Male Tantrum Management

"Male Tantrum Management" said Ritu.

Ritu is 28 and obviously knows enough of the Syndrome to devise Management Techniques to tackle the syndrome ... and of course Males.

How many Males could Ritu possibly have known in her 28 short years? Men who are 28? 30? 32? Just out of their mother's apron strings? Men/Males at 50? 55? 60? 75? ....... will Ritu know how to manage their tantrums?

Of course girls these days know more of men, about men, number of men, from men .......(any other prepositions?) than we did at age 28. Our generation, most of us, got stuck with/to one man, and for better or worse have stuck it out. And tantrums? ....... the medicine was "WAIT. He'll get over it". So our Mother-in-laws told us. We told ourselves the same thing while bringing up our sons. The same I'll tell the wives of Adarsh, Buju and AJ and the other so called 'sons' to whom I have been a surrogate mum.

Of course my personal tactic was 'What tantrum? You throw a tantrum? HA!!! Wanna see what a tantrum means?' This approach worked like magic. Most men, family or otherwise, would take a step back. I really did not have to demonstrate. A threat worked as well as the real thing.

So, if the Male Tantrum has to be Managed...

Methods

a) Play along. Pamper his ego. After all this is His Eminence.
b) Wait till he gets over it. Can be time consuming. Not worth the time and effort.
c) ..... or else ..... there is a Hindi word, Manao. Not too bad an idea. Bittersweet, kind of.
d) IGNORE the guy and his bloody tantrums.

Nevertheless, MTM is indeed a very good coinage. Some people could make a career out of it. I know of several who can be clients of this highly specialised profession.

There is

Disaster Management
Water Management
Portfolio Management
Agro-Business Management

And now there is Male Tantrum Management.