[Mr. Jeeves]

Have you ever been around a group of women talking about 'their guys?' They replay to the group-- every move, smile, gesture, word (not sentence here-- EACH WORD!).The FBI isn't as clue driven and the CIA isn't as stealth at cracking codes. These women are totally determined to extrapolate every bit of unseen data that is the puzzle of the man in their life.

Women start doing this at age four, at tea parties with their fathers, their teddy bears, and Leo the stuffed frog. By the time they get to sixth grade they are experts - by the time they are in their twenties, they are performing CIA-level psych-screening.

The average man in his twenties is still struggling to talk to Leo the stuffed frog.

Men vastly underestimate the complexity and depth of a woman's social programming. Women vastly overestimate a man's. The male brain is certainly capable of handling that level of complexity, but only for things like C#, EverQuest, and baseball statistics.

Most of us would laugh at the idea we are sending a woman a subtle signal about the status of the relationship by raising an eyebrow and squaring our shoulders away from her...we are probably just trying to sneak a glance at the hot bartender without getting caught. ;)

[PaulaB]

they are performing CIA-level psych-screening


nice compliment

The male brain is certainly capable of handling that level of complexity, but only for things like C#, EverQuest, and baseball statistics.

I laughed when I read this cause it made me think of my hubby

[najida]

Most of us would laugh at the idea we are sending a woman a subtle signal about the status of the relationship by raising an eyebrow and squaring our shoulders away from her...we are probably just trying to sneak a glance at the hot bartender without getting caught. ;)

Hun, THAT we can often pick up on ;) It's the words that get tangled. An "I don't know" response to a serious question gets pondered more than E=MC2.

Did he mean that HE doesn't know, but someone out there probably does?

Or did he mean he DOESN'T know the answer, because it's locked away in some part of his wounded psyche?

Or did he mean he doesn't KNOW, as in the knowledge is buried in the turmoil of his emotions?

And that a slight warble at the end of the sentence? Why, he's fighting to control his emotions, because he's been hurt before.

So he must be in love too! (ack!)

[apackof2]

Men vastly underestimate the complexity and depth of a woman's social programming. Women vastly overestimate a man's.

So very true!