Boy among Girls
Friday, April 10, 2009
Oh, to be this boy among girls. To have access to their riffling suspicions, their percussive dreams. To know when they mean what they say, and also what they would say, if only asked. At the dance studio last week, Jean claimed, "Every story a woman tells about a man is the same."
"Can't be," I said.
"Oh, yes. Believe me."
(And I pictured this ballroom dance instructor day after day, hour after hour, women in the hold of his cha-cha, his rumba, confessing and declaiming and wanting and hoping.)
"Every. Single. Story. The same?"
"One story," he said.
"So what is the story?"
"The story is simple. The story is this: Men and women are two separate species."
11 comments:
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How true. The moments of clarity are worth it though.
And sometimes not. ;)
Ah, well.
Unfortunately, I think the stories all sound the same to some men because the appendage they're listening with is not an ear.
If you know what I mean.
;^) A.
Haha! Love it.
Funny. But isn't the story usually women complaining that men don't understand them, not the other way around, nor that neither understands the other?
I don't believe it either way. We're all human and therefore comprehensible by any empathetic mind, whatever our biological and social differences.
This post makes me smile, as so many others of yours have done. This is the charm that you bring into the world, that makes you the amazing person you are.
Lately, I have been choosing women writers to read. Do I favor the female point of view because I believe we speak the same "soul/heart" language? Possibly. Often, in my experience, many men want to curtail the length and subject matter of a conversation. I think that is why women tend to flock to each other for conversations with more substance. Beth, when you write, do you prefer writing to a primarily female audience? Does it change how you approach a story?
I wondered what the story could be. Then I thought, ah, of course!
Oh, but the way the story is told makes all the difference...
I was wondering what the story would be! What a fun, philosophical post! And so true...
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