“That makes sense.. don’t buy a printer unless mine is broken.”And I leaned against the door and I said “fuck. you don’t buy a printer till it’s broken”
I recently had discussed the approach to attraction through the idea of man vs woman- a classic tale of differences. I’ve said before that men are very set on timing and when they feel ready any woman around is all it takes. Women on the other hand consider the one more than timing, if it’s the one. They’ll focus on realness, emotions, safety, men not so much.Maybe it’s the woman’s innate nature to stay and be safe, or maybe it’s the man’s nature to be protective and be in the right state before being distracted. To which both seem logical and retrospective. However as a 21st century world, the idea of timing being a difficulty seems outlandish. As if we haven’t engineered every other want or need in this age then why couldn’t timing be engineered as well? but it’s not that easy, and I’m reminded life is not fair. Thus the printer method. In an effort of conversation he said “I’m not buying a printer unless mine is broken” and even so he can be picky but ultimately he will be more content with whatever printer because it is fixing the problem at hand. being single. He’s gonna choose warranty, color, etc. based on his ideas so of course he’ll feel picky but really any printer will do in his head. Now some men, the meticulous ones, make sure their printer is prestigious if they’re going to be using it frequently. Particular. But let’s be honest, the standard model will do. Ladies? The Sunday football, corporate, clean cut, gym routine printer enters the chat. Standard, expected, there’s four aisles at your nearest office supply store with variations of this. But see, here’s where being a woman changes the printer view. A woman needs to go buy a desk chair, and instead finally goes because she received a coupon for a new printer. A reminder, a reason to shop, maybe there are deals on chairs, she is looking specifically for something else. That’s when this happens for a woman. She browses the chairs and says well maybe I’ll check out the printers after all there’s a 25% off coupon. She does not need a printer. Suddenly she finds the perfect printer, a color that matches her desk, a fax, scanner, compact, simple instructions and she’s immediately torn. A 25% off coupon, she’ll debate for a bit, but what the hell why not. It makes sense to her, and she gets a deal and might not be what she needed but it fits perfectly. Maybe not in her car, maybe she’ll have to figure out how to get it home, set it up, but the vision, the need, the ideal makes more sense than any chair she was looking for today. She goes to checkout and plot twist, the coupon is actually expired. Yet again, she’s already fallen in love with the printer, she’s made plans with the printer. She’s gonna have to throw out the old, she’s excited for the new projects with this, and she decides to say fuck it. It may not be in budget, it may not fit a lot of details at the moment but worth the purchase in the long run in her vision.Men. Have a normal printer, use the printer, bring it to every apartment they're in, until it breaks. By then, the old printer is gone, a mediocre printer comes into the picture. And that’s all that’s needed. It’s this printer method idea, yes when it's broken of course they’ll put some effort in. Of course it will seem like they are having a choice, but are they? Any printer will do if they are without? Then yes, they’ll grab one they need to match what they’re wanting but sometimes the cheaper is easier, the details in the in-between are the deciding factors… never the big picture.
Yet here is my issue. My massive issue with the printers, the weight of these decisions are not put massive efforts in buying printers, but my question that is then raised is are people truly putting the correct weight on their relationships? And those that are, are you getting wrapped up in the details in between or are you wrapped up in the big picture? Which is more dangerous? Wrong? Right?
Printers.