Perplexing

In the wise words of my beautiful friend and birthday twin Hannah McDowell, "There is nothing more confusing on planet Earth than the opposite sex."

Man is she right. I don't think there is anything that really can be more confusing. Think about it. Is a bug confusing? No. Is a shirt confusing? No, quite simple actually. Is homework confusing? Sure, but you always seem to find the answer some how. That's why there are textbooks. Yes, that is what a text book is for, finding answers and learning things. Now that we've established that, I think guys should come with a textbook, or maybe a operating manual.

Actually me and my friend were going to make a book about guys and how they operate, and our number one point was that there is no way to determine such a thing. Yep, that would definitely be a best seller. Possibly a Pulitzer prize winner, I know. But that's beside the point.

For real though. Have you ever been more confused by anything more than you have by the opposite sex? I mean really. There is nothing else that can get into your heart, and nothing else that can baffle your brain as much as "the others" can. Guys to me are more confusing that cars. I can understand cars and engines and radiators and whatever else is in a car, because it's simple. Guys, not so simple. They make you feel things in your heart, and think things in your brain that a car, or a bug, or a shirt, or homework can't make you feel. It's frustrating. Very, very frustrating.
Guys, I'm sure you are saying, "Well, the same thing goes for girls too!" and I know it does. That's why I said opposite sex. My opposite sex is a male, so that is why I am talking about males. But quite frankly, I think that males are far more confusing than females. Most girls are easy to read, you can tell either by the look on our face or the tone in our voice if we're into you. If only guys were the same way. Guys can't show emotions like that. It must be in the guy code or something. I feel like guys live in their own little world sometimes. If only I could understand what is going on in that world, life would be so much simpler.

Just a thought, but maybe it's not supposed to be simple. Think about it sure objects are simple but mostly anything relational is not so simple. A friendship takes work. It takes time and it takes effort. Any relationship takes work. Whether it is a friendship, a relationship with the opposite sex, or a family relationship. Both people in the relationship need to work at it and need to try. It can't be one person putting in all of the effort, that's unbalanced and that definitely won't work. Putting in effort and time into any relationship, into anything at all, is not simple. It's hard. But it's worth it in the end. Humans, were relational beings. We thrive in relationships, and discover in relationships, and grow in relationships. Sure it's not easy, but it's worth it. So I guess all of the confusion and working through the confusion of the opposite sex is worth it. Maybe we don't have a guide to the opposite sex because that would be simple. Why would you want a simple solution to something that deserves more than that? Something that deserves time and effort to find the true worth of.

So that is my puzzling thought of the day. This post was intended to be a rant about the opposite sex, but instead my thoughts took over and they took me to a solution to a question that I've been trying to figure out for some time now. It's just not simple, its not meant to be. It is in fact, Perplexing.