It reminds me of this story:
King Arthur's Quest: What do women really want?
King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring
kingdom. The monarch could have killed him, but was moved by Arthur's youth and
ideals. So the monarch offered him freedom, as long as he could answer a very
difficult question.
Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and if, after a year, he
still had no answer, he would be put to death.
The question: What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young
Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death,
he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.
He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess, the
prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, and the court jester. He spoke with
everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised
him to consult the old witch -- only she would know the answer.
The price would be high; the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the
exorbitant prices she charged.
Finally, the last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no alternative but
to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he had to
accept her price first. The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most notable of
the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!
Young Arthur was horrified: she was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one
tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises... etc. He had never
encountered such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend to marry her and
have to endure such a burden.
Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him that
nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the
preservation of the Round Table!
Hence, their wedding was proclaimed, and the witch answered Arthur thus:
What a woman really wants is to be in charge of her own life.
Everyone instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that
Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was. The neighboring monarch granted
Arthur total freedom.
What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between relief and
anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The old witch put
her worst manners on display, and generally made everyone very
uncomfortable.
The hour approached, Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific experience,
entered the bedroom. But what a sight waited him! The most beautiful woman he
had never seen lay before him!
The astounded Gawain asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since
he had been so kind to her when she'd appeared as a witch, she would
henceforth be her horrible, deformed self half the time, and the other half, she
would be her beautiful maiden self. Which would he want her to be during the day,
or during the night?
What a cruel question! Gawain pondered his predicament. “During the day, a
beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his
home, an old witch?”
Or would he prefer having by day a hideous witch, but by night a beautiful
woman with whom to enjoy many intimate moments?
What would you do?
(Please pause a while and do not read on
until you have made up your own mind)
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Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself.
Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time,
because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.
What is the moral of this story?
THE MORAL IS:
IF A WOMAN DOESN'T GET HER WAY,
THINGS GET UGLY.
