Okay, okay, so Valentine's Day is now upon us.  Hearts and jewelers commercials are a ubiquitous sight.  But over here in the real world, Sue's train has finally crashed, and we officially have a boy permanently placed in the position of President and CEO of the Boys Are Stupid Club.  What next?  Well, in honor of the new President, I've decided to ramble a little on men and the stupid things they do.  No doubt this will result in a chaotic bombarding of my email's inbox, but, hey - life is fun for a reason. 

Lesbians have a good thing going.  This is the consensus of many of my female friends right now…and no, they aren't lesbians or even wannabes.  They are just simply to the point of avoidance, and possibly denial, when it comes to potential relationships with the male persuasion.  Why is this, you ask?  Well, most men my friends and I have encountered throughout our adult lives have the same habits, as if they all attended the same summer camp as kids where they learned to do the things they do today as adults.  For instance, men lie.  Men cheat.  Men play games.  Men swear.  Men drink…oh wait.  Women do these things, too.  We just must be really, really good at it. 

We're concentrating tonight on the whole cheating aspect of life.  Why do men do this?  And don't hurriedly tell me they don't.  Remember That One Girl from my Case Study Rambling posted this time last year? (see Ramblings Archive for a refresher course)  Well, every guy she has had or attempted a relationship with in the past two years either has a wife, a girlfriend, or is living with someone.  There was even that one guy who had a penchant for one night stands with others while they were together.  She's met three guys with wives on the side (and one of them is That Magical Guy from the rambling who is still Magical in her eyes, by the way) - occasionally she still hears from one wife, who I think might be an ex-wife by now!  And Sue knows a guy who was juggling eight girls at one time!  Eight!  How in the world can anyone even dream of accomplishing that feat?  He's still juggling more than one as I write this.  In addition to all this overwhelming evidence to support my case, I can only think of two boys I know who seem to have skipped out on that particular summer camp extravaganza all the other boys went to, and even one of them did a little wandering in a previous version of this life.  That's two out of how many guys in the world???

Now I'm not saying that women are completely guilt-free here.  I'd be lying to say I've never once wandered in my life.  But the older I get (and I believe this is true for most women), the more I realize that it's not necessary to play games like that.  My personal opinion is if you're cheating or tempted to cheat on someone, maybe you should seriously reconsider your relationship with them and quit wasting their time and yours.  On the other hand, the older men get, the more they seem to think they are entitled to as many women at one time as they can have - in some cases, up to eight.  It's like they've paid some type of dues by being monogamous for the first twenty-five years of their life and now they're cashing in.

So why do lesbians have a good thing going?  For the most part, women don't get as easily bored as men do.  We find a plaything, and we mostly have a tendency to stick with it…even if the toy breaks.  Granted, every now and again you find a girl whose parents confused her for their son and sent her away to that summer camp and she is now the reigning queen of infidelity, but guaranteed those girls are few and far between.  Here's my solution, at least until our new President officially declares the summer camp a national disaster area.  Either we all endlessly contemplate turning gay without ever actually doing it, or we go back to our nightly visits from the boogeyman.  Hmmmm…

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