For men, 2am is time for sleep. For women, 2am is time for a discussion about where our relationship is going.

Today’s issue is not an assumption, it is a fact and as far as I am concerned the issue is supposed to be: How come that an issue that is not cleared yet allows a man to sleep? How come a man can sleep when items like: when will we marry, how many children, will we get a dog or where will we live, are still not defined? But to be honest this is not even the worst.

Men sleep during a serious discussion as for them the issue is closed with a: “ok, so you made your point. I hope you are satisfied now.” THIS IS NOT A VALID WAY OF ENDING AN ARGUMENT!!! Men end any kind of debate the way they end a fistfight with their gender mates. They hit each other in the face until one bleeds and then the issue is closed. We are different. We first of all try to avoid hitting each other and NOT only because we do not want our make-up to destroyed- YES it is a major reason but it is not the only one. We don’t fistfight because we beat each other with long useless talks. We weaken the other party by screaming and getting hysterical. We create an overloaded uncomfortable environment and then start discussing until the issue becomes ridiculous for BOTH parties.

Let me give you an example of how an argument with a man takes place. It is an example that my friend Paula had to go through several times.

Paula is an extremely communicative type of woman. Any man reading this and thinking: “So she is a normal woman” obviously does NOT know Paula. She is THE most verbally active woman I have ever seen. Paula had a discussion with her boyfriend, which I thought was mute for something like the first 3 years of their relationship. They had a basic discussion concerning their relationship and each other’s responsibilities. Paula is very strict and precise about these things, whereas her boyfriend sees his only duty in waking up, working and coming home during the rest of the day, evening or night. As Paula is working, taking care of the house, cooking and taking care of their relationship, which she had the impression he was taking for granted for the last years. Yes, she could have closed the issue before going to bed but the final drop was that he ended the argument in bed by saying good night, turning around and falling asleep immediately. WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. So in the very beginning we pretend to cry- loudly of course, but guess what- YOU DON’T REALIZE IT, which takes us some time to understand. The next step is: we sigh- louder than we can cry and then YOU snore. When you wake-up because you feel that punch in your face, eye, stomach or kick against your leg and we are sleeping, let me tell you WE ARE NOT, we are closing the subject and as soon as you snore again we are giggling. Further our worried: “What happened?” the next morning is grand theatre. Hollywood is waiting for each and every one of us, they just don’t know about us yet!

In case you would talk about where the relationship is going or we had the feeling you care, we would sleep on your shoulder, our hand would be holding your face and we would fall asleep with a smile on our face.

Thank God for my man, I love sleeping on your shoulder!

HIRPIT