Poor Rom

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 4913

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Denise Rogers" <gypsycaine at y...> 
wrote:
>   Ok, everyone's going off on the qualities of these three friends, 
poor Ron, or how could Ron have...?  or that kind of things.
> 
> 
>   In my experiences with men (hides a cough) including ex's, 
brothers, cousins, fathers, and other male friends, I have discovered 
something.  Men tend to act like babies sometimes.  Now this is not 
saying that all men on this list are under this classification--but 
the 25-60 that I know of personally all fit this case!
> 
>   1.)A fight occurs.  Rather than A admitting to B that A was 
wrong, they drag out these fights, and involve everyone around them 
in their misery.  I still haven't figured this out.  
> 
>   2.)They know that they are lost, are wrong, whatever, they will 
continue with the self-deception until the pile of (insert word) is 
too high to deal with.  (Like when you are lost and they refuse to 
stop at the gas station.  This is NOT a caricature!)  Or, that they 
believe a woman who is totally faithful is sleeping with someone 
else, when they deep down know better.  Or to use HP, Ron KNOWS 
Harry's nature and that Harry never lies to his friends.  Faculty, 
yes, sometimes to avoid trouble.  But never to friends, but Ron's 
following this typical male thing.  
> 
>   It didn't matter if the men involved with the last paragraph were 
first born, second, or the last born.  They still had that flaw!
> 
>   3.) There are some women who do follow this as well, but not as 
many as the men!  Sorry, guys, you're in the majority in my book.
> 
>   Examples can be given upon request, with the names of the guilty 
withheld.  
> 
>   (And yes, this is a humorous post....sorry if it offends anyone!)
> 
> 
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You know, I agree that some men act in this way, and some women
act in gender stereotypical ways (giggling, running in packs, 
avoiding conflict, being passive aggressive, meaning being sweet
to people's faces, and then trashing them in private, being hyper 
critical of other girls/women, deep down being negative about 
themselves). We laugh about it therefore saying that the negative 
ways we behave are about boys will be boys and girls will be girls.
I'd like to think we could all be human and deal decently with each
other. Men could ask for help (directions); women could be direct.

susan