The Daily Newspapers Are The Last To Know
The Washington Post's Laura "Rumplestiltskin" Sessions Stepp wakes up from a coma and discovers "the wingman." Like, yesterday:
You know the wingman. He's the guy who accompanies his buddy to a bar to help him pick up babes. He does whatever it takes to give his friend some time alone with the girl of choice: telling flattering lies about him, enticing away the sidekick girlfriend, running interference at the approach of a rival male.
Yes, we do know the wingman. We've known about him for years (This blogger, for example, first heard of the wingman in 2003, and this guy wrote about him in 2002, and this guy, in 2001). But, I guess that's why "we" are not writing about relationships in The Washington Post -- and Amy Dickinson, Carolyn Hax, and Laura "Rumplestiltskin" Sessions Stepp are.
All these features editors sit around pulling their hair out about how to get "young people" to read their sections. Wondering why so many young people aren't -- when they're running these ladies above -- and bloggers like Susan Spano, and columnists like this one: Cheryl Lavin, with "Tales From The Front." Yeah, the front of the 50s. Yet, an editor on the features editors' list-serve today bragged that she was running her. Serving, I guess, all those "young people" who are in their early 60s. Here's Lavin on short men and dating:
Dear Cheryl: I'm a man who's 5 feet 4 inches tall and 135 pounds, but I'm attracted only to big, tall women. I've been out with women 5-foot-10, 180 pounds.Is there a reason for this do you think? Most women look at me strangely when I tell them I like tall, big women. Do I have a psychological problem?
-- Large in Spirit
Dear Large in Spirit: I don't think you have a problem; I think you have a preference. Some guys like blonds, some prefer redheads, others will date only brunets. The only problem, as I see it, is finding big, tall women who like short, thin men. But they're out there. You can spend a lot of time and money seeing a shrink, finding out why you prefer your women on the Amazon side, but the time and money would be better spent making yourself the best short guy you can be.
Oh, and here's my take on the subject. With actual substance included.
If somebody's a better columnist than I am, great, run 'em. If you're just afraid of getting angry letters from 3 little old ladies...well, maybe you should leave your job and give it to somebody who doesn't keep their balls in a little locket on their dresser at home.
Posted by aalkon at June 1, 2006 11:22 AM
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