Men Can’t Multi-task – An Observation Not A Criticism
I spend a lot of time with both Ruf and Softboy at the moment. Mostly working. And I’ve noticed at how different our approach is according to our gender.
Me, I like to speed read the information, allow a few moments for my brain to process it in relation to any other information that it might contain on the subject and formulate a plan of action before I hit the ground running. I make a lot of mistakes but I also get a lot done.
The guys, on the other hand, like to cogitate on what they have learned. They like to watch the video and make notes which will form a comprehensive checklist to which we can refer back each time we perform the task. They like to assess the pros and cons of each particular course of action before deciding on the best one for their purpose. It takes time but it tends to be done correctly first time… eventually.
Of course, I can’t let this piece slip by without mentioning housework and other home-related chores.
I can be on the phone, holding for a call centre on speaker phone, whilst writing a post on the computer, nipping in and out of the kitchen performing the constituent parts of preparing a meal and still be able to direct people to where they left this item, what they need to take to that rehearsal and co-ordinate their diaries simultaneously.
Admittedly, sometimes the fishfingers get burned… or the pasta boils over…
The men in my life can focus on just the one thing at a time and get distressed if you start a sentence with the dreaded words: ‘Whilst you’re doing that, can you just…’
However, I guess the only important place where it really matters is whether they can stimulate two places at once when they’re in bed with a woman… and both my boys are quite certain that they can!
Yet virtually every man fantasises about being in a threesome — preferably with two women. So, what is a chap to ‘do’ with each of them while in process if he cannot multitask. As the King of Siam would say, “It is a puzzlement.”
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LOL, Mr W, Im not sure most men would class that particularly scenario as multitasking :)
Most men can multi-task in bed with a woman. Of that I have no doubt. It’s out of bed where it’s questionable. My husband is actually capable of reading the paper and drinking his coffee at the same time. He may also emit a fart or two. Do you suppose that counts??!!
Leah, you are very naughty :P But you’re not wrong!
Of course we can’t multitask. Yet we are really proficient at ignoring everything else and concentrating on that one thing, that very wet, rosy thing, applying our lips and tongue with stamina for as long as you need to reach those lovely clitoral orgasms.
Just sayin’. ;)
Fruit Taster, I certainly was not complaining about a man’s ability to focus so fixatedly :)