just minishorts.

Mr Hobo, the latest Dr Love in town, has conveniently classified women as a class of nit-picking, power-loving, attention-seeking brats who are mere examiners whose actual mission in relationships is setting crazy tests for their boyfriends, husbands, and lovers.

How 'apt', seeing that Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so instead of taking the topic of Love to great heights and talk about it in celebrating hues of happiness and gooey stickiness, Mr Hobo has seemingly, successfully, diminished the mystic aura of love-relationships into nothing but a 'Apply And See If You Will Pass' phase, that will never seem to end, mind you.

In particular, this singular paragraph that stuck out like a sore thumb in the midst of all his self-appreciating, over-inflated, ego-boosted insight, entitled The Test, for lack of a more creative title. But before that, I present to you, the damning evidence:

Women are like spoiled children. They are self-focused, insecure and irrational. They crave drama and games. They demand constant attention, reassurance, and above all, power in relationships. And, like children, who ceaselessly push limits to see just how much they can get away with from their parents, women relentlessly test men.

True? Not true?

In his words, Abdul Hobo also puts on display an exhibit of examples where women test the men, including the following:

* Canceling or changing plans at the last minute.
* Not returning phone calls (even though she's interested in you).
* Finding fault with your clothes, hair, car, etc. and pressuring you to change them.
* Pouting when you want to spend time with your buddies.
* Bringing up the dreaded "Where do you think this relationship is going?" question.
* Acting bratty, bitchy, demanding, dramatic, picky, or manipulative to see if you will put with it.

The remaining part of the list is found on his site, so please head over to check it out.

So of course, shouldn't Minishorts, being the type of woman who'll fight to death her right to defend her gender (although sometimes, she admits, because she's female, the guys will find her words skewed to her benefit), be one who is seething at these careless words? Ought not I be obliged to write a long post refuting his points… which I am joyfully admitting, as with most opinionated clauses, some parts true, some parts not?

I could have plenty to say, but I'm laughing out in glee.

But that is besides the point of my post, other than clarifying that this post really isn't one to engage in a Battle of the Sexes with Abdul. Mix.FM has been having that Breakfast Show series for several years now, and the Battle of the Sexes has yet to really intrigue me… I've come to a point of saturation, and all I say, occasionally, is, 'What the heck man?'

Well Mr Hobo, I'm sure the world can see your post for what it really is. A test for people to pick it out so that you might gather some attention over here. Your post on Lies was far more intellectual, at least, it was original and functional.

This one? It's just an excuse of 'Read me here Read me here', but because I think you're a pretty good blogger, and more people should know about you, I'm obliging, and feigning test failure, and pimping you today, because your previous blog posts are individual gems demanding re-reads.

But, surely you're not about to add yourself to the embarassing statistic of ego-inflated attention-seeking men in the world, right? But oh, I forgot. You are one. The Test, proves just that. Men like you like their egoes to be stroked. And if that becomes impossible, they'd resort to doing ANYTHING just to get the attention of females. Even if it means insulting an entire sex in a single blog post which attempts in being humourous falls flat in its face.

I must say it's a disappointment to see a promising writer giving in to reader-pressure. Gah.