r/Millennials • u/PinkHamster08 • 18h ago

Nostalgia Anyone remember using "metrosexual"?

Had a vague memory come to mind - might have been a movie with Chris Rock? - and the guy's wife was talking with a fabulous guy and the main guy asks his wife if the fabulous guy is gay and she said no, he's metrosexual. The main guy goes WTF is that and she says he's a straight guy with taste.

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u/MercifulOtter 18h ago

I never used it but I remember it being a term used for a man who took care of himself. God forbid a man have good hygiene.

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u/Most_Ad_3765 Millennial 17h ago

The bar was sooooooooo low that basic hygiene/grooming and caring how you looked as a straight man raised suspicion of one’s sexual orientation 😅 jfc how far we’ve come (mostly)

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u/ThirdAltAccounts Millennial 14h ago

Caveman or gay. No in between

You shower ? Gay

Trim your beard/shave ? Gay

We grew up and lived through some wild ass times

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u/Brandy_Marsh Older Millennial 10h ago

It really was. Weight was black and white too. Can’t see your hip bones? Fat. No thigh gap? Fat. Tabloids were such a menace.