God said he was going to give him a companion and it would be a woman. "This person will cook for you and wash your clothes; she will always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them.

"She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and compassion whenever needed."

Adam asked God: "What will a woman like this cost?"

God said, "An arm and a leg."

Adam said, "That's a little steep. What can I get, say, for just a rib?"

You know what they say, Caveat Emptor, “Let the buyer beware.”

Now that I have alienated all the ladies I will try to extricate myself with some thoughts about living with God’s special creation and one of His most wonderful gifts, women. She was not created to be a servant or a slave … was given a mind and a will. She was created with special gifts and sent to be a helpmate to God’s other creation, the man. Too many men think they got the “arm and a leg” deal.

Men and women are different; as the French say, viva la difference. I have little patience with women who try to make themselves equal to men, which is translated, “like men.” This ignores the perfection of each of God’s creations. Both excel in the roles God intended for them neither would be successful when they try to change those roles. Some will immediately say I am putting the woman in a box of being a housewife (a truly wonderful and rewarding career), that I am as bad as all the other male chauvinists.

Not so. I learned long ago that women are the equal to men and can succeed in whatever undertaking they choose. I am saying that they do not need to change their character to succeed. They should approach whatever career they take as women, not as women trying to be men.