Letters to the Editor
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Congratulations for dipping your literate toes
into the age old quagmire that is the essence of relationships between the sexes.
I will only state that my perception of my own masculinity changes all the time, so there's no metric that is consistent.
And it's a constant process.
I suspect many here who leave their assumptions in place too long often bump their....er, noses...up against the reality that their relationship with the opposite sex has changed somehow.
Add to that a varying degree of introspection and that pretty well covers the spectrum of male responses to your initial supposition.
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"The culture of narcissism reigns supreme."
AKA, you probably know by now that I'm not one to not be disappointed by my fellow humans, so your pessimism about our society growing up is one I share to a great extent, except...there is no free lunch, and we can't behave like a collection of little spoiled brats forever without an opposite and equal reaction rearing up to spank us silly.
That reaction, or reactions, are upon us. Global warming. Peak oil. Drought. Economic collapse. Plagues. War. Those are all related, and they have at their core humanity's reckless disregard for anything but itself, most especially in ours, the most powerful and wasteful nation on Earth.
Whether we rise to the challenge of overcoming our own folly remains to be seen, but not for the first time, I am glad that I do not have children.
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@ phunkjnky
Darn it. It has taken you awhile, but you have finally pinned my down. ;)
First, since I am over 50, I am unlikely to end up with a husband who would change much except to decline into senility, but I will play along with you.
If a husband of mine suddenly had a yen for Cowboys wallpaper, I might first try to appeal to good taste. Then, I might encourage him to evaluated for mental disease. If that failed sway him, I would no doubt remember that I wanted a copper ceiling in the kitchen and dining room, a compete remodel in the kitchen with Amerigo-inspired granite countertops, sealed stained glass windows on the southeast side, some nice genuine mission furniture in the family room, a show quality Belgian Sheepdog, and a new Roomba. I think we might reach agreement. No doubt about it, I would drive a hard bargain. Of course, he would have the pleasure of enjoying all these things as well in the common areas which we used together.
If he denied me, I would encourage him to play lots of golf on weekends and I would probably start eyeing the pool boy.
Now there are limits. If we had grandchildren and he wanted to paper his wall with porn posters, I would probably visit a divorce lawyer.
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Durian Joe
Said:
"I am glad that I do not have children"
And I thought him & I would NEVER agree on anything!
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Oh I love the end of these letter threads.
Always a trainwreck involving the same 4 or 5 people on the same 4 or 5 topics.
Still, it's fun to watch...