@witchymom , I have a sister like that, too she can even fix her car but, it is more common with men.

@HeathenFarmer The gender equality ratio has always been higher in Canada than the US, but Sweden and Norway stay up there as number 1 and 2. It is somewhat of a States thing. LOOK at our tv shows to see how we are indoctrinated. A man is taught to find his own solutions to things and if he can't he should go to someone he trusts ( father, g'pa, brother, friend). Historically, women had no power, so they learned to vent. We don't want an answer, just the chance to be vocal about what ails us. That's why men, when women come to them, try to fix it. My last boyfriend was happy to hear this cuz I told him he didn't even need to listen when I vented--just nod and look sympathic. There would be no test at the end. Lol

@EllenDale ,Your last boyfriend might have been better off he did listen. I have found that if you just nod and look sympathetic, sooner or later you get busted. Better to pay attention so, you know what point to offer words of encouragement, positive responses, a sympathetic touch or a hug.

I’ve been working and taking care of my family sick or not while my dear departed wife slept late and refused to clean the house. I’ve gone to work with walking pneumonia, swine flu, swollen back etc,. without complaint. I regularly work late, take work home and turn to all the time. So, I’ve had the opposite experience. Women have been the do nothing complainers, but then I was raised by my mother. She regularly worked herself to the bone to raise my brothers and I.

Wow.

Actually I just read a research paper on the Man Flu it is actually a fact that men get sicker than women and suffer more from it. As for physical pain it is the complete opposite; if a man says he has sprained a limb it is often broken not sprained, as an example.

...and I'm sure that men are very appreciative of that

@mjcharles You just made me burst out laughing! Thank you! And yes appreciating our differences isn't a bad place to start!

I think that’s bias. I don’t expect to get with a 21year old and have no desire to do so. I already have one daughter.

I hate to tell you this kid but someone your age interested me about as much as a case of crabs.

You should've seen my messenger on here when I first started. Blown up by older men.

@Gatovicolo You'd be surprised by what a lot of older men want.

@HeathenFarmer I'm not a kid. I'm almost 30.

I have no objection to having a relationship with a younger woman. I’m not biased in some way. But what are we going to talk about? Theres no common ground. @Sarahroo29

@Sarahroo29 Ok, if you insist, I have over twice the life experience dating someone your age would be like raising another child. I really have no interest in doing so. Culturally and socially I have far more in common with your grand parents than you. I all three of my step daughters are older than you. You seem to be an intelligent young woman, so, you do understand that your sex drive will not peak for 5 to 10 years mine peaked over forty years ago, all though dying from wild love making may not be a bad way to go, I prefer to live a little longer.

@HeathenFarmer My grandparents are all dead.

@Sarahroo29 , sorry for your lose, do you get my point considering this fact you stated?

Lots! Some of the behaviors make me cringe. Also prefer women who will communicate what's going on rather than playing "Make you guess". I've had a lot more male friends than female in my life.

@RavenCT Amen Sister!

I volunteer at a local bluesfest, and when conversing with the two guys cleaning the toilets they both emphatically said the girl's porta-potties were by far the grossest.

I'm not totally sure why I'm sharing this story...

@Hominid < I was once an operating engineer in a large shopping mall uncharge of the cleaning staff; I heard more complaint about the mess in the women's washroom than anything else. The staff used to try to dump that job onto the other guy/gal all the time to the point I had to assign the task on a rotating basis.

Well women do have one more bodily function that might just gross out some men? Otherwise our bathrooms should be way neater as we pee sitting down. Except the idgits who squat to avoid the toilet seat - which I believe Snopes debunked? rofl (Had a coworker who did this - I wanted to hurt her).

@ConnieR , Remind me never to ask any of these women friend of yours out. I view a woman I am dating as an equal and I expect them to have a mind of their own and to be able to express that fact; mice bore me.

Lol

@HippieChick58 See my ten reasons to date me at the bottom of my profile info. LOL

But the ladies don’t return the favor. It’s a one way favor expected of men. I’ll leave it up, thank you very much.

@KKGator Truth.