The confidence of an Angel (and how ladies can get it)

With the Victoria's Secret Fashion being shown this Tuesday, I'd figure I'd dedicate this post to all the women out there who wish they could be as "perfect" as the models that make up the Victoria's Secret Angels. Believe it or not, something can be learned from them and be used to make each and every woman out there just as uniquely attractive as any Angel.

It's my mantra that good looks can only get you so far when it comes to dating, especially when you have no personality to back it up. It's always good to be well-rounded (see Rule #2). It makes me wonder sometimes when some women peruse countless issues of Glamour, Cosmopolitan and other women's magazines for tips on how to find that ever-elusive "perfect man" when it's really not that complicated. Well, allow me to give my insight as a man who enjoys the company of a woman who's attractive in not just the physical aspect, but personality-wise as well. Ladies, you too can take some pages out of the Victoria's Secret playbook and use it to your advantage.

How finding the perfect guy can be more fictitous than the Twilight saga (and how a lady can take back power)

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets."
- Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Note: As a hardcore gamer, I just have to link to the original speech here, hehe :P

I realize that lately, there has a been a movement in entertainment that's designed to capture the attention of women like Fifty Shades of Grey, the Twilight saga, and Magic Mike. The list goes on. I think it's an interesting direction deviating from the regular formula of let's say Prince Charming coming into a woman's life and sweeping her off her feet by being everything she can want in a man (like in Pretty Woman or Maid in Manhattan). It's based on the whole belief that someday, a man that is handsome, smart, strong, confident, tall, funny, caring, rich, etc. will one day fall into a ladies' lap, and then the pauper gets transformed into a princess. That stuff seems boring and predictable, and I think even ladies have gotten a hold of how unreal that is. So in spite of figuring out how unreal expectations like are when it comes to ladies finding a boyfriend or male partner, it still strikes me how women still tend to be swayed a lot by fiction and how that puts ladies in a self-sabotaging mode when it comes to dating men.