I have always thought, through my experiences with men, that guys brains just don’t function like ours do. I mean we girls are all about the details, from matching our lipstick to our shoes, to remembering what aftershave a man wears to the exact wording of a text message we got 12 months ago.
We don’t give our guys enough credit – because they actually do remember the small things. Ok – so The Boyfriend LISTENS but doesn’t HEAR.
Here’s one example that happened about a month ago.
Me: “So my younger sister Krystle is getting engaged – how cool is that?”
Him: “Is that the one who lives in Australia?”
Me: “No, this one lives in Auckland – remember – the one younger than me, the only sister you haven’t met”.
Him: “Oh…yeah yeah….I know the one.”
Two weeks later.
Me: “So my sister finally got engaged in Bali. How cool is that?”
Him: “Is that the older sister who lives in Australia?”.
See – the little things he forgets. I know he was listening but, as usual, he wasn’t HEARING what I was saying.
Or so I thought.
I’m at his place, beer in hand, and chippies to my right, watching the sevens. He’s watching a video on YouTube on how to iron a shirt. (seriously, I am not making this up!) So, he starts carefully ironing his new, fitted black shirt that he looks very sexy in, and he had some very stylish pants ready to iron as well.
Now, The Boyfriend is a very handsome man, however he’s a jeans and jandals guy and in the seven months we’ve been together, I’ve seen him dressed up only three times. The first time was on our first “proper date”, the second, at my work farewell and the third, for my birthday.
So as I watched him learn the perfect ironing technique via YouTube, I thought, “His workmates are so lucky to see him dressed up and looking sexy”.
Two days later, as we sat at the beach eating pizza it went like this: -
Me: “I was watching you ironing your clothes and, I felt very envious of your workmates who get to see you all dressed up”.
Him: “I knew you were thinking that. However, I was I was learning how to correctly iron my shirt not for work. I figure we’ll be going out for dinner on Valentines Day…” Cue the pause for effect…
Me: speechless
Him: “…so I was getting my clothes ready to wear for Feb 14th because you've mentioned that you hardly ever see me dressed up."
Me: Amazed, speechless and very, very chuffed that that little detail, he remembered.
