3 THINGS WOMEN DO AND MAN WILL NOT KNOW image .Abiodun »» By and large, we don抰 really believe the tired phrase that men are from Mars and women from Venus, preferring a more progressive standpoint that men and women really aren抰 that different at the end of the day. (And there抯 plenty of ongoing research to back this up.) But sometimes, we just can抰 deny the psychological gap that exists between gentlemen and those of the fairer s*x. This is especially true when it comes to daily interactions on topics including clothing, dinner and anything that requires doing more than one task at a time. In no way are we apologizing for our behaviors below, just simply observing them. In fact, if you read closely enough, you may detect a hint of praise for the way we ladies often conduct ourselves. 1. Say we抮e 揻ine,� when we抮e really not fine: If you haven抰 done this, you have yet to graduate to womanhood. Nothing抯 more frustrating that being angered by a man only to have him not understand why you are upset with him. Your only adequate recourse: say you抮e 揻ine,� and expect him to figure it out on his own. Obviously. Why do we do this? In some cases, it抯 because right after an argument, we haven抰 gotten our thoughts together to adequately explain why we抮e unhappy; in other cases it抯 because we抮e not feeling assertive enough in the moment to explain what抯 bothering us. Often enough, however, it results from just wanting the dude to know what抯 up without us having to spell everything out for him which, we realize, isn抰 always the best strategy. 2. Wear our highest heels on a date, then complain all night about how badly our feet hurt: Dear all men everywhere, here抯 why we do this. We wear the shoes because they look beautiful; we complain because they hurt. These two behaviors are not mutually exclusive. We hate to be the ones to break it to you, but this will probably never change. If we wear our highest high heels on a date to the beach, the gym, on a bike ride, or to a football game in November, then you抮e allowed to complain. 3. Ask if we look good in a new dress, then get upset when the response is anything but 揳bsolutely, you look amazing.�: This is something women do despite themselves. We aren抰 stupid; we know going into it that this isn抰 the greatest idea. And it抯 illogical to boot: there is only one acceptable response (at least, if we抮e dealing with a man who knows where his bread is buttered). And yet, we ask anyway. Why? Probably because, like any human being, we enjoy being told we look good � which at the root stems from the desire to feel good. And despite the fact that we know we don抰 need to ask for such approval, we still care what you think when it comes to certain items, like a pretty new dress we bought to wear to a big event with you
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:46:13 +0000