August 24, 2005

ahhh men...

Got tagged by Bel with this picture...

I showed this picture to my husband and asked his opinion about it. He gave me this weird stoic face and said, this could apply to women as well. Then I said... OF COURSE NOT!!!! First of all, women will always know if their socks are clean or not and we will defintely know where we placed them( since most of the time we do the laundry!).

My husband's reaction? A sheepish smile...

See it is always the little things that matter when you have become too close and familiar with each other ( meaning.. lived together or has been husband and wife ). There isn't a lot of mind games to play anymore. Instead, both of you deal with your everyday life discovering the quirks of each other.

During our first weeks in Hong Kong last year, husband decided that we go and visit Pacific Place because he wanted to do grocery at Great Supermarket. It was my first time to go to Admiralty with him and he acted like he knew where we were going.We took the MTR and got off Central station for some reason and ended up walking our way to Admiralty. All throughout the walk, I kept on asking husband dear if he knew the way and he always answered yes with such confidence. In the end, I found out the we were lost and ended up walking in a parking area. Good thing was the parking area was somewhat connected to Pacific Place and we managed to get to the mall after 45 minutes of walking.

I was so annoyed with the whole scenario at that time. I asked my husband why he had to pretend that he knew where to go when in fact we were lost but he just gave me the same sheepish smile and said " I told you I know how to get to Pacific Place. I just didn't tell you that it was not the fastest way to get there coz I wanted to spend quality time walking with you..."

My reaction... "Yeah right.... "

It was our first year of marriage at that time. Now I know better when I see those sheepish smile...

Posted by duke at 8/24/2005 08:08:00 PM

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Anonymous said...: omg LOL. duke, i can totally relate to the "i dont need directions cause i know perfectly where to go... i think..." syndrome. that was a funny story about walking so far without asking for directions, and the excuse of your husband just shows that men, everywhere in the world and every race, have so much pride in asking for directions. sigh. if only i could compile all the flimsy excuses of julien as well! hehe.
-kala; 8/25/2005 05:54:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Hahaha. I read somewhere on readers digest (I forgot the statistic) that basically it is the women who ask for directions when they are lost. Haha, male pride I guess. As for looking for lost things, it is interesting to know that majority of men are like this. My husband is no exception. I would think that if a guy is overly neat and meticulous (and he knows where his socks is) he is either gay or psychotic. Hahaha!; 8/25/2005 06:43:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Hahahaha. Did you gave him some spanking in the booty?

btw: what is with the word verification? my answer was a "meluh". Is that genetic?; 8/25/2005 07:08:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Men don't need directions because they like to dilly-dally and pretend to be all-knowing like the women we are!

The sock thing is one of my pet peeves, actually it's the shoes with the socks in the middle of the room thing! I'm the clumsy type so you know what happens when I find them - they get thrown to the corner of the room! Hehehe.; 8/25/2005 07:16:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Alam mo ba duke na you are very funny. Lumalabas sa style ng pagsusulat mo. Natural na natural.Pinabasa ko sa editor ko itong post mo. Impressed siya (coming from him, matinding compliment yon...'tado kasi yon, higpit hehehe).
I love how you did justice sa baby nating naghahanap ng medyas sa sapatos. napatawa mo ako ng malakas lol ika nga hahahaha!Thanks for the laughter; 8/25/2005 07:50:00 PM
Abaniko said...: hehe. i plead guilty your honor. ang hirap kasing pumara pa para lang magtanong. minsan din, sarap ng pakiramdam na nakarating ka sa destinasyon mo na walang tanong-tanong.; 8/26/2005 05:05:00 AM
Dr. Emer said...: I also get those sweet scoldings from my soulmate whenever I don't ask for directions. How many times have we been lost? Hahaha! Too many to count. Mapa-HK, Singapore, NY, or Makati at QC, madalas kaming mawala pag ako nagd-drive.

Men like us don't ask for directions because we are confident that we'll find our destination soon enough....and we do, though not as fast as expected.

