“Show me a beautiful woman, and I’ll show you a man who’s tired of F*^king her”

“Show me a beautiful woman, and I’ll show you a man who’s tired of fucking her”

When I heard this quote for the first time, I thought truer words had never been spoken and I believe most men have the same reaction. Even if this statement isn’t true in any given man’s personal situation, every guy has at least one friend who is like this. Women of course generally find this statement offensive. Well, I am offended that they are offended. Why should men apologize for the truth? Instead of sitting there being all pissy about it, why not try to understand why this happens?

What is it about the male gender of our species (and pretty much every other species on the planet) that makes us get bored? I read something once about the top ten things married men would like for their wives to do and number one thing was initiate sex. As men we get tired of chasing after the same thing all the time. Even cats and dogs get tired of playing with the same toy over and over again. There is no more fun in chasing something when you already know what you are going to get.

This isn’t to say of course that women aren’t bored too. I’m sure they are I mean how could they not be. More times than not figuring out how to get a woman to climax is like figuring out the combination to a lock where you know the numbers just forgot which direction to turn the dial. As a man, once you figure out that combination you don’t forget it. Sometimes you put the combination in faster, sometimes slower, and sometimes you do it blindfolded while blowing in the lock’s ear but ultimately it’s the same numbers and same direction every time.

There is a silver lining to all of this though. Boredom does not necessarily equal unhappiness. Tiger Woods’ marriage was really exciting and look how that turned out. I love being bored with my beautiful girlfriend because it means I have no stress in my life. We have boring routine evenings where we go home, cook dinner and maybe go to the gym. Our weekends are so boring sometimes that the highlight of the weekend could be as simple as a trip to The Home Depot or if we get crazy enough maybe a movie.

So, yes the man in the quote is tired of sleeping with a beautiful woman, but that doesn’t mean he’s still not happy with their relationship. I’m sure their hypothetical relationship will last a very long time and they will both live happily ever after. That is until he finds out she was bored way before he was and has been sleeping with her co-worker for the past 6 months…