HAPPIER THAN WOMEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22896, 26 November 1937, Page 4

HAPPIER THAN WOMEN

MEN HAVE MORE INTERESTS Is tlierc more unhappiness among women than men? Undoubtedly. Chiefly because the average woman has all her "eggs," so to speak, in the emotional "basket." Her happiness is generally at the mercy of others, whether in the family or social circle, because her feelings are allowed to make her heaven or hell, states an overseas writer. Much useless fret and fuming over small domestic "jars" or social slights, petty jealousies and foolish envy rob many women of happiness. Trifles, that most men would forget the next minute or laugh off. will start a woman brooding. Before she has finished, it is a case of the "molehill" and "mountain," and it is going to take some doing on somebody's part to get that "mountain" down again. Men appear to bo a great deal more conservative of emotion, and, in the mam, keep it well under control. When a man is face to face with a real sorrow he doubtless feels as deeply as any woman can, but he is not given to allowing himself to become all "worked up" and wretched over small troubles. Ihe averago man's interests appear to bo more varied than a woman's, even apart JYom his work. His feelings are less easily aroused, and his attention not lavished on what to him are mere trifles. He generally has somothing to fall back on, with which he may occupy bis thoughts-nt will if the contemplation of some little happening annoys hini. Jt is just that "something" to fall hack upon that women need to cultivate if they are to be spared much unhappiness. That "something" should bo sought for well outside the danger zono of the emotions. Try the mental plane. Hitch your interest to something worth while; something infinitely larger than the petty upsets that so annoy and hurt. You will then soon build a reserve of happiness upon which you can draw at will.

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