remember, gamer boys are fragile, and even minor slights to their manliness can cause them to burst into flames.
lol
Ah, then it’s a good thing I fail at video games.
It’s always for multi-player games that are more fun to play with people. He’s a good enough player, so it’s all in fun. Sometimes he wants to kill zombies alone, sometimes he feels like locking himself in a room to blow their heads off with company, and sometimes I’ll control an unused character in a JRPG with a questionable AI. Or the obvious MMO route where one of use takes healer, the other is a fighter, and we share EXP. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately), he just isn’t fragile unless it’s convenient to him. Never seen a dork be so cocky about everything XD
Reminds me of an old comic where a girlfriend wants her boyfriend to do something together with her, he says he’s busy prepping for a World of Warcraft dungeon with his guild mates, and when she suggests maybe sex, he pauses, then asks, “Heroic or Regular?” – i laughed, xD
Not to get all sociological or anything, but isn’t it interesting that a woman who conforms to this male ideal (or the ideal for this specific subset of men) is lauded as “perfect”, whereas men who conform to female ideals (or media stereotypes of female ideals) are “pussy-whipped” or “lame”? The idea is that men should be their own people independent of the expectations of women, but women should be, like, totally awesome and play video games and have a high sex drive and make pancakes?
Also, “high-maintenance”, i.e. girlfriends need to be maintained, like household appliances.
I’m expecting at least a couple of “bit of a feminist”/”massive lesbian”/”humorless b*tch”-style comments, but I’m honestly just trying to stimulate discussion, so, whatevs.
So cause a woman can do what she wants but a man has to be a man, you turn that into something malechauvenistic. Not to get all sociological or anything, but isn’t it interesting how you insist that you’re the victim?
I don’t remember claiming that I was in any way a victim. My point was actually that both men and women are disadvantaged by rigid ideas about gender. I think you may have missed my point if you inferred by what I said that “a woman can do anything she wants”; my point was that traditionally feminine behaviour is devalued by certain groups in our society, except where it directly benefits men (“She makes me food”). I’m happy to be challenged, but you don’t seem to be interested in a civil discussion judging by your snide rewording of my comment.
I’ve never felt that way, being a woman. I’ve never felt that I had to conform to more male ideals in order to be taken seriously. In fact, my immediate family and my closest friends would kill me if I ever changed myself for a man. If a woman is into gaming, she is seen as “perfect” as you say because they now have something in common, not because she’s conforming herself to male ideals. I enjoy gaming because I grew up around it and I LOVE playing video games. I don’t do it because I want men to see me as “perfect”. My boyfriend and I use gaming to have fun and because it’s a common interest of ours that I had WAY before we ever started dating.
As for the whole “pussy-whipped” thing… it has been my experience that a man will be called that if he ever does anything nice for his girlfriend ever. I’ll probably get cussed out for it, but perhaps it’s just men being pigs, I don’t know. My boyfriend was called that when he declined an invitation to a party so he could come take care of me when I was sick. Of course he wanted to go to the party but he didn’t because he loves me and knew I needed him more at that time. I honestly don’t get the whole pussy-whipped thing. It seems if you love your girlfriend you’re called that but if you’re an asshole, you’re being a man. Don’t get pissy at my statement, that’s just been my experience so far.
Sorry if it seemed like I was implying that women who are like this are putting it on. I wasn’t making any assumptions about their motivations, I was just making the point that men and women are judged by very different standards when it comes to gendered behaviour.
Very mature!
You guys rock!
Thanks, Kel. I don’t think online disagreements have to devolve into petty squabbling, although they usually do… sigh.
well said lets extinguish the flame one site at a time!
THANK you for clairifying the pussy-whipped comments. It has also been my experience that if ever my boyfriend does anything for me and it conflicts with one of his friends, he’s whipped. Like I’m not as important as his friends, and that when it comes to choosing it’s only because I hen peck him that he ever does anything with me instead. It never occurs to these guys that he might like hanging out with me, or that a bit of thought and effort on his part and on mine is needed to maintain a happy relationship.
As for the “perfect woman”, and this is more a general statment, I learned long ago just to be who I was and they could deal with it. I’d been through too many boyfriends where they walked over me, and I pretended to be interested in things I totally wasn’t. From now on, no D&D, no wrestling, no first person shooters or Final Fantasy. I found I was trying to compensate and be “more perfect”. With my now husband, I decided to be straight right away; I don’t listen to his music, I don’t study the same thing he does, we don’t read the same books or watch the same shows, and I swear to god he still likes me! Ladies, there are nice guys out there, dateless. Don’t pour your energy into conforming to him, be yourself and find a guy who deserves your attention.
In the graph, change the “her”s to “him”s, the Xbox comment to “doesn’t bother me when I’m doing my own thing” and Plays World of Warcraft to “likes to do the same things I like to do.”
The graph now shows how a woman might discribe her “perfect” man.
