Posted on 04/10/2007 12:24:46 AM PDT by RunningWolf
Around 1980 my Dad showed me a book someone gave him as a crank gift, its title was 'Everything I know about Women' and every page was blank.
I had to laugh because it was so true for me also. I know nothing about 'them' although a few have come into the sphere of my life here and there during my journey into the unknown.
My POV is from the place of a 52 never married bach.
The torment I suffered at the hands of Women is way to intiimate for this forum, but for some reason I still love them (as I kneel down at my mothers grave when she died so young at 42 from cancer)
[But what do I know?]
You know a lot about Gators, snakes, sharks, barracudas, horses, cattle and guns!!
And politics, lol.
I agree with you about the condition of our current generation. The roles and priorities were completely wacked out.
As I work with youth in the States and in Russia, I often see that the next generation desires to have strong families again. It was a pleasant surprise to hear of their priorities. They need good role models and encouragement.
I’m just kidding around, too.
I think I understand what he’s saying and I don’t agree with him, either... or maybe it’s that I simply can’t understand things well enough to agree with him because I’m one of those logic-less creatures affectionately called “chicks” by omniscient beings of the other gender.
;-)
I believe the very title of this thread was almost an invitation to giddily humorous posters. ;0)
Even as a teenager, I saw the overly sensitive and effete ways of folks like Alan Alda and Phil Donahue as being pretentious attempts to proclaim that they were morally superior. This was kind of a precursor to PC.
As I grew older I saw men employ this technique of pretentious sensitivity to get “other things” that they wanted from women.
“there are still plenty of decent men who are secure enough in their own masculinity to be gentlemen.”
Amen. And this is what my father taught me, he was kind of quiet, but tough and certainly a gentlemen. I think this is certainly something that we ought NOT take for granted and pass along to the next generation (I have an 8 year old boy.) There’s a lot of nonsense put forth in today’s culture which seems to diminish the ways of masculinity and gentlemanly behavior.
A young man should feel good “behaving like a gentleman” and he will find himself happy to find himself situated with a woman who enjoys being “treated like a lady.”
Well, I did get a spiffy new screw gun.
I would never attempt to advocate running some kind of 'game' or 'scam' in order to advance one's own goals. Honesty is always the best policy after all.
You do not speak to a Railroad Engineer about the same things you talk about with a Psychiatrist (usually). It does not mean that either mindset is wrong, it simply means that the two mindsets are totally different. To discuss how differently males and females think appears to be such a taboo here, but I do not mention the subject lightly even with the expected personal flames. I do not do so to impugn (sp?) the fairer sex in any way.
Disagree or not, your choice, however I believe that fostering at least a bit more understanding about each other is in the long run beneficial to both sexes.
Well thank you!
Give my Love to La Madam, keep up the fight, I will give you a ping if this comes off.
Bill
April 11, 2007
Here are the meanings of what words women say and what they really mean.
Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right, and you need to shut up.
Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means half an hour. Five Minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine (see #1).
Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!
Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word but a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)
That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. “That’s okay” means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
Thanks: A woman is thanking you - do not question or faint. Just say “You’re welcome.”
Whatever: Is a woman’s way of saying “%@&* YOU!”
Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking “what’s wrong” - for the woman’s response, refer to #3.
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It was an important trip though, and we provided a very valuable service to the traveling public.
I think we both know there is just a little more to it than that :-)
I know that!
Forward reconnaissance, I like it!
snort!
Hey I had a yr model 2000 R1100S (no Abs) that I sold January 2005 without a scratch on it.
I don't beat Beamers but I do go fast on them, 4000 miles on a set of soft Metzlers.
That never happened for me although I think it could have. As a young person I never grasped that the gifts God gives drawrf by galactic proportions anything we take in the stead.
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