The MS Theorem…
Ladies… I’d specifically like your take on this. (Men, feel free to put in your 2 cents. 😉 )I was chatting with some ladies while waiting for the multimedia team to meet up. Y and I were talking about the God’s Truth for Women class and she joked about having a new class called “God’s Truth ABOUT Women.” At this point, MS jumps in and says, she’d rather start a class called: “Female Sensitivity Training”. ( I’m guessing a good number of you already know where this is going. ) So she busted out this theory about how a man is to deal with a lady in distress.
Step 1: You arrive upon or witness a lady in distress. Herein to be referred to as LID.
(Distress can be anything from a lady falling down the steps, a stubbed toe, emotional angst, spiritual anguish… you get the idea.)
Step 2: You ask the LID, “Are you okay?”
Step 3: The LID under most circumstances will say, “Yes”
(This can be attributed to pride, politness, or … )
Step 4: You must ask a second time, “Are you sure, you’re okay?”
(The premise of asking a 2nd time is to affirm that you actually care for LID’s well-being.)
Step 5: Assume that the 2nd answer is the more truthful of the two.
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For a mostly logical and reasoning being, I’m afraid this strikes me as rather non-sensical. But if God made women to puzzle the heck out of men… Who am I, to tell Him how to do things? ( Sure as heck keeps a man on his toes… )
But here’s where you come in… Ladies, what do you think about MS’ Theorem? I leave it to you to say yay or nay to this possible and curious theory.
I would say that the MS Theorem is exactly how I respond when I am distressed….
And the second answer is generally only the more truthful of the two if I actually know the guy.
~Tara
Like your eprops. However, shouldn’t the cat be 2/1 eprops instea of 0? hehehe… For my logical prespective anyway. I mean if someone gives you an eprop or 2 will “eat” the non-eproppers… that and I like cats so you are making me make a decision of choosing e-props or cats.
As far as your MS Theorem, uh, it depends on now unhelpful she wants to be. Majority of the time, I and other guys I’ve seen are given the cold shoulder or a rude reply when we ask the first time.
well, that’s tough… I think that women should learn to be more truthful in thier responses ie yeses be yeses and nos be nos, however, I think that the natural reaction is to deny it at first. For the reasons you stated, pride, embaressment, sometimes it’s not appropriate to discuss with a man the reason(s) for your distress, sometimes fear of troubling others. However, I don’t necessarily think this is the exclusive province of women. I think men tend to hide thier distress so well that people can’t even tell (in general), and if they are asked, they definately brush it off also. Ironically, I think the time you get this response the MOST is when you’re romatically invovled. Just friends tend to get the most truthful answers, strangers a tad less so :p…ok my 2 cents :p
MS’ Theorem seems too “broad”
Step 1: You arrive upon or witness a lady in distress. Herein to be referred to as LID.
(Distress can be anything from a lady falling down the steps, a stubbed toe, emotional angst, spiritual anguish… you get the idea.)
-if i stubbed my toe or fell down the steps and you asked me if i’m ok, of course i’m gonna say “no, i’m not ok”
-if it is something deeper and i am hesitant to share then it may take more than one or two or even three times for you to ask me before i’d tell you (or maybe i’ll never tell you)
-another thing to consider is the relationship between the man and the LID…how close are they regarding their friendship?
so yea… i don’t think i need to go into steps 2,3, and 4 cause it goes back to 1.
hmm.
waaah! but it’s really quite diificult, you know. to be christ-like. gonna keep praying.
I agree with MS’ Theorem. Girls aren’t doing it to confuse guys, it’s just the way they are. They need to protect themselves from emotional rejection or rejection in general, and also heartbreak. So, I’d rather not share too much (as RedRosesrr pointed out) because it’d be giving away too much of myself to someone. Well, unless that person proved to be worthy of it.
i think BOTH guys and girls have a tendency to say YES upon first questioning, out of, as Y put it, pride/POLITEness. the second question reassures the LID/MID that the person questioning isn’t doing it out of politeness but out of GENUINE CONCERN. 🙂 then that will prompt a more honest response; security in knowing that the other person cares sincerely.
players- the guys i coach for club volleyball. 🙂
hey thx man…
anyways, I agree w/ simp1e_song about the MS theorum being too broad
it applies sometimes, it doesnt apply others
like many have already mentioned, it really does depend on the situation, the relationship b/w the two ppl, and the personalities of the two ppl (which could be anything)
so yea, thats my 2 cents…enjoy! 🙂