Thanks for the cultural education.
You know, I have heard that before.
I have been instructed from my youth, by my culture and pretty much everyone around me that all those "stereotypes went out with tailfins". I watched all those progressive, culturally significant tv shows like Donahue, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and MASH. I watched Then I started looking around.
I realized that often if a stereotype exists, it is because there is something behind it. OF COURSE we do have to use discernment and not simply accept popular wisdom, and the validity of a given stereotype. OF COURSE it would be horribly wrong to assume because a stereotype exists, that a person automatically can be expected to manifest that given stereotype. OF COURSE everybody is different, and should (if you have the time) be treated as individuals, not as members of a group. OF COURSE everybody should be treated with respect.
As for my wife, it is not a stereotype at all. It is actual, living, breathing behaviour. She is not an abstract concept. She actually becomes fixated on something. Then she talks about it all the time. I finally get so sick of hearing about it, that I give in. Then once that fixation is sated, she becomes fixated on something else. My only relief is that I don't have to hear about THAT particular fixation anymore. I guess it is just a coincidence that she happens to be a woman? I didn't know this was a stereotype? Are all women like this?
This isn't something that is a matter of opinion. She admits it. It is something we laugh about. No counseling required!
I love my wife. Don't worry, I wouldn't run her down to you folks or anybody else. I sure as hell wouldn't say anything bad behind her back that I wouldn't say to her front.
And seriously, I don't think this trait of hers is really that bad or a big deal. It is just one of those things that makes marriage the wonderful adventure that it is.
And maybe I do come off as a bit of an Archie Bunker. If I talk about the wonderful idiosynchrasies of the female species, it is only because that is what I have to deal with. Compared to those male stereotypes, they are completely benign!!! I do have daughters. You don't have to push me to hard to get me to lament the current state of the male species. Women have my deepest sympathies. My wife would be at the top of that list. All I can do is try give my daughters careful instruction on what to expect, to make sure my own son acts like a gentleman.
I just don't see it as a contest. We are different. So what?
NOW GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN!!!
(just messin' )
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