You know that book titled Men are from Mars Women are from Venus?
Well, I’ve never read it, but I have to say that is the best description of gender I’ve ever heard.
I consider myself a fairly intelligent person – not college educated- but still I can balance my own checkbook if you know what I mean. HOWEVER, I am still at a loss for communicating with, and understanding my husband. We have been married for 15 years, and been through A LOT. Now in our middle 30’s we’ve mellowed quite a bit. There are some things that we still argue about, you know – sex, money, housework. Those things I understand. But every now and then he still throws me curve balls that I just do not get. It is as if, as the book says, he is speaking Martian, and I Venetian.
Case in point…….
Last night Scott went to his buddy’s where the two of them give music lessons. He gets home around 10:00 and the only reason I’m still up is because American Idol was on and I couldn’t make myself turn it off. So he comes up stairs, and crawls into bed. GASP! He was as cold as a freakin’ popsicle!!!!!! I mean we are talking polar ice cap cold. And what does he do? Puts those frozen Eskimo hands on me!
Get off me!
Warm me up
Seriously, get off, you are freezing!
Come on, just let me get warm
Okkkk, put your hands between YOUR legs, or under your butt or something and warm them up some first!

At this point he throws the covers off, gives me the big sigh, and walks out of the bedroom to watch TV. What? Just like that? All because I wouldn’t let you put your frozen tundra hands on me?
Am I wrong here? Does being a wife really mean that I have to allow frozen hands?
I mean, really.
So I –sigh- go downstairs –sigh- ask what is wrong? Apparently I had slipped into my native tongue of Venetian at this point. And he was obviously speaking Martian because after 15 minutes we still didn’t understand each other, or what had happened. I ended up going back up to bed scratching my head. –sigh-
Maybe I should go buy that book. Even after all this time I still don’t understand a single word of Martian!!!!!!!