Romance for Real Women

Lately I’ve been fascinated by men with very dark hair and bright blue eyes. It’s a combination you see on French men a lot but rarely elsewhere.  Don’t get me wrong, a fabulous body trumps blue eyes almost every time. Still, tall, dark, gorgeous AND bright blue eyes…sigh.  Today’s hot guy looks French to me but, brace yourself, he’s British. Yep, that land not famed for tall, dark and handsome. Maybe a Frenchman dipped into this gene pool somewhere. Not that it matters in the least.

And, yes, he’s David Gandy, the guy in the posters at the department store men’s fragrance counter. Truly awesome life size.

Hmmmmmm. Wouldn’t mind getting set adrift with him.

Aloutte

When it comes to good looking men, we’ve already established that I’m shallow. In real life when a see a gorgeous guy I have trouble with that brain/mouth connection and my eyes just don’t behave in a lady-like fashion. Nope, brain goes blank. Mouth does that fish thing. Be honest, what would you do if this guy was in front of you in line at Starbucks? (Assume he ordered a tall coffee, not a caramel non-fat soy latte with extra foam)

I have a couple of friends with farms and  ranches of various sizes and they even invite me to visit occasionally. I can imagine how much of a fool I’d sound like if I had to ask him where the south forty were.

Not that I’d mind looking a blithering idiot if I absolutely had to gawk at those abs and shoulders. Naked. Hey, I already admitted I’m shallow.

Aloutte

Although I adore blonds, I admit that most gorgeous men are dark haired.  A writer friend told me romances with dark haired men on their covers outsell those with blonds—which is why the ever delicious Nathan Kamp, a brunette, was her fair-haired hero.

Then I realized for the most part I like my heroes dark and dangerous.  These are fantasy men after all and I don’t have to live with them on a daily basis (the criteria for a husband/significant other has NOTHING to do with the fantasy thing). The fantasy hero is tall, dark, leanly muscular, handsome, a bit of stubble works—the alpha male with a “right here, right now, baby” attitude that sets the pulse to racing.  A masculine masterpiece like him…

Oh, yes, he looks great in jeans.

And out of them.

Time for that cold shower!

Until next week…

Aloutte

As a “woman of a certain age” and that age not being 25, I find looking at young gorgeous men is becoming more and more satisfying. This has nothing to do with the real world, my marriage or anything I actually want to do. I just like looking at them. And for the most part, the young men are images on the internet, some with names and some without.

My first visual crush was David Beckham, the most photographed man in the world. If you doubt that, you haven’t been paying attention. Or searching each week for new pictures to send out to a couple of friends in an email titled Becks Friday. Every week for over two years, I had to cull through dozens of new photos to pick out just two. Hard work but someone had to do it.

About two years I decided to expand my Friday offering to include other gorgeous men, Brad Pitt, Gabriel Aubry, Beiron Andersson, and many more made their way into my picture stash and Hot Guy Friday was born. My email distribution list has grown and HGF is forwarded to many more eager women, so we thought Real Women would enjoy a weekly treat as well. So to kick off my guest blog, the original Hot Guy, David Beckham.

First his Emporio Armani advert…

And an all time favorite, his Motorola RAZR2 advert:

The man is an inspiration…….

Alouette