His Mother Should Have Thrown Him Out And Kept The Stork.

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.....Another cracker from Mae West.

I should remember this phrase more often, as it rather sheds some slight, glimmer of humour onto the less than misbahaved men of this world.

In the days of Mae West, Hollywood Era, grace, poise, dignity and men being the leaders, what was a man's worst romantic crime?

Betrayal? Such as infidelity, lying, not consulting his partner of an important change to happen in their lives...Neglect? Abuse? Simply leaving his wife alone with the baby every evening, while he works late and then goes for social outtings with fellow male companions?

Women in those times didn't really have too much choice of whether to stand by their husbands or not...In fact they were the 'disgraced' one if they were shown to be unsupportive, so, any 'romantic crime' that was committed was soon burried under the carpet, so to speak.


I'm not sure whether the women of that era were more dignified when it came to their relationships or just more supressed....

What happens nowadays? Throw a public tantrum, post some unhappy social media updates, feel completely wronged, alone, betrayed?

Well, I think it's just the evolution of our society that's created this or perhaps, the devolution of some of the male generation....

Devolution such as the following;

-Not being courteous; opening doors, offering a hand, making sure she's warm, holding her umbrella? (Okay, that might be a little too far.)

-Making a woman think she's the one who's mad when she catches onto a lie. This is what produces specimens of psycho, bunny-boiler types!

-Respect. Lack of. When a Hollywood icon flashed a bit of cleavage, the leading man would not under any circumstance encourage her to carry on, he would look slightly bashful with a hint of luckiest-man-in-the-world to have seen such wonder. (Yes, I might be going a little too far again with the facial expressions.)

-Being a coward. You make a commitment to someone. When you faulter, don't run away. Face your commitment. Whatever level of commitment it is. And if you do choose to end it, have the grace to not start seeing someone else before it's over, don't ignore her until she ends it first and for Mae's sake, don't end it in a text!