Why is that guys have such an innate desire to "fix" everything? I'm not just talking about stuff that breaks - I'm thinking in a more broad sense right now. I speak solely from personal experience, but feel that a lot of other guys are probably with me on this one, when i say that I have this buring desire to always "make things better."
If something breaks (a light bulb, a toilet, a mechanical pencil), I like to fix it. Similarly, when someone has a problem, I like to solve it. And I think it's like that for a lot of men. Is it something we're innately born with, or is this desire created through subtle socilization as we're growing up (guys are supposed to fix stuff)?
And why is it impossible to turn off? Nothing is more frustrating then watching someone suffer and not being able to do a damn thing about it. So... where does the "Mr. Fix-It" complex come from, and how do I make it go away?
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Why don't you put this in the CE forum to show proof that Bush lied?
edit: I just re-read this after posting and realized that some may not catch my humor intended. I still have time to delete it but decided against it. It seems like something you might hear on some Sunday talk show or read in some stupid anti-Bush blog, that's all.
Besides I'm in a foul mood this morning. I met my ex's new fiancee last night and the guy is the biggest jackass. Normally that would make me pleased, but he spends more time around my kid than I do. Well, I'm not going to continue hijacking Shark's thread.
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That's why I hate it when women tell you their problems, and just want you to listen. Not tell them exactly what to do to help themselves. If you give me a math equation I'm going to try to solve it, same thing goes for a personal problem. And yes alot of the times the answer is you're over reacting.
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Originally posted by Charger: That's why I hate it when women tell you their problems, and just want you to listen. Not tell them exactly what to do to help themselves. If you give me a math equation I'm going to try to solve it, same thing goes for a personal problem. And yes alot of the times the answer is you're over reacting.
THAT is exactly what i was getting at! Thank you for validating my frustrations!
Twins - that made absolutely no sense! [img]tongue.gif[/img] As they say on comedy central, "leave comedy to the professionals" [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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LMAO! Thanks for coming up with that, Shark.
And it's nice to know that women do feel that way to, TG.
This has to be one of the issues that me and my wife used to argue over all the time! She would tell me her problem, and I would try and come up with a way to fix it. I'm such a know-it-all!
I get mad because she's "not trying to improve the situation", and she's mad b/c I can't "just listen".
Man, it's hard for a guy to bite his tongue...
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Thanks for the welcome, Shark.
I haven't "formally" introduced myself - I started out as a lurker for a few weeks and am still on the slippery slope to becoming a consistent poster.
I'm up in Winnipeg (due north of Fargo), and I'm only now starting to make some permanent changes in the way I work out and eat...
As my cranium fills with more experience and knowledge, lookout - you won't be able to get me to shut up!
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