The Bottom Line

D. H. Lawrence once said, ~The source of all life and knowledge is in men and women, and the source of all living in the interchange and the meeting and the mingling of those two: man-life and woman-life, man-knowledge and woman-knowledge, man-being and woman being.~ Without a doubt, men and women have very different mindsets when it comes to certain aspects of life that may encounter similar situations, but the way it's handled is what makes the male and female species such interesting subjects to observe. For it’s when you take a step back and look at the big picture you can either laugh at how funny it actually is or scratch your head because of the confusing nature of it all. Essentially, the three specific aspects of life that men and women handle differently are smelling, eating, and talking.

If you think about it, men and women most definitely have different thoughts as to what makes a pleasurable smell and I do use the term pleasurable loosely. What do I mean? Well, women can have great satisfaction for hours on end when it comes to smelling such things as flowers, perfume, lotions, skin care products, hair care products, etc. because it gives off an alluring scent when it is applied to a particular part of the body, whereby attracting men towards them. Men, on the other hand. find that bad, awful smells are considered pleasurable in a morbid way and perfect examples are their own farts. All I'm going to say is that for some guys, they find it pleasurable in a sick and twisted way, to get any kind of reaction to the point where if tears are shed by their intended targets they've accomplished a great victory in their own mind.

I think men and women would agree that eating is something we both thoroughly enjoy, especially when its in the company of our friends. However, when it comes to getting our proverbial grub on men generally treat eating as a competitive sport rather than just a simple meal. For the type of eating establishment guys use as their so-called arena to gorge themselves in is a buffet and the supposed winner is the one who has used up the most plates. It would be safe to say that there are many women out there who have witnessed this and thought it's disgusting, stupid, as well as immature. For the most part, they're absolutely right, but from a guy's perspective its all about pride as one takes solace in the fact on that particular day he was the better man at stuffing himself and if the end result is getting sick to where he pukes his guts out then it was worth it.

Let me ask you this question, when it comes to having conversations as you eat with your friends, are you there for the food itself, talking with friends, or both? Women, more often than not, are both for the conversation and food and yet it oftentimes seems as if it's more about talking with each other to share what's been going on whereby the meal lasts a couple of hours, which shows how much spending time with each other is important. Men, on the other hand, gather together to primarily focus on the food itself and if there is any kind of conversation going on it consists of short, simple sentences with caveman-like grunts added in. Hey, its how guys are when women aren't around and the overall time spent with the boys is about 45 minutes to an hour, which shows that even though we don't talk to each other we communicate in other ways to show gratitude in each other's company.

In retrospect, there are so many aspects of life that men and women have different perceptions on that it just amazes you on what can actually learn from each other. As a guy, you just have to accept a woman for not only how they think or say when it pertains to raising children. decorating the house, etc., but also how they act when dealing with certain situations that may or more not have them overreacting to it. For women, they just have to accept us guys for the way we think, say, or do things even though it may not only make them angry, it also makes no sense at all to them that they just have to go with it because it's who we are. In the end, the bottom line is that men and women will always see, think, and do things differently in life/relationships that can get on each other's nerves, but if you're able to have a sense of humor about it then it's all worthwhile.