Despite my love for Carrie Bradshaw's wit and style, my heart belongs to Helen Rowland. Helen was born in 1875 and let me tell you - from her writings, it is apparent that the dynamic between men and women hasn't changed much in the past hundred years. In 1909 she published a book, "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl" that is filled with the most incredible quotes... It is actually a pretty difficult book to find but well worth the search.
Here are some of the priceless quotes:
"As far as men are concerned, a woman's reputation for brains is worse than no reputation at all"
Here are some of the priceless quotes:
"As far as men are concerned, a woman's reputation for brains is worse than no reputation at all"
"Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself"
"It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others"
"A man can never be made to understand why a woman will pay fifty dollars for a hat containing ten dollars worth of material and forty dollars worth of style"
"A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics"
"A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet"
"A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it"
"A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest"
My question is:
If we know how men are going to act and how they think (since apparently they haven't changed in over 100 years at least) why haven't we learned how to play their games yet?
"A man can never be made to understand why a woman will pay fifty dollars for a hat containing ten dollars worth of material and forty dollars worth of style"
"A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics"
"A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet"
"A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it"
"A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest"
My question is:
If we know how men are going to act and how they think (since apparently they haven't changed in over 100 years at least) why haven't we learned how to play their games yet?
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