If you have been anywhere near a television set to a sports channel or a singles bar, you have undoubtedly heard the term “wingman.” This term is a social term that is used to describe a man who is there to help his buddy talk to girls. The wingman can help a man find a desirable woman at a singles bar, and he can also help a man get away from a woman that will not leave him alone.
The Mentor and Friend
The term wingman seems to have come from the idea that a mentor take a person, “under his wing.” It term grew in popularity with the movie Top Gun where Tom Cruise had to be the wingman in his airplane to help protect the pilot in front of him. The wingman really is a helper; he is often already married or in a relationship so there is little worry from the man he is helping. It is common to see the wingman role played in television sitcoms and Homer Simpson has even played a wingman to the single man, Moe. There are plenty of spoofs of the idea of a pair of guys helping each other out when prowling for girls, the idea of the wingman is here to stay.
Man’s Man
Today’s wingman is a highly respected “man’s man” because he puts his needs second to the needs of his pal. When his friend sees a girl he is attracted to, the friend will walk up to her and talk to her. This girl usually has her own wingwoman, who might not be the nicest girl in the bar (she also might not be the prettiest girl in the bar, too). The wingman will go up to the wingwoman to distract her from the girl that the friend wants to meet.
Getting the Job Done
The wingman does not always behave very well, because his goal is to get the wingwoman away from the girl. In order to this, he might have to be obnoxious and silly. He might even have to pretend he likes the wingwoman, just so his friend can have more time with the girl he wants to know better. No matter what the job of the wingman happens to be, he does it with gusto and pride because he is helping his friend.
The wingman has to look good because he has to be able to cause a distraction. In many cases, the skills of the wingman outweigh those of the wingman’s friend. The wingman needs to be able to set his needs aside and help out his buddy, no matter the cost.
The Namesake
At GuysEssentials, we named one of our grooming sets “the Wingman” because it is a useful and reliable set of grooming products. It contains all the right things to help a man look and smell good so he can be there when his pals need him the most. Everything in the kit comes from reliable brands that are always there when men need them. From Colgate to Gillette, these old-school brands get the job done every time, just like the wingman.
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