A friend sent a link to me this morning leading to an article I got quite a kick out of.
Little did the friend know I had encountered two incidents this week that made me greatly question the "kahoo-hoos" that may or may not be possessed by a couple of male friends of mine.
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Among Mr. Foley's observations ....
"You have a joint e-mail account", "You have a different social group"
and "What you once took for granted is now a victory".
Most of his other observations were delightful and entertaining as well ...
but I'd like to throw out two that I've personally encountered in the last week.
1. "You delete a close friend of the opposite sex from your Facebook page because your significant other is discombobulated and untrusting of your platonic opposite sex relationships that do not include her."
**Suggestion: Introduce the girlfriend to your platonic friends of the opposite sex ... after you and your platonic friend have known one another for well over 20 years ...being dear friends with nearly weekly conversations for the last 4 or more of those years; it seems a little abrupt to "drop" the friendship only because your "still married" girlfriend that you've been dating for a couple of months has her feathers in a flutter.**
2. "You have messages like this one in the out box of your phone ...
"Please stop texting my man. Thanks a bunch! ;) Jane Doe"
"Please stop texting my man. Thanks a bunch! ;) Jane Doe"
...that were sent by your girlfriend when she went through your phone after you fell asleep."
**Suggestion: Well I think the real biggie here is gonna be, "Don't 'bed down' with "ladies" who are going to go through your phone after you go to sleep .... waking people as she replies to texts (a totally un-tawdry apology text of all things) at 4:30 in the morning - sent to "you" nearly a month ago." Let's face it, if she's snooping in your stuff while you're asleep.. you have much larger problems ahead of you, my friend. Aside from that, maybe you're behaving in a way that makes her feel distrusting of you. You should reassure her that she's your main priority, if she is. If she's not, that's something you should let her know as well.**
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My frustration over the situations that I encountered with these fellows ... both of whom I've know for at least 20 years ... has caused me to be in an awfully gruff mood today.
As I finished my cup of java and clicked around in the topic..
I found a question on Yahoo... Posted below
The Question: "Why do women ridicule men who are considered whooped on a woman?"
A FABULOUS quote from the replies, made by a user by the name of "Dubs".
A FABULOUS quote from the replies, made by a user by the name of "Dubs".
"It's more about shaming lack of personal autonomy
and becoming submissive which isn't really seen as a characteristic of masculinity."
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Dubs, whoever you are ... I couldn't have said it better myself!
