Is There Anything That Men And Women Can Agree On?
When you stop and think about it, it’s almost a miracle that men and women can live together in harmony. They like such different things, how can they agree on anything?
Producers of TV shows understand these differences well and are very adept at making shows that both men and women can enjoy. They create characters who have personality traits that appeal to men and other traits that appeal to women. While a man might admire a leading man for his bravery, a woman may be looking at his vulnerable characteristics. In many ways, when men and women are watching the same show, they are reacting to very different dimensions of it.
In our daily lives, however, there are some things that men just have to put up with about the women in their lives and that women have to accept about their men. What man really gets a thrill when he returns home from a day at the office and finds that his wife has just bought a vase that cost about half his day’s earnings? Home decor accents are not exactly high on a man’s list of priorities in life!
Women often shake their heads in bewilderment when their husbands go out and buy a homelite chainsaw just because one branch of a tree needs cutting. They’ll use the saw once and then it will sit in the garage for years. What women don’t understand is that the man has been dying to work with a chainsaw and can’t resist the opportunity when it comes.
It’s all kind of a comedy, really and that’s part of the reason why men and women can’t live without each other. Life would be pretty bland if women and men had the same kinds of desires. Opposites attract because they complete each other, not because they repel each other.
Of course, there are many areas in which men and women are in complete agreement. An outdoor loving couple will readily agree on buying a Schwinn mountain bike, for instance. Their matching bikes afford them the opportunity to explore the great outdoors together.
They may enjoy different things about the outdoors. A man might see every downhill slope as an opportunity to risk his life while his wife or girlfriend stops to enjoy the view or pick some flowers. But when they reach the end of the trail, they share a bottle of water and stories about their ride.
Of course, it’s not all so black and white. There’s a mixture of male and female in all of us. Sometimes it’s the girl who wants to speed down the hill while the guy stops to take a photograph of the horizon. That’s the beauty of differences. They add dimensions to life that nothing else could.
