Today is a wonderful day.  The Accounts are busy - so no one's bothering me for obscure data.  My Boss aka Mogambo has not come in and not called me even once.  Sure gives me an unflattering estimate of my importance in the company - but WTF, the pay is good.  So I am doing what I enjoy most - blogging, hehehe on company time.

I came upon this news article which says there are 78 differences between women and men.  WTF? 78!!!!

You know why men and women have to get along? Apart from the fact that it is only by being together they can make babies I'll be danged if I know why.  What I do realise is that life without having men to piss me off would have been boring.  Differences as I see them .... (Disclaimer - This is partly true if not totally so )

Communication : DIL comes home and launches on to a long and detailed talk about what her boss said, how a colleague reacted, how the designing skills (she's an interior designer) of so and so sucks etc etc.  Son comes home and you ask "How was your day?" Reply "Good", and you try again "So what did you do" Reply "Nothing"  Suddenly he becomes aware of two pairs of female eyes boring into him and he looks up from the fridge that he's exploring, is totally confused and says "What's with you women anyway?"

Clothes : Men don't discard clothes.  Somehow the older the jacket is, the more they is attached to it.  It becomes an old pal and provides comfort to its male owner.  There is a Stetson which has not been worn in recent memories - but it will not be discarded.  DIL and I are considering murdering and burying it in the jungle in the dead of the night.  One day we just might commit this crime.  Please bail us out when we do it.  We women on the other hand think clothes are radioactive with a cupboard life of a season.  We do everything to consume the said clothes before the "Best Before" date, so that we avoid contamination.

Making Friends : When B and I met for the first time 30 years ago, we really hit it off and by the end, we knew that we would be friends.  We had our ups and downs but we are friends and we say so.  Kid#1 has a childhood mate, born in the same lane that we lived in four months after Kid#1.  They meet every weekend,  they will confess stuff they wont even admit to themselves, bail each other out, support each other in times of trouble call each other names but they never say they are friends.  I guess 30 years down the line they will get totally drunk and one of them will say " You know, for some one who's such an asshole, you're okay".

Gossip with others of same sex : Guys talk about cricket, WWE, cars, money and women.  They dont know that much cricket, wrestling or even what is under the bonnet of their own cars.  They dont have the kind of money they love to talk about and they lie about their escapades with women.  Women talk about clothes, mother in laws, scandalous stuff in the neighbourhood and sex.  And their talk about sex is detailed and graphic and the total truth.

Handling break-ups : When a relationship ends, a woman will cry her heart out, call other women friends and pour her heart out, bitch, eat chocolate, write a long prose or poem titled "All Men Are Jerks" and then get it out of her system with a shopping binge.  Then she gets on with life.  Men cant.  First its difficult for them to admit its over.  Then after six months of the break up, one drunken night, totally sozzled they'll call up the woman at 2 and weep and rant " I hate you, you totally ruined my life.  You are a floozy/bitch/barracuda.  I'll never forgive you.  But I want you to know there's still a chance for us". 

Weddings : Guys get married for a regular sex life.  Women get married for the ceremony, the shopping and the jewellery.  Dont bash me up C'mon admit it!  We love the ceremony and the dolling up.  Oh yes, we also get married because our parents put insane pressure on us to get married.

Sex : This is from the link given above : Women use sex to get what they want.  Men cant, because sex is what they want.  The truth is that sex is the main thing on a man's mind, whereas relationship is what is on the woman's mind.

Cleanliness : Men can not see clutter or dust even if it danced a jig and sang in high falsetto.  Women can see dust on pelmets and behind the curtains.  Actually men can not see pelmets or curtains either.

Fear Factor : Women fear the intangibles, the dark, being alone, looking fat, other women's opinions.  Men fear the tangibles ... their wives and mothers - and may be death and disease

Bling : Women love shiny expensive stuff like gold and diamonds, glitter, bright colours and cuddly toys.  Normally men run a mile to avoid them