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Ladies Only question: How the hell do you tolerate us men?

Asked by zen_ (6281points) September 2nd, 2010

We’re pigs, we know.

We do the most horrible things, including, but not limited to, asking questions about women, and then excluding women from the conversation.

We fart, belch, leave dirty socks on the floor; never once lifting a finger to help with the kiddies or grocery shopping, preferring to spend the entire day scratch and sniffing while playing that video machine game (I forget its name).

—Truth be told; as a single dad of two, with the mom out of the picture the last seven of the twelve years, I’ve been pretty busy doing women’s chores. Yeah: you read right. I can’t afford help, and the g/f’s I’ve had I haven’t let stay over – preferring to raise the kids that way.

I’ve been cleaning and cooking, making beds and doing laundry – usually all alone – while the princess FB’s and does her nails. The prince does a few dishes, but usually just plays b-ball. Which is fine; it’s what I call “life” – and I am not complaining.

I’ve had to compromise, sacrifice, but I’ve been given so much love in return from them, that now that they are all grown up (well, almost) – and I’m still young enough (that was the plan – and it worked) I can start dating and all options are open; to live with her, for her to move in with me, and even to start another family.

Right now – it’s with a woman who can’t have more babies, but whom I have known for about 8 years – and it’s going great, thanks. Those who are new here, like mamcakes or something, or those who were offended somehow by my tongue in cheek Q Men Only – well, sorry. It was a joke/rant thought that went horribly wrong – mostly by Feminists and Lesbians who then disappeared from fluther anyway.

I’ve seen it all in the long, long time I’ve been here – and those who know me – know I mean no harm and am the first to apologize – and sincerely, at that.

The rest of you, well, kiss my ass. And here’s a dime – get a sense of humour. ZEN OUT

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29 Answers

faye's avatar

Glad to hear it’s going great. We could all use a good sense of humor- I was soooo cranky today!

zen_'s avatar

^ Thanks dear.

Tell me about your day – this thread is wide open. I’m listening.

janedelila's avatar

Oh sweet baby, you are doing just fine and have nothing to apologize for. I hear ya with the alone thing, and nice you found someone you can tolerate. (Her too). I believe that may be the secret, find someone you can love and tolerate.

kevbo's avatar

I agree. Bad behavior. Disappointing is putting it beyond mild.

MyNewtBoobs's avatar

I’m a sucker for a good cock.

janedelila's avatar

@papayalily Heh heh…yeah that too. Tolerance, love, and a good cock.

zen_'s avatar

He he. Gotta love women; always surprising.

MyNewtBoobs's avatar

@zen_ I’d like to say that I’m not that shallow, but after that, everything is personality and wading threw all the crappy men to find the few good ones – just like with finding women.

Mom2BDec2010's avatar

Cant live with men cant live without them :)

jazmina88's avatar

what did you call it…schtick?
I like men’s schtick….but the rest of it….meh.

Yeah, women are totally nuts. But men are barbaric. Their schtick is just as schticky.

I have those Charlie Brown moments where i just hear the teacher….“meh meh meh”

I love you zenny!!! peace, love and happiness

DarlingRhadamanthus's avatar

I love men, Zen. Just cannot live with them.

If the only problems I had with dating men…were that they passed wind and did not pick up socks….I could probably deal with that. It’s the lying and the cheating and the cheating and lying not to mention the tri-lateral abuse. Leaving socks on the floor? Not grocery shopping? Not sweeping? Or running the dishwasher? That’s a cupcake of a man in my book.

Zen…you are a,sweetheart. I am chuffed that you are finding love/lurve/loff at this stage in your life. You did a great job with your children, you did it with great passion…and now its time for you. I am just thrilled that Cupid has shot his dart…and it went straight to your heart and not your bum. :)

It gives all of us hope…but when that times comes for me (if I should ever be so graced)....I still will live alone…. with him down the street. Or in separate houses. Just in case. :)

(I am not referring to the great men that I have had as friends…both gay and straight. They are in a league of their own and I adore them. They give me hope, too.)

rooeytoo's avatar

Wow Zennie, you are on a roll, two sexist questions in a row!

My answer is the same as always for this type of question, there are asses in humans with all sorts of sexual preferences, races, creeds or colors. And also good genuine honest folks, so generalizations just aren’t the go. I find it better to take folks one at a time, avoid the total asses and associate with the good ones.

janedelila's avatar

@DarlingRhadamanthus yesss living alone. You can be mine and I can be yours, we just will not I repeat will not! live together.

Seek's avatar

Well, @zen_, you’re just so darn cute. That’s why.

Now, go make me a sammich.

le_inferno's avatar

I tolerate the ones that are worth tolerating ;)
My boyfriend does a lot of typical “guy” stuff… he pressures me to play his video games… watch his movies… has a bathroom covered in beard hair… a filthy bedroom… has an awful memory…

But then he stays up late with me while I finish a term paper, takes interest in how I am, asks if I’m feeling happy when he’s concerned, gladly listens to any stupid drama I need to talk about, says I look good without makeup, tells me he loves me, and I realize it’s all worth it :D

faye's avatar

@zen_ your personality on here is appealing. My day? Nothing fun to do, very little to look forward to, no wine to go with my whine. Which is a good thing in this mood.

bob_'s avatar

HEY MAN WHAT THE HELL, WHAT’S WITH THIS SEXIST QUESTION?!

I mean, um, nevermind.

Sometimes I think that, after everything she’s had to put up every now and then, my girlfriend deserves a statue. I do have some redeeming qualities, though. See here.

* makes @Seek_Kolinahr a sandwich *

tiny_dancer's avatar

We must have something wrong with our heads because i’ve no idea why. Still we couldn’t live without ya’s.

zen_'s avatar

Thank you @jazmina88 @DarlingRhadamanthus @faye @Seek_Kolinahr – lurve ya too.

@rooeytoo – I do believe you’ve missed the humour in my questions, and have disregarded the (oy, how long a la Wundayata) details, however, you are entitled to your opinion.

Seek – bob prefers pastrami – you? (And do the Vulcans even like sandwiches? Just checking.)

JilltheTooth's avatar

Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em.
@zen_ : I’ll make you a sammich, darlin’, I have time now that mine’s back to school and has her own apartment near campus, as long as I don’t have to pick up your dirty socks. I don’t pick up my own dirty socks. Any men out there that want to do that job for me?

curlyz's avatar

Tolerate? ... I don’t…
can you recommend a good place to stack those corpses? my house is full.. :)

jazmina88's avatar

Dear men, if you dont wear socks or drawers, then you dont leave them on the floor.
i like my men barefoot and in the bedroom. :):)

oh dear, what has become of me :):)

zen_'s avatar

^ Smile.

Marva's avatar

It is a though job… but soemone has got to do it…
We only tolerate you because we’re not gay, and we need to be loved like anyone else…Some of us just get a dog, and a V____tor :)

Seek's avatar

You mean a vibrator ?

bippee's avatar

Yeah, men are pigs, but what is the alternative? I wouldn’t kick a hot guy out of my bed because he left his socks on the floor. That crap is just minor. If a guy is there to cheer me up when I’m down and to share the good times and the bad, then that is a guy worth picking up the dirty socks for.

zen_'s avatar

@Seek_Kolinahr – Silly girl, that was funny linking Marva to “Indirectness of the female species question, but she’s Israeli and still unsure as to what words can be used here:

@Marva Here are the seven words you can’t say on television, but can say here:

Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits. And vibrator isn’t even on the list, so you can say it as much as you want.

Ma nishma kacha? Efo at bachagim?

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