by
Lars Hindsley
on Tue 03 Jun 2008 07:00 AM EDT
There are some things you cant cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder ?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't get any clearer
Oh, I just want to hear girls talk
Words I first heard by Elvis Costello, and my introduction to the secret world of women. How many of us men wish we were a fly on the wall when girls talk?
Well lately since my move and since the summer is upon us, with my window open they sit outside my window...girls talk. What answers can I give to you men? Oh the things I could speak of, the knowledge I now hold. I hold the truth in girls talk.
I can hear Elvis singing now begging her to keep her distance... "Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer..."
What is it about women that they are so entitled to double standards? :) Girls claim they know the rules in the game of love (and they do) between each other yet within our midst, we are held to much higher standards. Boy oh boy, we men are such a bunch of suckers. And God bless em'. Women, ladies, girls, they all know we are caught in the web. The web modern day political correctness, chivalry, masculinity yet emasculated... it's like a paradox we men must learn and the rules bounce back and forth in terms of what we can and can't do for a woman based on various points in relationships with them. If you have good looks, if you are well endowed, if you have money.. these things make you immediately desired regardless of short-comings that any other man without these assets (not qualities) has. It appears the only twist ... more »