[Larry]

I am currently visiting NY for 10 days and had almost forgotten what a sorry beaten down species the American male is at the hands of American women.....but I have been repeatedly reminded during my trip.

While I was shopping in the Hudson valley mall today in upstate NY, I overheard this conversation from a couple in their late 40's that were at the clothing rack next to me:

Husband (smiling): Honey, can I get a pair of carpenters jeans?

Wife: = (condecending tone) You have carpenters jeans on.

Husband: (pleading tone) I know but I need a new pair.

Wife: You look stupid in those jeans. (raising voice)...Come on, let's go.

Husband dejectedly puts jeans back down and follows wife around store like a puppy as she goes from clothing rack to clothing rack and examines different articles of clothing. Husband does not examine any more clothing and just follows like a good boy. There is no conversation.

This is just one example of what I witnessed over and over again of similar behavior with the wives taking the dominant role and husbands taking the submissive one. Over and over again I overheard American girls converasations to the effect of (loudly) "who the hell does he think he is", and "what a jerk" and a lot of loud, unladylike, domineering behavior. I dont remember once seeing a woman/girl carrying herself with that combination of class/ beauty and feminine grace that make Dominican women so irrestible to us.

Larry