Men Are From Mars...

When a colleague unexpectedly received a beautiful bouquet of long-stemmed roses from her husband, the oohs and aahs from the ladies were quite beyond audible, glee and excitement easily and quickly filled the area. It wasn't her birthday, nor was it their anniversary. There was no occasion for the flowers, but a casual simple surprise for her. Isn't that lovely? Well, at least all the ladies agreed and thought so! Compliments flying around the room, with how sweet and thoughtful the husband is, etcetera etcetera. All coming from the ladies, just the ladies. The recipient of the roses was obviously basking in the attention. Any woman would be flattered, with thoughts of how special she is to be given such a pleasant surprise.

However, not to disregard the reactions from the other species, for their deliberate snickers were as unmistakable as the women's chatter. We talk about these men, these creatures so different, whose opinions and way of thinking are so beyond us. The first question that was uttered by the first guy to see the roses was: "What has he done?????" in an exaggerated manner. And other statements followed, such as "He must have done something realllllyyyy bad." or "You better watch out, he's up to something!" Many eyes were rolling. Unbelievable remarks! In no time, these men have come up with gazillions of jokes and out-of-this-world reasons with reference to the flowers, hypothesising (quite wrongly...) on this particular action of the husband. What the heck, I don't know if I should shake my head or laugh, although I kind of couldn't help my amusement of these coconut-brains.

Who could understand men? But in all fairness, who could understand women? While one group sees the aforementioned gesture (of sending little surprises) as positive, one which gives the tingles and fluttery-feelings, the other group views it as bribe, bait, or allurement of some sort. Send a girl flowers at work and she'll be candy-eyes for at least a couple of minutes, she'll love the attention and curiosity from others! Send a guy flowers at work and he'll probably hide under his desk and pretend that it's sent to the wrong person.

Ah! Men! To keep your sanity intact, never endeavour to gain a full understanding or conduct a study. Success is unattainable.