Crazy

 

I read a lot of articles online listing the worse things about being a woman ( I’m always curious what other women think are horrible about my gender ) and I also read the articles about the downsides of being a man.   I’ve come to the conclusion that both genders have their own complaints and honestly they are good ones. 

We all know that women collectively know that walking alone, especially after dark is like screaming ‘Victim here!”  I have not researched it, but I would guess statistically that most women are victimized or attacked in this scenario, why else would this be common knowledge?    On the flip side of that, men understand that women can be uncomfortable with a man following along behind them so they are hyper-aware and have to make a decision to either change course or speed up to pass the woman so as not to freak her out.   He may just be strolling down to the store for a Coke and a lottery ticket but if he steps on the sidewalk and falls behind a lone woman heading in the same direction, he is now faced with this dilemma.     Something for us women to think about while we are all bitching about how unfair it is that we don’t feel safe.

Not all women like to cook and they choose not to.   This is not a concept readily accepted.   At one time, it was the norm for women to cook and run the household, but we are in a different society.   If meals are being cooked at home, men are jumping up to the task because they have found they enjoy it!  This should not be a shocking revelation.  

Women are constantly getting frustrated with men for not understanding what they want, for not anticipating their needs.   Women are complicated.   We think about a million different things all at the same time, we work out solutions to problems before they can manifest into major issues.    We are strong and independent and we make sure men are aware of it.  Then we condemn them for not treating us like soft, precious, princesses that need to be rescued.    We cannot have it both ways, ladies.   If you want your man to know something.  TELL HIM.  Don’t play games, don’t hint, don’t leave clues lay around.  Just freaking tell him what you want.   

Men… stop calling women crazy.   We know we are crazy.  But calling us that is a trigger and it sets us off and makes us do and say things you regret.    If we are stomping around the house telling you nothing is wrong… WE ARE LYING.   Something is wrong and 99% of the time its something you did or didn’t do because you didn’t read our minds.    Sorry, but that’s how crazy works.    We know its not fair, but as women, we often are the ones getting the short end of the stick and I honestly believe that is why we are crazy.   

Wow, did you see how I did that?   I started this out making you think that this was all about both men and women and then turned it around to be about women putting up with men?    

That’s…. crazy……