Guys should be chunky, not hunky
DURING the week, for entirely work-related reasons – honest, guv – I had to Google an extremely hunky man.
Think muscles, a six-pack and someone so handsome he could stop traffic.
Before long, the women on the team had gathered round. For research purposes. They all shared the same opinions.
“Ooh, no thanks, he’d spend longer in front of the mirror than me.”
“Nah – you can tell by looking at him he’s far too vain.”
“Handsome – but he wouldn’t spend Saturday nights lolling on the couch with me, a boxset, a glass of wine and a huge bag of crisps. And then an even bigger bag of Revels.”
We all agreed – none of us want perfection in a man. Too much like hard work – would you have to try to keep up with him?
So it makes the new research that men aspire to have bodies like footballer Ronaldo or sprinter Usain Bolt all the more interesting.
They all want an “inverted triangle”. Sounds painful.
Most of them are “rectangles”, like David Beckham.
Look, men, if you look like Becks, just take it. Ronaldo would use body lotion.
Don’t go down the road that women have travelled for so long, striving to achieve a body shape they will never have. It’s so tedious. It’s long been my belief that life is too short for lettuce.
If you’re reasonably fit and healthy it really doesn’t matter if your stomach wobbles a bit or your thighs are chunky.
Then again, I would say that. I’ve been trying to lose my baby weight for 18 years.