Do some men get intimidated by beautiful women?

9/19/2016

Yesterday, while I was attending the Arizona Cardinals
game (against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) in Glendale Arizona,
I ran into a friend (Claudia) that used to live in Los Angeles.
It is always nice to see people with whom you have known, enjoyed
spending time with casually who have moved and you have
lost touch. We both had tickets in the club area of the stadium (and seemingly
cool people we both attended the game with) so we had a couple
of lounge areas in which to choose and to find a table to sit
and talk for maybe 15 minutes and to try and catch up.


It seems when she moved in 2007 or 2008, her now ex-husband
had been transferred to the Phoenix area for a job. They
both made the decision and then moved the family to the desert
for his job transfer. Subsequently, for whatever the reasons,
she divorced him and decided to go it alone and stay. Claudia
was always fun and bubbly at neighborhood functions. Even
at school open houses she would be the goofy and fun parent
all the loved and gravitated to. Her smile was infectious
and generous. Her wit and humor second to none and she loved
to laugh. Educated, errr highly educated. University
of Pennsylvania, undergrad and a masters degree from UCLA
in Business.


We were neighbors in Pacific Palisades, our attended
the same elementary school and middle school, so I know
a lot about her. She was never someone I would date, not because
she was smart, intelligent, cute body and sexy..it was
because she was married and lived less than 5 blocks away
from my 's mothers house !


We sat for a few minutes to catch up, and after we exchanged
pleasantries and caught up on our like proud parents
do, Claudia asked me about my dating life. She knew I was
not with my 's mom and was single way back when.
She told me she admired how I balanced my 's
mom and kept things respectful. She shared that I always
showed up without disrespect nor had I showed off publicly
with any other women I was seeing.


Claudia told me about the issues she was having in and around
the single life and dating arena in Phoenix. She has since
started a consulting company (2009 or 2010) that sends
her around the country and also a few other continents.
She is a stunning brunette. Maybe 5'6 or 5'7, Jewish
with the cute shapely body of a nubile woman 20 years younger.
Smaller breasts, maybe a "B" cup. She was wearing
her Larry Fitzgerald woman's jersey, in Red. It looked
great on her, yet with her smile and friendliness anything
looks attractive on her. I am just partial, since she is
friendly and nice to me.


She told me the guy she was with was a friend and that she cannot
find a decent guy to date over the age of 40! She told me about
a few meet and greet "Tinder" and "Bumble"
experiences that she never got a second call back for date.
She shared her early Match and POF experiences, this right
after her divorce and that age appropriate men would reach
out, interact for a few emails and then dissipate into thin
air. She mentioned she had expanded her range to Los Angeles,
Orange and San Diego and has even flown out to meet guys on
what she called dating weekends.


I asked Claudia a few questions on what she thought it might
be. She told me that when men that she went out with, with
find out that she is a funny, educated, financially self
sufficient who also has common sense who is also cute they
men seem to shrivel up / curl up in a ball and shut down. Her
is a college graduate and lives in New York interning
for a book editor, so a at home is not her issue. After
her divorce from Marcus her ex hubby (he was always intense
with out sense of humor - but I liked him too) She bought a
condo in Scottsdale and recently an apartment in New York
(where her stays) so she is not destitute or needy.
This is not the first time a woman has confided in me about
men and their actions or in this and other cases, lack of
action.


I really wonder, do men (at least some of them) reject women
when the men themselves feel intimidated? What do you think