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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Not easy being male
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sometimes single men and women make so many assumptions about each other. We think we have dated just about every type of man or woman out there. Then we let our experiences teach us what we need to know about the opposite sex. Of course, we definitely want to learn from all those dating misadventures, but shouldn’t we draw a line somewhere? How can we navigate the dating scene without stereotyping and assuming things about people we date?
I remember reading about a female journalist who posed as a male for an entire year, then wrote a book about her experiences. She infiltrated the male world to learn what it was like to be a man. When it came to dating, she actually learned a lot about being a man on the dating scene.
It’s men who frequently suffer rejection - and the supposedly emotionally in-tune women are extraordinarily self-absorbed. Ouch, extraordinarily self-absorbed? I wonder if she ran into the “high maintenance” type?
Women are responsible for some of the hostility they encounter while playing the dating game. Now, I have to cop to this one. I certainly lived in Hostile-ville after break-ups before. This is when you have to pull yourself off the market to regroup!
She also sat through a couple of boring dates with women: “I listened to them talk literally for hours about the most minute, mind-numbing details of their personal lives. Listening to them was like undergoing a slow frontal lobotomy”. Ok, I have to admit that one cracked me up! I can soo become The Rambler around guys that make me swoon. Yea, I’m guilty as charged!
Guys, what do you think of the journalist’s realizations about being a man?
Are there other things about your dating life that women don’t realize, but should know?
Do you think women make unfair assumptions about you? Does it bother you? Do you ever call anyone on it?
Ladies, if you could become a guy for a day, what type of guy would you be? Why? If men were to walk a mile in your heels, what female myths would get dispelled?
Do you ever think that men make unfair assumptions about you? How do you handle it?
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