Could be in Japan, Norway or Seychelles? If somebody knows, please share the address. Even being happily married each of us dream about beautiful man, not a price yet man of means. Sometimes we start comparing our husbands with the men from other countries. So what is the ideal of man for women from other countries?
An English knight
Let’s be clear, not all Englishmen are lords looking like Lord Byron. The typical representative of Foggy Albion has average looks. One in three English women considers on the most important virtues of ideal husband his good sense of humor and willingness to travel around. “our man likes to stay at home while we, women likes to travel and do it, by the way, more often then European women. Men are devoted only to one place – pub!”, says Mary, 36 from London. It’s not easy to make Englishmen leave his favorite pub, beer, soccer and friends and come home. Thus men alcoholism is one of the main problems for British women.
While British women are not happy with boring and drinking husbands French women complain that their husbands are not romantic enough. “They (men) totally forgot the experience of previous generations. They are familiar with Cyrano de Bergerac only thanks to Gerard Depardieu who played him beautifully”, says Isabel 39 (married for 14 years and has three children). However the lack of gallant manners and attention in men could be women’s fault. In France 40% of women between 18 and 50 consider equal rights and independency in family as one of the main virtues of an ideal man. Two other important virtues for French women are fidelity and affection with some intelligence (it’s not as complicated as it may sound, just remember Cyrano). Ideal man has to be intelligent and have a sharp mind while being very affectionate. Other qualities include cooking skills (due to my experience I can say that French women likes to their husband to cook for them and shift this responsibility to men gladly) and keeping a good physical shape.
Viking descendants
In Scandinavia unlike in North America the situation with husbands is much easier. There is enough men there and in some remote places there are even ore men then women. Therefore women there choose future husbands very carefully, checking their compatibility and whether they are suitable for marriage and bringing up children.
Getting through probation period men still can face some difficulties and complications relating to living with their women. Most of them are feminists and it is not easy to live with them sometimes. God forbid if he doesn’t know how to fix things around the house or a broken washing machine it is a disgrace for him and his wife. They should also spend as much time as their wives bringing up children. And they willingly share this responsibility when they don’t drink. Drinking is national problem in Finland and Norway. Scandinavian women organize groups to track their husbands taking turns with each other. “It is not something extraordinary that my husband irons his shirts and sometimes mine too. We both work a lot and everyone shares work around the house and I appreciate it. However I don’t like him spending much time with his friends drinking, As for the ideal man it’s simple: besides independence every Norwegian women appreciates strong man who can fix anything in the house and do whatever is needed, even so called woman’s job”, admits Anna, 29 from Bergen.
Husbands in Argentina
If there are women who don’t take their husbands serious sometimes these are women from Latin America. “What’s the use to complain about macho men if that’s the way they are brought up by their mothers, meaning us, women?”, says Paola with a smile, 38 from Buenos Aires. “It is much harder to come clear with the fact that your husband is not creative in bed and doesn’t bring you a fresh rose in the morning then deal with his clothes laying all over the place or sink full of dirty dishes after a party with his friends”, she continues. Apparently Latin American women appreciate novelty and romance in marriage more then anything else. “I expect my husband to surprise me with a romantic dinner in a restaurant, going to the theater or a party at friend’s place. I never know when it happens. He just calls me and tells me how I should be wearing – something dressy or comfortable and casual depending where we are going. And he also arrange a babysitter for children”, says Maria, 42 from Chile.
Japanese husband
Pokémon (from English “pocket” and “monster”) appeared couple years ago and became very popular among Japanese children. And according to my fiend Mazuko they resemble to Japanese married men – looking like monsters but very kind. In short, Japanese men treat his wife and children like his computer or electronic organizer which means they hardly pay any attention to them. It might sound very terrible and look like they don’t care much about family since women do most of work around the house and bring up children. However Japanese women should not complain since they hardly ever raise voice at them, not to mention making scandals and do not control family budget. They are very patient and affectionate and like to give exquisite presents to their husbands. Almost an ideal…
Italy is a county of elegant men.
Among the types of men discussed above Italians seems to be the closest to the ideal man: they are one of the best in courting women and building nice and cozy home with them. However many Italian women thinks that their men have one huge defect which can turn into some sort of disease later – it’s “soccer fever”. “During the broadcast of soccer game it is impossible to drag Antonio away from TV, even if there is an emergency. Not to mention that children should disappear and do not make noise in the house otherwise he can spank them later right after the final whistle”, complains Marcella, 32 from Milan.
Besides soccer another defect of Italian man is meanness. He doesn’t like opening his wallet. He prefers to give his wife a certain amount of money for house expenses and keep the rest on his bank account. Italian men consider this so-called defect as being economical. “If she could she would hang laps from venetian glass in every room. What for? ”, says Antonio.
P.S. Not every man can appreciate our love for beauty and domestic comfort as well as our pedagogical and cooking skills. However the most important is to be loved by men (which is not mentioned by any of the women above). Let them have defects so we could appreciate more their good qualities and work on making our men and world we are living in better.
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