And other stupid things I've forgotten.
Last night about bedtime, I forgot a crucial difference in the two species. The analogy goes like this.
Woman's car breaks down. Because it breaks down, she has to deal with crap all day. Taxi company doesn't want to pick her up, her boss gives her shit, she loses a vital oppertunity, whatever. Take your pick. She comes home upset, frustrated, almost in tears, and begins to tell her husband what happened.
Men, this is important. Do not go outside and fix the car. That's right, don't go outside and fix the car. Hold your wife, hug her, kiss her, tell her everything is going to be alright.
Above all, DO NOT tell her the tiny detail that she could have done to avoid the problem in the first place. Even if you rupture something holding it in. She will hear this as blame. If you're really smart, find a way to apologize, even if it actually was her own fault.
Men hear about a problem, and want to go fix it immediately. Women are not telling you so that you'll fix it. They want a sympathetic ear, and for you to listen, sigh and say "that's terrible" in all the right places, and to reach a level of deep emotional empathy normally only reachable by means of a Vulcan mind-meld. Some snuggling might be nice.
Just snuggling. Save that for later you horny pervert. In no way is any of this to imply that woman is weak or fragile. Or that man is automatically stupid. (more so than most people.) We're just wired different. Of course their are exceptions to this rule, and to my applied theories of sexual behavior, not to mention that this naturally doesn't apply to every problem, say "honey, we're out of ketchup." Meh.
So the next time your wife comes to you with a problem and is really frickin' upset, don't go and fix it right away. Your relationship will go better. At least until your wife has to drive to work the next morning.............
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Yours truly,
Nbs........maybe.