Finally she says, You know, you d look great in a pair of chaps, like cowboys wear, nothing else. She popped out, whimpered, and the nurses wrapped her up and gave her to my wife. I was filled with love, happiness, relief everything was OK, and I just stood there, speechless. But what I was feeling was so much bigger than that. We are missing some key vocabulary.
Women have an entire dictionary covering a huge range of emotion.
She has the ability to express herself without speaking. It is possible that men shut themselves off from such expression because they value self-image above emotional release. When a man sitting at a casino blackjack table wins, for example, he might coolly nod, or toss a dollar tip to the dealer with studied nonchalance. You will never see a man clap his hands, let out a shout or kiss his girlfriend, the way women sometimes do when they win. If Clint Eastwood wouldn t do it, neither would we.