[MD] ***a new beginning***

[Louise Pryor]

Todd said:

> One of my goals is to (get ready for this) use the MOQ to better understand
> my wife and improve my relationship with her.  Unfortunately, too many times
> I am caught by a two by four up side the head.  I listen and listen and just
> don't understand where she is coming from in many cases.

I'm sorry to report, Todd, as one of the fairer sex myself, that
unless she is also interested in understanding Quality, you are in for
a tough time. Too many women, especially American women, have the
attitude that everything male is stupid, that we should be coddled,
babied and treated like princesses, while treating you like dirt.

I speak from experience, having once had that mindset myself. Our
media society promotes it, for some odd reason - just watch any
sit-com or commercial with a male and female relating to each other -
they are all derogatory towards anything male. Once I caught on to it,
I started noticing it EVERYWHERE! I even had to get rid of all my
sons' Bearenstein Bears books because it's in there too :-(

The only way you could "win" would be if you could actually read her
mind. This is a fruitless pursuit, though, as WE don't even know what
we want most of the time. I think The MoQ is a good place to get some
understanding, though, like if you could figure out the best Quality
action in a given circumstance, and do that without trying to cater to
the ebb and flow of a hormonal woman, I think that you might be on to
something... and I wish you luck!

Lu