Typical

In my reading of "Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy" by Dave Barry, I found myself laughing out loud and realizing how sadly accurate this story was.  Embarrassingly enough, I can admit to experiencing these thoughts and emotions in my mind when faced with an awkward silence in a conversation with a guy.  When I think about it, these miscommunications should never happen.  When I feel uncomfortable, I will rarely express what is going through my mind, and then I let my mind wander when guessing what is going through the other person's mind.  I thought that Barry's depiction of this was hilarious, and extremely relatable.  As he continues on with the story, I can relate to the author’s theorization that women do not understand that men don’t spend a specific amount of time thinking about a relationship.  Women are much more emotional and thoughtful than men, and we cannot accept this as fact.  Men don’t understand why women are upset most of the time, because women don’t tell them.  I can relate to this, because I am guilty of this, as are most females that I know.

The tips and related information that Barry provided to the readers were extremely comical to me.  The first tip, Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship, was funny due to Barry’s use of exaggeration.  The fact that the woman has to remind the man that they are in a relationship as they are discovering that she is pregnant with their fourth child is outrageous, which is what made me laugh.  The final tip, and the related chart is short, sweet, to the point, and hilarious.  When asking if you would like to go on a second date, saying yes is considered a threatening response.  This is obviously an exaggeration, because actually telling someone that you only have three months to live instead would be a terrible way to accept a date.  I have never experienced this, obviously, because it is quite ridiculous. 

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this reading.  It was hilarious and generally relatable, and really demonstrates that women are a little ridiculous when it comes to men. We can be insecure and silly, and generally tend to blow things out of proportion.  We aren't entirely at fault, because men don't share as much information as we would generally like. :)