Men vs Women: Colors

Ever notice women know a lot more colors than men? Men and women are very different in this regard. Men don't seem to attach much priority to colors unlike women. Guys use common colors like black or blue. Sometimes, they'll use a shade such as light blue or dark blue. But that's about as far as they'll go. Women know all those basic colors, but also other variations with sometimes very exotic names.

Examples would be Lavender or Cerulean. How often have you heard a guy say: “I'd like that in Lavender". Guys usually have not heard of the color Lavender and if they do, it's most likely because they've heard it from their sister or girlfriend. Even then, seldom do they really know what it actually looks like. The word Cerulean would sound like some Alien Galaxy or Planet to most guys. Seldom would they think of it as a color.

Girls also know how to use colors, especially how to combine them. For example, the color of their shoes have to match their dress. The next time you go out, simply look around for people dressed in bad color combinations. The vast majority of them will be guys. They simply couldn't care if the colors don't match.

What's the exact cause for this? Hard to say. Young girls aren't bought up differently compared to boys in this regard. It's not as if they are given special lessons in colors. Instead, it seems to be something innate, something women are born with. Similar to how men and women differ from a physical standpoint. It's one of those gender differences.

Now this doesn't mean every single guy is clueless when it comes to colors. A few guys may know their colors, but they are the exception. When it comes to colors, women got men beat big time. Hands down. That's all there is to it.

Good Things Happen To Good People 1

“Get up!, get up!, you lazy tramp!,” an angry voice shouted. “I have some work for you to do.”

A foot kicked Heidi in the leg. Heidi woke up, still sleepy and tired from the day before. She had gone to bed very late, because she had so many chores to do.

“Clean up the bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom, and it better be done when I get home!” With that said, the door was slammed shut.

“Good morning to you too, Ivan,” Heidi said.

Another day had begun for Heidi. Another day of hard work. That is how her life had been since she had left the country she was born as a twelve-year-old to come live with her half-brother, Ivan, and his wife, Mary, in the United States. Her situation had become a lot worse for her. But things weren’t always that way.

Heidi’s was well off when she still lived with her parents. Both of them cared for her and did all they could to make sure she was happy. Heidi was thus born in relative comfort and that lasted for a number of years.

Then, on a terrible Sunday, Heidi’s parents were killed in a tragic car accident. Heidi was now left alone and would not have been able to take care of herself. She had to stay with relatives. Her only relatives left were Ivan and Mary, who had migrated to the U.S. many years before. Needless to say, she was glad and grateful for the kind gesture when they invited her to come and stay with them. Unfortunately, as she would soon find out, the kindness was not going to last.

From the very first day she arrived in the US and set foot in their apartment, Ivan The Terrible, as Heidi called him, made it clear that she would have to work if she wanted to have a roof on top of her head.

“Look, you need this place to stay,” Ivan said harshly. “So from now on, you will do what we tell you to do.” “And if you don’t like it, get out!” he barked, well aware that there was nowhere else she could go.

Heidi got up and realized how cold it was. “It’s freezing!” she thought. She wished that Ivan would also warm up the kitchen, where she had to sleep on the floor, and not only their own room. But he and that evil witch, Mary, were too selfish to think of anyone else. They really fooled her. They never wanted to help her. All they wanted was a slave.

She picked up all the trash on the floor. As usual, they had deliberately made a complete mess for her to clean up. She noticed the foul smell in their bedroom. “There’s rotten food under their bed!” Heidi shouted. “That’s disgusting!” She had the feeling that she was about to throw up, so she rushed to the bathroom. But that was a mistake. Ivan had left a large, smelly deposit in the toilet for her to clean up. Heidi looked disgusted and wished from the bottom of her heart that she didn’t have to do Ivan’s filthy work. But, at the same time, she realized that if she didn’t, she would have no place to stay and she didn’t have the money to rent a place.

“If I could just get a college degree, then I could get a good job,” she mumbled, while cleaning the floor from the stinking garbage. “I could pay for my own room and I wouldn’t have to put up with all the abuse.” Unfortunately, she had to drop out of college. She just could not afford to work and go to school at the same time. The recent tuition increases and higher standards set by the Board of Education had also forced her out. Heidi sighed, life looked very bleak. Worst of all, she saw no hope of things getting better.

It was now six o’clock. Heidi left the apartment and went to Andy’s grocery store. She got a loaf of bread and went to the cash register to pay. An old lady was just about to leave, when Heidi noticed that she had dropped her purse.

“Excuse me,” she said. “I think this belongs to you.” The old lady was charmed by her honesty.

