honesty turns me on

having lived for all of 30 years, i feel wise and conceited enough to say with some degree of stereotypical certainty that most women are dishonest. they routinely lie about their real intentions, motives, beliefs, emotions etc. so, it is quite rare to come across a woman, or for the sake of statistical etiquette, a few women, who are honest and who believe in saying what's on their mind. i found one such friend yesterday, rather i rediscovered her yesterday after all these years. of course, our conversation is not for public scrutiny, but suffice it to say she was articulate about her feelings, and extremely honest about conveying them too. that makes her join my small but significant list of women friends who are kind, compassionate, intelligent and of course, honest. this is so refreshing from the usual clutter of rabble rousers who mistake honesty for shrill speech, or intelligence for scorn and kindness for being not feminist enough. my small band, in single digits now, has my unconditional positive regard and respect, not to mention love and affection. may this tribe increase with age, and convince me to shed my misogynistic view of the opposite sex.