Real Men Wear White

I hate changing phones. First of all, I don't like spending over a thousand bucks for it. That money could be better put to use somewhere else... secondly, I hate the task of migrating all the numbers and pictures and songs, etc etc from one phone to the next. There's different formats, memory card support, blah blah blah... and last, I hate having to learn to use a new phone.

So, I only change phones when my current one stops working. Unfortunately, that's where my phone was heading... so I bought a new one before the old one totally stops working, taking with it all my precious phone numbers.

You must be wondering why I'm talking about phones... doesn't seem to be my type of topic, right? Where's the tragedy, where's the scandal, where are the funny stories!!??

I'm getting there, lah!

So I was at the mall, and I walk into the phone store... I decided on a very macho phone... had more buttons on it than my laptop... definitely for the tech savvy macho kinda guy...

But then the salesperson tells me that they have a special "White Edition"... instead of black or bronze, it has a white finish, comes a white leather handstrap, white leather pouch, and a matching white bluetooth headset.

My first reaction was "errrrrrr...." Seriously it looked very feminine. And if I was to carry it around, then people would say that I 'play for the other team'...

Now, I have been mistaken for somebody that's 'from the other team' for as long as I can remember. Seems that I'm a bit 'soft'... There has been cases where people say that me being married and having a kid is just a 'cover'...

I guess I have to pretend to be upset to be labelled as 'happy'... it is the social norm, isn't it. Frankly, I don't take it as an insult. All the traits that I seem to have in common with 'happy guys' seem to be good traits. I've been told that I'm soft spoken, I'm polite, I have good table manners, I am a good listener.... I've yet to hear a single insulting thing...

It's amazing how times have changed... a guy who acted like that many years ago would have be called a gentleman. Only the terminology has changed... the effect however remains the same. They get all the girls!!!

I easily get along with girls... it's like they automatically want to tell me their entire life story... there has even been a case where this girl who I've never even met, fell for me after just a few chats on the phone... and I wasn't even trying...

I guess a gentleman can make a girl (or guy... depends on which way you swing) feel important... who wouldn't like that?

A girl may like to have fun with a bad boy, but a gentleman is almost always the guy of choice for a long-term relationship.

You may be thinking "oh great... I'm a bad boy... I'm screwed.." Never fear... it's actually very easy to be a gentleman... a gentleman is basically someone who makes others around him feel comfortable... so just treat them as nice as you would like to be treated... simple, right?

People may think you're gay, but so what? Once they get to know you, they'll definitely think otherwise.

By the way, I did get the "white edition" phone... and it's just fabulous!!! :P