Does the Loch Ness Monster really exist? What happened to the crew of Mary Celeste? And what are guys up to when they're taking long showers? While we might never find out the answers to the first two mysteries, the latter has just been revealed. Together with a bunch of other men secrets most girls probably have no clue about. Recently, someone on reddit asked "What Are Some 'Guy Secrets' Girls Don't Know About?" and it got funnier and funnier with every answer. Amassing over 80K upvotes in just a few days, this post has become sort of like a diary of the 21st century man, and you couldn't make this stuff up. Scroll down to check out the entries and upvote your faves!
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"We are task orientated" absolutely true! we respond better with, "can you get me a blanket?" our brain process that faster than "I'm cold" statement.
Lucky you. I had my hairdresser tell me I looked like a junkie because I had let my hair grow out. Needless to say I didn't visit her again.
This is no secret, those who do this are heroes and are celebrated.
I laughed at this for way too long, because I can't think of a single time I tied something down and didn't say that.
And it also smells nice. I think shampoo smells better than most of the expensive perfumes.
Honestly, I couldn't care less about what you're doing in the shower. As long as I don't need the bathroom, of course.
At this point in life Number one is a non-issue. Number two is get the fuck out now and finish the shower later. I think thats fair for both sexes.
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thats called the I hope she catches me and helps game
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"Well I was just soaping up my balls then one thing led to another.. anyway we're out of hot water for a little while" An actual conversation I have had.
Yeah. But it really does mean you're jacking off nine times out of ten.
HAHA! With how much hair both me and my partner have, doing that would 100% block the shower drain and neither of us would want to be pulling that out.
So, why do you still have dirt on your face when you come out of a 45 minute shower?
True! My husband often takes long showers, but it's because the hot water feels good on his back.
My husband can drain a 50 gallon water heater with his showers. I have to remind him to save some for me, please..He just loves long hot showers.
It's because you're having a dump, isn't it? And it's taking forever to filter it down the plughole. :D
true! even for those of us who are short. We will jump just to fulfill our primal instinct
It's good to have open conversations about men's insecurities and issues too, and there always needs to be mutual open communication in a relationship, regardless of whether that's a male/female or male/male or female/female relationship because people are different and express themselves and their needs differently
It really is so important. Sadly, there are still a lot of people out there who mock this sort of thing, and it makes me so sad. We're all human beings, we all deserve the same right to express our feelings without fear.
Definitely
Yes, I especially thought that with the T-Rex fantasy. I would have enjoyed hearing that, while I can imagine that If you have a bad day you can easily believe that it's a negative comment on you. I thought it really sad.
We are often ashamed of showing emotion because it's been used against us in the past. "He cries! lol. What a weakling." We go to the bathroom and cry, letting out emotion in solitude and come back with extra Machismo to mask it.
This makes me so mad/sad. I am middle-aged and even in my childhood it was considered normal for girls and boys to cry and show emotions. How can it be that a generation later men still have to deal with being allowed to act HUMAN? :(
I think it's because the previous generation is still around so the source of raising men to hide it is still trying to live that way. Sometimes actions speak louder than words too. I remember my father saying it was ok to cry, but then he wouldn't take off his sunglasses when he met his birth family. He was adopted. I started being less afraid of showing it when I got married. A friend asked my sister if I'd cry or get the sniffles when I first saw my wife in her dress. My sister commented "he's always been a cryer". That told me I was bad at hiding it anyway. Still it's harder when someone is acting macho.
I've always believed the bravest thing a man could do was to trust me enough to cry in front of me
Yes, the same thing, only in a slightly different form happens with girls. We get called names because we're forward or take pride in being strong enough to provide for ourselves. It's exhausting sometimes, the lengths we go to to be the same as everyone else. But still somehow praise the ones who are different.
Like Nicki Minaj said, "When I am assertive, I’m a bitch. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss".
Yep kaisu, here we have a saying : 'heeft een jongen 10 meisjes is hij stoer, heeft een meisje 10 jongens is ze een hoer' or if a boy has 10 girls he's the man, if a girl has 10 boys she's the whore.
