According to the dailymail.co.uk, the list by Jane Gordon, who is on her own for the first time in 30 years, is irreverent, poignant and very funny. Jane once believed 'a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle'. But living on her own has changed her mind. Now found plenty of reasons why life is better with a man in the house.
Like millions of young women today there was a time when I was convinced that there was nothing a man could do that I couldn't do better.
I even had a framed cartoon of Irina Dunn's famous feminist phrase, 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle', hanging on my study wall.
I might still hold such sexist views if, for the first time in 30 years, I hadn't had to face the reality of living without a man.
But I was wrong. Six months after moving — alone — into an idyllic country cottage, I am slowly coming to realise that there are, in fact, plenty of things I need a man for. And no, not that.
So, with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let me count the ways that this woman needs a man.
1) To zip — and unzip — tricky party dresses.
2) It is a cliche for women to say that all their husbands are good for is 'putting out the rubbish' - but they've got a point. The combination of wheelie bins and fortnightly collections means I need a man to push my monstrous bin down the gravel path to the road.
3) I have yet to hang a picture in my home. I need a man who can work an electric drill and knows what a rawlplug is.
4) I desperately need a man to hog my remote control and stop me rotting my brain on reality drivel such as The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, Ladies Of London and Made In Chelsea.
5) I need a man to tell me what I want to hear when I ask him, 'do I look good in this?' Even when I know that the answer — 'gorgeous' — is a total lie.
6) I need a man to change the halogen lights in my bathroom where I have been showering by torchlight for four weeks.
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