So do you remember when I
complimented you…
on developing some empathy?
I do.
I may have spoken too soon.
*
I still don’t get this whole empathy
thing. What is it again?
The ability to be sensitive to
another person’s feelings.
And I don’t have that.
Well, your wife thinks so.
But it’s not your fault.
No?
No. You’re a man. Most men are
trained to be emotional dunderheads.
“Dunderheads”?
Emotionally incompetent.
Huh. And what do you mean “trained”?
We teach boys to ignore or hide
their feelings. That big boys
don’t cry.
They’re taught this so they can
go to work and to war and
do other hard stuff that feelings
tend to interfere with.
To become big boys who don’t cry.
Exactly. And once you lose touch
with your own feelings…
it becomes difficult to be
sensitive to anyone else’s.
Like my wife’s.
Exactly.
So my wife’s right. I am insensitive
to her feelings.
So it seems.
(Sigh.) Now I feel like a asshole.
I wouldn’t say that.
Better to think of yourself as…
a bull in a china shop.
(TO BE CONCLUDED)
April 26th, 2026 at 8:45 am
excellent post.
That rings true, loud and clear for me.
April 26th, 2026 at 10:47 am
I wondered why he was growing horns. You are great Thank you