understanding men and ourselves

Philippines
October 14, 2009 9:30pm CST
never did it cleared my mind why men and women acts differently to any situation in life after reading this book. Always and always there's always a battle on why men can't understand us and why us can't understand men. some points which stuck my mind are: men can't guess what we want, what's bothering us, in short..THEY ARE NOT MIND READERS!!! We on the other hand wants be understood at all times no matter how unreasonable we are. And take note, we don't want to tell him, we expect him to know what's on our mind. another thing that we have to keep in mind is..we can think of two or more things at the same time while men cannot. Example..we can think how the kids are at home while at work, at the same time think about how our friend who has a problem with her husband, what to shop for dinner and consider if you have extra funds to treat the kids for a weekend at the beach. Men are different, while at work they focus on work, while fixing the car they can skip a meal just to finish what they are doing. we need to tell them that we miss to have dinner outside, to have a short time alone with them. They may seem insensitive at times but that's how they are. It was the best book i have read. I understand better now and can adjust more to the differences we have because..plain and simple...men are not women, just as women are not men..
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
15 Oct 09
Yeah, it's really funny though, perhaps it's the same reason why we can't live with them but we can't live without them. It's good to be reminded time and time again of how different we are. We just had a fight with my partner tonight because of these differences. Thank you so much for reminding me of what that book says. It's too bad I don't have the copy but I was able to read that way back in college, I guess I need to borrow that one again hehehe.. Thanks again!
• Philippines
9 Nov 09
i lost my copy too. twas borrowed bt was never returned. anyway guess whoever has it loves the book too. yeah sometimes we tend to demand for things that they have no idea of and we want them to guess what's on our mind. we are more on the emotional side while they are not. but when the do, they cry too just like us. one time i got so emotional why he hasnt come early when i told him i baked a cake, was so frustrated when he got home coz it's as if nothing is wrong with me.(stupid of me, how would he knows when it told him i'm okay when he ask me what's wrong) after a while i got to my senses and ended up my own misery by asking him to treat me for dinner coz he was late. hehehe!!! i still win didnt i?
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