MEN VS. WOMEN

AS OF LATE, I HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES. THE VASTNESS OF THIS PERCEPTION IS APPARENT. I AM QUITE CONFIDENT THAT, EVEN WITH A FEW YEARS TIME SPAN, I COULDN'T COME CLOSE TO HITTING EVERY LINE THAT DIVIDES MEN FROM WOMEN. I AM GOING TO TOUCH ON ONLY A COUPLE POINTS THAT HAVE SETTLED IN MY MIND THE PAST WEEK OR TWO. THE FIRST BEING A CASUAL RELATIONSHIP, FROM A MAN'S POINT OF VIEW VS. A WOMAN'S. I WAS SITTING ON A ROOFTOP WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, EXPLAINING TO HER THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ME BEING IN A NON-EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. TO DATE SOMEONE ON AND OFF. TO, PERHAPS, DATE MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT ONCE. MY HEART GROWS VINES OF ATTACHMENT TO THE MAN WHO INTRIGUES ME. THOSE VINES ARE INCAPABLE OF BRANCHING OFF INTO MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, OR RETRACTING AND REATTACHING THEMSELVES NUMEROUS TIMES. AFTER EXPRESSING THESE EMOTIONS, AND MY FRIEND RELATING COMPLETELY, I STARTED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR MOST WOMEN. WE FIND DIFFICULTY IN "MINIMAL--RELATIONAL--RELATIONSHIPS". THIS NOW LEADS ME TO PONDER WHAT MEN THINK ABOUT THE SUBJECT. FROM EXPERIENCE, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO NOT ATTACH THEMSELVES QUITE AS EASILY TO THE OPPOSITE SEX, AS FEMALES DO. ON THE OFFENSE, THEY MAY ATTACH THEMSELVES, BUT ARE ABLE TO RESIST THEIR NATURAL INSTINCTS TO EXPRESS THEM (QUITE SUPERBLY, I MIGHT ADD). I HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING THE SECOND STATEMENT, MERELY BECAUSE WOMEN TEND TO SHOW THEIR INTEREST, QUITE FLAMBOYANTLY. THEREFORE, WHY WOULD A MAN GO AGAINST HIS NATURAL INSTINCT OF INTEREST IN A WOMAN, WHEN SHE IS RECIPROCATING THE SAME INTEREST? BEING A FEMALE, I CAN'T RIGHTFULLY CLARIFY WHAT OCCURS IN A GUY'S HEAD, BUT IF ANY ARE READING THIS, FEEL FREE TO DRAW ME A MAP. NOW, TO THE SECOND OBSERVATION THAT HAS APPEARED BEFORE ME: WHAT CHARACTERISTICS A WOMAN FINDS ATTRACTIVE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX VS. WHAT A MAN FINDS ATTRACTIVE. THIS PAST WEEKEND A FEW MEMBERS OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY JOURNEYED FROM MICHIGAN TO TENNESSEE. THE MOMENTS SPENT TOGETHER ARE NOTHING SHORT OF A CHEST FULL OF TREASURE. THE DETAILED BEAUTY IN YEARS LIVED AMONGST EACH OTHER IS EXQUISITE. WE WORK TOGETHER, LAUGH TOGETHER, AND ARGUE TOGETHER LIKE A WELL OILED MACHINE. MY APPRECIATION FOR FAMILY IS ASTOUNDING, AND MY ATTRACTIVE TOWARDS A MAN WHO INTERACTS WITH SUCH LOVE TOWARDS HIS FAMILY IS ASTRONOMICAL. WHETHER HIS FAMILY IS FROM BLOOD, OR ADOPTION, THE INTENTNESS AND GENEROSITY HE DOTES UPON THEM MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. OF COURSE, I HAVE MANY OTHER QUALITIES THAT MAKE MY HEART RACE. SUCH AS SCRUFFINESS, SARCASM, BOLDNESS, AND A PERSONALITY THAT BLENDS INTO WHATEVER ATMOSPHERE HE IS IN AT THE MOMENT. I ADMIRE SOMEONE WHO HAS A HEART FOR ADVENTURE, WHO IS WILLING TO BE A DORK, AND WHO APPRECIATES THE CLASSICAL CULTURE OF MUSIC. WHO WILL WIN OVER A CHILD'S HEART, AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S, AT THE SAME TIME. I WILL STOP MYSELF NOW, BEFORE THE WIND CARRIES ME AWAY. THOUGH THE TRAITS LISTED MAY SEEM PLENTIFUL, MY TYPE IS AS DEEP AND WIDE AS THE OCEAN. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE TO ASSUME THAT MANY THESE ATTRACTIONS ARE GENERIC WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN. BUT WOULD THEY BE GENERIC WHEN IT COMES TO MEN? WHAT GETS A MAN'S HEART RACING? IS IT THE STEREOTYPICAL LONG LEGGED, THIN, BLONDE HAIRED BEAUTY? THE WOMAN WHO PLAYS BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND COMES HOME TO COOK DINNER EVERY NIGHT FOR HER MAN? IS IT THE LADY WHO EASILY LETS HER HUSBAND BE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, WHILE SHE HERSELF IS A STEP BELOW HIS AUTHORITY? OR, ON THE CONTRARY, IS IT THE GAL WHO STANDS UP TO HER SPOUSE, FIRMLY PLANTING HER FEET WHERE SHE STANDS? MAYBE I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE INSIDE SCOOP. MAYBE THIS OPPOSITE SEX, OPPOSITE ATTRACTIONS ORDEAL IS MEANT TO REMAIN A MYSTERY. BUT I FULLY ADMIT THAT I AM NOT TOO THRILLED WITH BEING UNINFORMED (CROSSES ARMS).