We used to be concerned about IQs, now EQs...

There was an British joke about a man thinking Low IQ is the name of a Chinese take-away!

Anyway, just did a quick search and found that IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient and EQ is supposed to be for Emotional Intelligence (Quotient?)! Now you know why I checked, as I would have assumed EQ stands for Emotional Quotient.

A man bought a new pair of trousers for his primary school mates reunion dinner. When he tried out at home, he found that the trousers were too long by 10cm.

He asked his mother to help him shorten the pants. His mother said she could not do it as she was not feeling well and would like to rest early.

So the man approached his wife to shorten his pants. His wife said she was very tired and had a lot of work to do that night, so she could not help him to shorten the pants that night.

Then the man asked his daughter. His daughter apologized for not able to do it that night because she had agreed to go dancing with her boyfriend.

"Ah well!" The man thought and decided he could wear his old trousers to the reunion.

Later that night, his mother thought to herself, "My son has been very nice to me. I'll just help him to shorten his pants before going to rest." So she shortened the pants by 10cm.

Then his wife finished her work and thought," My husband knows I am always very busy and seldom asked me to help him. I would oblige him today." So she shortened the man's pants by another 10cm.

His daughter came home from dancing, and thought, "Papa loves me very much and when I declined to shorten his pants, he was not angry at all! I would help him to shorten his pants." So she shortened her daddy's pants yet another 10cm.

On the next day, the three ladies told the man that his pants were shortened. He tried them on and found that his pants had become shorter by 30cm!

His reaction:

He laughed heartily, and said, "I must wear this pair of pants to show my schoolmates that my mum, my wife and my daughter are such loving people." At the dinner, his old classmates were very envious of his loving family. His mother, wife and daughter were very happy to learn about his classmates' reaction.

What would you do if it happened to you?
Very often, many would have lost their temper.

How many of us has the "EQ" of this man?
Many of us has "High EQ" when dealing with people outside the family,
"Low EQ" when dealing with our own family member!

From this moment, can we learn from this "man"!

I borrowed the following graphics to illustrate the evolution of 'Wife'

You are lucky if you found a wife of yester years; Are there any still around ?
'All those who have sons now, my sympathy...
Those who have daughters, my congratulations.' to quote someone.

I can still remember my wife wished for a first daughter and was visibly disappointed when told it was a boy! A big one at 10lb 2 oz! Her specialist at St. James's Hospital commented that the baby had a headache and needed some time in the incubator. A friend in the ward commented that he needed size two babywear!

Anyway, I would agree with those who said that by having a daughter, you are likely to gain a son (someone's), because men of today are likely to follow the wishes of their wives... like yours truly.

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