What is it about men?

MEN

...just the word makes me sigh and think uh, hmmmm.

(I know this pic doesn't quit show what I wanted.)

"they" have written all kinds of books like "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus" - which I have not read. I have heard the phrase "Men are like spaghetti and women are like waffles"...that too may be a book.

They, men, truly are a conundrums!! I had the odd experience of seeing, mostly hearing, 2 men in their "guy" time. I am almost having troubles articulating what I think and feel after having seen that.

1) Of course they talk about the things that are of interest to them -I assume. Many topics included beer, motorcycles, food, women (we won't go there), "different" friends etc. But the biggest thing I noticed is that when they were working on and talking about their specific motorcycle. They could not talk about another topic at the same time. Every time they talked about something other than the one motorcycle they had to stop, stand, talk and only after their story could they resume work on the motorcycle. The only thing that they seemed to be able to do while talking was drink beer. Finally, 4 hours later they finished what they were doing with their bike.

2) The other thing that I observed was that men can and will scratch WHATever and WHENever they please. They will burp, fart and pee outside in front of WHOMEVER they want. As though walking the 30 feet inside to use the bathroom was too hard. And this seems to be a multi-aged thing. My husband once told me a long time ago of his friend whom is in his 70's that on a visit here at MY house peed in MY back yard...when the bathroom was literally a stone throw away... And my husband...get this...felt honored!!! HONORED! As though it is a right of passage of some kind. You have finally reached manhood or considered to have a place of manhood if you have friends PEE in your yard.

You never see girls doing that unless they are in the woods and have no alternative. Best friends will rarely pass gas ... notice that - PASS GAS -in front of each other...and you know we all gotta do it! I have heard stories of men who have just started working together and will fart any time the urge strikes. Anytime...I'm not kidding. Makes me wonder what actually will embarrass a man.

3) I have observed on numerous occasions a man will take something apart, put it back together and almost always have parts left over and sometimes a handful, A HANDful of parts left over. What is that? To me that is concerning...I guess not so much if it is something little and it works fine afterwards...but lets say ... a car. Uh, shouldn't those parts be put back...and if one man does it do ALL men do that? Are there garages with barrels full of left over parts that never find their rightful place or owner? And then what happens to these parts?

But what AMAZES me most is that these same men as far off as mars as they can be are the same men that can sweep us off our feet and cause us to devote our lives to. They are the same men that dance with their daughters and hold you tight at night. The same men that pick up their sons with full pride. They are the same men that with strong hands build our homes and a soft touch that melt our hearts.

See...a conundrum!

Laura ;)