Brevity by Dan Thompson for March 12, 2018

I told her I didn’t think she should marry him.

I mean, he was bright, and he could be very entertaining…..

but you know… I never could figure him out….

True, when it comes down to it, men and women are always a puzzle to each other….

but with him, there was something else under the surface.

It’s like every side of him was different.

She may find him a-peeling….. but I think he’s starting to show his true colors.

Trouble is, she keeps trying to find a solution by manipulating him!

Pull his little squares off and put them back in the right order.

A good relationship requires the right combination — you can’t force these things.

Yikes… I just realised….

No WONDER he seems so impossible.

It’s hard enough to deal with a two-faced partner…

Even worse that he’s SIX-faced.

But to really “get” him, you need to be clear about what’s on each side…

Ok, he’s got red, blue, yellow, green, white… and brown…

That’s six….

Oops, maybe it’s the light, but it sure looks like two shades of brown….

And… um… I see some orange… and grey….

Nine?

Gosh. He’s not just a mystery, he’s a mystery and a half.

I remember acquiring instructions on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube, but I couldn’t solve it now if I had to. Imagine how the cube feels; his confusion is as plain as the squares on his faces.

He’s like a brick wall!!!!

He’s a cubic rube.

It’s men who are hard to figure out?

I can solve most of him