Page 26 of It's Not PMS, It's You
Some are legitimate questions.
Some are tricks.
To this day, most men haven’t figured out which is which. It’s like playing a game of Russian Roulette when answering, only there is a bullet in every chamber.
No matter how you answered the question, you lost.
As I see it, the man always has three options:
* Avoid answering the question and run far away, as fast as possible.
* Answer the question honestly and hope that was actually what she wanted.
* Lie.
Obviously, this scenario doesn’t apply to all questions from females, but here is the shortlist of questions that have proven to be troublesome for men:
* Does this make me look fat?
* Do you think that woman over there is pretty?
* What are you thinking?
* Do you notice anything different about me?
* I know we had plans, but would you be mad if I went out with my girlfriends tonight?
I have to admit that the question, “Did you see anything you weren’t supposed to see?” was a tricky one and I was on the fence as to which way to answer.
Ruth was glaring at me. I needed to quit stalling.
I opted to tell a lie. “I didn’t see anything at all.”
Except those gorgeous legs and cute pink-laced panties.
She stared at me.
This is another problem.
When they don’t believe you.
Women are such wise creatures that they can get a man to admit to just about anything, even something they didn’t do.
Ruth seemed to be an expert in this category because I was beginning to cave.
Oh, hell.
I decided to give in. “Okay, I saw something, but it happened so fast that I already forgot what I saw.”
This is yet another problem guys have. Someone like me who is not used to lying will always look like he’s lying when he gives it a shot. And that will lead to saying the most idiotic things.
Change the subject again. Now!
I gestured to the french doors. “What do you think?”
She nodded. “I like them. A lot.”
Great! Now we were getting somewhere.
