Since the early 1900s people have been fascinated by the
thought of Extrasensory Perception (ESP). Basically, this
is the concept that a person can have a sixth sense, can read another person's
mind. As far as I can tell, there
is still no scientific proof that this really exists.
However, I do know that women believe
wholeheartedly that men DO have this ability.
The short story I wrote a number of years ago, that this blog page is titled after,
included a scene in which the main character tries to relay to a female
coworker that men can't read women's minds. This was actually based on an actual incident that I
experienced when I worked in an office in which I was the only male--also like
in the story (which really is fiction).
The woman had wanted to watch some TV show the previous
night, but instead just watched whatever her husband wanted. The main character
asked if she asked if she could watch her show and she said it wasn't worth it
because he wouldn't let her. Basically, she was implying that he knew what she
wanted, but wouldn't relent. The main guy says there's no way he could know
unless she speaks up.
You see, men DO NOT have ESP.
About a year ago, I remember reading an article in the
student newspaper of The University of Texas, "The Daily Texan," in which a female told about attempting to get the attention of a guy she
wanted to know. She and a friend
arranged to play some beach volleyball next to a soccer field he played at. The
plan included pretending to look for a missing earring at a time he was on the
sideline. The woman lamented that her only success was in attracting a
different, and older, man. She had
been sure that this scheme would work because the guy would know she was
interested.
But you see, men DO NOT have ESP.
I've also encountered a number of women who wanted to
meet some man they were absolutely sure would be their future mate, but these
women would never introduce themselves. No, their "plan" included
things like standing next to him at a store, or touching their hair while standing near him at the bus
stop, or by letting him catch them taking a quick glance at him in the
library. For some reason, none of
these schemes worked and the guy went on with his life without them.
Why? Because men DO NOT have ESP.
So why is it that women so often complain that their men
don't communicate with them, but don't really communicate themselves?
I don't know, because you see, I DO NOT have ESP.
