Showing posts with label communication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communication. Show all posts
So went this email volley with one of my friends out in Djibouti, Africa--(man, my kids love saying that word)
The last couple of days we have been discussing how different men and women can go at a discussion. He had contended how said male can remove his ass from a girl sling with a well placed term of endearment which took our conversation further into the whole Men are from Mars Women are from Venus insanity.
The last couple of days we have been discussing how different men and women can go at a discussion. He had contended how said male can remove his ass from a girl sling with a well placed term of endearment which took our conversation further into the whole Men are from Mars Women are from Venus insanity.
Read on....
Trey writes: Glad to hear that darlin'.lol. You know that's my favorite word?
It's kinda dangerous cause a lot of girls think that they are the only one I call 'darlin', but really I use it cause:
1) I have a horrible memory and when I first meet a girl it's a lot easier than sittin' there and goin' through my mental rolodex for her name and
2) no girl can stay mad at you for too long, if you call her 'darlin''.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hope
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:44 AM
To: Trey Sgt USAFRICOM CJTF-HOA
Subject: Re: (no subject)
darlin', baby, sunshine...
yup male asses out of slings for centuries on those three words..
Trey replies:
In my book sweetheart is second only to darlin'. I feel like a lot of younger guys have gotten away from using words like that and feel that it's my obligation to carry them on, lol. I won't argue that we need all the help we can get, but as a whole, women make it as hard as they possibly can.
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:02 AM
To: Hamilton, Howard Sgt USAFRICOM CJTF-HOA
Subject: Re: (no subject)
I forgot sweetheart.How could I forget sweetheart? Okay four words...which is good-- you boys need all the help you can get.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hope [mailto:hstrueby@aol.com?]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 6:45 PM
To: Trey Sgt USAFRICOM CJTF-HOA
Subject: Re: (no subject)
So
'Darlin''
Then 'Sunshine' and 'Sweetheart'
--depending on the delivery.
But you are right, I never hear these terms of endearment too often--
well sometimes Tony will use 'baby', but he IS a Missouri boy so well...there you go.
See,
I think the biggest problem between men and women is we don't speak each other's language,
but we operate under the misguided assumption that we are. I mean words we recognize are coming out of our mouths. We process them.
Then
BAM
someone is cryin' or picking up their clothes off the lawn.
Men say something and women hear something entirely different and vice versa...
Though I hold that women are more interested in trying to translate
and men are more interested in not needing to have the conversation in the first place...
Trey's rebuttal:
Possibly, but could this not be a direct result of the Male language being far easier to decipher than the Female language? I'm pretty sure that in a hundred thousand years, when archaeologists are studying the "cave paintings" in my house, they will look at mine and say, "this specimen here wanted to watch football, and drink a beer or two with his boys while enjoying the company of his lady friend". I'm sure they will look at those of my female counterpart and go,
"this female in question wanted to spend time alone,
but not just in the apartment,
she wanted to go out,
but not someplace super fancy.
Some place nice, but familiar.
She didn't want to have to say she wanted to go out,
he was just supposed to know when where
and how this was supposed to take place,
which implies that this species used some sort of telepathic communication which the male members of the species had not yet mastered."
--least, that's how they see it in my picture of the future,lol!
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We are both interested in reading what everybody has to say on this topic. I'm supposed to send him the comments so he can answer, so show the boy some love. You know you wanna!!!
Yeah, it's a tough job, but someone has to support them.
I'm such a giver.
Labels:
communication,
men,
women
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