Thanks Bruce, I thought it was priceless. What's good for the gander is good for the goose [guffaw]. Showed it to the husband who said "very wise." :-)) ----- Original Message ----- From: bja <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Austechwriter (E-mail) <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 4:40 PM Subject: atw: OT: Men / women. > Alright, since it's Friday, I'm going to help everyone (mainly the men > :))exit the week on a happier note so here's something a friend sent to me > that gave me a chuckle and made me mumble to myself ... if only. > > Enjoy. > > Bruce Ashley > > > Men! Women? I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men & women > differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. > I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their > heart. I have never figured out why the sexual desire gene gets thrown into > a state of turmoil, when it hears the words "I do." > FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed. > Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel > like it, I just want you to hold me." I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" > So she says the words that every husband on the planet dreads to > hear..."You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough > for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." > > She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who > I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?" Realizing that nothing was > going to happen that night I went to sleep. > > The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with > her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big > unnamed dept. store. I walked around with her while she tried on several > different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I > told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new > clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went on to the > jewellery dept. where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell > you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a > shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a > tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis. I think I > threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey." She was almost > nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with > excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go > to the cashier". I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No > honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw > dropped with a baffled WHAT??!!" > I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for awhile. > You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to > satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." > And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me I added, "Why > can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?" > Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either. > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************