I Know Men & Women Are Different but …..

I saw something the other day that made me laugh. Let’s see if I can relay the events without getting into too much trouble:

I was driving down the road one afternoon and noticed three women rollerblading on the sidewalk. Actually the one who got my attention was crossing the street in front of my car at the traffic stop. She met up with her pals and that’s when I noticed that all three women were wearing the same exact style of outfit. They each had cutoff denims and they each were wearing bikini tops. Now think about that for a minute. There is no way that they each randomly dressed that way. Communication had to happen between them that this is what they were going to wear to exercise.

Why was this funny to me? I saw the women and smiled thinking what would happen if three dudes went rollerblading down the sidewalk all dressed alike. I can assure you some adjustment would have been made. Somebody would have to take one for the team. A shirt would have been pulled behind the head, one of the guys would go shirtless, or if nothing else, “ok, you go this way and we’ll go that way.” After all, everyone knows that if two guys dress alike it’s coincidence, if three guys dress alike they’d better be wearing uniforms with a guy wearing a whistle near by.

Let me tell you how many times I have called or spoken to another guy about what I’m going to wear………………. (you guessed it). Never, never, never. The only time that it’s okay for a guy to ask another guy about what they’re going to wear is if there’s a question about wearing a tie. That’s it. Anything else and you cross over the border to the “uncomfortable zone.”

Let’s face it, we’re different. So here we go, what are some of the things that make men different from women? I’m talking relational here NOT….. the other things. I’m going to start this list but I need your help, so here goes:

• (as stated above) Women can call each other to discuss what they’re wearing, men can’t
• If a man helps clean the house, he’s a neat freak. If he doesn’t, he’s a GUY. If a woman helps clean the house, she’s a woman. If she doesn’t, she’s a SLOB.
• If a man spits on a sidewalk, he’s gross but you forget about it. If a woman spits on the sidewalk, you break out the phone and start to twitter.
• Women make statements about going to the “powder” room and ask each other if they want to go. With men, once the need arises all communication stops until after the finish (this will vary somewhat if it’s common knowledge that everyone in the restroom knows each other)
• If a woman talks too much, she’s a gossip. If a man talks too much, he’s ….. I dunno, what do you call a man who talks too much? They’re just as guilty but we don’t call them gossips.

Now it’s your turn. Hundreds of books have been written about this but I’m looking for your observations. What’s different about men and women that you find FUNNY?