Reading Ker Siang's award winning post, I have some thoughts about the issues he touched upon.

All boys and men are longkang fish

Hahah. Look at yourself before you make any comments! Most don't look like Utada Hikaru.
Nor Lindsay Lohan. Most look more like this.

In other words, if foreign women want the Singapore man, they can have him.

Yeah sure. If foreign women all look like Lindsay Lohan(see above) or Utada Hikaru(Ditto), I want them too! Yeah sure. Most of them don't have the charm or sexiness of the two ladies above, but hey! There are bound to be some who have at least a little bit of C&S in them!

Not Romantic

The world ain't Sweet Valley mate. Wake up your ideas. Smell the salt.

EASILY INTIMIDATED

Marketing and operations manager Gina Tan, 30, said: 'My local boyfriends felt intimidated by my previous job as an executive with a record company. They feared that my career was going to take off. One even told me not to further my studies and always feared that I was on the look-out for someone smarter, which was never the case.

'It's like if you're a woman and you have an opinion, then you must be avoided like the plague.'

Ms Tan, who married her French boyfriend of six years last year, said: 'Local men need to be more open-minded. A woman with strong opinions should be seen as a welcome challenge so both individuals can grow from the relationship, and not as a threat to their masculinity.'


Seemed that you dated arseholes. As the saying goes, birds of the same feathers flock together. Read between the lines. What sort of person would be afraid that his significant other will be better then him? In my opinion(and I think that most of the boys I know) would prefer someone who can at least have an interesting conversation with.

RIGID

Teacher Natalie Ang, 35, said: 'Local men have a fixed idea about what they want their wives to be - pretty, mild-mannered, even subservient. And if you don't fit such rigid criteria, they're not interested in going the extra mile to get to know you.'

Bank officer Shirley Teo, 32 said: 'Their life seems set in stone the minute they leave school - find a job that can pay for the medium-sized car, HDB flat and children's education. That isn't a bad thing if you're looking for stability and predictability.

'But it's absolute hell if you're the type who looks for excitement and different experiences.'


Hmm. Can't comment on that. Have not been in society for too long. Different generation I guess. But sounds like a stereotype to me.

TOO SOFT

Singapore men are just not tough enough.

'My ex-boyfriend's mother would clean his room in the university hostel. After graduation, I realised how much of a mama's boy he was when he refused to go backpacking with me as his mother wouldn't be there to wash his clothes,' said civil servant Janice Lee, 27.


Whoah. You guys ask for too much. If men were like this, would you like it? Or like this, how would you feel? Sure, your boyfriend is an arsehole, but times have changed man. Tough men have lost their standing in society, as *females* call them chauvinists. Make up your mind buster.


*This article is made with satyr in mind and the author holds no responsibility for any breakups or quarrels with your significant other.*