Men in Honda Accords should not look at Women in Mercedes...

How often has this happened? You're on your way back from work on a nice day. You pull up at a red light. The next thing you know, a silver Mercedes pulls up right next to you. In the shortest instance of time that is ever known to mankind, you turn to see who's in that car. It's a man's instinct...

And you're right! It's a woman. She's fair, perhaps even good looking or in a high probability of cases, totally hot! You're desperately hoping that she'll look back at you, but she won't. Face it. She's in a gleaming beauty and you're probably in a 60,000 mile old work horse purely meant for economy.

Let's assume for a moment that she does turn your way. Its most likely because she is so impatient and can't bear to stare at the unchanging red light, so she needs to look the other way. And she had to choose your direction because the 'other' other way is either the median or the shoulder!

That's it! All you needed was that fleeting glance. Your left hand flips up your shirt collar, caresses the hair at the back of your head and lands on top of the steering wheel (where it's prominently visible), all in one motion. Your right hand adjusts your sun glasses in place and slowly turns the volume dial on the radio.

You start to whistle the song that is currently playing. You are not even sure of the tune, but you are whistling. You don't want to look back at her because you think she is turning to look at you every now and then and you don't want to be caught staring. It's a man's instinct...

Just then, the light turns green! The man in you takes over. The left hand still in the exact same position on top of the steering wheel, your right hand pushes the stick shift to 1st gear and you push the pedal to the floor. Your economy vehicle surges ahead. In your mind, that minute, you have no respect for speed limits...

Alas, your economy vehicle has its own limits. The pole position that you managed to gain for the same fleeting moment is soon destroyed. The silver Mercedes appears in the corner of your eye and even as you make your most well-timed head-turn in her direction, she is whizzing past you at 5-over the speed limit.

The man in you wants to throw caution to the winds, tear open your Accord's engine and race forward so you can catch up with her, carefully match her speed, stay in a parallel lock and make that famous head turn from time to time. I feel the same way too you vain man, but here are some of the reasons, you absolutely should not...

First, gleaming beauty vs work horse meant only for economy. Enough said. (b) I repeat. She did not look at you because you are hot but because she was bored of staring at that red light. Tres! She's going fast. She'll probably be seeing more than one man at the same time. Four, full and final: You'll crash. It's basic instinct...

Heed my advice. Go as far as being the first off the blocks at the light. Savor that look you get of her as she passes you. Then use your life-gifted imagination. Let your mind take you places you have never been. That way you'll go really far before you safely get home. And when you arrive, you'll still be smiling...

I took my own advice. I came home, played with my son, had a great evening and I just wrote this sitting comfortably in my own bed, next to my beautiful wife. Good night and have a great rest of the week...