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Expectations determine how men and women interact with each other

These sons of Adam are empirical about what they want in life. In most cases, they want to drive a BMW X6, marry a light-skinned woman, and buy a home in Karen in the same neighbourhood as the CBK governor or the People's president. If success persists in following him, they will go out for a second wife, lighter in skin complexion, slim, and more sophisticated than the first mistake he made when he was young and stupid.

We however start out in one direction and could end up swept completely offshore depending on many factors we might encounter as we age. As maturity sets in, our priorities begin to shift and an otherwise submissive wife would suddenly wade into the pressures of wanting to be in charge and in control of proceedings under her roof. Most of the time we are very scattered emotionally and we somehow want a partner that can be switched on and off into various roles and is expected to perform them with the perfection of a seasoned artist. For us, men should be like a hypermarket with everything under one roof - romantic, fatherly, sensitive, brave, successful, and stupid when called upon.

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