The Man Rules­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down

Finally , the guys' side of the story. We always hear " the rules"From the female side.

Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!Please note.. these are all numbered "1 " ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.We need it up, you need it down.You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides.Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work!Strong hints do not work!Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.Don't ask us.1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both.If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials..

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseballor golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1. Thank you for reading this.Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Why just why?

The nature of humanity is self serving first and last

Man I have been feeling a bit down at the moment, not that good things are not going on in my life, they are and she is great! lol

But I cant help but feel like a bit of a failure, like in every way I just don't measure up... Even academically like I am just not at the same pace as everyone around me. Also in my walk with God I barely even count as a Christian any more, just seams like my relationship with God has totally fallen apart. Tonight was the first time in ages I just sat down and read a bit of my bible, I feel like I have not done that or even tired to listen to God in ages. Maybe I am afraid of what He would say to me, that He might say that I am on the wrong path or presueing the wrong goals. I don't think that I could cope with hearing that right now.

I feel like I have lost God in the middle of church, that I have been thinking so much about church and how it should be, that I have forgotten about giving God any thought at all. Like that I have lost all contact with him and that I have lost him as the focus of my life. That makes me feel really sad, like I have failed or compromised my life.

I just want Jesus back, I traded him for a lot of other stuff and it really was not worth it at all.... Can I trade back again?

Time... I have been thinking about it lots over the last two days the apparent never ending quantity of it when you want it to end, they do say a watched pot never boils, but in every other way time seams to slip through your hand like sand, with a feeling of an inability to stop it. It nearly seams like I am lousing at both ends and in both ways. With time never being your friend, but here are some other peoples thoughts on time...

Martin Luther King, Jr. The time is always right to do what is right

Bertrand Russell The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Thomas Edison There is time for everything.

Eva Young To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.

I started back into college this week in my final year. Just releasing how much work is facing me and feeling a little overwhelmed by it. Lots of different readings to do and books to read, and a lot ridding on the grades that I take out of this year as well, so not really loving it so far.

It feels like that is all one big rush and race to get the grades, needing me to put my all into it and compimise on my life so that I can move on and go into a job where I will need to give my all to keep and have again to put all aside and work on that. It feels like I have started on a path of commitment to something that I don't really want to commit to! In a lot of ways that just makes life seem so meanless and empty, not a great feeling, I think that everytime I feel that way it is like a bit of my heart gives up or dies.

At the moment I think that my heart needs dreams again a chance to look out on the future and to see it as a place of possibilities and wounder rather than a place to get lost and slowly die.

I have been thinking recently of the language of love, I think that it is truly a selfish language. It is based on I find this person attractive, I love them, I like this about them. I like it when them do this etc...

I found it funny that in love something which is about loving other people and about sharing yourself with them our whole vocab that we associate with it is entirely selfish. In some ways this is weird but I guess that In every relationship we have to have decided that yes I do love this person and out of that personal expression have our unselfish response of love which is all about caring for and serving the other person.