Ladies: would you date or be attracted, to a "Sir Galahad" type of guy? (men, affair)
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Question for the ladies: out of sheer curiosity here, would you hypothetically be willing to date, or be attracted to at all, the kind of male figure with the qualities described in the wikipedia article above? Sir Galahad, the (albeit fictional) greatest, most pure, and most heroic, of Camelot's Knights of the Round Table? Or not? Also if not, can you please elaborate, on why not exactly?
I think most men have qualities of Sir Galahad at times.
Like when your car gets a flat on the side of the road, it's raining and your hands are full and you need help with shelter to your car (he holds the umbrella).
But for all practical purposes in 2011 - We live in reality, not fantasy land - why is reality so difficult for some people to deal with, that they prefer their lives to be props for the purpose of being a "stand-in" for Sir Galahad?
I think most men have qualities of Sir Galahad at times.
Like when your car gets a flat on the side of the road, it's raining and your hands are full and you need help with shelter to your car (he holds the umbrella).
But for all practical purposes in 2011 - We live in reality, not fantasy land - why is reality so difficult for some people to deal with, that they prefer their lives to be props for the purpose of being a "stand-in" for Sir Galahad?
Seriously?
It's not that I am "denying", reality, or living in, "fantasy" -- it's just that, I feel "drawn" in many ways, to the things the Sir Galahad ideal stands for. The paladin archetype, which was actually based, in a large part, on the Sir Galahad Arthurian lengends. Trying one's best, to be heroic, virtuous, pure.
If you're familiar at all with the D&D "Paladin" character class, you may be familiar, with what I mean here.
Question for the ladies: out of sheer curiosity here, would you hypothetically be willing to date, or be attracted to at all, the kind of male figure with the qualities described in the wikipedia article above? Sir Galahad, the (albeit fictional) greatest, most pure, and most heroic, of Camelot's Knights of the Round Table? Or not? Also if not, can you please elaborate, on why not exactly?
Turn-on, or turn-off, for you?
One of the things that happens when we believe in heroes is that we deify them to the point where we can see no bad things about them.
Galahad was exposed to idealism only when Guinevere tried to turn him into a knight without physical desire, atoning perhaps for her sins with his father. When he finds out about the affair, he cannot reconcile this behavior with his idealistic view of the world and instead proclaims he is going on a "search for the holiest treasure in the world"; the Grail becomes a refuge for his social and interpersonal failures with other people who have "larger hearts and more generous thoughts".
Hardly the perfect Man. Good, but not perfect.
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And with ponytail of course 