I see the humor in the implication that finding a girl that plays world of warcraft is hard to do and makes them a rare gem to have in your life.
But if the graph looked like that, would women be commenting saying “no man is that perfect”, or – more to the point – would men be commenting, describing to what extent they measure up? I may be wrong, but I sort of doubt it. It’s not that I have a problem with men desiring these characteristics in a woman (apart from the “not high-maintenance” thing, which I think is kind of gross, since I’ve never heard this high/low maintenance idea applied to a straight guy); nor do I have a problem with women conforming to those characteristics. Whatever works for people. However, I DO think that both men and women are under social pressure to behave in certain ways, and I think that pressure USUALLY comes from men. What I’m saying is, women are supposed to act in a way that’s attractive to men, and men are supposed to act in a way that’s socially acceptable to other men. I’m not saying men are evil and women are blameless, or that all men perpetuate this, or anything of the sort, I just feel that society is still geared in that direction (although it’s changing all the time).
Oh please… women also act in a way that’s socially acceptable to other women and men also act in a way that’s attractive to women (whether you actually see it or not). Stop being so biased! Try to look things from others’ point of view instead of just your own.
Enough with the oh pleases and the accusations of bias and narrow-mindednes. I’m happy to talk to you about this when you grow up and learn to disagree without being obnoxious about it.
Sorry but you are just being biased and cherry picking. You can turn it around and same the same stuff about men. Plus the whole things varies from culture to culture.
Sorry, could you be a bit more specific – what am I cherry-picking, and what could you turn around and say about men? I’m not sure, but I think you might be making a similar point to Cor, whom I did respond to above.
As for cultural differences, I am talking about North Atlantic culture. I thought that was taken as read, sorry.
The point is that if you try to find things to criticize about then you will find it. If you try to find flaws then you will find it. If you try to make women look more disadvantaged and men more advantaged then you will make it so.
That’s not what I’m trying to do. I understand why you feel that way, but I really think you’re misinterpreting my intentions.
You’re being rather civil about this, actually. I’m here to toss out my opinion of this. It’s generally every gamer’s dream to have a girlfriend like this. The difference between this graph and the more sexist one is that this graph also has the gamer girlfriend. If she actually plays MMOs, not “I was bored and someone I knew did it, but I don’t get it,” chances are she’s not a doormat who brings him Cheetos on command and fondles him during raids. And from what I’ve seen, though it may just be the people I know/met, they tend to be more down to Earth and appreciate a simple Xbox date with cake and soda, or the offer of him paying for a quick lunch or smoothie after picking up a new game. Not to say “real” dates shouldn’t happen, but I know the stereotype of girls only accepting big things, and not getting married unless the diamond is big enough. Food is another one that I guess is situational. I cook for mine because I love cooking, and it makes me happy when people like what I make, but it depends on what it is. If it’s not something basic, I’ll happily make it. Otherwise, he can get off the couch and make his own pancakes, while I take the opportunity to invade his laptop or take his controller and play for a bit, only because he does the same, and we both know it’s friendly, not insecurity. We’re curious about which games/movies/whatever the other currently has, since we both rotate them constantly.
I see what you are saying. I’m majoring in Sociology and there have been some pretty interesting discussions brought up during class on various subjects. It is socially acceptable for women to conform or to do what men do (play video games, work construction, wear pants, ect) but yet if a man were to be caught doing things women do (wear pink, show concern for their significant other, become nurses) they are seen as gay, ‘pussy-whipped’, or having lost their man-hood in a metaphorical sense. Why is it that it is socially acceptable for women to take on the roles of men, but men are frowned down on for taking on the roles of women?
Note: I’m not saying all men or women think that way. There are plenty of men and women who accept that role-reversal is becoming the norm, but then there are others who hold on to the more ‘traditional’ ideas of a man and woman’s role in society.
You know there are plenty of girls like this (play video games, respect personal space, understand the value of money, etc) but men don’t always see them. I have plenty of singles friends that would fit this pie chart pretty well.
I find that, often, the people who tick all the boxes aren’t actually the ones you fall for.
that can be true
By the way, this isn’t original work. A graph very much like this one has been posted before; http://graphjam.com/2010/05/29/funny-graphs-boyfriend-dating-me/
That graph was made by me xD
But is she getting carried in WoW?
Most girls are terrible at raiding. Not being sexist, thats just a straight up fact.
You are on the wrong server then. And, yes, you are being sexist and a total n00b. You must be Alliance.
Ah… a smug, elitist attitude, unnecessary meanness, and no actual justification for your arrogance. You must be Horde.
Yes, you are being sexist
and as a girl, I probably pwn your ass at raiding. kthx.
I’m an under-geared lvl 80 undead lock played by a female. I follow instructions and frequently out-dps better-geared folks. Oh, and I’m set up as a raid support destro lock.
Not that I can raid or anything. Or my female GM for that matter.
