Friday
20Jun2008
What Do Man Changes Look Like?
Fri, June 20, 2008 I received an email from a young woman, a friend, who had this to say about what they looked like (but I did not ask her to tell me - her words gave me the idea to ask)
“When you say ‘man changes,’ I immediately envision your walls turning into aluminum, a fresh scent of diesel hovering in the air, along with surround sound, a keg-er-ator, and countless stacks of those cheap cigar tubes turning up in your laundry.”
Reader Comments (7)
I would clear out a closet and a dresser and buy a stronger scented candle for the master bathroom. I'd still sleep on my side of the bed and park on my side of the driveway, but I'd probably stock the house with his favorite foods. A trip to the liquor store and VS would be a must!
Picking up socks, putting shoes away....how the toothpaste tube looks(properly rolled...or just squeezed where ever)...hair in the drain (they always leave that for us) whiskers in the sink....we can drive ourselves crazy keeping everything "right"...or just relax..and let the male changes be. Loving him is more important than complaining about the "adverse" male changes (even though at times you want to wring his neck, lol). Sometimes I feel like an extention of his Mom.....but, she's an awesome lady, so I don't mind. =)
I think of toilets right away and how often I have fallen "in" through the years....It never gets less annoying:) Shirley as always you are a saint of a woman!
Having to explain your next move.
chris you are to stay in your flannel pj's missy
Shirley you are right. But it is kind of funny to think about. A 16 year old boy/man asked me about the "man changes" which I thought was so funny given his age.
Said 16 year old boy/man has probably had it drilled into his head that whatever constitutes a difference between genders AND can be perceived by females (especially the saintly ones) as stereotypically male, must be, by nature, inherently evil. And he probably bought it because, as we all know, there's no such thing as an evil mother, and if a saint says it's true, well, it must be...
Of course, if a man were to take note of and rail against any of the woman-changes that crop up in a male's apartment -- you know, tampons in the bathroom trash, panty-hose on the shower curtain rod, long auburn hairs in the shower drain (they always leave those for us), the overarching smell of various and sundry products designed to keep up the illusion that women don't own a single effluvia -- well then, he's obviously a misogynist and a champion of patriarchy and the reason why the fuzzy duckies and bunnies no longer do their blissful dance in golden fields set to angelic music and light.... Stupid evil men.