I give up – I will never understand men
I don’t understand men, and where in blazes is the handbook? How can we have evolved alongside each other for hundreds of thousands of years and not have a CLUE? I don't even understand my male friends any more.My brother was full of advice. “Always tell the truth, say what’s on your mind, and tell a man what you want, we’re not psychic.”
Yeah, THAT worked. We fell out a few years back and he hasn’t spoken to me since. Family inheritances cause way more trouble than they’re worth, by the way. Cut your kids out, leave the money to charity.
Without him there to translate men to me I gave them a wide berth for some years. That all changed in 2014 through a series of events and by the time 2015 crawled out its nappy I was with a man who was so violently, passionately and intensely in love it was frankly unnerving. Because I don’t understand men at all I thought he was in love with me
but turned out he was violently, passionately and intensely in love with my pedestal and one day I suddenly had a lot of time on my hands. 
A casual long-term friend of mine was going through a breakup and we joked that we would date each other until we’d got used to be being single again. He’s pure rocket-scientist, complicated, difficult, and 15 years younger, nicely distracting, but then that got intense as well. Ohhhhh no. No more intense, thanks. We did eventually struggle back to the more comfortable status of friends (phew) and I said that’s it, not again.
Then I met a third man (I know. IN A YEAR. It’s raining men) funny, generous, wicked, and tailor-made for me - and for the next year he will be working in some fairly peculiar and VERY distant parts of the world.
So I’m officially handing in my lipstick. That’s my new year resolution – giving up on men, instead focusing on good works, and becoming rich, successful and uncomplicatedly happy. Well, that’s the idea. So if any one of you see me flirting here on CS, just wag a finger at me
and point me back at this blog. Deal? Ta.
Comments (74)
" I'm gonna bang you like a hammer on a bed of nails"
Not that it is something I need to worry about in 2016.
They say women understand women more than men ever could...not so sure about that
But Blue's simple formula did worked for me...keep his stomach full and empty his sack...
Not at me, of course. Just what I've heard.
Eleg, would you like some grizzly coffee? The blue man decided to keep his cup! Haha
as for leaving it all to charity...
couldn't agree with you more
Alittle is better than not atall Blue
Those relationships do often fall down when they become full-time. But they are a great way to get to know someone really, really well. In some ways. You talk way more about things than in 'real' life.
You can't! Especially not when he's so crazy about you!!
What is to understand?...just go with the flow!!
Always tell the truth, say what's on your mind, and tell a man what you want, men aren't psychic. That was my brother's advice, and it works for me. A nuisance at times, but in the long run, best. And the truth is that I don't want a year of living around visits, and wondering the rest of the time whether some foul woman won't leap out of those faraway bushes and grab him because his sack is full. A man can say he is in a relationship as much as he likes, there are women that ignore that and hunt them down, and I don't like the thought of living with that.
So we are friends, good friends, and will see each other when we can, and at the end of the year move forward, if there is a way forward.
Night!!
Sheesh. Go already. I'm coming back as often as the Rolling Stones.
It'd have spared me a lot of misery!
Dont worry about it too much... Men dont understand women either!
Men don't understand us women.
So I think we are both about even.
I'd suggest you offer to teach me about women in return, but you've already said you don't understand them yourself. Rumour also has it the course is nearly 50 years long, and costs a fortune. However, if you could pull together a seminar or two I will definitely consider giving you a discount on my fee.
Sola: how disappointing, I thought if any men understood women it was charmers like you
Unl: too right. Let them worry about us instead. Or not worry about each other, just ricochet on until someone suddenly makes sense
CC: part of what makes the whole thing interesting, I guess. I don't understand anyone.
Chrome: definitely too good an offer to miss - depending on the price.
And now I have less than 6 hours to flirt before I put all of that behind me, and a choice of about 20 blogs to wish everyone a happy new year.For anyone who stumbles across this one, may the Force be with you in 2016, and may your lum aye reek.