At work the other day, a colleague (23 years old or so, female) and I had this conversation:
Colleague: Gary, you are more cool/handsome (she said kakkoii) recently, what happened?
Me: Er, thanks...er, no idea really...
Colleague: Must be because you are a father now.
And with that, she wandered off, leaving me a little bemused. I then remembered seeing a TV show about what attracts men and women to each other. Here's the gist of the argument, as far as I can recall.
-Men like blonde hair more than dark hair. This is written in their genetic code. The reason for this is that blonde hair signifies youth, and men instinctively want to mate with young women because the chances of the woman conceiving a healthy child are greater with younger women. As I said, this is all completely natural, and men can do nothing about it.
-Women, on the other hand, look for protection in a mate. Back when we lived in caves, it was important for a man to be physically strong in order to fight off the bears, woolly mammoths and various other beasties. As we have progressed, this need for protection has waned a little, but women are still attracted to physically attractive men, but also to men with good, stable incomes. Fighting off the tigers has been translated, in the modern world, into fighting off the taxmen and other bill collectors.
(Similar Theories)
I'm not sure if this explains why I would, now that I am a father, appear to be more attractive to a member of the opposite sex....
It may help to explain why the women in Joe Millionaire, a tripe TV show, were so interested in the rich, single hero of the show.
the women...found David to be "their image of a typical, boorish American, until they find out he's got $80 million. Then, all of a sudden, he's attractive."