“Thank you, my child!” the old lady said. “I don’t know what I would do without a month’s pension.” The old lady offered Heidi money for her good deed, but she refused.

“I can’t accept this,” she said. “I only did what was right.” The old lady accepted her decision and left. Heidi then bought a lottery ticket from Andy.

“Why didn’t you take the money?” he said, while waiting for the printout. “Don’t you need the money?”

“Yes, I do; but not at the expense of someone else,” Heidi said. “No, I couldn’t have taken  her money.”

“You know, you’re very nice person,” Andy said as he handed her the ticket. “I know that life is very hard for you and Ivan and Mary are not exactly the best of people. You deserve better. Maybe someday, things will turn around.”

“So do I,” Heidi sighed. “So do I.”

--o--

Click on Part 2 for what happens next in this series.

Good Things Happen To Good People 2

Heidi was returning home and waited to cross the street. A black limousine slowly drove by. She looked at the car.

“That person must be rich to afford something like that,” she thought. “I wish I had some of that money.”

Suddenly, Heidi heard the screeching sound of tires. Another car had ignored the red light and drove on. The driver desperately tried to hit the brakes, but it was too late. He was going too fast to be able to avoid a fatal collision. The result was a thundering sound as metal collided with metal.         

Both cars were reduced to a wreck. Heidi rushed to the scene to lend a helping hand. The driver of the car that had caused the accident had paid for his reckless driving with his life. There was also  nothing Heidi could do for the driver of the limo. It became very obvious from their remains that they were both dead. All of a sudden, she heard someone moaning from the pain.

“Please, help me..........”, a stranger pleaded.

Heidi pulled a severely injured man out of the backseat. No sooner had Heidi pulled him to a safe distance or the cars exploded. Heidi kneeled down and looked at the bloody stranger. The first thing she noticed was that he was a rather handsome man.

“Don’t worry,” she said and began to apply first aid. “Everything is going to be just fine.”

“Thank you,” the stranger said as he touched her face with his hand. “Tell me, what is your name?” But before she could answer, someone pushed Heidi aside.

Amazingly, paramedics had arrived on the scene in a nick of time. An ambulance had been close by and seen what had happened. They hastily lifted the wounded stranger into the ambulance and quickly drove away.

Both Ivan and Mary were home. “Well, well, if it isn’t the ugly slut,” Mary said to Heidi when she returned home. Heidi ignored her and remained calm. Mary became irritated by her calmness, but didn’t know how to get her mad.

“Am I not the bomb?” Mary said as she looked in the mirror.

“Depends on what kind of  a bomb you’re talking about,” Heidi said softly.      

“What is that you said?” Mary said angrily.

“Nothing,” Heidi answered.

“You’re so stupid,” Mary said. “Just look at you, you’ll always be a nobody.”

“We’ll see,” Heidi said to herself. “We’ll see.”

Heidi got up and noticed that Ivan and Mary were both gone. She thought of the vivid dream she had the night before. In that dream, she had won the lottery. “Could this be a sign?” she said to herself.

She went out, bought the newspaper and returned home. “Did I win?” she anxiously thought. She opened the newspaper and..........

“Yes!” she screamed. “I’ve won!” She jumped into the air out of joy. “I’m finally free.” She thought of what she would do with the whopping $1,000,000 she had won.

“First, I’ll move out of this hellhole as soon as possible,” she said. “Then I’ll get some new clothes.” Heidi was really excited. “My life as a slave is finally over.”

Heidi didn’t tell Ivan and Mary that she had won the lottery. As usual, they were making fun of her.

“Laugh all you want,” Heidi thought. “Soon I’ll be the one laughing.” She paid no attention to them and instead concentrated on the television.

Suddenly, the program was interrupted by a news break. Heidi couldn’t believe what she heard next.

The newspaper had made a mistake in printing out the lottery results. “We’re sorry for the inconvenience that may have resulted,” the woman on T.V said. But Heidi wasn’t listening any longer. She was crushed.

“I was afraid that winning the lottery was too good to be true,” she cried. But at the same time, she realized that what had happened characterized how her life had been so far. A huge disappointment.

--o--

Click on Part 1 for what happened previously or on Part 3 for what happens next in this series.

Good Things Happen To Good People 3

“Did you hear what I just said?” Mike’s voice sounded.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Dave said. “Could you repeat what you’ve just said?” 

“Alright, that’s it,” Mike responded. “It’s that girl again, right?”

