In light of my recent article, 18 Very Real Fears Every Lebanese Woman Can Relate To, is this… Lebanese men us women are terrified of dating.
1. The one who isn’t animal friendly.
What do you mean I can’t buy 700 dogs if we get married?
2. The one who dresses up to go to Roadsters
One can only wonder what he’d wear to a real event. A wedding dress perhaps?
3. Typical Lebanese “jagal”
AKA will sleep with everything that moves, but will only marry a virgin.
4. The guy who checks in on Facebook as “at the gym”
We get it, you lift.
5. Or heaven forbid, has someone film him while he lifts
Posts the video on instagram, adds “gym addict” to his bio along with daily inspiration quotes about the gym, and getting a girl who lifts.
6. The mummy’s boy
Who, despite his age, listens to everything mummy says, and you are the third wheel to their strange relationship.
7. The one who claps when the plane lands
I guess he can’t quite contain his excitement.
8. The one who applied for Mr Lebanon
Warning: high levels of ego alert.
9. Or even worse, one of those low-key pageants on OTV
“Mr Sexy Body Fitness Man of Jounieh”
10. The one with a gorgeous car
Which stops being gorgeous when you realise it costs more than his annual income and he’s refinanced his entire life for it.
11. The guy who thinks casual sexism and slut shaming is funny
His sad life is occupied by commenting on things that don’t concern him such as what we do, who we date and what we wear, and talking about women that he doesn’t even know. He uses the word “sharmouta” more than he blinks and thinks bashing other women is funny, cute, or impressive to you.