An Unreasonable Assumption

(I am chatting with two of my co-workers about nothing in particular. My male coworker is getting married next year. I am female.)

Female Coworker: *to male coworker* “You can be quite feminine at times, you know.”

Me: *laughing* “You know, I thought that earlier when you were saying about how good the Bridget Jones films were!”

Male Coworker: *indignantly* “I thought that women liked it when men are in touch with their feminine side?”

(My female coworker and I share a knowing look.)

Me: “Yeah… When a woman says she likes a man who is in touch with his feminine side, she actually means ‘I like a man who will sympathise with me even when I’m being completely unreasonable.'”

Male Coworker: “Ah…”