A Better Man

"All I care to know is that a man is a human being---that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.  I can get right down and grovel with him."  -Mark Twain's Notebook

Mr. Twain, that's alright for men, but what about women?  Are women human beings or another species altogether?  This has been debated by men for thousands of years.  It all started when when Eve came around that boulder with her new hat and Adam said, "You are absolutely beautiful, but who in the world are you?"

Men are always a little puzzled by women.  Sometimes they are a lot puzzled.  In the movie As Good As It Gets, Jack Nicholson, who plays a writer, is just leaving the publisher. The young female receptionist asks Nicholson a question.
Receptionist:
“How do you write women so well?”
Nicholson:
“I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.”

Based on my last blog about manners, a friend suggested that I am a better man than my wife.  I am.  I always have been and always will be.  In this one area I excel.  I am a better man than Patricia.  In all other areas I retire from the field.

For example, woman are much better at apologies.  Men always hem and haw and look ridiculous.  Women just come right out and say, "I am so sorry I hit you with that brick.  I was mistaken.  You looked like a terrorist at the time, and you scared me.  You shouldn't scare people.  Now that I see you are harmless and a little pitiful looking, I regret my rashness.  You must forgive me and come over for fried chicken on Sunday evening."  What can the poor man say?

Like all men, I grovel with you.