The Fragility of the Human Ego

It has been said that both prey and predator can smell fear. So people try to exude a certain air of confidence when they go on the prowl out on the town. This can backfire when the effort to radiate confidence becomes too deliberate; it just comes off as desperation. Have you ever heard of the expression, “He/She literally stinks of desperation!” Now I hate to use the word literally when what I am talking about is not literal, people who do that figuratively wipe their asses with the English language. All tangents aside, research shows that it is possible for people to give off a very real, pheromonal-based, stink of desperation. So how do we act with confidence without the desperation? Our ego must be in check enough for us to believe we have good reason to be as confident as we want to be.

                There are a number of events that can shatter the Human ego, but the male ego especially. Men are very serious about the size of their junk; a simple giggle at a naked man will have him questioning his manhood for years. When a guy is trying to run some game on a lady and she’s just not having that, it makes it hard for us to talk to the next one. Women are verbally oriented, while men are word oriented. “But that’s the same thing!” you exclaim. No its not. If we get asked to bring home a gallon of milk after work and come back empty handed – a woman will become frustrated and say, “You’re so irresponsible.” All we hear as men is the word “irresponsible” and we become fixated on it and rather than realize you are talking about one instance, we start to question ourselves; “What about all the months of mortgage I have paid? Has that all been erased because of one simple action?” The male species has a fragile ego and it is easy to make fun of, but why is the female ego no laughing matter?

                Is there any right answer to “Does this outfit make me look fat?” If we reply with a straight, “no,” that is not good enough; apparently we are supposed to tell them how good they look, although that was not part of the question. However, if we do choose to extend our response to something like, “You know I think you look good in anything you wear,” we have not answered the question directly enough and the obvious conclusion to jump to is that we are avoiding the question because we don’t want to insult her since she looks humongous in that outfit. *SIGH* the logic that some women follow is completely unfathomable. Women are incredibly sensitive, they think with their hearts and emotions rather than with logic, whereas men think with their genitals and logic rather than with their emotions and hearts. This sensitivity leads them to stop eating and all sorts of wild shit if we say the wrong thing.

                So be aware of the ego of your significant other, otherwise guys will be making love through the hole in the front of their boxers and women will stop eating. Get it together people.