It occurred to Susan that men were always waiting for something cataclysmic--love or war or a giant asteroid. Every man wanted to be a hot-headed Bruce Willis character, fighting against the evil foreign enemy while despising the domestic bureaucracy. Men just wanted to focus on one big thing, leaving the thousands of smaller messes for the women around them to clean up. Bonnie Jo Campbell
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The idea that men are constantly waiting for something big to happen (e.g., love, war, an asteroid) is not far from the truth. Men often fantasize about the conflict they face at home, or their fear that they will never find true love. They think that if they could only get into a fight big enough to matter, then maybe they would feel like they're worth something (and also would be able to stop appearing like a fool).

Source: American Salvage

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