What I've learned about men and marriage

[godwulf]

lumberjim wrote:

if we WERE like women, they'd leave us for the "bad boy" type forthwith

But what if we were, like, really bad women?

But seriously...

There's probably some linkage (god, did I really use that word?) between the whole 'women like bad boys' thing and the 'women want men to be more like they are' thing, but it's confusing and I'm not really sure what it is. Maybe we're talking about two distinct groups of women here, because it's difficult to reconcile the two - at least in my head.

I know that it was thoroughly trashed by the critics and has a bad reputation, but I have always been very fond of the Ellen Degeneres movie "Mr. Wrong". Bill Pulliam plays a guy who is not only devoted to the Ellen character to the point of obssession and willing to do anything she wants him to (except to go away), he is also the original bad boy from Hell and a complete psychotic nutcase. He's like both the very empathetic ideal and the 'bad boy' ideal, blended together and carried to the farthest extreme possible, but in a funny way.

Beestie wrote:

Men don't empathise - they fix stuff. If women want their tire changed, call a man. If they want to talk about how bummed they are that they have a flat, call another woman. Pretty simple, actually. Zebras have stripes. Leopards have spots. What's so hard about keeping that straight?

Eloquently stated and 100% true.

"Oh," she said, "but I want my husband to also be my best friend and confidante." Yeah, and I want my lawnmower to play music and dispense hard lemonade...what's your point?