Man.

Dr G: "...localised acne on the jawline is common for guys."

I: *flabbergasted look*

Dr G: (quickly adding) "But it's normal in women too."

Waaah, I'm turning into a man! (Even though the blood tests came back normal for testosterone levels.)

What a pleasant thought to last me from Monday until the end of the week.


Woman.

Am mildly disturbed by the invitations from Mr Married-With-Thick-Wedding-Band & No-Sense-Of-Personal-Space.

"Pleasure to meet you yesterday and we should catch up for lunches if you free next time."

followed today with

"Thanks for the update and shall we have lunch when you are free? :)"

Am I being paranoid or isn't there something less than businesslike in his tone? (Plus the too-happy smile when we first met, and choosing to sit just next to me on the same side of a long table.) Am inclined to Alt-F4 that stupid smiley. Anyway, such emails don't deserve a reply. Especially from married men.


Or a man-woman?

Some women don't have many female friends. Bitch factor aside, some women just don't have "enough" womanliness in them, and are more like, what I call, man-woman. Woman-woman types might find the man-woman too aggressive or insensitive (read: too much like a man), or just strange with her unwomanly ways. She simply does not fit into the social mould of a woman. Pour out your problems to her, and what does she do? She offers you a solution - when what you really, really wanted, was just sympathy, if not outright agreement - regardless of whether you were right, or god forbid, wrong.

Meanwhile, the man-woman might prefer hanging out with the guys, or another man-woman. There's none of that tautologous angst, or need to tiptoe around the eggshell feelings of woman-woman types. She can jump straight into a vigorous discussion, or just talk, without the obligatory flea-picking first. The man-woman is not necessary butch-like, nor less attractive as a female, nor even, less capable of using her female wiles. She possibly enjoys dressing up and flirting too - as much as woman-woman types. She possibly has her fair share of admiring males too - though the magnetic fields for both types of women are likely poles apart.


The kuniang-man AKA Wannabe Intellectual Whore.

P: "u damn cute at times ... but sometimes u r nasty ... tats wat woman is all abt"

I: "wanna play with fire better not cry pain"

P: "tats the thingy about man ... they like to get torch"

On the one hand, you find my sass a turn-on. On the other, you whine when you cannot keep up. Make up your mind.

Man-woman types have no patience for the kuniang-man.