Thursday, November 13, 2008

you've come a long way baby!

(this is a post 'inspired' by this post by 'tys on ice')

women sure have come a long way! (where have i heard this line before? :P )

i still remember when people used to talk about women being born as daughters of their fathers, then becoming wives of their husbands and then mothers of their sons! the idea was that women always got their identity in society through the men in their lives!

times have changed, and how!

most of us guys wouldn't such statements today! (actually we wouldn't dare make such statements for fear of being clobbered by the women in our lives! :P )

and most of the men living in our housing complex get their identities from their wives, who in turn get their identities from the kids... so i am known as the 'big boss's' hubby who in turn is P's/ S's mother!

what we are witnessing in our own lifetimes is the evolution (?) of man...

the man of the 70s bossed around and made it clear to everyone who cared to listen who was the boss! (most of the times he was allowed by the boss at home to project such an image to massage his male-ego in places where it mattered... which was usually in front of other bossy men!)

the man of the 80s was the cool, silent and strong types... (actually, most of the time he didn't know what to say! and he knew he would lose the argument anyway... so best to stay silent!)

the man of the 90s was the one who got in touch with his feminine side! (and not just his female friends & colleagues!) and that's when the male cosmetics industry witnessed a boom of sorts... and men discovered the pains and pleasures of waxing too!

but the man of the 21st century has reached the pinnacle... he now has found the perfect balance of the yin and the yang within himself!
look around you and you'll find men carrying babies, changing diapers, rocking them to sleep, helping do the dishes, helping with the kids' school-work, attending open-house at school... you get the idea!
(this is the point where most women readers will want their hubbies to read this post and convince them that they are stuck in some hoary past and that they need to do all this if they are to be considered an evolved man!)

but here's the real deal... (this is where i let the cat out the bag!)

- men with babies attract attractive women
- by attending open-house at school you get to meet the 'interesting' teacher the other fathers have been talking about!
- when you have a baby in your arms or a kid with you, you can walk up to the most gorgeous looking woman anywhere and strike up a conversation.. if they have not already asked you for the kid's name!
- going grocery shopping allows you to strike up a conversation with some of the 'pyt' mothers who just love helping men choose the best detergent and other things... (and your wife's wondering why you picked up a brand which was never tried before?)
- and helping out with household chores ensures you get fed your meals on time (with a few other perks thrown in for good measure!) :P
- you can buy clothes for your better half and ask for help again... and you can get away by making statements like 'yeah, she's about your size'... or 'do you think this is a good color or is too sexy?'
- and since we can't try on women's perfumes you can actually ask one of those willing, helpful ladies to dab some on her wrist so that you can smell it and compare notes!

.... well, i guess you get the general idea! :P

i guess the man of the 2020s will be a completely transformed animal while the woman would have completely 'arrived'... and it might finally become difficult to differentiate between the sexes any more!

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol, this was awesome reading!!

Anonymous said...

he he..looks like you've seriously done some research on this one to get it right with interesting women in your life..hope your wife's not reading this ;) Nice one.

Varsha

Anonymous said...

Hi Guruprasad..it was great fun reading your post i liked it...not because i am a women..:) but because you have a beautiful way of describing things.

Guruprasad said...

@ anonymous : thanks, whoever you are! :P

@ varsha : i'm not saying anything here... yeah, you guessed right... the 'big boss' does read my posts! :)

@ bcs : hey thanks! keep dropping in... :)

Anonymous said...

I'm inclined to sit back and wonder if you have encountered any such interesting encounters yourself, heh heh heh! :-P

~nm said...

Lol! Seems like someone had a brush with at least(if not more) one of these advantages recently! :D

Tys on Ice said...

damn, u let the cat out of the bag man...gone are my perks...she will now know for sure why i volunteer to take my son out for shopping...the perks are worth it....atleast it was untill now...

Guruprasad said...

@ aradhana : i'm not telling :)

@ ~nm : i'm not telling you either! :P

@ tys on ice : for people like us, who have crossed their 'best used before' dates, our wives know they can safely let us go do their chores without having to worry about any of the above! they would be glad if someone would be foolish enough to take us off their hands for a little while! :P

Preeti Shenoy said...

:-)
Ever tried waxing? :P
Cheers
Preeti

sixstringsting said...

Super!!
And guys.... get a pedigree dog... something impressive.... like my thoroughbred Dane.AND.you've got it all set!
And guru... man!!.... u shd keep this stuff quiet!! Now everyone who reads this will know why i quit my job to work from home (a recording studio... will also score you brownie points with the ...huh... 'babies')and insist i do the shopping!
note: this cannot be used against me. I am a little disoriented after breakfast with 7 kids and their moms!

broca's area said...

hehe....these days we get harassed everywhere...by even our mother-in -laws[though am not married yet!].....have heard ladies always get attr towards married ones!..guess its true!

aMus said...

:)

ahem!

now lets talk about waxing and PMS...

:)

good post. perked me up immensely!

Guruprasad said...

@Ps : ouch!

@chris : next time you have another breakfast session let me know... i'm sure my kids would love it too! :P

@brocasarea : i wonder who's getting harassed more these days! :P

@suma : ouch and ouch! and *@!#@ too!

Swaram said...

Okie .... Tells me I shud never send the better half for shopping again :P