Men & Women...
NICKNAMES:
If Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle go out for lunch, they will call each
other Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle. But if Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack
go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as
Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Useless.
EATING OUT:
And when the check comes, Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack will each throw in $20
bills, even though it's only for $22.50. None of them will have anything
smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls
get their check, out come the pocket calculators.
BATHROOMS:
A man has six items in his bathroom-a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a
bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of
items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to
identify most of these items.
GROCERIES:
A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes out to the store and
buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are
half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything
that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart
is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course,
this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
SHOES:
When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, then slip on
Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks.
When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes
later, she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man
will wear the same pair of shoes all day.
CATS:
Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking,
men kick cats. (Yes!)
OFFSPRING:
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about
dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and
favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely
aware of some short people living in the house.
DRESSING UP:
A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage,
answer the phone, read a book, get the mail. A man will dress up for:
weddings, funerals.
LAUNDRY:
Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of
clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight
years ago, before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of
clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take
his mountain of clothes to the Laundromat. Men always expect to meet
beautiful women at the Laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by re-runs of
old episodes of "Love, American Style."
WEDDINGS:
When reminiscing about weddings, women talk about "the ceremony." Men talk
about "the bachelor party."