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This made me laugh

I have a mate who is always sending me 'laddish' stuff off the web. 99% of the time I don't appreciate it - doesn't he have anything better to do? But this one did make me laugh - as much at the writer as with him:

"We need to talk......"

Gah, why is it that when I'm fresh from the gym, sat on the sofa with a beer and watching the documentary on Spitfires I've been looking forward to all week, the female in my life decides that this is the appropriate time for "the talk". These two words cover any subject from her immediate intention to spawn a brood of children to the typical "where are we going as a couple?" discussion.

The teeth gnashingly annoying thing about this is that there is no swift conclusion to "the talk". I will be engaged in delicate negotiation for the next four hours, which probably will involve some or all of my half-interested responses being misconstrued and will definitely involve tears and shouting of some description. It matters not a jot that I might
genuinely love the person I'm sat next to. Oh no, my every word or even guttoral snort is dissected ad nauseum.

I have been in relationships where "the talk" has occurred every fucking time I've clicked on the Discovery/History channel and when my resolve has
been weakened by a six minute mile having just been run.

It has NEVER taken place midway through Moulin Rouge, My Best Friends Wedding or The Sound of Fucking Music. Not once. I've sat there out of
politeness with my will to exist ebbing from my soul, wishing for swift deliverance from the ceaseless effluvial deluge from the screen drowning
my soul, to the point where I really do give a fuck about what names we might give the delinquent shits I'll be blackmailed into donating my genes to. At this point in time "the talk" would actually be a weclome diversion. But no dice.

"The talk" always occurs when I am at my most vulnerable.

The response "fuck off, I want to watch the Spitfires" is so easily interpreted as "I cannot see a future for us, we both want such different things from life. By the way, you're fat".

I fail to understand why.

I feel sorry for men who have landed themselves a female who wants to do 'The talk'. I've never done these, myself. I'd prefer to watch the documentary on Spitfires. Sometimes I think [other] women are dreadfully boring, as a gender. Then again, so are [most] men.
Most people then...? ;) Speaking for myself/my relationship with the missus... we talk... and I suppose we occasionally do what may come under the category of the talk... but I feel blessed to be able to say that my woman (bless her) generally likes much of the same things as myself (including such manly nonsense as Bruce Willis films, certain types of rawk music and computer games), and I can be the biggest girl's blouse this side of Desperate Housewives... so yes, we talk... but as well as those types of talks, we may also indulge, from time to time, in mutually enjoyable conversations about Playstation3 Vs XBox360, what Dawn should do next in Eastenders, how great the latest Pirates film will no doubt be and... ooh, I dunno... nice pants. Hang on, that was all just a bit too positive and gooey-louiey... I should counter it with a moan... ??? She does like a nice cushion! :/ pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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I never had 'the talk' with my last wife. She just said, 'yes' to everything. Go figure.... ;@) When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

'Most people then...? ;)' hahaha, yes, that may be my problem! ;-D I suppose I'm lucky because Mr. Archergirl is a talker, more so than me, so if I want something analysed to death I can go to him for assistance. I just think it's weird to have to 'sit down and have a talk about the direction of our relationship' sort of things; I mean, isn't it usually obvious? Or am I missing something?
Archergirl, you bloke!!... ;;;) Although... Ideally everything perhaps should be obvious, but I'm not entirely averse to the concept of "checking in" occasionally... Just curious, Mrs Girl... how exactly do you "go to him for assistance" if you "want something analysed to death"...?? pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Aw, I'm not *really* a bloke but I do think the stereotype of the 'typical' woman is annoying: why do we always come across as so clingy and insecure? I don't 'talk' to Mr. AG, usually; I 'talk' to my ladyfriends. He 'talks' to his manfriends, usually about, oh, the merits of a finely tuned Porsche engine, something like that. I don't actually know! I think that's how it works best. Mr. Girl loves nothing more than hyperanalysing everything; in general he can analyse things long after I feel the conversation should be finished. But this seldom happens anymore; after twelve years of marriage we know where the other's limits are, and any overstepping of these limits is met with a bored sort of irritation rather than an all-out 'discussion'. We had 'discussions' in the early years. They don't work. We're happier now that we are able to just let the other person 'be'. :-)
I never instigate 'a talk'. IMO, the decisions are best made by me - 'a talk' only gives him an opportunity to disagree. jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

 

Can't stand programmes about Spitfires myself - but I do like Moulin Rouge. If a 'talk' is to be had then I like to lay out the ground rules, get things on a sound and unemotional basis and then have a bloody good argument. It tends to get things off one's chest and normally, that's a good thing. Not too often though. Please.
This made me Laugh. What did the farmer say to the cow that was on his roof? A. "Get down!"

 

This made me laugh (spot the error in the photo)

 

Tee hee! :) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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AG: "We're happier now that we are able to just let the other person 'be'..." Yes, the Subtle Art of Ignoring One's Partner is indeed the secret to a lasting relationship... pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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I was very interested in spitfires when I was 11. Now considerably less so. I find these clichés in regard to maleness depressing.
I love Spitfires, especially watching them in action at Duxford. Lovely pieces of machinery. Since I live some miles from the airfield I can often hear/watch them practising their loop-de-loops and stalls over my house. I find these cliches (sorry, can't add an accent) in regard to *femaleness* just as depressing. Surely the entire gender isn't made up of insecure and needy women who need to 'talk' to their men about 'The Relationship'. For Christ's sake. No wonder so many men cheat.
At Scrabble? pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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