[This week we are repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts fr=
om June 2000, 25 years ago.]
This is a public service message for Women, to=
help better understand Men.
"Because I’m a man", when I lock =
my keys in the car I will fiddle with a wire clothes hanger and ignore your=
suggestions that we call a road service until long after hypothermia has s=
et in.
"Because I’m a man", when the car isn’t running very we=
ll, I will pop the hood and stare at the engine as if I know what I’m looki=
ng at. If another man shows up, one of us will say to the other, "I us=
ed to be able to fix these things, but now with all these computers and eve=
rything, I wouldn’t know where to start." We will then spit.
"=
Because I’m a man", when I catch a cold I need someone to bring me sou=
p and take care of me while I lie in bed and moan. You NEVER get as sick as=
I do, so for you this isn’t an issue.
"Because I’m a man", wh=
en one of our appliances stops working, I will insist on taking it apart, d=
espite evidence that this will just cost me twice as much once the repair p=
erson gets here and has to put it back together.
"Because I’m a ma=
n", I must hold the television remote control in my hand while I watch=
TV. If the thing has been misplaced, I may miss a whole show looking for i=
t (though one time I was able to survive by holding a calculator).
"=
;Because I’m a man", I don’t think we’re all that lost, and no, I don’=
t think we should stop and ask someone. Why would you listen to a complete =
stranger. I mean, how could he know where we’re going?
"Because I’m=
a man", there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about. The answe=
r is always either women or football, though I have to make up something el=
se when you ask, so don’t.
"Because I’m a man", you don’t have=
to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances are, if you’re crying at the end o=
f it, I didn’t like it.
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"Because I’m a man", I think what you’=
re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fi=
ne, too. Either pair of shoes is fine. With the belt or without it looks fi=
ne. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?=
"Because =
I’m a man", and this is, after all, June 2000, I will share equally in=
the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the gardening, the cl=
eaning, and the dishes. I’ll do the rest.
~~
Dr=
=2E Bob Griffin
“Abhorring all my sin, adoring only Him”
b=
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