Male infantilism. About infantile muzhchinkas, undersized and stupid. Once in a women's magazine I came across an article about men who do not want to grow up.
In some not so positive women's magazine I once came across an article about men who do not want to grow up. About some infantile little men, stupid and undergrowth. And for some reason I felt sorry for them! After all, men do not grow in a vegetable garden between dill and spinach, and they were not raised by crayfish in a ditch! Every self-respecting man has or had a mother - and women would be ashamed to accuse men of being childish. What you have brought up, such and eat.
And then I thought, discussed with whom I should, read whom I should, and I tell you now: infantilism is great! Infantilism is a rarity, and it needs to rejoice when discovered! Let me explain now. First, you shouldn't call all irresponsible, selfish and narrow-minded men infantile. This is not it. Let's give them a more succinct name - well, at least just fools. Fools and villains. And secondly, Infant means “child” in Spanish. Tell me, how often does an adult manage to keep a child in himself? Childhood clean eyes, as A. Laertsky sang. Very, very rare.
It is not shameful for them to be a fool, but it is impermissible to behave in an infantile manner! Wearing pink rubber boots in a vibrant daisy? Call your husband "abazyaka" or "kittyapa"? Compose meaningless songs, games that cannot be won, invent nonsense and laugh at them, fantasize, mimic ugly metro passengers and joke with strangers. To behave directly, rejecting the system of unspoken rules of behavior, is childishly natural - that's what I call healthy infantilism!
Grown-ups got it. I do not use a single quote more often than the phrase of “that very” Munchausen: “I understand what your trouble is. You are too serious. A serious face is not yet a sign of intelligence, gentlemen. All nonsense on Earth is done with this expression. Smile, gentlemen, smile! " Of course, such everyday infantilism is a deliberate phenomenon, cultivated in a special way. Here you still need to work hard, acting skills and a little rudeness - without this you shouldn't even start. You also need a broad outlook, a certain erudition and a sense of proportion. Otherwise, your infantilism runs the risk of being just an awkward antics. And this will immediately give out in you that very bore, whom the burden of conceit prevents from relaxing.
Yes, this is an escape into ourselves. Infantilism, you are our protection and fun, our talent and saving straw! This is a way to win over smart people and turn away the narrow-minded. This is not a way of life, but a way of thinking itself.
And we are not bored, there is always something to laugh at and something to do. Even with myself.
I'm infantile, yes. And you look, do not burst from the strain. Smile, gentlemen, smile! The chief loves idiots.
