Women on Time
When a man gets ready for an evening, it is a simple process. When a woman gets ready for an evening, it is major production.
Men go after preparation like they hunt. They target and acquire. Variety is limited, interest is limited, and time is limited. There’s always time before an evening to squeeze in a chore or advance a home repair project or finish one more errand. It’s a matter of efficiency.
Thirty minutes is all a guy needs to get ready. A quick shower, touch up shave, and put on the clothes for the evening. Choose the special occasion suit over the business suit. Done!
What most men need to change is their attitude towards women when it comes to preparation for an evening out. First, be prepared to wait. Waiting isn’t all that bad. Anticipation is part of the eventual value. Second, it is impossible to be complimentary when we are annoyed at being late for an event.
After all this historical tension between men and women preparing for an event is rooted in original creation. When God first created man He did so with functionality in mind. Man’s first chore was to name all of the animals. It was a task. It was a challenge. No problem for man. He was ready and willing to take on the assignment. In His mind it was well defined, measurable and well within his capability even though he had never done anything like this in his life.
When the animals were paraded in front of him, he named them appropriately. An elephant, a tiger, a giraffe, a monkey and so on and so on. One caveat that seems likely as well. He observed and distinguished that each set of animals had a male and female.
Imagine him at a pond and naming a frog, noticing again male and female. The frogs hop away and he sees his reflection in the water and whispers the word, “Man,” and wonders, “male only.” God takes one of his ribs and fashions the most beautiful of all creation and presents her to him and he is ecstatic! As I interpret the Hebrew into English, Adam says, “Whoa, Baby, you’re hot! Where have you been all of my life!”
Don’t miss it men. At the first presentation of the woman to man God took His time to prepare her while man took a nap during the whole process. Take it easy when she’s getting ready. It’s how God planned it from the beginning. Besides, that’s why women look so fabulous and we men just look the way we do.