Um, actually, I was a resto shammy and managed to get my group through heroic dungeons that our far better geared and more experienced main healer couldn’t keep his group alive through. So SHUT IT!
well clearly none of you can read, as i said MOST.
most definitely Horde, and not a noob
this is true in many cases, where a male raider has farms for flask/bufffood etc. many female raiders get this things sponsored, or get lined up for raids despite mediocre dps and better alternatives. it’s commonly known as “b00b bonus”, but it’s mostly the men sticking to them like flies to cr@p and practically shower them with stuff, most likely in desperate hope to get some, however this might happen. some girls take advantage of that, some just appreciate the offer and others exclusivly play male chars to avoid this
Correction: Most girls that you KNOW are girls are terrible at raiding.
Both of my raiding groups are mainly girls.
Quite frankly we kick ass.
Men think they can get away with saying anything, sheesh..
This describes my relationship with my soon-to-be hubby quite well. With one exception: I play XBox too, and expect him to leave me alone when I’m playing Halo: Reach. Unless he plays WITH me.
at least he got chicken
hey these are the exact reasons why my husband married me (cept the cooking was a bit more important cus i ROCK at cooking =p) AND i even make dinner for his friends when they come over to have a gaming/drinking night!
and as for girls being carried…i pwn my hubby at caster dps in wow
FOR THE HORDE!!!!!!!
FOR THE HORDE!!!! *FIST BUMP*
This is actually a true reason…
I hate it when people copy other people’s graphs and pass them off as their own. Get original.
Wow, love on 5th place? Guess it’s not love than. And if that’s all you look for in a girl than you sure have low expectations, or no self esteem.
Guys, honestly, don’t settle for such relationships. I made that mistake in the past, and let me tell you, it’s not worth it.
I have learned that no relationship can last without love, and that love is about being able to value someones happiness over your own. There’s no place for egoism in a real loving relationship.
Sure, playing games, getting food done for you and getting some neat sex afterwards sounds nice. But if there’s no real love between the two of you than I give you a 99.(99)% of a chance that sooner or later it’ll get nasty.
Either the selfishness will lead to bitterness and constant fights, resulting in a horrid split up(been there, done that, worst time of my life). Or you’ll take those fights as a natural thing and end up stuck together out of ‘convenience’, missing out on all the great things that love has to offer. Heck, you may even knock her up, and never be able to get rid of her even if you’ll change your mind.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never been a romantic or anything like that, but my life made a 180 degrees turn when I got to know my cute girlfriend (now wife of 6 years) better. We’re both hardcore gamers, but if she ever told me that my gaming was making her sad I would ditch it in a second. And I wouldn’t be sad at all, because I know that >>she’d make it worth it<< and that she'd do the same for me if I asked.
If there's something better than knowing that there's a certain someone, who made it her life's meaning to make you happy, than it's repaying her with the very same.
Don't give up, if an assface like me found real love than so can you.
Very well said. I was also a little saddened by this graph even though I know it’s just meant to be funny.
errrr. do i need to cook to be perfect? cause srsly, i burned my kitchen last year. it was only a hot pocket.
I like how you value sex more than love in a relationship.
My ex-girlfriend couldn’t quit wow. lol.
I don’t play WOW (I have no time), but I love to watch others play video games. It’s entertaining, especially when they bad mouth their friends. Also if you date someone who is into video games, they can preoccupy themselves thus allowing you to do whatever you need to do.
Any form of gaming in relationships is always a plus in my mind.
This is a lot like my last ex. When I started to play wow less, he broke up with me…
I can’t raid very well, but I sure kick ass in pvp. FOR THE HORDE!
FOR THE ALLIANCE!!!
FOR THE …
…
No, I just can’t. Perhaps I’m a freak, but I just can’t force myself to forget that the Alliance/Horde rivalry is a plot device of a fictional world run by people whom I pay for access, responsible for the arbitrary division of a player base into “competing” sides composed of exactly the same percentage of total idiots and egocentric jerks.
Yeah, I know, I’m a bad internet person, because I can’t force myself to buy into totally fictional turf wars created by someone I’m paying. I’ll hand in my Troll Card on my way to work on Monday.
Gamers? Naw, man. Its all about the runners!
I play WoW and am a girl, as are many others.
The curious thing is that my boyfriend does NOT.
I’m kind of jealous of the girls that can play together with their boyfriends
Oh and for the ‘girl benefit’ in game, no one seems to know i’m a girl, so no one treats me any different.
^^ this.
I tick all (but the cooking – I once burned a sald, fo shiz) boxes. But my bf don’t understand gaming. D’oh. Lol. Still, WoW rocks, and seeing as I work from home, I have WoW to keep me busy on my off days while he’s working.
I’m not going to say for the Alliance. I’m a Druid. Grr to old rivalries.
For Azeroth!
Lol!WoW xD
Epic-Fail (Love her more, play WoW less)
I play Runescape, does that count?
(female here if you’re THAT stupid)
sex sucks
Nate, did you make this? Sounds just like Allie.
sexism fail