Manguide 1: Cities and towns

We have decided that we have seen the world and all its men…..well, not all but what the hell it seems to be a case of ‘ see one and you’ve seen them all’!

Here are our stereotypes of the men we seem to keep coming arcross:

The Bangalore guy: Ah, this one is our favorite by far. He’s not as snazzy as the Dilli chappy, not as driven as the Mumbaiker and way too laid back to be the staid Chennai-ite. He seems to give off the air of enjoying being dominated, which we as a Mumbai girl, excels at. On the other hand, one of our dear friends from Bangalore described Rahul Dravid as

The typical Bengaluru boy….goodlooking and so duhhhh

We doesn’t know if that is true but ah well….we likes them anyway. We is chauvinistic.

The Chennai boy: Very polite and courteous but he doesn’t open doors or pull out our chairs for us…he doesn’t seem to realize that’s what passes for chivalry in some places. He also apologizes each time a friend of his mentions alcohol or meat. And then after a long conversation with this Mumbai girl, figures he should treat her like one of the guys so lets us in on the secrets of his booze binges and parties cooking chicken in buckets behind the hostels. We finds all that very funny but we is not in the least bit amused to know that he thinks we is the wild, wanton Mumbai girl….and tells his family (and soon our family) that.

Mumbaiker: We wanted to call this an alliteration-ical ‘Mumbaicha mulga‘ but we realizes that this species cannot be called a boy. These are the babies born with wheels on their feet. We loves this city and its mad men alike but we wishes that they would have some time to think about things other than work and success. We gets along well with this type, obviously since we is their female counterpart. Still, birds of a feather does not flock together always….and we is rather bored by these men who inhabit the same self-centered islands that we do that believe the sun rises and sets on Mumbai.

Dilliwallas: Aaaarrrggggghhh….we loathes this type and not just because our worst ex- was one of these. Objectively speaking, look for the smoothest shaven cheeks, the suavest talker….the one who knows all the right moves and how to charm you (Mumbaiker would reduce all that faff to the functional ‘patao-tactics’). The reason we does not like this type is that they is so blatantly MCP and that for all their polished English and modern clothes, we get the sneaky suspicion he admires our figure more than our intellect and that when he compliments our hairstyle, he’s just imagining that its easier to drag us by the hair into the bushes. We does have a few friends of this variety but the reason they stay friends is that they have not tried the above tactics on us…..which brings us to the conclusion that Dilliwallas are very focused when it comes to women and don’t waste their time (and charm) on leads going nowhere.

The all-over-the-place: For whatever reason, we haven’t been in a relationship with anyone who fits this type. But we is enormously fascinated by them. We thinks they are sooo lucky for the multi exposure that they have. We finds that they are usually easy to get along with, quieter with no burning need to express their opinions. Perhaps that’s why we hasn’t dated them as yet.

The non-metros: We is very condescending, we admits that much. Some of our close friends are from the non-Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai places. Several from cities and towns which are nontheless not metros. We likes them but wishes some of them wouldn’t try so hard to be like us…..it really isn’t such a great thing to be a citizen of the metros. Easy for you to say…one of them said. But he’s the one who saw poetry in the high-rises here while we could only see concrete jungles…..in our mind that makes him a far better human being than us. Oh, if only he understood!

What’s missing? Kolkata….ah….we has never visited this city or dated anyone from here. But updates will be up, when applicable! We doesn’t know too many people from places other than the ones we have mentioned here so inputs would be much appreciated!!!!

Next post, we will do men from the different states……errr….classify them, we means.