Thursday, April 9, 2009

Boys Will Never Be Men


Nothing beats the minds of little boys at work. Their logic would baffle the most seasoned rationalist and make a logician turn in his grave. I’m not saying girls are any less, it’s just that a little boys thinking is so much more hilarious and entertaining.
Sitting here and watching the boys playing down below reminds me of my own childhood best friend, JD, you know who you are. That kid taught me things very few other little girls would learn at that tender age. Through his company I may also have learnt how to study people’s minds outside of my relation to them and outside my own gender limits. In short I learnt how to think like a boy.
I don’t know if this has taught me how to deal with people better or just made me someone who over thinks most situations but either way its made me a better person at the least. It’s also given me a certain degree of peace of mind and calm in aggravated situations. Knowing how a man's mind works helps, especially in gender colored disputes.
Going back to the partner of my childhood days, I thank him for letting me play games other girls turned their noses up at. Cricket, football, and of course my favourite badminton, were all too "unladylike" in the old days. By including me he taught me the art of an easy and transient existence between both male and female mentalities. I also learnt that there is a great difference between boys and men. Men aren’t willing to change their minds too easily while boys are open to new ideas and change. Under my influence, my best friend learnt that a girl is just as strong, and at times stronger, than a boy. He also learnt that humoring your woman once in a while, like making flower arrangements with her like he did with me, she would be happy, and nag you much less.
If the ladies are lucky, some of these boys grow up to be men who do not close their minds to change. So I suggest Miss Knowles change her track’s name to ‘If I Were a Man’. The ladies who are lucky enough to bag such men for life should consider themselves blessed, and pay gratitude to those little girls who influenced their men in their youth.
As I look out once again at the kids at play, I see two little girls influencing men in just the same way. Of the 10 or so boys at play, they’ve managed to get two to fill in their slam books, a very girly thing to do. I predict those two little boys will make two women, maybe even these same two little girls, very happy ten years, or more, from now. Like I said, nothing beats a little boys mind at work. Unless you think about a little girls influence on that same little boy’s mind.
And to all you worried mothers out there, I assure you, a little girls influence will seldom turn a little boy gay. It will only make him a better man.

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