Pikachu women

[Bumblebee]

Last season my best friend and I went to Banff for our ski fix. We figured two attractive independent women in their 30s would be a catch - we didn't expect romance of the century - but we did fancy a snog! ;)

Well first off the pickings were slim... barely out of teens australians *or* 40 year old guys up from Calgary having left the wives at home.

The youngsters were horrified when they found out how old we were and the older guys out of bounds.

So we were left with the handful of mid-20s-30s guys - however we came up against what we called the "Pikachu effect".

Men would look at us, give us the eye, but the minute they saw us ski they turned ashen and ignored us. Meanwhile we watched a girl with pink bunches and a Pikachu rucksack beat them off with the proverbial sh*tty stick!

Included in the Pikachu effect was my dopy sister skiing for the first time but scared of the chairlift and gave up after 4 days. Her wails of "but my neck hurts", baby pout in the bar etc. resulted in 7, yes SEVEN men walking her back to her hotel. My friend and I were left to stumble home on our own seperately.

Are we imagining the Pikachu effect of have others of you come across this?

Do we need to trade our Helly Hansen/North Face gear for something cute, fluffy & pink? When wee see a cute man should we immediately drop our poles, fall on our ar*es and giggle?

(This article is (mostly) tongue-in-cheek before I go offending anyone!)

 

[ski diva]

IMHO, any guy who goes for a Pikachu Princess (oooo, I love that term!) isn't a guy you'd want to be around -- at least for any length of time.

Their loss.

You have to be true to yourself and who you are. Anything else will only lead to trouble, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction.

Better luck this year!

 

[Jilly]

I didn't know that this syndrome had a name. But "pikachu effect" sounds good. You are threatening a male in his sport domaine. Not good (on them)as the male of the species thinks no women can ski better than he. The male on holiday wants the ski bunny so he can ski the good stuff by himself or with his buddies and leave the "little missy" to the bunny slope. Been, there, done that and dropped everyone of the them in the trough between the moguls. A girlfriend and I played that game one weekend in Sutton, Quebec. Listened to the lion roar all night in the bar. Next morning we rode the chair up with him and stated that "Oh, we couldn't possibly ski that run. Its too hard". Took the next over in the glades and watched from the trees. After awhile the rest of the guys were calling out to ask it we were OK in there (they knew the game). We popped out and did a few perfect ski school turns down to meet them under the chair. The guy - lion - left right after that.

 

[Ski Spirit]

Pikachu Princess

IMHO, any guy who goes for a Pikachu Princess (oooo, I love that term!) isn't a guy you'd want to be around -- at least for any length of time.

Their loss.

You have to be true to yourself and who you are. Anything else will only lead to trouble, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction.

Better luck this year!

:cheer: Totally agree with Ski Diva. Why waste time or energy on someone who doesn't want you to be your best? It's probably a small sample of bigger aspects of their character.......

I say ski your very best and the right guy will jump for you because he will be a fantastic skier who wants someone who understand his skiing needs or he'll just be a great human being who will want the person he's with to be equally great at whatever they want to be.....

 

[ISki]

No, pink & fluffy doesn't help. I wear a pink jacket and stretch pants and, when skiing single, am rarely joined on a chairlift. I stand in line alone, and I board the quad chair alone. And if somebody does join me on the chairlift, 75% of the time they do not start a conversation.

For all the wailing from the men about the lack of women skiing, it's all talk and no action.

I am married so it is a mute point, but it is curious.

 

[Pequenita]

LOVE it -- "Pikachu effect" -- the Y2K version of the damsel in distress! And here I thought the reason I didn't get hit on at bars during apres ski was due to the sexy racoon eyes from my goggles, or that I fall dead asleep at 9:30...


I got an anti-Pikachu effect pick-up line when I still lived up north. I was shoveling out my car (with my roommate) 3 weeks after knee surgery (which wasn't visible given I was in snow gear), and a guy came up to me, shovel in hand but not offering to help, and said, "Hey, is that a Marmot jacket?"

 

[abc]

Sorry, it's not just the men. It's us too.

Go pick the guy up, if need be! You want equality, you get equality. The guys are not helping you shovel the car any more. They're not picking you up either. They're confused, as much as we are.

attractive independent women in their 30s

Drop that "independent" part, you'll have plenty of attention. Maybe not the type of guys you want, as Ski Diva pointed out. But attention nonetheless.

Though if you want that right type of guy's attention, you may need to neglect that "attractive" part instead. You can be as attractive once the bedroom door is closed. But not before. Or you "attract" the type who doesn't care for your "independence"

What do you expect? Don't you walk over to a guy shoveling his car out and offer to help?

I do.

 

[Ski Spirit]

I agree with abc. Don't wait for someone to find you; if you want to meet men, try taking the initiative. If they're not interested, it's their loss...but your gain just by making the effort. I asked the guy out who became my husband. I knew it was a good decision no matter what his response. I knew he was attracted to me but whether he would actually do something about it was a question, so I made the first move.............and we're both happy that I did! Good luck.....

 

[tradygirl]

Hey, all the single skier guys I know are DYING to find a woman who can rip. I think you may just be looking in the wrong places....

Ski the hard stuff and go to the local's bars. The single tourist men are usually gaper meatheads on some "guys trip" (aka the wanna-be bachelor party) just looking for a easy piece of tail - hence targeting the Pikachu princess types. Hit the local resorts and hangouts (stay away form the tourist traps) and ski like you mean it. They're definitely out there.

 

[Bumblebee]

OK, I'm pretty sure we were looking in the wrong places - and ladies, Banff is NOT the place to go for action!

So February we're off to Jackson Hole, which one of you lovely ladies can point us in the right direction of the bars to go?

 

[ski diva]

My advice: forget the men and come ski with the Divas at Solitude the first week of March!

 

[Bumblebee]

Sounds good, where is solitude?

But back in reality where we have to work to pay the bills & the holiday - Jackson is where it's at this season. We *have* to do Corbet's - or at least die trying.

 

[ski diva]

Solitude is in Utah.

Here's info about the Diva trip.

 

[Pequenita]

What do you expect? Don't you walk over to a guy shoveling his car out and offer to help?

I do.

Uh, not when I just had my ACL repaired. I shouldn't have even been out wandering on slippery snow and shoveling my own car after a 2-foot dump, but it being Boston, the snow wasn't going to magically melt on its own, and I needed to drive to work the next day. Actually, I probably wouldn't help out a strange guy with shoveling even if I were physically capable; I'd throw snowballs.

But I did invite the Marmot guy to a hot cocoa. I thought it was too funny that he was checking out my clothing.

 

[abc]

Least you could have done was ASK him to help with shovelling! ;)Make him feel useful and inflate his ego. Then the hot cocoa would have sealed the deal.

What do your rest of the divas think? ;)

 

[Pequenita]

Least you could have done was ASK him to help with shovelling! ;)Make him feel useful and inflate his ego. Then the hot cocoa would have sealed the deal.

What do your rest of the divas think? ;)

Oh, I was done shoveling as he walked up. Very sneaky of him.

 

[IntheClouds]

"Man up!" as my single,blonde,beautiful horseshoer would say. She related her frustration about the same kind of treatment. Figured guys were threatened by her & her friend's well developed shoulders, arms & skills. Said those guys seemed to be scared & needed to "MAN UP".