We may already have a thread about how women and men act differently. But I'm too lazy to find it, when it's easier to re-start.
Dialogue of a 20-something married couple, in bed (he in blue, she in pink):
Wow. Carleen was worked with him for 3 years now – an' I never knew she cared about him! ... I mean, not in a "serious" way! I did. It's the little things she does: the way she knows what he's thinking, the way she does her job – she stays late at the studio, cleans up, loves to be near him ... How could she make her feelings more obvious?! I dunno ... flash a little cleavage?
[She slams a pillow into his head, before rolling away in a huff.]
Before work today, when Kallah and I stopped for bagels at the local shop, four 13-year old girls and a mother were at the next table. I told them I wondered whether girls their had yet developed a fashion focus, and asked them, "Without looking under the table, can each of you tell me what shoes your three friends are wearing?"
No problem. They rattled off the details of each others' shoes: color, style or brand, and even whether they were new, worn, or worn to tatters.
Boys and men would never notice something like that!
Shu and I did this once in a coffee shop. I had been shoe shopping (I love it!), and Shu informed me that men don't care what shoes we wear. After that, we got to talking to the woman next to us, and Shu asked her if her husband would know what shoes she was been wearing. She laughed loudly and said "absolultely NOT." Sure enough, when we asked the husband he, really rather sheepishly, said he had no clue.
I wish I could find this e-mail I got once. A man and woman each got their hair cut. Someone tells the man he likes his hair and he says "Thanks." The same happens for the woman, but she instead of saying "thanks," she goes into a long diatribe with comments like: "But, doesn't it make my look my neck look too short?" and on and on and on from there. It was hilarious. I have tried to locate it on the Web, but I couldn't.
Richard's post reminds me of an old episode of Friends, when Joey is trying to get off with his co-star in a play, whilst also making a bid for his co-star's understudy, who is a young buxom blonde. Joey is accused of only being interested in her sweater. He replies indignantly that he's not interested in her sweater; it's what's underneath that counts.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
