A Man OR Woman's comprehension of an idea, topic, concept, emotion, object, thought, opinion or any other abstraction, generally from the MALE viewpoint.
The ability to sympathize with and/or accept another person's
perspective without truly
understanding it.
The term Manderstand was developed over a
conversation about men and women being able to truly communicate and understand each other... the best we are able to anyway.
A man can Manderstand why a woman asks if she looks fat in those jeans... but cannot truly
understand the emotional implications of the question.
I manderstand how much you like beer and football, even though I'm not into it.
I completely manderstand why you want me to go to Walmart at 3am for
chocolate ice cream and wine coolers.
I manderstand that you are feeling insecure, but I do not understand why or how,
because you are so beautiful.
I manderstand the fight you had with your best friend even though I think it's silly.