Men answer with "we'll see" as a courtesy to the women we love. See, generally, when you ask a question of us that elicits a "we'll see", what we're thinking is "hell no" but realizing that there might be a way to make it a "yes" because we love you and care about you and believe that if you're happy, then all will be right with the world.

See, if we, menfolks, really answered your questions the way we wanted to, then that $700 purse and ridiculous vase in the living room wouldn't exist in our lives. But those things do because when you asked we said "we'll see" as opposed to "no". That was our contract and agreement to you outlining our willingness to look into plausible scenarios where whatever insanity you brought to the table could become manifest. See, "we'll see" is really all about your happiness.

It is also used to perhaps begin the conversation into returning your impulsive suggestion back to reality. See, instead of saying "are you out of your rabid a** mind?" when you say, "Hey, baby, we should go back in time to 1924. Tomorrow!", we merely say, "we'll see" in hopes that perhaps our less than enthusiastic response will make you reconsider. It never does, but we can hope can't we? Isn't that what Barack Obama's election was all about? Hope? In the face of remarkable odds?

Why do I keep asking so many questions? Do I know?

So the point is, your request isn't as easy as a simple "yes" or "no", so "we'll see" and hopefully we can turn that frown upside down. But you must give us some time to see if we can pull it off. Can we do it? We'll see.

But the answer isn't necessarily no.

Yes?

Yes.