“Are Men and Women from Different Planets”What is womans #1 complaint about men?Who has ever said “Men are so dense and clueless I dont understand them?”Who has ever heard a Man say “Women cant live with them cant live without them?”NicknamesIf Laura, Suzanne, Debra, and Rose go out to lunch, the will call each other Laura, Suzanne, Debra, and Rose. But if Mike, Charlie, Bob, and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-head, and UselessEating Out When the bill arrives Mike, Charlie, Bob, and John will each throw in $20, even though the bill is only for $22.50. lNone of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.When the girls get their bill, out come pocket calculators.MoneyA man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wantsA woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she does not wantBathroomsA man has 6 items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number if items in a typical womans bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify most of those items.Arguments A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.Dressing UpA woman will dress up to go shopping, to water the plants, to empty the garbage, to answer the phone, to read a book, or to get the mail. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.Dealing with Anger and EmotionsMen will deal with stress by punching inanimate objects such as a door or steering wheel and blame clubs, bats, bowling balls etc. for poor performance.Women will make sniffling noises and sigh heavily or they will clamp hands over their face and weep. When questioned, they keep saying, “Oh nothing” over and over.Time needed to get ready for an eventIf a Man needs to be ready by 6pm to go out to dinner he will typically start to get ready at 5:55pm and will be ready by 6pm.If a woman needs to be ready by 6pm it doesnt matter if she starts getting ready at 3pm, 4pm or 5pm she will still probably be 20 minutes late due to not liking the way her hair turned out or not liking her outfit and thus changing outfits 100 times.OffspringAh Children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appts, romances the children have, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears, hopes and dreams of her kids.A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the home.If you are a woman, you usually think“What is wrong with men why dont they think like me, act like me and understand me- Men are so dense they need to clue in!”What a woman means:l“Women have it right and men have it wrong so if men would just become more like us and think and communicate like me then there would be no problems” If you are a man, you are usually thinking. Men usually think l“Men have it right and women have it all wrong. So if women would just think like us and be like us then there would be no problems communicating”Why its great to be a male factsnWe know stuff about tanksnA 5 day trip requires only one suitcasenWe can open all our own jarsnWe can go to the bathroom without a support groupnWe can kill our own food and eat it hours laternIf someone forgets to invite us to something they can still be our friendnEverything on our face stays its original colornThree pairs of shoes are more than enough maybe too manynWe can sit quietly and watch a game with a friend for hours without thinking, “He must be mad at me.”nWe can drop by and see a friend without having to bring a little giftnIf another guy shows up at a party in the same outfit, we just might become lifelong friendsnOur pals will never trap us with: “So notice anything different?”nWE are not expected to know the names of more than 5 colorsnWe are totally unable to see wrinkles in our clothesnThe same hairstyle lasts for years even decadesnA few belches are expected and toleratednWe can do our nails with a pocketknifenChristmas shopping can be accomplished for 25 people on the day before Christmas and in 45 minutes!5 Different Ways We Are Different in Our Communication1st ReasonlWhy men and women seem to be from different planets is how men and women think and process life differentlyThe bottom line is That men think in one box at a time and spend most of their time doing that they are best at - solving problems.Women process life more like a plate of pasta or like a blackboard.1st Reason: How men and women think and process life differently “Men think women think like men think and women think men think like women think”Men process life like Waffles or like a filing cabinet5 Different Ways We Are Different in Our Communication2nd Reason:lWhy men and women seem to be from different planets is that Men tend to be Mr. Fix It and Women tend to be Ms. Ho