Little Hawk said, "In my experience, 97% of the women in the world, for example, think their nose isn't shaped right...or their hair isn't curly enough...or straight enough...or thick enough...or it's too thick. They commiserate with their girlfriends for hours about this kind of stuff. They wonder why they keep going out with jerks. I've heard them. That's lack of confidence in a specific area. The girl might be entirely confident in several other areas."

The women who buy into that are ones who let Hollywood and Madison Ave. etc dictate their lives to them. I don't know what all your experience entails, but I can assure you there are plenty of women who don't fall for that crap and do NOT spend hours commiserating about this kind of "stuff!" Jaysus, I cannot even remember the last time any of my friends, my daughters and/or their friends everhad such a conversation!

Yes, everyone does lack confidence in some areas. If some women think there is something wrong with their looks it is because the ads on television and the way women are portrayed in most movies have told them so in very blatant terms. Some men, as well, have bought into that. I have a very dear and handsome, fifty-something friend wh has spent the past several years of his life in and out of relationships with women who somewhat resemble Heather Locklear because she is his dream. Maybe this comes from his own insecurity...set the standards so high that he knows he will always fail...he'll never getLocklear. It makes me sad for him because he is a kind and very intelligent, wickedly funny man.

Please, LH, try not to make such sweeping pronouncements. They may be so in your realm of experience, but that does not mean the rest of the world is exactly like that.

BTW, for any of you guys who are wondering what women want: honesty. I've found in the relationships I've had, whether marriage or just dating, that being upfront with one another, about everything was the best way to get along.

kat