greetings everyone.

i’ve had a serious bout of writer’s block, and wow. it was fun! anyway, this is my 19th attempt at completing a blog, so pray on !

i was just browsing through my mailbox, and read this interesting article posted by a friendster buddy. it was about the complicated man. i’m not going to repeat whats said in that post, but i’m just going to ponder on it, maybe take a closer look at this modern enigma called man, or guys….

we’ve often picturised women as the difficult of the two sexes, but now, men are seen as the more complicated lot. i dont want to tread into the metrosexual men issue, but more on the complex psychosis of his thoughts and feelings. so, you’re now getting it from a guy’s point of view, but it may not be the most accurate one. now you see why guys, or men are becoming rather complicated?

well, to start, lets see, most of the primal instincts that are found in the male species from many of our planet’s inhabitants are shared, its a mutual bond that we dont actually want to share but hey, we’re all from the same source right? we’ve evolved together eons ago, so naturally, some of these traits still cling on to us. some of the primal instincts are the survival instincts, the fight club mentality, the possesive or rather territorial behaviour and the laid back ‘i know it all, thank you very much now its my nap time’ attitude. one more thing is lacking here. sensitivity. men are a sensitive lot. and the male species of many of the living beings here are truly a sensitive lot. if you’ve owned pets, and i dont mean toyboys (just kidding, haha) of the male kind, it will take a while before you can relate to their sensitivity. its not like i’m saying that women or the female is ot a sensitive lot, and that sensitive men are wimpy. but this very trait is often misunderstood as the soft side. so, the cover up? the male machismo. the ‘johnny bravo’ (i just lurveeeee him, he rocks…) attitude. this is the by product of one’s sensitivity. its a defence mechanism against being categorised as wimps. but the modern male is tuning in more into his sensitive side.

but what does he do with it? the majority of them just, well, drown it with a range of substances such as the alcoholic kind, or others which i shall not want to share with (i’m protecting the rights of all men reading this piece of crap). or worse, they become too sensitive, that it borders between being, well, men, and ahem…they become the too sensitive men.

but to those who accept it, they use the sensitive side of them at its subtle best. this is where men becomes complicated. every action now has its own meaning, its own sentimental reason, its own repercusisons to the laymen(not being sexist, but its in the dictionary, so sue the book). but he still keeps this to himself. rarely has it been that it has an open display of sensitiveness, except when its bordering on the primal instincts i mentioned earlier.

men nowadays tend to write more than talk it out. look at me, i’m one of the one stated above!

i have loads to share, but then again, i might just not do so. most things are best kept locked up, fear of it being misunderstood. and by the way, did all these actually made sense? i thought as much. so it explains. complicating, men are. its 1 am, goodnight folks. nice to get the groove back, albeight bordering in the confused zone for the day.

cheers!

the complicated, plain joe.