What is it about women in seemingly helpless or dangerous or overstretched situations that appeals to men? Does it arouse their instinct to protect us, I wonder, or do they just feel sorry for us for being so foolish for getting into a predicament in the first place? The sort of situations I'm talking about aren't big deals, they're commonplace things around the home or workplace.
Take last weekend.
I was standing on a chair almost on tiptoe stretching forward to retrieve a small gift I'd hidden on top of the refrigerator (well it was easy to put it there and push it to the back with a wooden spoon.) Anyway my position must have looked precarious because in came P and told me right away to be careful the chair didn't slip, then he asked me what I was doing and to let him do it.
Well I couldn't let him do it because the small gift was for him, so I told him I was cleaning but the j-cloth had slipped down the back of the refrigerator, I needed to get another and I went to get off the chair.
'It's OK stay where you are I'll pass you one and then hold the chair steady for you," said my husband chivalrously. So I had to make a show of cleaning non existent dirt from the top of the fridge, stretching and reaching confidently right to the back, knowing my husband was there to keep me safe.
My backside must have been virtually in his face and when I bent to get down he swatted it a couple of times and told me not to go balancing on chairs again, not on my own anyway, it could be dangerous.
Duly rebuked I got off the chair with uncharacteristic care and gave my husband a little peck on the cheek. He just grunted, he was on his way out, but I did notice he had the telltale sign of arousal in the front of his shorts.
I made a mental note to clean high places more often and, after I heard the door shut, got back on the chair and retrieved my gift.
Ronnie
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