how do i love thee? let me count the ways...

it could be inferred that i don't like men. this is far from true. i think sometimes i have a basic misunderstanding of men, but that is true for most women. i, at least, struggle to see life through a man's eyes. but lest i be accused of man-bashing, let me just counter my sometimes-disappointments with some great features of the all the men i have loved before.

1) they are strong. they pick things up. and carry them. and open them. and move them about.

2) and with those strong arms they hug me.

3) they are rational. their minds are less clouded with emotional helter-skelter & PMS & whatnot. this is of course precluding their absolute irrationality when it comes to women and sex, but other than that, when they are clear headed, men think logically.

4) they like to please women. a lot. well. and are willing to learn what it takes to do that.

5) men are willing to work hard to support a family and do so even if they don't want to. because they know they are needed. which is #6.

6) good men like to be needed. and gees, it is great to need a great man for stuff.

7) men appreciate a beautiful woman. and let her know it. or rather, can't hide it. even when they should.

8) men do what needs to be done whether they feel like it or not. duty. code of honor. all that jazz.

9) men are the other half of what it takes to make babies.

10) men are loving and kind to women they love.

there, do you feel better about my little list? (i like lists. i'm a listy sort of person.) i do. i like men even better now. if that were possible. after all, if i did not like them so much, why would i waste so much time writing about them?!