Women and Moon: A Fair Comparison?

Dear Women,

For ages, innumerable poems and paeans have been written in praise of you, comparing you with the Moon. And, you all always feel pride and happiness about being compared thus. But is it really a fair comparison?! Should you really be feeling proud and happy? Is there any other possibility that your men might be implying something beyond all that obvious praise? Let me help you understand.

1.    For starters, the Moon is an ordinary natural satellite, filed with dust and stone, running around the Earth. What if the man is implying that the girl is lacking substance beneath all that attractive appearance and is always troubling him with her annoying presence?!

2.    The Moon looks so very good, so lovely, so near and YET, so very far. What if, the men were implying that as a sarcastic way of stating that you are playing hard to get?!

3.    Remember, the Moon does not have any beauty of its own. It shines upon borrowed beauty – simply reflecting the light of the Sun. What if your men were implying that you have no natural beauty of your own, but are shining only with the help of cosmetics?!

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4.    The phases of the Moon are legendary. It keeps waxing and waning, changing face/appearance every day. On some days she shines at all her glory, but on the others, she simply vanishes. What you should check is whether your man is giving you a backhanded compliment about your whimsical nature!

5.    Er… have you ever noticed the shape of the Moon?! It’s round, obviously. What if your person is calling you ‘rotund’, indirectly?!

6.    The Moon is bright, but not beautiful at all. OK, there is a common perception in countries like India that having fair skin and bright complexion is all that there is to being pretty. If you are fair, you are considered as beautiful by some people. What if your man says that you are simply bright, with no beauty to gaze upon?!

7.    Trust me when I tell you this. Not many people like the Moon. Really. As it is said by a learned person once, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. So, one person might find the Moon beautiful, whereas the other person might not. What if (you know)?

8.    The Sun is always considered as a superior being than the Moon. May be you should cross check whether your man is suffering from any superiority complex and is indirectly telling you that you are next to him in importance!

9.    Take me seriously when I tell you this – some planets have more than one Moon!!!

And remember, men are supposedly from Mars and Mars has two Moons. TWO, do you understand that?!

10.    And, some men find the Moon’s friends, the stars to be very attractive too. Remember, the Moon is not always around, but the stars are. So, caveat, cherie!