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Ah, football season! Your living room is brimming with
testosterone, pork rinds have found their way onto the floor, under
the cushions and into unmentionable nooks and crannies, and that acrid,
stale
smell is actually coming from Bob. The boys of summer have turned into
the mold on the sofa. We've embarked upon yet another season
of sport, ADD and Fantasy Football obsession. You guys have your favorite
sport for every season, just like we've got seasons for our favorite
accessory: the watch. Sure, most women already own at least 10 watches,
but a girl can never have too many!
“I love to watch the seasons change:
football, basketball, baseball, hockey..." -Lou's t-shirt
For guys, a watch serves a purpose. It's a tool
for your wrist. It tells time. It tells you how soon the game starts,
how much longer we're going
to nag, and how much time you have for a beer run before the second half.
And that's about it. Meanwhile, women purchase many watches for many
other reasons, the least of which is to tell the time. Most of the reasons
may (or may not) be obvious to you: we like to change out our watches
depending on the outfit, jewelry, shoes, belt and handbag, and yes, the
season. We must have many choices. "I'm a Gemini, I couldn't possibly
be satisfied with just one style of watch." Some women worship watches
with a pretty face and graceful, long hands (even you guys can understand
this one!)—they see their watch how they want to be seen. Some
of us coordinate our watch to match our outfit; others will strap on
the watch first, then dress to match.
"It all depends on your outfit, mood,
the weather and planet alignment." -Yvonne
Watches are great conversation starters, and you know
how much we like to talk. I own a gigantic watch that looks like it could
turn the
channel and drive a car, oh, and of course, tell me the time. I can actually
be late to a meeting and get so many sarcastic queries that all the attention
is diverted to my watch, not my tardiness. Who says you need a watch
to be on time? We love our watches because they tell a story: where,
when and why we got it. And we love to tell the story.
"It would benefit men to wear two watches:
one for Real Time, one for Girl Time." -Jarrod
One guy even thought that he should be the one
with multiple watches. "It
doesn't matter how many watches girls own, they're going to be late anyway.
It's like football. A 15-minute quarter is never 15 minutes long, not
even close. A woman may have five watches, but if she tells you she'll
meet you in 20 minutes, it's safe to say you'll have time to mow the
lawn, change the oil and figure out the Theory of Relativity." So
the next time she asks for another watch—and she will—know
that our obsession comes from a similar place. Just go with it and we
won't ask you about
all those power tools you never use!
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