| Jul 6, 2006 @ 8:25 PM |
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raykl
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1. We don't really understand what you're talking about.
Yes, we listen to you, agree with you and shake our heads yes. But we have no clue, we probably don't think it is that important to us and chances are that women don't want us to understand them anyway.
2. We're are afraid of commitment, even after we've made one to you.
We love you. You're wonderful. Most of the time we're happy that we've made a vow to be faithful to you in front of our known world. But we didn't spend our years thinking, "Gosh, I just can't wait to settle down with a nice girl so we can live happily everafter." Instead we spent our time thinking how many women who resembled Faith Hill we could have sex with before we died. This is why it takes us a little longer to take this big step.
3. We actually do fish, bowl, play poker, golf, etc. to get away from you.
The point is, those things are not about those things. It's about you, the house, the kids -- and the absence thereof.
Feel free to find your own escape from reality.
4. Yes, we do look at other women even when you are with us -- but it doesn't mean we want to leave you.
If you do not catch us, it is because we have developed this fantastic peripheral vision and the ability to check out any woman within one second and decide how much fun it would be to spend two hours with her.
Why? You Jane- Me Tarzan.
5. We will never grow up because we do not want to.
This is why we are so good at playing with our children. It is our excuse to do the things that we always enjoyed doing. Women do grow up, this is why they make better mothers.
If you let us be dumb guys, if you tolerate the stupid things we do, if you encourage us to do those stupid things, we will love you forever for it.
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:27 PM |
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painter007
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Men are the best really...They just tell you like it is....so easyyyyyyyyy
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:31 PM |
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parTgirl
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that was awesome, and so true
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:34 PM |
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spongebob777
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This is why we are so good at playing with our children. It is our excuse to do the things that we always enjoyed doing. Women do grow up, this is why they make better mothers.
If you let us be dumb guys, if you tolerate the stupid things we do, if you encourage us to do those stupid things, we will love you forever for it.
AMEN 
And now for the mans prayer
I'm a man
I can change
if I have to
I guess.
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:38 PM |
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Cupcake43130
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Great post and very well said. Couldn't have come at a better time for me.....now I know a little better what to expect in my new romance!!!!!!
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:45 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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If that is universally true (I truly believe it is not) then I am becoming a lesbian.
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 10:48 PM |
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southernlady238
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I'm laughing too hard to comment. 
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 11:07 PM |
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Jankia
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Understanding SOME men.
1-2 and 3 to me are are bull.
In not trying to down you personally,we have a clue...when we want to have one. 
Real men arent afraid of commitments made,we honor them.
We fish,bowl and play golf because we love doing it.
Do I get to keep my membership at the Possum Lodge Spongebob?
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 11:15 PM |
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holding4u
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Wow, Ray - now I really understand why I don't date. I don't understand men. 
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 11:19 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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yeah seriously...
i've understood men much differently than this but then again my only serious boyfriend was Oedipus reincarnate with girl issues, so......maybe I don't understand men.
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| Jul 6, 2006 @ 11:20 PM |
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UpbeatGalinSC
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I love this post, Ray. It's exactly the reason I have more guy pals then gal pals. I posted the following in a blog:
Men's Rules Woman Should Learn
Ladies, Learn it, Live it, Love it,,,
Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not considered by us to be opportunities to see if we can find the perfect present . . . . again!
Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her.
Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
We don't remember dates. . . .Period!!
Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We've been tricked before!!
If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic.
You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends.
ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothings wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.
Foreign films are best left to foreigners. (Unless it's Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn't really matter what they're saying anyway.)
BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know, it's like camping.
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 12:11 AM |
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parTgirl
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I like this one:
5. We will never grow up because we do not want to.
^^^^^
I refuse to grow up, will always be 'young at heart'
you gotta have fun and if you don't have fun, it's B-O-R-I-N-G
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 11:45 AM |
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becca65
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not all men are the same. some are more men and some more boys.
Its 2006 and women get to choose. The boy type or often called man-child
often do not end up in good or lasting relationships.
As women get older ( by mid to late 20's) they are less likey to tolerate a man
who is a hassle to be with and the man-child gets left.
Most divorces are initiated by women, not men, so the men who choose to not grow and become men are often left as women find more suitable men who will be partners to them and not additional children.
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 12:16 PM |
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uab_5
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I liked UpBeat's post best. 
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 1:00 PM |
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tahoma
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UpBeat ROCKS!!!!
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 1:05 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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i like becca's
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 1:05 PM |
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donttrip
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upbeat no true words ever spoken. I love you lol
keep speading the word.
Out of the Box YAY
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 2:31 PM |
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Firefaerie
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Upbeat .... awsome post.... 
I couldnt do better even if I tried......so I wont... 
Why do everybody, grab weapons and armor during a relationship anyway?
There must be a special store for that, huh? 
" Love is a battlefield .... " --- famous song ---
Is it really that bad ? <   >
later.
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| Jul 7, 2006 @ 8:13 PM |
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WickedWench
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UpBeat that rocked.
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| Aug 2, 2006 @ 8:37 PM |
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passionateship
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I don't usually join in on something like this but this one I had to bite into. You said nothing about men that I didn't already know, you just said it in a way that I have never had it put to me by a man.  I have read several of your posts and loved the way you articulate. Maybe I am a little wiser now than before but I can not disagree with a thing you have said and I find that very hard to get a grip on. Men are just little boys in very nice bodies and I enjoy every inch of them. Your honesty about all of that is what really turns me on. I can appreciate a man who knows who he is and what makes him what he is. I just like to sit back and enjoy all of that. I don't want to take a man by the horns, I just want to see him run with whatever it is he has going and enjoy it when he comes back. And he will come back, if for no other reason than because I am still there and enjoying my own space at the same time.
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