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By Merlin Lessler —<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I go again! Another foolish attempt to explain the difference between men and women, naively thinking it will help in the battle of the sexes, bringing Mars and Venus into compatible orbits. This time it\u2019s the \u201cmen never get the whole story\u201d phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n

A husband will come home and say to his wife, \u201cI ran into Bill today; his son got married in the Bahamas last month.\u201d He (the husband) thinks he did a good job, got the scoop, and remembered to report it. He couldn\u2019t be more wrong!<\/span><\/p>\n

The grilling begins! \u201cWhich son? Who did he marry? Did Bill and his wife attend, or did the couple elope? Where are they going to live? Where did they meet? How long had they dated?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Each question is answered exactly the same: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d \u201cMen never get the whole story!\u201d They actually do get more facts than they report. But, not facts relevant to the \u201crelationship\u201d story. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, the husband with the scoop on Bill\u2019s son getting married did learn that the son drives a 2019 Mini Cooper with 8,000 miles on the odometer, and that Bill shot a 97 on the golf course in spite of getting a 10 on the 16th hole. But facts about marriage? Absolutely none! He didn\u2019t think to ask.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not his fault; it\u2019s the way a man\u2019s brain works. Next time, if he\u2019s like most men, he won\u2019t mention Bill\u2019s son getting married. Mars will keep his orbit away from Venus.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why men are like this. It might be a memory problem; we forget we\u2019ll face a cross-examination when we come home with a \u201creport\u201d like this. We eventually learn to cope when we become old coots. But, we don\u2019t fix our problem; we simply resort to fiction. We make up the answers. Our fingers are crossed when we step to the witness stand and swear to tell the truth, and the whole truth, nothing but the truth.  <\/span><\/p>\n

An old coot will respond to a \u201cwho-did-he-marry\u201d question with made-up facts: \u201cA girl from California; they met in college.\u201d \u201cDid Bill and Mary go to the wedding?\u201d \u201cNo, the couple eloped.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

On and on, an old coot will go, perjuring himself to the nth degree to avoid having his \u201cmen don\u2019t get the whole story\u201d syndrome exposed. Eventually, it will come out, but he\u2019ll cover his tracks with, \u201cI guess I heard it wrong,\u201d revealing yet another male dysfunction, the \u201cmen don\u2019t listen\u201d syndrome, an ailment I explained a few years ago in my unending quest to quiet the battlefront in the war of the sexes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Complaints? Comments? Drop them at mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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