Why is that women go into periodic self-control loss resulting in a major setback of man's budget. Not that men are full of scruples, but women tend to do it in a much convincing and charming manner. Have you ever been in a shopping mall with a woman. The minute (rather second!) they enter the mall, they tend to have this dreamy haze over their eyes. Instinctively, they become telepathic with rest of their kind. Be it your wife, girl-friend, mom, sister, daughter......all of their bitter, life threatening rivalries vanish the second they enter the cloth store. I really cant understand the pleasure they get in changing 17 different tops with equally varying bottoms (skirts, capri, pants...i dunno..seems a lot) and discussing in all earnestness about the relative merits of rose background with red flowers or white background with yellow flowers (for all I know, both are horrendous). After spending a satisfying 4 to 5 hours heart renching discussion about every available dress in the shop and about every available dress each of them have ever worn, they depart ....huh!, well to the cosmetic shop. Till this day, never had the guts to enter that tavern...it is too rough, i heard.