Let's talk about the differences

Sometimes it is funny the different types of discussions that men have as compared to women.

It hit me the other night during a large gathering of friends. Less than 10 minutes into night the girls started talking about a crazy television show called "Sex Sent Me to the ER" on the TLC channel.

The moment the word "sex" was quietly uttered you could hear a pin drop and all eyes were on the girls having the conversation. Apparently they will put anything on television nowadays but I was still listening to what was going to be said next.

Like the mature gentlemen we all are, we wanted to know all about this high-quality show. The girls, red faced, did their best to tell us about the show as discreetly as possible. But let's be honest. When things like produce and melted gummy bears are involved with a conversation of sex, guys lose what little maturity they have.

I never knew some of my friends knew so much about produce, including my friend who was talking about kumquats, eggplants and all produce in between. And who knew that melted gummy bears on a person's skin could cause third degree burns? Of course, as one guy said, "guess they didn't eat them fast enough."

If you think the conversation was a little out of control you should have heard where it went. Even I can't write about it without getting a little red faced.

The whole conversation was much to the dismay of my friend Gilly whose parents were more than happy to contribute to the conversation, including wanting to know when this particular show was on so they could watch. They had us all in stitches but poor Gilly was a shade of red I haven't seen since I walked in on... let's just say it has been a while.

And the conversation didn't die there. The group was together for almost four hours and the topic was brought up by the guys over and over. Days later as Gilly's face was starting to return to it's normal shade, we were still having fun with it and one guy who works for a newspaper even wrote a bad column about it.

Of course, later in the night the conversation eventually turned when the girls started talking amongst themselves, ignoring the maturity of us guys. So we focused our attention to important topics like superheroes and sports.

Funny thing, as we were discussing what superhero movies we liked the best and why, not a single girl chimed in. As a matter of fact they left the table and talked elsewhere. I still can't understand why they didn't want to hear my diatribe against Spider-Man or praise for Batman.

I also noticed when the guys started talking about sports they chose to turn their backs and pretend like we weren't there. It makes no sense. We were making great points about what teams should trade for this player and that player and were dissecting the playoffs. It was information they could have used for the next few weeks when the guys were watching basketball and they were reading their books saying "uh huh."

Unfortunately, I couldn't tell what the girls were talking about the rest of the time. I'm sure it was about flowers, jewelry and babies. But when they said that special word the guys were like young kids watching bright colors. And then were back in junior high.

I would love to write more about it but there is an educational television show I am wanting to see on TLC and I need to grab a bag of gummy bears. I'll just make sure not to melt them.