Men

Even though I have been married over half my life, sometimes I still don't understand men. I work with a guy that is married and has no children. He has a lovely and understanding wife who cooks, cleans, and irons his clothes. She still does all those things that wives do lovingly for their husband until the babies come - and men are suddenly forced to start taking care of themselves in some areas. He has weekly "man dates" that allows him and his buddies to pursue manly things like riding their dirt bikes, skeet shooting, playing pool, etc. This week, his wife told him she needed him to attend a function with her and he really couldn't hide is aggravation...well, he hid it from her, but not his co-workers. Of course, we women gave him down the road. He thought it was selfish of her to ask when the time is about to change and he was about to lose his hour in the afternoon. The ladies all thought it was selfish of him to mind giving up one night just for her. Honestly, he could not grasp our train of thought - and this man is far from dumb. I don't mean to stereotype all men, but a lot of men struggle in this area. I mean, there are times that I just don't even ask my husband just so we don't have to have that fight..., I mean discussion. I gave that up long ago, just to make life easier. I look back now and realize I made it easy for my husband, but harder for me. I gave him an easy "opt out" option ( which he always took )and most of the time just dealt with it.


I am proud to say that my male co-worker gave in after much flak from his female co-workers, but honestly it really should not have been that big of a decision to make. When you are part of a relationship, you just have to suck it up and sometimes do things you don't want to do for the sole purpose of supporting your mate. And they say women are hard to understand....honestly, just tell us we're beautiful and give us chocolate. How hard it that?

Whosoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22