Mars vs. Venus

It hasn't been too awful of a Monday. Tomorrow will be a busy one, and it will progress through the 24th. This past weekend's party went well but I have to comment on the "Mars Vs. Venus" game that is on the market. Yes, there is A BOARD GAME based on the Mars vs. Venus series of books. Granted, there are some pretty basic, valid male vs. female facts that are true across the board and the books have interesting things to say and probably will help a lot of otherwise clueless people. But the game is doomed to fail from the beginning for the women. Basically, the very nature of our differences causes one side to have the advantage over the other. There are a few wonderful rare exceptions, but men by nature, and even more so by cultural influence, tend to not want to "talk about their inner child" or their soft sensitive side....and all that psycho babble rot, and women have been given that green light. So, we talk talk talk...and love to let a man know how we feel at most given moments. Unless we're so pissed we revert to silent treatment, which gets no one anywhere. But this game asks questions requiring the men to try and "guess" how a woman would react, or think, or feel in certain situations, and vice versa. The men know the answers because they have heard their women talking about what they want or need and over time, the familiarity factor just kicks in. Women don't know half the things the men are going to say or answer, because they just haven't "talked about" these things voluntarily...EVER!!. And if they do have to give an answer that they know wouldn't be popular to the female crowd, or to their significant other in particular, they are quite likely to just give they answer they think we "want to hear"...for whatever reasons-probably self-preservation. And if they're afraid to answer, they can choose option "D" which is to go to the "cave". So, after thinking about the resounding ass kickin' the gals got playing the game, it dawned on me just exactly WHY women probably can't win this game. But, I have to say, it was still a lot of fun, and pretty darn educational.