Wait, you want me to be WHAT?

Ok, so this is something I have definitely been struggling with in my mind -- the expectations that guys have of us. Of course, they should have expectations -- everyone should. If no one had expectations, I would probably be dating Carrot Top right now, but I do, so I'm not. However, there are some expectations guys hold for girls that, sometimes, I feel are unattainable or are impossible with which to find the perfect balance.
The expectations I am referring to are these:
-The sexy girl next door
-The reserved slut
- The dumb, intelligent girl
-The caring/sweet girl who could give two sh*ts
-The mysterious, outgoing girl
-The naturally beautiful girl who needs to put effort into what she looks like
You get the idea...
Kind of not fair, right? It's not fair because most of the time finding the perfect balance is damn near impossible. If you are "too much" of one of the components of the oxymoronic descriptions listed above, then you automatically become THAT adjective and THAT adjective only. For example, if you're trying to find the balance between caring and seeming indifferent, all it takes is ONE text message of you asking how his day went or two missed calls for a guy to make up his mind about whether you're a stage 5 clinger or not. OR If you're a pretty shy girl who every once in a while likes to go out and have a good time -- a guy sees you dancing on the bar, enjoying yourself on that one night and has his mind completely made up about you. It's not fair; however, I will say that we girls are guilty of this, too. I'll be the first to admit it but for the sake of this blog and how it's mainly about single girl problems, we won't get into that.
This is the other thing I'm struggling with -- men say they want an intelligent girl, who has a lot going for her and blah blah blah. Haha OKAY, I'm just going to go ahead and call you all on that bull right now. Most (not all) guys are threatened by the fact that a girl has an education and are intimidated by those girls. There are girls who could not find their way out of their own room, who really have nothing going for them in life except for their looks, that men absolutely are falling over themselves to date. I don't get it. And yes, I am biased because I am one of those girls who is getting a higher education/working towards something more. Only problem is, when I mention that to guys, it seems to go in one ear and out the other and they continue to stare at my chest. -__-
Here is a sample of the type of conversation I usually have when I'm out:
"Hey, what's up my name is  insert gentleman caller's name here"
"Nice to meet you (I usually insert a firm handshake here) I'm Val."
"Val? Like, short for Valerie?"
-___- no, short for Maria... "Yeah, short for Valerie."
"Oh, nice, nice...so what do you do?"
"I'm in Grad School at Mason for Elementary Education, what about you?"
"Well, it was nice meeting you, have a good night."

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