Are Men And Women Able To Agree On Anything?
It's almost miraculous that men and women can get along at all, much less live together. They are so different, it sometimes seems like there is nothing they can agree on.
Producers of TV shows understand these differences well and are very adept at making shows that both men and women can enjoy. They create characters who have personality traits that appeal to men and other traits that appeal to women. While a man might admire a leading man for his bravery, a woman may be looking at his vulnerable characteristics. In many ways, when men and women are watching the same show, they are reacting to very different dimensions of it.
In their daily lives, however, it's not as simple as that. Often it's a matter of give and take. Men have to tolerate women's quirks and women have to tolerate those of men. For example, there aren't many men who are overjoyed to see an expensive new vase on the living room shelf. Home decor accents just don't do much for most men.
Women find it equally frustrating when their husband wastes the household money she's been so carefully saving. A tree in the backyard has one dead branch on it. Instead of cutting it off with a hand saw, he goes out and buys a homelite chainsaw for the job. After that, it just sits in the garage. The man's 'inner woodsman' overrides his better judgment.
It's all kind of a comedy, really and that's part of the reason why men and women can't live without each other. Life would be pretty bland if women and men had the same kinds of desires. Opposites attract because they complete each other, not because they repel each other.
Of course, there are many areas in which men and women are in complete agreement. An outdoor loving couple will readily agree on buying a Schwinn mountain bike, for instance. Their matching bikes afford them the opportunity to explore the great outdoors together.
They may like different aspects of a bike ride on a bumpy mountain track, but they enjoy the trip together nonetheless. While the man might race at breakneck speed on the downhill slopes, the woman might stop to pick a flower and put it in her hair. At the end of the day, though, they sit down together and share their adventures together.
To complicate things further, men have a feminine side and women have a masculine side, too. Sometimes it's the girl who feels the need for speed while her partner enjoys a more leisurely pace, stopping from time to time to photograph the scenery. All of these differences make life the rich experience that it is.
