Mr Grumps

It was the usual whine - 'By. Dad asked me to drive and he's nagging about directions man.'
The reply came in a few seconds later, 'You wait. I'm making noise at my sister for waking up late.'
So when I later told him how I envisioned my future being the victim of 'noisy' men, all he had to offer was 'good luck to you.'

Good luck, indeed.
I think its not exactly true when they say only women nag.
I have my share of nagging men, worst they are the two men dear to me.
So is there really something wrong with me or is it just their way of showing how much they care?
Take for example, just the other day when I told the man about the headaches I've been getting whenever I'm on a bus ride, the man practically analyzed the whole situation and listed me (in numbers, no less) why I might be having a headache. One, he said, it's because of my irregular sleeping hours. Two, he explained, I just started driving and it's normal a switch to public transport might cause the discomfort. Three, he said, I've been waking up way too late.

Me, being me (who is accustomed to such nags and have learned the 'silent' technique) chose to keep quiet and gave my irritating 'Hehe' reply.
Of course, it worked with Dad and it's working with the man too when he finally surrendered and in his defeated tone told me 'I lazy to advice already. You never listen.'
Hohoho.
Don't blame me by. Your mother say you got 'dua pusat' on your head. I also got hor.

Point is - men, they just love solving our problems.
As much as I keep telling my favorite men that I just need to 'whine' without anyone telling me what to do next, why it happened and so on, they will just give me a blank stare that in my woman's mind translates 'then, why you tell me your problems if you don't want me to help fix them?'

But now I've mastered a new trick.
Before whining, I add my disclaimer '... Just listen to me. Hold your thoughts until I asked for them...... '.
It has not guaranteed a hundred percent success since well, its stubborn men I'm talking about.

The one thing I've learned though, laugh the matter off (not serious ones please) if you want to avoid flaring up in temper or screaming your emotions out in the form of a bitch fit.

Oh yes, I'm an advocate of peace and harmony. I wish, that is. :)