In the book High Fidelity, the protagonist, a man trapped in a boy’s mind says his biggest disappointment was to find out that all women don’t wear sexy, pretty panties.
For women, the come-to-Jesus is when we learn that men aren’t omnipotent like our fathers – they’re vulnerable and fragile, just like us. It took me so long to learn that, it makes me wonder where the hell my mind was during my twenties and thirties and I almost feel sorry for the men in my life during that period since I had no understanding of men.
My first husband used to dream he was Superman, always flying into burning vehicles top rescue me. Good grief, what kind of pressure was I putting on my men? Sigh.