Who told you?

At some point in time you had to figure out what you thought about the opposite sex, but where did your idea come from? If you’re older then your parents and school teachers had a big part in shaping your perception. If you are under 30 then culture, media and your friends are to blame. I have a theory that kids who grow up on Disney movies and other obscenely unrealistic entertainment have an exceptionally hard time understanding that the creators of Disney don’t pipe ideas and conversations into your head while you are trying to live in the real world. You make habit the idea that life is beautifully scripted and that you always say the funniest, most clever thing anyone can think of. NOT so. Relating with the opposite sex isn’t easy either. You can’t make some sarcastic hurtful thing to someone and think it will roll off their back like life in sitcoms display. It’s NOT real. Knowing someone so different from you takes continuous hard work, home work and an open mind. Also having the understanding that you will always be surprised, disgusted and sometimes disappointed about the things that you discover, will again take you to that mutual place of…differentiation.