;); 8/26/2005 05:25:00 PM
duke said...: kala- ahh if you and I compile all these excuses and compare notes I am sure we will have a blast! :)

patrice- I also read somewhere that a man who has a neat socks drawer always have a hard time finding himself a woman.. bakit kaya?

knoizki- I got the spanking! LoL!
I have no idea what a meluh is... mine is "gxtpe"

mare- ahhhh I can totally relate with you and the shoes plus all the clothes thrown in one corner or the chair.. I get OC with this and I give my husband "the look" when he does this.. then he knows where to put them... ;)

bel - na touched naman ako sa comment mo.. nahiya ako bigla at nabasa ng editor mo ang post na to... alam mo naman ako mababaw lang ang kaligayahan ko at mapatawa kita is good enough for me :) salamat!; 8/26/2005 07:47:00 PM
duke said...: abaniko- hahahaha what is with men and their pride? pero in fairness tama ka na.. masarap feeling na nakarating ka sa destination ng walang tanung tanong kaso minsan opposite.. lalo na pag ang tagal nyo ng nawawala.. nakaka frustrate!

doc emer- when it comes to asking directions I think men have a universal trait of not wanting to ask unless their wives or special someone nag them about it or theya re totally lost and do not have the energy to continue!; 8/26/2005 07:52:00 PM
dreaming-neko said...: women think that men can't find 'clean' socks because we have different definitions...

on my bedroom floor now, i have a clean clothes pile, a dirty clothes pile, and a clirty clothes pile... (yes, their all still on the floor, it's been a rough week)

women tend to confused the clirty pile (not clean but still wearable) with dirty clothes! :); 8/26/2005 11:02:00 PM
UNCLE FOTO. said...: men and direction is a streotype but i agree most men wouldn't ask for directions

in my case whenever i am lost in the hiway, street or assembly i ask for directions. best way to find the addy is ask to those who knows

i have honed my senses for those who doesn't know, i say bye and thank you, then drive a bit look for pedestrian or the one in the know.

i do hate going in circles. when i am looking for something or anything i want it fast aand efficient specially when i do not know the answers

i do not use mapquest because it sucks, i will pay extra for long distance ask the people in the address to give me detailed directions where to turn, etc, etc

so i rarely get lost; 8/27/2005 04:45:00 AM
RAV Jr said...: mga babae dito nagpipiyesta na anmn, hmmm...

me panahon din kayo...sa panahong yun tiyak...

kayo pa rin ang bida...

supporting roles na namn uli kame..hayyy...

hehehe...; 8/27/2005 12:16:00 PM
Analyse said...: ah, men and socks..know what, frenchguy couldn't even dunk his socks directly into the laundry bin, obvious that he doesnt play basketball huh! as in, katabi na lang, di pa mailagay...he does the laundry tho, so ok lang, i just have to follow where he passes..parang ahas kasi to, kung saan naghubad, andun maruming damit!

directions naman, he's even worse! his bro got an appt in paris and from gare de lyon (from dijon), we have to change metro 3x! we were together once and so i followed his directions assuming he knows it by heart, mon dieux! i guess he took the longest trajet...so the next time we were there, i told him to follow me, mas efficient yung directions ko hehe...

well, guys, they have to accept that we, women are more organized!; 8/27/2005 01:53:00 PM
silentmode_v2 said...: ehem...i tend to disagree with the last sentence. not all men are disorganized... hehehe.

if i get lost, i ask for directions rather than wasting precious time and energy. no pride needed and i want to get there asap.

btw, i'm neither gay nor psychotic...hahaha!; 8/27/2005 08:22:00 PM
Unknown said...: Men came from Mars and women from Venus isn't it ? Probably the magnetic pole are more different from Mars, so it's more complicated for men to found supermarket and socks.... The other possibility is that we are more stupid or less serious but I can't speak for all the men.; 8/28/2005 12:19:00 PM
asphaire 許泰莎 said...: hahaha nice one DUKE! and i agree! like ANA, we got lost is Paris... to the point of ending up OUTSIDE of Paris. hehe, but it's okay, it's cute to see them blush at their mistake sometimes.; 8/29/2005 02:06:00 PM

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