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Suck it up, Kurtz! Sincerely - Men
Fuck u John....most women actually like a man who can show their emotions
Also I think, I'm not sure, but I think most men want to be a hero, whether it's in a symbolic or a literal sense, we want the chance to be redeemable and respected. The chance to come to someones aid, to defend someones honor, to save the day - it sounds a bit wanky and can apply to women as well, but there's something to it I think
For years, I've wanted a flight attendant to come out and ask the passengers if anyone can land a plane. I would be there so fast!
Any guy who kills a spider for me is a hero!!!
I think you're right. My husband and I talk about this and he's expressed that same belief. (I believe all of these are accurate and he and I have discussed them at one point or another).
But isn't that an expectation that's put on you from the outside (along with the provider bit and the strong men don't cry bit) ? The way you write it, it feels like a need to be seen in a certain way. (Or I might be misunderstanding, no offence meant in any case)
I agree.I am an independent woman blah Di blah, but when a guy takes care of me, swooping me out if the way of the spray of a car or something, I get all gush and cuddly. We should get over this fear of communication and condemnation. I like having a hero. I get that I'm not metropolis, but that only makes it extra special.
And there are those of us who are more than happy to play the villain. Although we never get the girl, and usually end up dying.
That's just not true. We falla for the villains too muchas as it is.
I was expecting more brutal truths. But glad to see the fraternity stayed strong! ;)
i would have LOVED to see some brutal truths--some of us actually learn from them
And just an fyi - yes we have dirty thoughts - yes we have wet dreams, although not as often as you - a lot of the times we worry what you will think of us if we sleep with you/and worry what you will think if we don't You guys are a mystery to us. When you find an alien from the other gender you click with, open up talk, it helps to understand the others as well. It's almost like having a guide. Never forget we're a person, a human being first. Were not all the same.
Humanity ;)
I think one of the greatest "secret" I've learned about men is that they get anxious about starting a family as well. In my culture, there is this whole scheme they feed you, that you as a woman should procreate no-matter what, that you are worth only your reproductive capability, besides you have a shelf-life, etc. etc. I guess it just never occurred to me that men could possibly get worried about such a thing.
My husband never tells me he liked my food. I have to watch and when he takes seconds, it means he likes it. But if he just finishes his plate and doesn't take seconds, it doesn't mean that he didn't like it, it can also mean that he just isn't that hungry, that he ate too many cookies and ruined his apetite, or that he is in a hurry and will take seconds later in the evening, or that he was just thinking about going to the loo, or that he sees a blue elephant, or.......
I need whatever ingredient you used which made him see blue elephants.
I'm sorry, I can not tell you that. But I can give you the ingredient that will make you go to the loo.... :-D
Hugo, re-read #3. Blue elephant, t-rex.... Same same but different.
Yep. And the reason I dislike my girly hormones sometimes is that 362 days out of the year no problem. But then suddenly those other three nights , I would worry for days about it. And then try to explain that!
To be fairly honest, I'm a woman and can still relate to some of these, like the ones about zoning off and thinking about opening a brewery in the middle of nowhere and the story about the T-rex. Also, the two drops rule ending up on your pants is valid for both sexes. Not having toilet paper at hand(because someone else finished it and didn't put a new roll)sucks.
I loved this post. Sometimes you guys seem so sure and unassailable, that I feel superfluous. It's very very nice to hear sometimes that what's going on in your head is actually pretty similar. And that you also worry if we like you back and stuff. (And that it doesn't matter that I cut my hair) And just to share, I had an American boyfriend once and he was always raised with the idea that men and women were fundamentally different. We're not. We're all human first and are insecure and shy and trip and stuff. Only after that comes the gender thing. And even though I knew it, you still tend to overlook it. That's why it's nice to see posts like this from time to time. And trust us, we usually operate on the premise that you aren't attracted to us. Please let us know, only take care of where so if the girl turns out to be mean you have a buffer. Also most of us dislike the high maintenance bitchy girls too, don't judge us all by their ass backwards behaviour. Thanks!
It's very true. I was raised with 'men are from Mars, women are from Venus' where really it should be "The solar system is big and empty, all life is amazing'"
I'm so fed up of this 'be obvious' bs. Your wives and girlfriends are not your carers, mothers or nurses. If you see something needs doing, do it. You do not need to be asked. Some men like to hide behind a wall of 'stupidity' in order to get out of things. 'You're better at it than me anyway' or 'I'd just do it wrong so you should do it' etc etc. You are not idiots, but have been conditioned by society to act this way.
