City, Man, Person, Solo, Window, Alone

"Hello," he said, smiling at the phone, feeling his heart beat faster, just hearing her voice.  "I can't wait until you get home tomorrow night. I miss you."

"About that," she signed.

"Again?"

"It's my job.  You knew that going in."

He didn't say anything.

"Are you there?" she asked.

"I'm here."

"I'm sorry.  There's another war breaking out and I have to cover it.  I'm flying out of here in ten minutes."

"Okay."

"I promise I'll come home as soon as this assignment is over.  We'll spend some time together."

"That's what you said the last three times."

"It's what I do.  It doesn't mean that I don't love you."

"Well, be safe."

"I'll call when I can."

"Right," he said.

"Gotta go, we're boarding.  I love you."

"I love you too," he muttered, thinking of how many days, or weeks, it would be before he saw her again.

Well, he had his job at the little bookstore, and his three little friends.  And he loved her.  Her long shiny hair, her sparkling eyes, her body.  She was perfect.  So he got a tub of Chunky Monkey ice cream out of the freezer, and turned a sappy love story on the TV.  He would wait for her call.  Wait to see her.  And let his life pass him by.  He reminded himself that she was worth it, and he was lucky to have her.

 

SAID/DID NO MAN EVER.

 

Only women do stupid things like that.

No one would be surprised by that story if the women was home waiting for a man who had a real life out in the real world.  No one likes reading about a guy switching places with a woman.  You'd wonder what was wrong with him.  WHY DON'T PEOPLE WONDER WHAT'S WRONG WITH WOMEN WHO DO THAT?

My cousin just gave me a book (about Paris) and I don't think I can read it.  it's about a lame woman just like the guy I wrote about.  When my cousin handed the book to me she said, "There's a little romance in it, but you'll love the parts about Paris."  Romance is one thing, pining and waiting is something else entirely.

That old saying, "TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN."  Well, it doesn't wait for WOMEN  either.  These stories simply reinforce the role women are expected to play.  Waiting.  Putting up with things they hate, wasting their lives.  Living tiny little lives.  Gak!

Whenever I walk BY the romance section in a bookstore, I never see men standing there, looking through the books.  Actually, I think men should read them.  If they did, they might know what women want, how to satisfy them, and how to make women happy. If men did that, women wouldn't want to read romance novels, because they would be living in one.

Anyway, if you ever want to see sexism and brainwashing, just reverse the gender roles in any story.   You can't miss it.  Imagine a woman pirate, bending a guy backward, after sliding down a rope from the mast, and kissing him.  Then pushing him away and getting back to business running the ship, as he slowly walks back to his cabin to wait for whatever will be done to him next.  Think about the things we put into people's heads.  It's truly pathetic and insane.