An expression of sympathy

[ailbhe]

I've been reading various mailing lists and other online communities, and I would just like to extend my sympathy to a particular subset of women: Those who have never met a competent man.

Oddly enough, most of the men of my acquaintance are quite capable of washing themselves, dressing themselves, feeding themselves, and even making sure that they have adequate clean clothes. Most of the men of my aquaintance try to keep in touch with people they care about, and tidy their living-spaces before guests come, and are quite capable of supporting themselves. Very few of them believe that women are helpless or useless, and most of them prefer ordinary-looking intelligent women to models of surpassing dimwittedness. Almost none of them notice or care about the kind or quantity of makeup a woman wears, though some of them can figure out lipstick if it's not too subtle. The men I know are just as capable as the women I know when it comes to caring for children for ten minutes or ten years, too.

So no, I don't actually know what you mean when you say "Ah, well, men, eh?"

Comments

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I've noticed this at my new workplace. The women sit around at morning and afternoon break bitching about their husbands and boyfriends. I don't say much because I don't have anything to bitch about, and I know from experience that if I _say_ that I don't have anything to bitch about then I'll get snarky comments like "aren't you the lucky one then". Well no, I'm not lucky. And I'm convinced that d_h isn't all that unusual, either.

[ailbhe]

Smile sweetly, and say "No, just picky."

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Mrrrrow. :) Good one -- thanks!