Tuesday, April 21, 2009

From Dad

My father sent me this email on Monday, and, with his permission, I share it here, hopefully for a good laugh. If it offends you greatly, it's his fault...

MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE

NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32..50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.
DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

(My favorite part is the one about kids--vaguely aware of short people in the house! I'm always tripping over them and wondering who left them lying around.)

5 comments:

jlbunting.com said...

This is always a fun read. It is so true! Especially in my house, the one about the man paying $2 for a $1 item he needs and a woman paying $1 for a $2 item she doesn't need. It happens here all the time! At least he's a good sport and goes with me to Bath and Body Works when I have my coupons. :)

Summer said...

I love it!!! Except for the one about women deteriorating during the night...I just don't believe it!

Carma said...

Made me laugh. And how could anyone be offended by it? It's all true!

pinky said...

Loved the bulk of it - with the exception of this one:
"Women somehow deteriorate during the night." - I resemble that remark! I see Summer doesn't believe it - but then she's still young.

Jon and Chelle said...

My fav is the Bathrooms part. Jon has more in his bathroom simply because I re-stock it from time to time with things that smell good. Once he ventured into my bathroom and he came out perplexed because I have 2 toothpastes. (I use one kind at night and one kind in the morning).