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Created on: January 07, 2010 Last Updated: January 08, 2010
No one completely understands each other's feelings, thoughts, and actions. The more differences two people have, the harder it is for them to understand each other. Males and females have numerous differences, such as the way they were brought up, how they were treated, and their special abilities. Though one gets wiser over time, the number of differences increase more rapidly than how a man learns about a woman. Also, changes in a woman can not always be known, causing many men to become confused.
You might agree that there are plenty of differences about a man or woman, but you probably never had a big picture of it in your head. Here is an example of how an average man and woman would think about ONE subject:
A man/woman is walking down the streets and is trying to decide where to got to. It is common, that a man would walk into a bar and order some beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverage drinks. He would also be interested in collecting a few rare bottles of wine in which he might keep for his own, or sell them at a higher price. A woman, on the other hand would go to a fashion show where they stockpile shoes, dresses, jeans, and all that jewelry products that never seems to end. Most men just can't understand why woman like to spend hundreds of dollars on clothing. They consider it a waste of money and think of all the "useful" things they can buy with that money.
That is only parts of the difference on ONE subject. Multiply the amount of differences by millions and see about just how much differences there are between an average man and woman. That is only the average man and woman being compared. You could multiply that number by millions AGAIN, if you were comparing abnormal men and women.
Now, the amount of useful differences compared and known is lower than 1% of the actual amount of differences. When a man gets together with a woman as husband and wife, he notices many useful similarities and differences that he would not have known before. Despite changes in the woman, he should know quite a few character traits that she has. However, there are many time where the man can not accept what he thinks about the woman and changes it to comfort himself without being aware. Other times, both of them misinterpret what the opposing side's actions are and immediately come to a false conclusion. Problems like these make it harder for anyone to understand each other, unless all the every-day problems are solved.
Naturally,
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