Somero English Club - Men vs Women

The men agreeing to avoid diagrams

At the last meeting of the Somero English Club I split the groups so that the men were in one group and the women in another. Then I gave the two groups some topics for discussion  so that we could see the difference in views between the sexes. At one point I overheard the following comments from the men's group.  "I don't think we should say that" (followed by a lot of laughing), "I'll take responsibility for that one!" and then "no...don't draw it!" ????

We plan to take part in the Nice Run in Forssa in June

The men were accused of not listening, not being able to do more than one thing at a time and leaving their dirty underwear on the floor.

The women were told that they talk too much, gossip, nag and make things too complicated, but they themselves admitted that women are not perfect, and many spend too much money on fashion, make up, shoes and bags!

In terms of the perfect weekend, the women generally agreed that they would like to attend art exhibitions, go to a spa, see a play at the theatre and eat food together with friends. A group of us also agreed to take part in the Nice Run in Forssa in June to raise money for breast cancer. The men chose to go to the Keppana Kellari in Tammela, have a few beers and then go bowling.

The women plan their perfect weekend

When the groups were asked to consider the perfect present for the opposite sex, the men assumed that ladies would like to receive flowers and candles whereas the women were sure that most men would be happy to receive tools, machines, gadgets and tractors. In fact the ladies assumed the men would be happy with anything technical and expensive, whereas all the women wanted was diamonds. Not technical but certainly expensive...

We also had a debate as to whether the ideal man should have a hairy chest or not (most of us agreed that he should...), but it was Kirsti who summed it up on this point when she said "In my opinion we should let all the flowers bloom!"

I have found that each week at the club there is some sort of obscure word which manages to creep into the conversation.  One week I was asked the word for woodpecker, another week it was incubator. Last week the prize for obscure word of the week goes to "exhaust fumes."  Whatever.

In any event, we had a lot of fun in both groups and thankfully nobody ended up fighting, at least not yet!  I look forward to seeing what tomorrow evening will bring.