Email: Creamed corn test [MG]

How [a couple knows they] are compatible has something to do with how simply and seamlessly [they] demonstrate real affection and care for each other. As my brother Scott puts it, "Does she pass the creamed corn test? Is this the person I can happily feed creamed corn to" when she has lost her teeth and can no longer see me very well?

With women it seems to be "if you cared, you'd change" (cajoling), whereas with men it seems to be "shoulda woulda coulda" (controlling). Either way induces guilt and is essentially immature or manipulative, just in different ways.