Unexpected thrillsFollow

When a women asks me about the hardware specs of my computer and then one ups me on a component!

Yeah I know...

Sadly, my life's thrills has been reduced to things like "holy crap he watched the kids and let me sleep in today" and "wow he changed that **** diaper without trying to trick me into doing it".

It's been a long time since I've met a woman who waits to speak unless spoken to.


Okay, that's true, but I didn't mean it. I was just trying to think of equivalent, slightly antiquated gestures that the genders make to one another, and my subliminally misogynistic mind fell upon this one first, and then I couldn't think of any others.

So I'm watching Pretty Woman

Realized I'd have nothing to add right about here.

Mr. Tare is very gentlemanly. He opens doors for me, carries the baby when we are out, fetches me tea and watches the kiddies so I can eat my dinner in peace.

You know, I do this for women. The nice ones say "thank you". Most expect it and don't bother though.

Oh, I could tell much earlier.

Ahh, gotcha.

For me, the whole standing when a lady gets up from the table would make me feel pretentious. I'll open a door, or even let a lady choose a seat before me, that sort of thing.

I did have one girlfriend who, when we were out at a sports bar with friends, would go get me beers when I ran out. She made a point to keep my glass full. It threw me off-guard at first, but after a bit it got to be kind of cool. She also referred to me as "my man" in casual conversation, which gave me a tingle. It was all kind of old-fashioned, and yet she was not a submissive type in any other way.

Not to detract from the original question but Pretty Women was one bogus movie. Like Julia Roberts character is some righteous type ***** because she flosses her teeth instead of snorting coke.

Anyway, not really a gentlemanly gesture, but one that's chock full of love none-the-less; my hubby makes me coffee all the time. I must have some sort of a look about me when I'm in need of caffeine, because he always seems to have it ready for me just about the time I'm thinking I need a cup.

He doesn't drink the stuff...at all.

I do all of that stuff, opening doors, standing up when people leave (women and men for the standing thing, it's just good manners), that's just the way I was brought up I guess. I don't open car doors though, it just seems awkward and desperate to me.

That being said it's all lost on my current gf, she just doesn't seem to appreciate those kind of things, kinda pisses me off actually. She also doesn't like much in the way of effection, it's like she was putting on a front until she had me locked in and now she doesn't need to.

She is a great cook the few times a week she gets the time, and she does laundry and is a bit of a neat freak, she's a great mother too.

I think the fire is gone, we're just kind of riding it out, waiting for something to happen, which sucks. Trying to find ways to spice her up, but she's so damn stubborn and stuck in her ways, it makes it rather difficult. She won't leave the baby for a bloody hour so we can do something as a couple, it's be 8 damn months since we spent any time alone.

Been a while since had such a monumental tard in here.

Not Thumb, btw...lol!

Edited, Oct 12th 2007 10:24am by Tare

I had a girfriend get real pissy when I didn't open the car door for her.

I just swam to the surface and let her get on with it.