“I just can’t get her out of my mind,” Dave said, while staring out of the window. He turned around and looked Mike straight into the eyes. “I have to find her,” he said to Mike. “I just have to.”

“But how are you going to find her?” Mike responded. “Nobody knows who she is and you can’t tell either, because you were born a blind man.”

“Maybe I didn’t see her,” Dave admitted. “But I can recognize her voice. She has the sweetest voice I’ve ever heard and judging from the lines of her face that I’ve touched with my own fingers, the prettiest face in the world.”

“That, Mike,” he concluded, “I know for sure.”

The ad in the paper from Dave was in all the headlines.

“Extra!, extra!,” the paperboy shouted. “Read all about it.”

Everybody was talking about it. Here was one of the richest men, and according to many women, one of the handsomest men in the world looking for a girl, whom he didn’t even know. Dave called upon the girl that had saved his life to come forward, because he wanted to reward her for her heroics.

Not surprisingly, hundreds of pretty girls showed up. Every single one of them claimed to be the one. They had spared no cost to look at their absolute best for this occasion and to win Dave’s hand. But every single one of them would leave disappointed. As soon as Dave had heard her voice and touched her face with his fingers, he would say with much disappointment that she was not the person he was looking for.

“You have a very sweet voice,” Dave said to the girls, “and you have a very beautiful face, but you are not the girl I’m looking for.”

Also standing in line was Mary. Her turn was the shortest one of them all. Dave didn’t need to touch her face to know that she was nothing more than a opportunistic gold-digger.

“Throw her out!” he shouted to Mike, when he realized that she was trying to take advantage of his feelings. Mary had no choice but to leave, but she cursed Dave before she left. The profanity that came flying out of her mouth still echoed long afterward.

Dave was beginning to lose hope. “It’s been weeks,” Mike complained, “and we still haven’t found her.”

“She will turn up,” Dave said. “I’m sure of it. She will turn up.”

But to Dave’s agony, that did not happen. Despite all of their efforts, she could not be found.

“Maybe she was a foreigner on vacation and has already left the country,” Mike said to console Dave.

Dave said nothing and stepped into the limo to go home. Dave couldn’t accept the fact that he would never see the girl again who had captured his heart.

“It cannot end like this,” Dave said to himself. “It won’t.”

Suddenly, the limo came to a screeching halt. “Hey, watch out where you’re going!” Dave heard the driver shouting to someone trying to cross the street.

“I’m sorry,” someone replied. “My mind was somewhere else.”

That voice struck Dave like a lighting bolt. “That voice!” he thought. “I’ve only heard that voice once before.” Dave expectations rose like mercury on a hot summer’s day. But he had to be sure and jumped out of the car.

“Where are you?” he said.

“I’m really sorry,” Heidi whispered. Dave said nothing and just touched her porcelain face with his hand. As his fingers followed the delicate lines of her face, his doubts evaporated.

“You’re the one!” he shouted. “You’re the one!”

“All of my life, I’ve been looking for the right girl,” Dave said to Heidi, who was sitting on the opposite side of the table. He stood up from his chair and fell on his knees. Dave held Heidi’s soft hand and took a deep breath.

“Will you marry me?” Dave said, while staring into Heidi’s eyes. Heidi didn’t have to think about it. Dave was everything she was looking for in a man and more. He was truly someone every girl dreamed about.

“I would love to be your wife,” she responded.

The highly anticipated wedding between Dave and Heidi would become the biggest event of the year. The party was filled with celebrities, dressed in the most precious gowns.

“There are a lot of pretty girls around,” Heidi said to Dave.

“I have no doubt there are a lot of gorgeous women around,” Dave said. “But, although I can’t see, I’m also sure that compared to you, they all disappear like snow in the sun.”

Heidi blushed, but what Dave had said, was no lie. Despite all the beauty around, no girl could compare herself with Heidi. They all paled in comparison to her. Her radiating good looks took every man’s breath away.

“Let’s go outside,” Dave said to Heidi. “I have a surprise for you.” They both went outside.

“Remember how you told me you’ve lost the lottery?” Dave said. Heidi nodded. “Look at the clouds.”

Just as Dave had finished speaking, planes dropped out of the clouds and released 1,000,000 roses over their mansion.

“A rose for every dollar that you’ve lost,” Dave said. He turned towards Heidi, when she didn’t respond, and touched her face. He felt the drop of tear that ran through her face.

“Why are you crying?” Dave said.

