is it woman’s lot in life
to utter dire predictions,
and warnings, such as
“This knobby thing is going to fall off
and get lost”
and it is man’s lot in life
to totally ignore her–
Not once, but dozens, if not hundreds,
of times throughout the years.
Mean, after all, refuse to acknowledge
that women might know something
that they do not,
Especially mechanically related
things such as a loose knobby thing,
which, of course, does fall off
and disappears,
and has to be replaced.
And as women, we have a choice;
We can say “I told you so!”
or we can bite our tongues
and let them deal with it,
Not just tightening a loose knobby thing
but going to the hardware store
to buy a new one
And if they dare to complain
that the knobby thing has doubled in price,
THEN
we can say “I tried to tell you,
But of course you
never listen
to anything
I
have
to
Say”
OR
(what the heck)
we can be smug and go ahead and say
“I TOLD YOU SO”
Sandra Lee smith,
March, 2009
(been there and done that)
