I realized a long time ago that certain things that people do, and my reaction or my rationale of these are not similar to anyone I know. Am I different? Am I stubborn? I remember when I was in Standard 9 a girl by the name of Liesl at a winter weekend Veldschool told me I was “as obstinate as a horse”. Mind you, this person had only met me a couple of hours; she was from a school in Portch and I was from a Rustenburg school. I decided on that day to name any girl child of mine after her! LMBAO!
Anyways, I am willing to understand and learn something from anyone that can help…
TOILET SEAT
I just don’t get a wo/man’s reaction to a man leaving the toilet seat up. Don’t try the biology route because you will lose me. Just try to explain to me why the wo/man’s blood pressure and temper has to flare when s/he finds the seat up? Why make a fuss about it? Why not just put it down, do your business (if that was the plan), close it (as you like it) and forget about it? Why scream, holler, give lessons on hygiene and be stressed about it?
CHANNEL FLIPPING
I don’t get people who get angry at people who channel hop. Why watch the Frisco advert, wrestling preview or Steven Seagall movie preview 70 times when you can check if another channel has something interesting for that 30 seconds (sometimes 3 minutes)? Why subject yourself to such torture? You may even find another even more interesting ad break on another channel.
THINGS MEN DO
Men forget! They are often not as sentimental as women are. SO why women get worked up when a man forgets a day or moment she regards as important and he doesn’t. To be fair, we (as women) have a lot of those important days or moments eg the first day you met, your birthday, the first day you kissed, the first time you left a toothbrush at his place, the first day he watched your favorite movie with you. It IS a lot! Why not remind the dude a couple of weeks before of this date and hint at what would make you feel special? It doesn’t lose the “sentiments”, does it? Why get upset at him for 3 weeks and torment him on his “lack of caring” and “not loving you enough to remember”?
GUYS NITE OUT
Wo/men tend to get upset when a partner has a guys nite out. Why? I mean you DO need to spend some time apart, to have separate interests and be with your friends. Why make a big deal about it when a partner wants to have a guy’s nite out? I know of colleagues who can’t go out on the Friday with their friends because the partner calls just before Friday knock-off time (around 4:15pm) to say “Sweetheart, please bring us some nice take-away after work. I am too tired to cook today” knowing full well that this is a way of saying “Get home in time for the kids to have their usual supper at 6:30pm and forget those friends!” Why? Why can’t s/he order Mr Delivery or take the kids out for supper for a change! The partner just needs to call 45 minutes before her/his usual get home time to say “Lovey, I am just having a drink with Tumi and Tshepiso. I will be home later than normal”.
THAT is my list! It is longer than this, of course, but this is my critical list. Enlighten me, bloggers, what am I not getting? Why am I not getting it? I did say I am a willing student. Tell me your list so that I could enlighten you, if I can.
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