The next day, as each party is contemplating the events of the prior evening, contrast develops. The girl tells her chicas about this amazing date, reporting all the little details about his eyes, hair, and, of course, his laugh. She ends her tale of the romantic evening by sharing how she felt and the exact scenery encompassing them as he kissed her goodnight under the dimming porch light.
Now, this is reality.
When the guy gives his account of the same evening to his crew, the real ending becomes a male fantasy. I just want to know, how did he make it from the first kiss to third base? Was the girl still involved at this point or had he recently purchased a slightly used blow-up doll off ebay?
It is a proven fact that boys mature later in life than girls, so I want to give you boys a bit of advice. Learn how to discuss problems and handle yourself with character; "[we] need soldiers who can stand up for [us] who have street credibility." http://youtube.com/watch?v=8n6bnlK5K2E&feature=related
Failure to mature usually produces those chumps who, in about 10-15 more years, will still find themselves living with mom, dating no girl, and developing their career as a fry cook at the local fast food chain.
Guys need to realize that sometimes you want to talk just to talk. They always end up saying something to the effect of, "We don't need to talk only to fulfill your pleasure. Discussions need a better purpose."
Ladies, next time you are confronted with this statement remember it, so that when they come back sometime in the near future to ask for sex you will be able to simply reply, "You know, I don't think we need to have sex anymore. There is not much of a purpose in you asking for sex other than to fulfill your pleasure." It's amazing how easily men can change their minds!
I swear to you though, all guys must be born with a multiple personality disorder. To your face, Prince Charming tells you that you are the "sag in [his] swag, the pep in [his] step, simply because you make [him] better." http://youtube.com/watch?v=SF1D0BTM5Lo. But all of a sudden when he is with his boys he becomes Pimp Daddy and you become a girl who begged him to "[come] into the candy shop, [so he] let you lick [his] lollipop." http://youtube.com/watch?v=rDFEoCOhRZQ
They can never make their minds up either; a psychiatrist might diagnose this as bipolar. One minute they whisper sweetly in your ear, "Oh baby, you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I want to spend every minute of the rest of my life with you. I will give you everything your heart desires and more."
Next, they are interrogating you, "Do you understand that my career is the most important thing I need to work on? I'll be home late so I can't talk. I'm working over time to pay the credit card bill. Why the heck did you buy the whole freakin' mall?"
"Why [does he have to] make things so complicated?" http://youtube.com/watch?v=kMvc2EVRg24 Well summer is soon arriving, and summer flings are on the brink of their premier, so watch out! Don't necessarily let "summer lovin" happen so fast.
Hold strong for the man you want and deserve. Let all the indecisive hunters know, "[you] are more than what [they] have made of [you]. Follow that voice they think [they] gave to [you] or else [you] will be moving on, if [they] don't and if [they] won't listen." http://youtube.com/watch?v=P1n1BWLsyHg
Please don't be the girls who will be crying in the fall because "He left? I just don't understand? Those were the best eight weeks of my life?"
Be the women who comes back confidently saying, "that fool actually thought he was gonna get something. Ha, what a sucker!" Have fun this summer. Build relationships that will last and friendships that cannot be torn. And stay tuned for more next semester.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that men and women are different species, but we are definitely at opposite ends when it comes to relationships. A lot of our differences can be harmless and can in fact help us find a happy medium.
I know it sounds like a lot of B.S., but let's look at some scenarios. Upon meeting Mr. Right, girls are inclined to go back to their girlfriends and brag about how sweet, funny, and charming their new man is. Meanwhile, the guy will go back to his buddies and say something like, "Yeah, she's cool."
It's kind of like that number in the movie Grease. Sandy is telling her new found friends about the boy she met over summer vacation and how they "held hands and drank lemonade." Unwittingly, Danny, the summer fling in question, is disclosing all of the fictitious "horny details" of the relationship to his friends.
Okay, maybe that's not the best example, but I completely understand why guys can be different people around their friends. Believe it or not ladies, we actually like good conversation, good humor and, yes, even those quiet moments when we feel like we're connecting. We just don't feel the need to go on and on about it with our bros!
Personally, I would be thrilled for my best friend if he found true love, but I wouldn't want to hear about how romantic his dates are. It's not that we don't have emotions, it's just that we don't express them as much.
Now before you play the machismo card, ladies, let me say this: When we do feel the need to talk to someone, the first people we might go to are our girlfriends. They tend to see us in a different light than our friends and may reserve criticism and judgment.
Let's go a little further into a relationship. The time we spend with a girl is going to be different than the time we spend with our guy friends, and it should be. We like going to dinner or a movie or dancing or whatever with our girlfriends, but when we're with our friends we get to do the things our girlfriends don't like to do.
For example, ladies, let's say your boyfriend is the type that's into stereotypical guy stuff like sports and cars. For the sake of argument, let's say you're not into those things. Are you really going to be into talking about Hemis and halfbacks? RPMs and RBIs?
You might think that sounds sexist, but let's put the shoe on the other foot. Would you be down with your man wanting to go out with you for an afternoon of shopping and manicures? What about girl's night out? I rest my case.
To put it simply, we complete the circle for one another. What we don't get from you, we get from our bros. What we can't get from our knucklehead friends, we get from you. If it can work for Danny and Sandy, it can work for anybody.
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