3 Stories to Demonstrate How Weird Men Are
When logic goes out the window
Respect. Power. Money. Fame. Love. Acceptance.
And so on…
We can debate all day trying to find the reasons behind why men make weird, badly calculated decisions.
But, chances are, our conclusion will make as little sense as their actions do.
Men are weird and their motivations are often even weirder.
Let me tell you 3 stories to demonstrate just how weird we are.
And maybe, my conclusion will help make sense of it.
1. Cut-throat
A decade ago (approximately), I remember there being an attack on a man who was walking downtown from one bar to another.
As he left one bar to go join his friends who were at the next, a group of guys were walking by and recognized him.
This was the man who was now dating one of their ex-girlfriends.
What would you do in this situation?
My guess is you’d keep walking by awkwardly because it is a bit of an awkward situation.
Well, in this case, the ex-boyfriend broke a beer bottle and cut the now-boyfriend’s throat.
Luckily, he lived.
This is a pretty intense reaction and one that few could justify. It’s even harder to justify when you find out that the ex-boyfriend was the one who broke up with the girl…
Now, you’d think this would be uncommon. You know, wanting to attack an ex whom you broke up with’s new partner.
But, it’s not.
How do we justify this?
Pride? Respect?
Or is it, insecurity, shame, a lack of self-knowledge and a little hint of evil in the blood?
This reaction, or something similar, is far too common among men.
2. Fight or love
To continue on the topic of men attacking each other… Working in nightlife for over 10 years has shown me a lot of weird situations.
A common occurrence you’ll see is two men (or more) who are about to fight each other, but a few minutes later are best friends.
I’ve seen it go even further though.
I’ve seen two men who were about to fight each other, end up doing shots together and becoming friends. Later in the night, the two got into a fight with one of their friends they came with.
That’s right!
One of them made friends with a guy he met that night and was about to fight and then they attacked his friend together.
There is a thin line between men. This line is the difference between about to fight and about to love.
For some reason, that thin line kind of gives me hope though.
3. Manly or stupid?
Perhaps it is baked into us from an evolutionary level, but for some odd reason, men seem to always need to prove just how “manly” they are.
Or stupid… depending on how you look at it.
Men crave the attention they get from praise and validation (maybe mommy issues). In an attempt to gain this attention, they try ridiculous acts of “bravery”, dangerous stunts, and impressive feats.
I can tell you about the time a man (I’m sure you know one) tried to jump into a pool from the roof of a house and missed.
And, I can tell you about the many times a man tried to jump into the middle of a couple arguing only to get knocked out and yelled at by the girl he was trying to “save”.
But, I rather tell you about the time a man thought he had to prove himself to a bunch of girls by burning his tires in the middle of the street (not sure what this proves).
He was upset because a group of girls was asking questions about my car. I drove a bright blue Porsche back then and it often caught people’s attention.
Of course, he was interested in one of the girls and she wasn’t paying attention to him. So, he jumped in his Mustang and started spinning the tires next to my car and insisting we race.
To prove his manliness (or stupidity), he then started doing donuts in the middle of the road, only to smack the curb with his car.
He immediately drove away after that.
Funny enough, I wasn’t interested in the girls. He could just have easily come and talked to her instead of trying to prove himself.
Closing thoughts
When who a man believes he is, is challenged, he will often react weirdly.
In other words, when their ego is hurt, their reaction is often a badly calculated attempt to recover their image of themselves.
However, in most scenarios, it is only their image of themselves which is damaged. To everyone else, they were still the same person the whole time.
It takes someone who truly knows themselves to continue to move forward virtuously, intelligently and in a logical manner when their “self” is challenged.
Unfortunately, few men truly know themselves.
This is why I preach working on self-knowledge.
Thanks for reading.