Is Your Man a Wimp?

I just picked up my friend Jane from the airport and she immediately went into the latest situation with her man.

Apparently, some dirtbag pulled out of his parking spot and hit Jane’s car just as she and her boyfriend were walking up. Instead of stopping, the driver sped away…thinking he would be off the hook.

That just infuriated Jane. So with her Superwoman powers, she ushered her boyfriend into the car, hopped in and sped after the man—turbo jets in full force. Quickly gaining on him, the guy decided to finally pull over and face the situation…and honestly, I'm sure he was a little freaked out. Who wouldn’t be scared of some chick who felt the need to chase you after you gave her car a little tap?

Then it went down like this:
-Jane jumps out of her car and marches over to the man.
-He opens his door and gets out.
-She proceeds to walk up to him and say, “It’s illegal to hit and run. I could call the police on you. What is your problem? Blah blah blah.”
-Man apologizes, tells her she’s right, they shake hands and part ways. All is okay.

But that’s when Jane got back into her car and realized…her boyfriend never once got out to help her. Not even to simply stand there for support or to get her back (just in case). He just sat there and afterwards said, “That was awesome.”

Jane’s reaction? My boyfriend is a wimp.

Now I know some of you are thinking that’s not fair, "she shouldn’t have chased the guy." "That was just crazy." "It could have turned into a big problem and what was her boyfriend to do, fight the guy?"

My answer to that is…yes.

Of course Jane and I discussed this. She doesn’t really, really want her to see her boyfriend get into a physical fight with someone. And she definitely doesn’t want to see him get hurt, BUT…well, in the end…we’re just women and we want to feel like our man can protect us. At least that’s what our natural instinct tells us.

But at the same time, we don't want to date some meathead who has an immediate “beat down” reaction either.  I'm just sayin, surely her boyfriend could have gotten out of the car…as reinforcement right? We're just looking for a man who can protect us in the end.

Jane didn’t bother to share her disappointment with her boyfriend…instead, she's let her feelings stew. So now she’s trying to figure out the best way to confront him about it.

Unfortunately, I’m not so sure there’s a nice way to tell your man, “I think you’re a pansy, babe.”