Apocalypse: Men vs Women

My husband and I were watching a silly movie about vampires attacking a small Alaskan town. One scene is the kitchen window shatters, the wife is dragged through the window, across the lawn and taken under the shed to be eaten. The husband, rifle in hand, storms out of the house, runs to the shed and proceeds to try to pull his wife to safety. Of course he is unsuccessful.

I turn to my husband and say, hon, if a vampire is gonna get me, double tap me in the head. Don't let it get me that way. My husband replies, ok.

He says to me, if that ever happens to him, don't bother trying to save him, run in the other direction when the window shattered. He feels I'd have a better success rate of surviving.

It was our Titanic moment! I guess I never thought about having to survive without him. But he put his immediate thoughts of impending doom to make sure I'd live.

I spent the rest of the night analyzing his thought process. Silly, I know... But I can't help but wonder if there's a fundamental pattern of protective measures either built in or ingrained in men than in women. Which is weird to me because being a veteran, I always thought I'd fight to protect. I guess I'm getting old...

Thoughts?

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