Do you remember raising children?
”Do you think girls are harder to raise than boyse?” a friend of mine asked me the other day. “No. not really. “ I replied. “Isn’t there more to worry about with girls?” she inquired. “I don’t see how you can figure it that way,” I answered. You know the mother of every boy is burdened with the task of trying to raise the world’s first really. decent man. “ That is true she said thoughtfully. All men are horses rear ends in one way or another, don’t you think so?” “Well, no, I don’t think all men are. Many of them I know would need at least two promotions to reach that level, I said. But enough of them are horse’s rears that if horses rears ever learn to fly. every gin office, baseball park, barbershop,, and other places where predominantly men hang out will have to immediately apply to the FAA for an airfield license.” “ Is there anything good about men?” she asked. “ Of course there is.” I said. “Just look at it this way men are good for all the things women aren’t.” We walkedt on in silence for a while and she looked timidly toward me, started to speak, hesitated, and finally blurted, “But I can’t think of anything that we women can’t do!!” “ Sure.you can, just think! “They can get positively livid with anger and never cry. Just show me a woman who can do that. Men can sit through a whole weekend of mindless football games and wrestling matches, they know how to talk to a used car salesman and get the salesman to come down to the price we women knew the cars should be, but can never get the salesman to agree to, they are pretty good at really messy jobs because most of them do not mind being slobs, and of course there is their supreme achievement, only a male can become a daddy or make us a mommy.” “ Why do you suppose they act so superior when their talents are so few?” My friend asked with genuine interest. “ We women actually taught them to act like that If we don’t let them think they are superior they pout and make life miserable for us. It’s just easier to live with them if we let a few myths persist in our relationships. Things like allowing them to believe they are part of management, pretending they are the strong ones when we actually know who emotionally supports whom. Hom, and allowing them to enjoy their own overgrown boys games.” “ Do you mean you don’t ask your husband before making major purchases?”she gasped. “ Let me put it to you this way, I said, I grew up with six Big Brothers, have lived in many years with a husband, raised two sons, and helped raise 2 nephews and two nieces and there is one piece of advice I will stand sure on. “ When you are dealing with a man it is always easier to get forgiveness than permission .” Footnote: this article only applies to men you do not know. It has no bearing on the worth of my husband, my sons, are the men who faithfully visit my page and read the stuff I write. So please don’t get your feathers ruffled, in fact, any resemblance to any male living or dead is purely coincidental I will now untuck my tongue from my cheek and begin preparing the next thing that will be posted here sometime in the future providing that any of you come back to read the stuff I write. Bye now!