Priorities and tests of strength

[Burgbud]

(Fearless) I'll answer that from my POV. No I haven't kicked a guy's puppy.

I believe you. Lil has more than once so it surprises me that she so strongly advocates a guy not expecting to get his puppy kicked.

Otoh, you have contributed to my overall conviction regarding how a guy should handle his puppy with your view on Brian's sitch. I can't imagine a guy being in any more of a puppy state than when he feels his life is in a touch and go state for a protracted period of time. Yet to you, one of the sanest women I know, it's perfectly understandable that his wife wouldn't be there for him.

I'm definitely starting to think that what women think of as a guy's puppy and when men think of as their puppy are quite different. For instance, Mojo's comment that FSG was being puppy when he wanted her to send a provocative picture because he's had a hard day. I seriously doubt blackfoot considers that to be puppy behavior that he would advise a man against displaying. But if a guy believes he may be dying, unless he can communicate that very clearly, he shouldn't count on his wife for anything. We're on two different pages. The playful puppy that women seem to want lines up more with what I consider monkey (the monkey is playful).