Weekend ...... or .....WEAKEND?

Weekend…or……. Weakend?

Aaaaahhhhh ….the Friday evening comes strolling in and the Saturday – Sunday loom large.

The most amazing part of the week is around the corner, and the weekenders lick their chops at the prospect….

But wait.

Is the weekend the same for a man and a woman?

Is there really no difference?

Is there any expectation? (even if nicely veiled and garbed)

So I just went about asking a few friends what their ideal weekend was:

And there was hardly any goading required, as the ladies just let it flow.  Any holding back?

Naaaah! They knew exactly what their ideal weekend should be and no arguments about that. 

So without much ado lets list the things that make a woman’s weekend ideal:

·         Shopping …… shopping ….shopping

·         A movie …..or a play

·         Get the electrician so the hubby at home can get the fixtures fixed

·         Get the carpenter so the hubby at home can get the repairs done

·         Get the plumber so that the hubby at home can get the leak plugged. 

·         Shopping 

·         Get the hubby to get the AC serviced

·         Get the hubby to get the plants for the garden

·         Get the hubby to get the car out and make sure all the groceries are in ( and make sure he carries those lovely overloaded bags all the way to and fro!)

·         Shopping

·         Get hubby to sit with the kids and do their homework

·         While hubby looks after the kids, get to the favourite Spa

·         Get the long list of restaurants to choose from to finalise where the weekend dinner would be

·         Select the Restaurant

·         Change the selection

·         Choose again

·         Choose the route to the restaurant, ideally with a ‘shop-stop’ on the way.

·         Shopping

·         A great meal at a place I always wanted to go to

·         A nice book to tuck into bed with

·         A foot or back massage by the help, the kids, or the hubby

Now over the male species…….the one that roars more than he bites!

·         Wake up late

·         If possible stay in the same clothes all day, the same crumpled shorts and Tee

·         Beer

·         If allowed, play an extra-long game of golf

·         Beer

·         Lunch

·         Sleep

·         Beer with friends

·         Sleep

Simple.!

Now the weekends do overlap …don’t they? Happy marriages are made over the weekend of compromise! I know my lady-friends will be out on the street with their knives, guns, and bazookas, but so what! They are far more sporting than the buggers in their shorts, sweaty vests, and bulging mid-riffs. They all feel they have balanced it well….what? a beer can on the right thigh?

But guess what? Some people hate weekends. Yes, they really, surely do!!!!! 

They feel that weekends make life topsy – turvy! Tun their lives upside down…..As weekends keep them away from work! (must not be working a single day of their lives if they love it so much) …… Aaaaah , now here’s the tricky one…..from people they would like to be with all the time. 

Happy weekend folks. Just make sure it doesn’t turn into a WEAK-END!