I am giving up my space- my mom would love to share something very interesting. The Language of Women she translated from one of her Afrikaans ‘girlie’ magazines. She has a high regard and respect for the writer and I am sure he would love to share it with you as well!Women have their own way of communicating. She asks you to pass the sugar but she actually means the rice. She cannot wait to answer the phone because she wants to know immediately who phoned. She tells you a short story that ends up as a long story and interrupts you with questions when you have a long story that you can tell in a short time! She asks a lot of questions and 9 out of 10 times she can never say no because she feels sorry for everyone. (You are happy about that except she does not always feel sorry for you). You hear her talking somewhere in the kitchen but you cannot hear her clearly because the kettle is boiling and the tumble dryer is on. You are thinking she is talking on the phone until you hear footsteps coming down the passage. “Why don’t you answer me when I talk to you? You attempt to explain about the kettle and tumble dryer and ask her outright “how do you expect me to hear you?” “That is a convenient excuse because you never listened in the first place” “I am listening now. What did you say?” Then she turns around and says “It is OK, just leave it”!Sometimes she comes to you (Mohammed and the mountain). That is when you hear the footsteps. “I wanted to tell you something. What was it?” You say you do not know, give me a hint. “Do not interrupt me”, she says. “I am trying to remember, but forgotten now”. Sometimes she thinks out loud. (That is when she is not really addressing you). “I have thrown it away”, she says. Now you are suppose to know what! “What are you talking about” “That box. Remember last night you asked me why don’t I throw that box away”. You remember. Out of the blue she just went back on the discussion – almost 24 hours later! “Oh yes”, she remembers. “What I wanted to say just now…….I wanted to talk to you about your habit of always putting your feet on the coffee table”. Oh. “This is the 10th time I have been talking to you about it.” (You remember only the 9 times, maybe she was only thinking about the 10th time).When a woman says I am just saying…..you must know she is not just saying. You go and run your bath water. Just as the water is running smoothly, you hear the last part of what she is saying……”just before you get in”. “What now? You ask and close the taps. “Just repeat, I did not hear you with the noise. I am going to pick up my clothes from the floor you say, just in case”. “I just wanted to say, I love the way you fold your legs over the bath once you are inside”. Oh. I can def associate with the above………………..and I am sure, so does a variety of woman! Next………..The Language of Men.
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