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Embarrassment #3 – Poetry by Keats

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It’s embarrassing to have a whole week dedicated to embarrassment! But today is day 3, too late to turn back now!
I was going to make this into a cup like the others, but really, who wants a cup with a crying person on it, ya know?

I like this drawing, it’s indicative of something important for girls (and women who didn’t learn it when they were girls) to remember.  In general, men don’t have the guilt and embarrassment gene at the same level women do.  

We have the gene, some more than others, but it’s my experience at least that women have it in a much larger dosage.  So, girls, beware when you enter into a situation such as is illustrated above. The guy might be kind, nice, thoughtful, understanding, etc. But don’t expect him to feel or understand the level of embarrassment or guilt you feel in having done something you think is wrong.  He might think it was wrong as well, but it is unlikely he is going to feel as strongly about it as you do.  

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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily

Poem by John Keats, 1795-1821, English Romantic Poet

One year ago today at The Napkin Dad Daily:  Falling in Love

>Nothing Defines Humans Better

>This is a cynical quote I know, and I am usually not a cynical guy. This quote is also a pretty accurate observation about the lengths to which we humans will go to feel secure. When I say ‘feel secure’ I am not talking about actually being secure. I am talking about having the hope, the assumption, the desire for security all wrapped up with the methods to get that security.

Who doesn’t pursue it? It is a rare individual. But there are differences among people who nonetheless reside in close proximity to one another in socio-economic levels. One person takes losing a lover in stride and moves on, the other goes over the top and becomes a stalker. One person lives and breathes by the lottery numbers, another plays it and forgets they even have the ticket a day later. One person lives with guilt all day everyday and the worry of eternal salvation that may or may not result. Another person feels guilty but doesn’t worry about the afterlife.

Why is this? What drives us in our fears and thoughts? How do we grow into the best understanding of ourselves and our world and behave accordingly?

Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily blog

Quote by Scott Adams, 1957-not dead yet, American Cartoonist – Creator of Dilbert

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