[international women's day] march 8th in russia

Age cannot wither her nor custom stale
Her infinite variety; other women cloy
The appetites they feed but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies.

[Will the Bard 1607]

You can try. You can try your level best to inure yourself against women, to self-containedly lose yourself in books and blogging, to strive for self-sufficiency but when once woman comes close and fixes you with those eyes and does this little thing and that little thing and licks her lips - there is no defence. When she surrounds you with her companionship and you see how dire life would be without her, you're gone. Unless you're a fish.