SHOCKER!! Men and Women have Different Views on Marriage!!

Psychology Today ^ | 6/4/2014 | Vikki Stark

[goat granny]

you are probably right, the female is the one that keeps the species living on the earth....She is the most deadly because of that. Mama Grizzlies do it good...even the males will leave her alone. She knows her job and does it well. Then there will be another generation of grizzlies.

[DaxtonBrown]

[when I say, “I dunno”, she gets apoplectic, ]

I believe it is a female thing in general. I was discussing the replacement of a water heater with my mother. I told her my brother and I had picked out one for $679 and had worked out the delivery details.Mom wanted infinite details, a whole 15 minutes worth when I had already said too much.

[Hyman Roth]

“I can’t tell you how many men in my office complain that they feel they are last on the list, after the kids, her job, her mother, her sister, her friends and Zumba”.

I know how those men feel. That was me. never could change it. Tried. I gave up. 18 years down the toilet.

[longtermmemmory]

Unwed mothers of dating age get very uppity when this is pointed out to them. WHEN DATED few men want to be corralled into raising some other man’s mistake.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

LOL! I am sure this is a true story, if not, it should be.

[RJS1950]

Yeah, even though my wife and I are still going strong, I still felt like I came last and even today feel that way occasionally. I never minded being behind the kids but all the rest coming in ahead of me was not right. When we were having those problems I brought out all of that to my wife and she came to understand exactly what and why I was feeling about being ignored.

It would be great if women had a better understanding of how they treat the men they profess to love.

[PapaBear3625]

Unwed mothers of dating age get very uppity when this is pointed out to them. WHEN DATED few men want to be corralled into raising some other man’s mistake.

True. Men want kids OF THEIR OWN. Men also understand that their needs will come second to the other man's kids, regardless of promises made now.

[Sam Gamgee]

Wow, what you said and the article rang bells with me. I had a real hard time adapting to us having kids and her making friends, because it did feel like I was the center of her attention and now I wasn’t.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"... sexist...stereotypical... (and) tells the story of a lot of couples out there."

Doesn't that ring a bell! There's a reason stereotypes become stereotypes: because they are generally true. And there's a reason for "sexist" stereotypes: because the sexes are generally different along predictable lines.

Wouldn't people be happier, kinder, fairer, more understanding, if we taught this? (Or at least allowed to discussion?)

[AbolishCSEU]

Exactly!

[AbolishCSEU]

And those very same unwed (be it divorced or never married) mothers wreak havoc if the biodad DARES to move on or if 2nd wife DARES to show an interest in “HER” children!!

[AbolishCSEU]

You too, eh?

I converted mine from saying good things about Jimmy Carter to a died in the wool “The Five” watcher.

[servo1969]

What do men really want?
To be admired by the woman they love the most.


What do women really want?
To be loved by the man they admire the most.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Yeah. Relationships in general are hardwired in the female DNA.

True story: two big brothers and a little sister. The two brothers were given Tonka trucks, and they of course raced them, crashed them into each other, making vroom! vroom! sounds and achieving as much as they could in terms of noise, speed and destruction.

Feminist mom passed the trucks on to her little girl. She "sat" them in a circle, put little hats on them and had a birthday party.

[Hyman Roth]

I wouldn’t wish separation or divorce on anyone. It is by far the absolute worst feeling. Period. Gut wrenching.

[RJS1950]

I know, my brother and many friends over the years have experienced this. It came at me just prior to our 40th anniversary and I wasn’t willing to give up all those years together. It has been hard work and for us it worked out but it was the worst period of my life short of the deaths of my parents.

[ansel12]

That is a very good article, a keeper.