Why Are Women So Miserable?

I am going to explore something that has been bugging me for awhile now, why are woman always so miserable? Not only why they are miserable, but also what we can do as men to cheer them up, or at the very least keep them from killing us in our sleep.

First things first, why is it that so many women I know are miserable all the time? I am not just talking about the ones I have dated either. I am talking about most of the women I know. Sure, they smile and laugh and appear to be happy, but they just aren't when compared to my male friends. Hell, the guys can lose jobs, girlfriends, money, cars, body parts, you name it, but when any sport whatsoever comes on TV...Bang, they are in clover. Women on the other hand can have everything they ever wanted out of life and oft times more, but be absolutely miserable. I don't get it, what is going on here? Do they know something we men don't that makes them that way? Or, do we men know something they don't? Hmm? Let's explore this together.

I think the main problem is one of expectations. From the time they are little girls, women dream of meeting their Prince Charming and having a dream wedding where everything goes off without a flaw. Then they will live happily ever after with their supportive, caring man who'd rather go to the opera than watch sports on TV. It isn't that these men don't exist, it's just that most of them prefer other men.

And there you have the key to the unhappiness of the female of the species. There are few if any men out there that will help a woman realize her dreams. Most men are not Prince Charming and dream weddings are ludicrously expensive. As for supportive and caring, have you talked to a man recently? Try as we might, we don't do supportive and caring very well. Oblivious and detached we are great at, supportive and caring, not so much. So your average woman is stuck with a guy that doesn't even resemble the man of her dreams, if she can find an unmarried, straight man in the first place, and of course she's miserable.

Men on the other hand dream a different dream. From the time they are little boys men dream of hitting the winning home run, scoring the winning touchdown or hitting an unbelievable three pointer to win the title. Of course then they get to college, top out at five foot ten and rapidly reassess their life goals. The majority of men then decide it is their life's dream to bed as many incredibly gorgeous women as they possibly can. Of course then they actually meet a few incredibly gorgeous women, attempt to bed them and again rapidly reassess their life goals. At this point most men dream of just not getting trapped in a marriage with a woman that will nag them constantly and not let them watch sports on TV. Happily for us men, most of the women out there don't really nag all that much and couldn't care less if their man watches sports on TV. Voila, we have a happy and contented man.

So there you have it, the key to the mystifying unhappiness of most women, and the equally mysterious contentment of most men. It is of course unfair that life should work this way, in a perfect world both sexes could share equally in the joy of a life well spent in the company of the other. Unfortunately for women this is not a perfect world, it has men in it.