girls just love knowing that they have an effect on you.

From Jonathan Carroll's blog (which i stole from Farty)

Kryptonite
by Ron Koertge

Lois liked to see the bullets bounce
off Superman's chest, and of course
she was proud when he leaned into
a locomotive and saved the crippled
orphan who had fallen on the tracks.

Yet on those long nights when he was
readjusting longitude or destroying
a meteor headed right for some nun,
Lois considered carrying just a smidgen
of kryptonite in her purse or at least
making a tincture to dab behind her ears.

She pictured his knees giving way,
the color draining from his cheeks.
He'd lie on the couch like a guy with
the flu, too weak to paint the front
porch or take out the garbage. She
could peek down his tights or draw
on his cheek with a ball point. She
might even muss his hair and slap
him around.

"Hey, what'd I do?" he'd croak just
like a regular boyfriend. At last.

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i'll open this for discussion -

what're the benefits a boyfriend gets? i'd like to know.

i'll start off with a few of my own:

1. being able to hold hands
2. going out on dates as and when
3. calling the other anytime

i can't think of anymore? is this really all???