The Lightswitch
Men claim to be simple creatures.
I believe this to be highly suspect.
I have found that they are just as confusing and complex as any woman...sometimes even moreso.
For instance...men are masters of the 'Lightswitch.' A dark and evil trait which I have yet to fully understand but have nonetheless fallen victim to. It is the uncanny ability to change behavior or turn feelings on and off at the flick of a switch without ever batting an eye.
One day they want to marry you, the next day they deliver the most insulting and painful blow...you cease to exist.
It's as if they permanently erased you from their memories...while you are left wondering how it is that you are so easily forgettable.
I'm telling you people....c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-e-d.
posted by Lindsey @ 11/06/2007 07:12:00 PM
21 Comments:
Sorry for all your troubles Linny. Wishing you brighter days ahead.
No troubles Trée...just an observation on the past. Things are actually quite good at the moment. :o)
May i offer my $0.2.
I think men are not as mature emotionally as women. Outwardly women are fearful but inwardly men are scared. They are afraid of not being able to live up to your expectations. So give us some benefit of doubt but please dont stop loving us.
Good to hear Linny. Never can quite tell from your posts. :-D
This is most true thing I have read in a long time!
Haven't we all fallen vicitm to the old lightswitcheroo????
Sooo true.
Dane Cook has this joke about how women are "brain ninjas" and that one makes me laugh (but I think it's true for both sexes). Basically the theory is that a person can say something that seems like a small comment at the time but that at some later point it becomes this grenade that explodes inside you brain and rips you apart obsessing about it.
It's crazy how we hurt each other. I doubt it's as intentional as it seems though.
Hmmm. yes. we're all way too complicated for our own good.
If I had to choose, I would say women are the more complicated sex, but then I am not sure that I have ever fallen victim to lightswitch, sounds painful and confusing, and it would undoubtedly change my mind. Glad to hear in comment two there that this is past and not present and that all things are good in your world. Happy days ahead, xo
it's not just men that have this lightswitch...women do too...
it's just that men seem to use the ones they have more often.
i would say it's either a defense mechanism or because that person hasn't been able to make an emotional connection, for whatever reason, to that person and everything to that point has been faked...either way it leads to emotional immaturity.
Totally agree with you on this one....I will never understand men.
Pete sweetie...can you really fake it for years?
I will take the credit/blame for claiming that men are simple creatures. I stand by that claim. They seem confusing because you (that is an all women you) transfer your thoughts and motivations to them. [Try to play checkers by Monopoly rules - it makes it a hard game. But it doesn't change the fact that checkers is a simple game.]
What was the answer to the marriage question on the first day? Being simple creatures we have fewer responses available. There is good. There is bad. When there is more bad than good, we begin to look for ways to protect ourselves. We protect ourselves in very non-female ways.
The 'Lightswitch' you experience is the end-stage of a process. It seems cold and swift becuase we are making the decisions and you are behind in that process. [Being on the receiving end, women (my ex-wife in particular) have the same switch. And it is just as confusing for us when you do it.]
Make no mistake, I have never forgotten about a girl, lady or women I have had a relationship with.
Professor...wise as always. :P I think you're probably right...that it's easier b/c they've been sorting through everything longer than we have and by the time the decision is reached...they're over it but it's still new for us.
But I still find it to be cold and painful regardless. It's unsettling when someone decides they don't love you anymore.
Yes, it is. And they (my she, your he) are never able to explain why.
maybe not years...but maybe they are then faking the switch effect, so they really do care, but are faking that they don't
I agree. But women have always know that we control men. We just make them think they are in charge.
I suppose I can't agree that it is so gender-specific. There are lightswitch types of both sexes, and I have no understanding of them whatsoever. I know men get scared a lot - LOL, but they need to be able to say what the matter is. Nothing wrong with being scared.
I rarely disagree with you dear Linny ... actually I am not disagreeing ... but as a girl who 'switched sides' ... I can tell you the complications double over here with women!
Damn Nerdy. Homerun. And that's all I'm going to say about that. :-D
Hey Linny, I tagged you to do a meme. It's really kinda sad... or not... most of my friends don't exist in the blogosphere, so I just ran out of people to tag. And thus you are elected. You are now free to ignore this message. :)
Trée..you are such a perv! You just want to hear about women on women! :o)
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