Muscle in public - guys checking it out...

[Mdlftr]

O.k., I wanted to mention a muscle sighting I had Friday, then get on to my REAL Question: how do guys check out other built guys in public.

The sighting. I was with the family in a sit-down upscale fast-food place (it advertizes fresh ingredients, quick service, and no preservatives. Funny, they don't mention the relatively- high-for- a- fast- food- place prices! Anyway....)

It's mid-March in suburban DC. It's about 45 degrees outside, the temperature's dropping, and most people in the place look like the Michelin Man in their puffy winter coats. Guy walks in, maybe mid-30's? Around 6 foot, maybe 185-190, TIGHT-- wide shoulders tapering down to a slim waist, jeans that look like they're painted on. VERY tight, thin Grey t-shirt nicely showcases his pec shelf, hugs his lats, and frames his full bis and tris. He catches my eye, sorta smiles, somewhat uncertainly, and averts his gaze. [I'm doing the suburban dad with the glassy gaze look, but am checking out his build, obviously!] Guy has dark hair, short, dark beard, looks Italian. Arms probably at least 16" but could be larger. His very low body fat makes his shoulders look wider and his over--proportionate pecs look even larger than they probably are because of the tight waist. He doesn't have the full, bulbous look that some Italian beefy guys get--he's more slim and tight and nicely proportioned. He's obviously aware of how he looks, since he walked in from street on a cold, windy, rainy/snowy day wearing only a thin grey t-shirt. (Maybe he works at a neighboring store in the shopping center???)

Here's the bit I wanted to comment on: Only other guy in the place, is tall -- probably about 6'5"? Maybe 240-250#? Maybe late 20's , early 30's. He's in shape, but limping, perhaps from an injury. He came into the restaurant a few minutes before grey t-shirt guy. He places his order and sits down. He's o.k. Tall and proportionate, but doesn't have the dramatic muscle proportions of grey t-shirt (or the wardrobe either).

As grey t-shirt guy goes up the coutner to place his order, he passes my table. I notice him, obviously, and can keep him in view unobtrusively, since I'm sitting facing the ordering counter. Tall guy with limp is sitting off to the side. He notices T-shirt guy as he walks back to sit down back in the restaurant after placing his order. Tall guy with limp is NOT a master of subtlelty -- he does a full swivel, with his head and body, following the progress of t-shirt guy from the counter back to his seat. I watch the whole thing, amused, and comment to my wife about what is going on. She smirks, having noticed the whole thing.

Gee, guys, haven't you learned to be SUBTLE?! Or am I just too smooth?



Mdlftr

[arpeejay]

After having been as subtle as humanly possible for the first 35 years of my life, I have virtually NO interest in being subtle now!

xoxo

richard

[Mdlftr]

Originally Posted by arpeejay

After I have virtually NO interest in being subtle now!

xoxo

richard

Well, Richard, you're right about that---"subtle" is NOT a word one associates with you: BLAtTANT, perhaps, or OUT THERE, maybe, COMING ON STRONG, but never 'Subtle'!

'You go, guy!'


Mdlftr

[glammaman2000]

...about checking guys out,I guess because I wasn't necessarily interested in sex;I just wanted to look.More recently,I find that I'm quite shameless about getting an eyefull.It's ultimately harmless,after all.(deadly eyeball rays?!?)

[brent]

Originally Posted by glammaman2000

...about checking guys out,I guess because I wasn't necessarily interested in sex;I just wanted to look.More recently,I find that I'm quite shameless about getting an eyefull.
...

Yeah, although my husband Rob SAYS it's fine I look but don't touch, he can get jealous at times, and since I don't want to lead anyone on, I try to be as subtle as I can. If you are married, it's good to try and be subtle, but marriage isn't equal to blindness. Once a friend and I see Rob checking out a well-built latin guy and it cracked us up because he's so cool about that sort of stuff.

[arpeejay]

I'll have you all know that I'm just a shy, delicate flower!

Also:

Petite & demure!

xoxo

Richard

[brent]

Sure you are Richard.

[ethernet_jock]

subtlety is definitely something I have trouble with too.... how do you really check a guy out without checking him out?!

I've been caught in the act more than once by the guy I was watching.... they never seem to mind...

[Digibacker]

Originally Posted by ethernet_jock

I've been caught in the act more than once by the guy I was watching.... they never seem to mind...

I think you may have hit the nail on the head. A guy with the body and attire you described probably wants to be noticed. Just like the rest of us .

Actually, I'm guilty of that myself just this last Friday. I've gotten into treating Fridays as "casual" day, not that our office is the least bit formal. But my interpretation is that I've taken to wearing t-shirts on Fridays, which I would never do before.

So here I was, on a mildly cool day (10 deg C/ 50 F), strutting around in my tight (large -- and I take XL) t-shirt, watching for glances. My co-workers rolled their eyes when we went out for coffee without a jacket. (They knew what I was up to.)

But the most fun happened when I chatted briefly with a guy from an adjoining office in the building. It was pretty much small talk, but he kept glancing down at my arms and chest. I actually found it a bit distracting, plus he seemed to keep prolonging the conversation, so the words coming out of my mouth were pretty much just empty nonsense. I still couldn't help but smile, though.

Back to the original topic -- how you glance I guess depends on if you want to be caught glancing. Either by the target of your glance, or the people around you. My husband hates it when I "cruise" when we're shopping, but it's a hard habit to break. (I used to be somewhat of a -- ahem -- male slut -- before I settled down.)

[arpeejay]

I just tell mine to get over it, Digibacker. I'm hitched, not dead!

xoxo

richard

petite, demure, delicate

[Marco_ukmus]

Originally Posted by Digibacker

... he kept glancing down at my arms and chest. I actually found it a bit distracting, plus he seemed to keep prolonging the conversation, so the words coming out of my mouth were pretty much just empty nonsense. I still couldn't help but smile, though.

Hehe, sounds like you had some great fun there. Reading that just made me smile as I am currently beginning to get more attention myself, not as much as you, but hey!, summers coming!

[paarke]

Well if your avatar pic is anything to go by, if I saw you wandering around somewhere I'd probably have more than a quick glance! lol.