Stone or Gem?  Designer or No-names?

Been hearing a lot about the marketing strategies of girls recently.  You should market yourself so you’re not easily attainable – be a gem, not a stone.  Be a designer brand, not a no-name brand.  Makes you feel a little like a cow being branded, doesn’t it.   Wake up and smell the morning coffee guys, cuz girls are NOT cows.  or jeans, or jewels, or pebbles.  I guess this strategy works for some people.  But a relationship based on this kind of mentality seems to border on the superficial side… Isn’t there more to a person than just their availability?  No matter how unavailable someone is, if they are completely lacking in substance, i don’t think that should make them a gem.  And if someone has inner substance, does being genuine really turn them into a stone?  I’d hope that people could see beyond that.  Apparently not. 

True, coming off as desperate is a no-no… but i think that’s more because *being* desperate is bad, not seeming desperate.  On the other hand, having to confidence to go for what you want, i would think, is a good thing.  Rather than sitting there timidly waiting for the guy to make the first move, then not picking up the damn phone. Isn’t that a little played out? 

Or maybe i just don’t know how to play to game so i’m hatin’ on it instead…