right after May Sweeps comes Summer Reruns

I was inspired by Neil’s post today to re-post an old blog of mine. I’m not sure why, mine is not a poem. But I suppose the whimsy (God, I hope Neil thinks his has whimsy) and the inherent humor in the boy/girl differential struck me as similar. Plus I’ve met a couple of new boys (okay fine MEN) this week (!!!) Plus I have nothing else to say. So here goes.

A Blog to Boys
February 4, 2006

To all of you from all of us,

(ahem.)

We’re sorry.

Really, really apologize here.

Sorry that sometimes we are insane.

that we get really really mad at you and

don’t tell you why

and are mad at you for not knowing why

or for not knowing how to fix it

and then when we DO tell you

and you DO fix it

we are mad that we had to tell you.

We are complicated

and tricky

and really

it’s not your fault

that we count on you so much

to make us feel good

and that we often

take you down in the process

of getting our own needs met.

You’d think we’d have all worked this out a long time ago

this misunderstanding between the genders

and in case you haven’t noticed

it crosses all relationship types

sister brother

lover

friends

co-workers

Sometimes we (the women)

just have to operate under the assumption that you

(the men)

just suck.

Because you often do.

Sorry about that.

Sorry we are so needy

Sorry we want your attention

and approval

and attention again

so so badly

We know that you just want us happy

Because your lives are so much better

when we are happy

but you get it wrong a lot

And we are quite unforgiving of that

plus we want to keep talking about it

a

lot!

So

Again

Sorry.

Really sorry.

Please don’t give up on us

keep loving us

and we will try to do the same

even when we are so angry we want to rip out body parts

and you are so frustrated you never want to speak to us

really.

sorry.

Love,

the women