Friday, September 30, 2005
One for the Guys
Some things don't make sense to me. Take women for example. I've been married for seventeen years now and have two teenage daughters. Not only that, but I grew up in a family with a mother and two sisters. Yet, the feminine mind still mysitfies me. And I don't think I'll ever figure out what goes on in their heads.
To make matters worse, women know that men don't understand them and they use that knowledge to their advantage. Case in point: a woman will ask her husband questions she knows he can't answer. The most common questions wives ask are about their appearance (Do you think I'm fat? or Do these pants make my butt look big?) and about other women (You don't think she's pretty, do you?). My question (which men can't answer either) is how do we answer these questions without paying for it later? No answer we give will be satisfactory. If we tell the truth they get mad at us and if we lie they don't believe us anyway. We can't win and women know it. And I think they enjoy using this against us too. But this is only half of it; I think they look for ways to entrap us also.
I recently discovered an example that I believe illustrates my point. I work at a men's fitness club. This facility is just like Curves, but is only for guys. Because the concepts are similar, the owner of the local Curves allows us to put leads cards at her facility. Her clients are not the least bit shy about putting their husbands names in the leads container so we can call them about our program. What gets me, though, is that Curves has a leads container in our club also. Now, what guy in his right mind is going to write his wife's name on a piece of paper that would allow a fitness club to contact her. As soon as she knows the lead came from her husband (and believe me, she'll know), he's in trouble. "So you do think I'm fat!" she'll cry. "You think I'm a fat, ugly pig!" And at that point, the only thing that will bring the husband back into her graces will be dinner out, flowers, and jewelry.
Huh, maybe I'm beginning to understand a little about the female mind after all.
To make matters worse, women know that men don't understand them and they use that knowledge to their advantage. Case in point: a woman will ask her husband questions she knows he can't answer. The most common questions wives ask are about their appearance (Do you think I'm fat? or Do these pants make my butt look big?) and about other women (You don't think she's pretty, do you?). My question (which men can't answer either) is how do we answer these questions without paying for it later? No answer we give will be satisfactory. If we tell the truth they get mad at us and if we lie they don't believe us anyway. We can't win and women know it. And I think they enjoy using this against us too. But this is only half of it; I think they look for ways to entrap us also.
I recently discovered an example that I believe illustrates my point. I work at a men's fitness club. This facility is just like Curves, but is only for guys. Because the concepts are similar, the owner of the local Curves allows us to put leads cards at her facility. Her clients are not the least bit shy about putting their husbands names in the leads container so we can call them about our program. What gets me, though, is that Curves has a leads container in our club also. Now, what guy in his right mind is going to write his wife's name on a piece of paper that would allow a fitness club to contact her. As soon as she knows the lead came from her husband (and believe me, she'll know), he's in trouble. "So you do think I'm fat!" she'll cry. "You think I'm a fat, ugly pig!" And at that point, the only thing that will bring the husband back into her graces will be dinner out, flowers, and jewelry.
Huh, maybe I'm beginning to understand a little about the female mind after all.
Labels: guys, manipulation, women
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Yes...aren't we women great? Haha.
Love you, Daddy!
I really like this one. Keep it up.
Love you, Daddy!
I really like this one. Keep it up.
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