Ego. Such a tiny word with such huge implications. More specifiacally the male ego. I have one. A really big one. I am also a people watcher. That will come into play a bit later. Watching the male ego in action can be the most entertaining thing in the world. If you know what to look for you can almost tell exactly where the person you know gets pushed aside and the ego just bursts through and takes over.
Probably the most common form of ego that is easy to identify is the "i can kick anyones ass" senario. The ego goes into overdrive on this, especially if there is a woman present or involved. All sense of logic disappears. I mean its one thing to posture or stand your ground. Maybe its about bluffing? HAHA...no. Ego is not about posturing or bluffing. It seriously believes in itself. Yes, even if on the other side of the equation is Chuck Norris or some other relavant badass.
Where does this come from? How can someone allow themselves to become so out of touch? Well its simple...it makes us feel good.
To put this in a little more perspective lets take a small look at my own ego. Its not really small. In fact it has been defined by those that know me to be so big that it even has its own name. They call him Steve. Someone once said (i seem to remember it being my mother) that Steve arrives 30 seconds before i do. Now i created my own ego and built it up to what it is. Let me put it this way. If every male had my ego, there would be no self-esteem problems in this world, the suicide rate wouldnt exist for men, the drug companies that produce "happy" pills would be broke, and women would have to do more than simply spread their legs to get laid. OK that last part was kinda harsh but you get the point.
What the ego loves more than anything is to be stroked by someone other than who it belongs to. Much like a massage or the dishes, its much better when someone else does it to you or for you.
Now having an ego can make us do some really stupid shit. I mean seriously, you could have gotten that 100 pound box from point A to B in half the time with a 2nd person, but you wanted to demonstrate the proper way to give yourself a hernia instead. YES, giving ourselves a hernia while boosting our ego because we can carry that huge box makes us feel good. Of course we meant to fall down the stairs with it.
I am reminded of a Bud commercial. The overly aggressive flag football game player. Pure ego, every single bit of it. Or even that guy that not only has to beat his girlfriend at that friendly game of whatever they are playing, but crush her to the point she will never play anything with him again. And then he wonders why. You know like the friendly pillow fight you had with her, and you managed to give her a concussion with a pillow. Ego, all the way.
Guys even go so far as to accessorize the ego. And you thought that chick over there was a golddigger. Fast cars, lifted trucks, toys, or just plain spending of money for no other reason than you can. The ego can put the novice golddigger to shame. But check this out...they even gave it name for when the ego goes into heat...yeah...they call it the "midlife crisis". And she though he was cheating on her with that slut at work.
One final thought on ego for tonight...and this is aimed at women...if you dont stroke it for him, he will do it himself.
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