Thread: YOU understand, don't you?

Yes, plausibly implausible but not necessarily so... :-)

Originally Posted by MrIdentical

Gay guys wouldn't have shaving soaps etx they'd have moisturizers and balms

Shhhhhhhh......we're called METRO's

I'm guilty as charged - currently have skin cream for men worthy of the baddest gay ever I think - but I don't really care. Only care if someone comes up to my face and calls me the G word, then I DO FREAKIN CARE, not that there is anything wrong with being gay

I am most definitely not a "metro" but I have more scented crap for my face than my wife does. If you factor in a shave, it takes me longer to get ready than her.
I just prefer to elude classic masculinity. And if that means taking care of myself, smoking good tobacco and drinking good liquor then well, that's the price I pay...

Yeah I'd take offence to being called a metro as far as I'm concerned, if a bloke is willing to press a piece of steel only a couple of molecules thick to his throat he's more man than not

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Spoken like a true veteran married guy. There's still many things I doubt I'll ever understand about the fairer sex but on this one I'm crystal clear- They will absolutely, NEVER, EVER tell you directly what they need, want, mean, or object to. Reading between the lines is absolutely an essential survival skill. A few more observations from my own experience:
1. In fact, even when a couple weeks from now, you're being chastised for "not listening", odds are pretty good you won't have the first clue what her exact issue is and in my case at least. "Not Listening" is womanspeak for not hearing things that she never actually said. In Estrogen World, the fact that you can directly quote the entire conversation doesn't confirm even the fact that you were listening.
2. If you apply any logic to this it will drive you nuts and here's a free one that I took many years of beatings to figure out. Some of our worst arguements were me trying to apply logic to such discussions and prove that I was right. Most of the arguement was stupid stuff that really didn't matter but being a man of principle, it was just the principle that bothered me. My logic and rhetoric was absolutely air tight, in fact, had these been disagreements with a man, he would have tossed in the towel, apologized and offered to fetch me a few cold ones because he had been so wrong and I had clearly demonstrated my proper recollection of the incidednt. Women however, are not concerned with principles, logic or rhetoric. The wise married man knows You can be right or you can be happy My experience is that even if you're absolutely right , 99% of the time it either doesn't matter or she won't acknowledge your correctness so go with be happy.

3. Oddly enough, despite almost never admitting when you're right about something they are all too quick to acknowledge every single time you've been absolutely wrong. The times you tried to apply logic also are scored as times you were totally wrong. I still occassionally hear about stupids I pulled back in 1986. Apparently their disc space configuration is a little different than ours is too. I probably only remember about 10% of relatively important things that happened last week.

Brilliant distillation of the truth. and it will make you crazy until you figure it out. Then it will still make you crazy because it's a nutso 'system" of existence. And yet, we continue to put up with it for "some" strange reason )

Originally Posted by RogueRazor

Brilliant distillation of the truth. and it will make you crazy until you figure it out. Then it will still make you crazy because it's a nutso 'system" of existence. And yet, we continue to put up with it for "some" strange reason )

To add.. it's not that you don't listen to stuff that was never said.. (a beat) wait for it.. it's that she should never have to say anything.. Drum roll please.. Dunno how many times I have heard "I should have to say anything.." It's ok though.. as a guy I get to plead temporary selective ESP blockage due to an overload of nagging.. Heheheheh She has some come backs for me too... but darned if I didn't listen..

I'm still not 'allowed' (yes, I'm shameful) to go grocery shopping because of ONE time in the early '90s when I blew the whole week's grocery money on gourmet food that lasted about two days. Anyway, anyone can call me anything they like but I am a complex organism and simple labels do not suffice to describe the glorious being that is I...

Originally Posted by Nervin

To add.. it's not that you don't listen to stuff that was never said.. (a beat) wait for it.. it's that she should never have to say anything.. Drum roll please.. Dunno how many times I have heard "I should have to say anything.." It's ok though.. as a guy I get to plead temporary selective ESP blockage due to an overload of nagging.. Heheheheh She has some come backs for me too... but darned if I didn't listen..

very true OR " you should have known" I didn't know mind reading was a pre requisite for a marriage. of course they can't read OUR minds now, can they?

Originally Posted by RogueRazor

very true OR " you should have known" I didn't know mind reading was a pre requisite for a marriage. of course they can't read OUR minds now, can they?

They don't need to read our minds, being on the same page means being on her page! Anything else is irrelevant!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I'm still not 'allowed' (yes, I'm shameful) to go grocery shopping because of ONE time in the early '90s when I blew the whole week's grocery money on gourmet food that lasted about two days. Anyway, anyone can call me anything they like but I am a complex organism and simple labels do not suffice to describe the glorious being that is I...

I'm no longer 'allowed' to do the shopping, because I showed the wife how to save money! She had a knee op some years back and I had to do everything around the house, including shopping. I did a stock take of fridge, freezer and pantry first, moved all the years old frozen meat to the front and went out to buy veges only (heaps of meat to use up). The next week I went out and replaced the tinned stuff used up through the week and more veges. Kept doing this for the several months that she was laid up and saved about $100 dollars a week. I bought only what was needed for the week and didn't waste money on all the junk that she buys...And now I live to regret it everyday...Perhaps I should have bought the occasional packet of crisps or chocolate bar for her, but I think it might have been the ice-cream withdrawals that blew it for me.


Mick