My boyfriend likes to point out that men don't think like women. Every time I project my own feelings onto him he is sure to tell me that I can't assume things about his logic, as my way of thinking differs from his. Fair enough; I'll accept his premise. However, (in my defense) I'd like to point out that the opposite is true. Women think differently than men.
It's true, women are more emotional than men. Given our hormonal cycle, it's to be expected, correct? So why, then, do men become upset when women become (as they say) "irrational?" Being emotional and being irrational are two different things. I think of myself as the type of individual who thinks things through. I look at things from every angle and I tend to make decisions only after careful deliberation. Would an irrational person do that? Then again, I also have days where everything makes me cry, for no apparent reason, and usually by the end of those days, I'm a convulsing, hysterical mess. But I'm a woman and "all women are crazy" as my male friends say, so why are they always so surprised when the calm, composed woman falls to the wayside and the emotional, passionate one bursts forth?
If I have to put up with football every Sunday (complete with men yelling, drinking, belching, etc.) and do so graciously, why can't he put up with one or two days of me whimpering like a lost, lonely puppy? He's going to be a doctor, for God's sake... if he can't handle me, perhaps he should choose another profession, pronto!
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