“It’s nothing,” Heidi said. “I just can’t believe this is really happening. After all the hardship that I’ve been through..........I always believed that someday I would be rewarded for my good deeds. It’s just so ironic that a car accident would change things after another car accident had killed my parents and started my miserable youth.” She wiped her tears away.

“But in the end,” she smiled, “it was all worth it.”

Indeed it was for Heidi, because Dave would prove to be the perfect husband for her or any other girl for that matter. Their tale of love at first sight would forever be remembered by people, even after they had long passed away. Even to this day, people still remember and talk about Heidi and Dave, who had found one another under different circumstances and who would go on to live a long and happy life.

--o--

Click on Part 1 or Part 2 for what happened previously in this series.

Lost Opportunities

Many people grow up hoping that some day they will meet the right person. Some eventually do meet the one they've been looking for after much trial and error. Others are not so fortunate no matter how hard they try. A third group consists of people, who were in the right relationship, but where things did not work out for reasons beyond their control. In other words, a lost opportunity.

People seek to be happy in life. Finding the right person would help to accomplish that. But finding the right person is only one step. After you have found this person, you need to put time and effort in this relationship. A relationship is hard work. It does not take care of itself. You really have to put in the time and effort to make it work.

This is not so easy, because there are many things in life that also demand time and effort. The school could be one example. Your career would be another. If you're pursuing a demanding career, you may not have time left for much else. The requirements and obligations are such that you wind up with very little time to spend with your partner. Overtime and long hours become more norm than exception to get that promotion. Once you're done and back home, you may be too tired for anything else, including your partner. Soon, the time comes when you realize that balancing the two is not possible. This creates a dilemma. Your partner or your career. What's it gonna be? The choice is yours.

You have to choose one or the other. You could decide to spend all the time needed toward your career goals. In the process you neglect your partner. Of course, this will inevitable lead to frictions in your relationship. The alternative is that you let your performance at work or school suffer because you didn't take the time and effort needed. By doing so, you may be endangering the career goals that you've set to accomplish your whole life.

Devoting time on your work will most likely pay off in the long run. An educated person qualifies for better jobs than do the uneducated. The best jobs usually pay better. A good salary allows you to afford many of the finer things in a very material world. But you also risk losing the one, perhaps the only one, person that is right for you. You may never meet someone like that again.
On the other hand, there are no guarantees a relationship will last forever. People change and whatever feelings exist may not last forever. The result could be that you have given up your career for someone with whom you will eventually break up. In the end, you wind up with nothing. It's important that you choose wisely. It's worth remembering that not having money won't necessarily make you happy, but not having money will almost definitely make you unhappy. This is sad to say, but true nonetheless.

Should the time come to go your own separate way, breaking up will not be easy. There is a lot of pain and grief associated with it. It's even harder because you know it could be different. It would be easier to break up if the two of you couldn't get along anymore. That wasn't the case. Even though you wanted to, you just couldn't make it all work. This is hard to swallow. In the back of your mind, you will always remember about what could have been.

Whatever decision is made will depend a lot on what the person values most. You could say it is a tug of war between material and spiritual happiness. Between a happy relationship now and the promise that you will be rewarded in the future for all your hard work. What is clear is that whatever decision you make, you will get hurt either way.

You can question yourself whether you've made the right decision. This is assuming that there is a right decision. You may have regrets afterwards about your former partner. You remember all the good times you've had and all the laughs you've shared. But that's all in the past. Perhaps someday you meet someone to replace your former partner. Or perhaps not. Either way, a decision was made and you cannot change the past. You will have to live with it. You can hope that everything will turn out all right. Take solace in the saying that time heals all wounds. Life goes on.

The Unknown 1

Its been ten years since the great onslaught that swept through the land. Thousands of people were struck down by the savage attack of a force previously unknown. Everyone, including the armed forces, seemed unable to end the siege that held the country hostage. Finally, as the situation became desperate and faced with total annihilation, the tide turned with a timely discovery by a group of brilliant scientists. The scientists injected the virus into a few captured species and set them free. The infected quickly spread the disease throughout the entire population. After a couple of days, their ranks were decimated, effectively ending their assault. Only a handful of the once mighty force remained. These few fled and were not seen again. Everything had returned to normal. At least, that is how it seemed..........

To be continued

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for http://justastorie.blogspot.com/

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at justastorie[deletethis] at gmail[deletethis].com.

http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

At http://justastorie.blogspot.com/, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ and how it is used.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on http://justastorie.blogspot.com/.
.:: Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include ....
Google Adsense
Amazon

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

http://justastorie.blogspot.com/ has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. http://justastorie.blogspot.com/'s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.