I don't think it's necessarily because of that, although it certainly is in some cases. It may be more because of the male sex drive in other cases. One thing for sure, when I thought of women I never pictured someone who was going to do my domestic chores for me...but I was anything but traditional and was hardly thinking in any domestic terms whatsoever...

Now, in my father's case, yeah, he was definitely looking for someone to do the cooking, housecleaning, hostessing, and all that...plus a pretty face. He's traditional. He feels lost without a woman to do that stuff. I'd just as soon do it myself, but when I have a partner I like it split about 50/50.

Allan's statistic indicates that men tend to overidealize women at first. No surprise to me. :-)

- LH