Sunday 11 March 2007

The Cardinal Rule

The first post must expound the cardinal rule in the male-female dynamic:

WTm ‡ WTw

where

WTm = man's way of thinking
WTw= woman's way of thinking

Yes, shock, horror - women and men think differently! This may seem obvious, but it's amazing the problems that are caused when this simple rule is forgotten. For example, when a guy meets a woman and they get on well initially, chances are that the woman thinks that this is an interesting, stimulating conversion with an intellectual equal. Meanwhile, the man would usually be thinking about how he can get her naked!

If only I had a Euro for every time a woman has told me that she could not figure out what's going on in the mind of her beau, especially in the early days of a romance*! Mind you, us guys are also easily flummoxed by the object of our affections for exactly the same reason. We tend to try to impose our way of thinking on our amour, rather than trying to think like they do. It is easier said than done; many women refuse to believe men think like the Neanderthals we basically are and most men don't realise that women don't think in the same base terms as themselves. However, to have any hope of figuring the other half out, think like them you must!


*The basic rule in this scenario is if he's interested, he'll hang around/call. If he isn't, he won't!

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