I think I explained 500 times not to mix whites with colors when he does the laundry. His answer is always: then do it yourself. Gives him an excuse not to do it at all.... But then next time same thing happens...
I don't think your ass is big. I like it anyway.
Aww. .... If you were here you'd get the biggest hug ever!
Im older and I used to be fit, my hair used to be black,I had no wrinkles,etc. I know it happens to us all but no matter how I work out the skin still isnt youthful any longer. I eat/drink healthy and I have still gotten cellulite now. Im still adjusting and some compliments from her would go so far. Believe me I know what my issues are but Id like for everyone else to pretend theyre not there or Im just being OCD.
Michael Smith no
Quite curious how a lot of these comments are along the lines of "women, change how you communicate, so that we don't have to."
And if the post was 'women tell men things they don't know' it would probably be reversed..
I feel like a hero when i fix something she asked me to.The more witnesses the better.
Fuck yes you are
Women need to learn where the guys G Spot is.... and no its not what you think. This will take the guy to a whole new level. Ask your guy..... and if he doesnt know..... prostate ladies prostate.....
Steve Payne follower
I like the aroma of your own body, not the perfume's or the deodorant's
Me too...
EVERY GIRL SHOULD READ (some of) THESE!!
I loved this. Laughs and awareness.
Most men can't stand reality soaps (TOWIE, Geordie Shore, Made In Chelsea etc), and even more men think the cast are not worthy of the status of "celeb". And they're not. They're famous for what, exactly. On the flip side... Dangermouse and Bagpuss? Legends.
Agreed!!
I agree. Not every girl/woman likes it. I have better things to do.
Chris Staddon love
Wow @tjler sounds like you got run over by angry femdomme with pms and kicked to the curb for being too pussy and moany. Issues much?
It's good to learn something new every day. Now I know why I keep checking door lintels anywhere I can reach.
#32 i want to be sexed up too. I don’t want to do all the sexing.
We are NOT mind readers! You need something? Ask for it! Want to say something? SAY it! "Something wrong, hun?" Don't say no if it's the opposite! For me, No and nothing realy means NO and NOTHING.
Reading the responses from women to these, it's clear why so many men are starting to be happy being single. You're all showing your toxic femininity.
If girls wear t-shirts with sayings/slogans on them, then actually, yeah, I'm probably just reading your shirt. It's not always about the boobages.
Not really secrets if you actually know any men.
So good to know, though we're on a break ,really hoping that I could kiss him back
Cara S good
These are kinda funny and kinda sad, but true of most of the men I've known. Basically we're all just people and the same things.
a lot of these should be common sense--times have changed from the male of the 40s-50s that didn't share their feelings or cook or have more involvement in raising their kids. a lot of these can be said for males as well as females--like, stop hinting and just ask for what you want. Men are people too & need compliments & affirmations just like women do. Give me a man that's not afraid to open up & be himself around me ANY day!
That's why n'en and dogs get along
People are probs gonna yell at me for this but... whY ARE TRANS GUYS SO MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN CIS GUYS???
No advise/comment/how girls should react on the famous " I'm naked , but your dick is sleeping" or the "how come that you finished if I didn't even started ?". On a way that don't hurt men's
Everybody saying “its a ppl thing” just shut up. Having these men express their “secrets” are actually pretty awesome and having u shit on it saying “ohh duhh me too!” is aggravating. This is about them FOR ONCE. Damn it🙄
This is a social media site where people are sharing their own experiences for solidarity's sake and to show men that "hey you're not alone in this, everyone does this" because it can make you feel alone and misunderstood if you feel like people can't understand where you come from. So I don't understand how it's shitting on it to say "me too" when this is a social media site where people are supposed to share their thoughts and experiences??
Wow.... were not saying it to steal their thunder, we're saying it to let them know it's okay and because it's also nice to have a commonaliTy.
Laura Hurst good
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Well... I don't know the people above and I don't know wtf they're talking about.
So don't fucking comment. Jeez
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Ooh listen to us poor misunderstood men- we're to be pitied and gently guided like lambs
Ga away you annoying fuck. People like you keep the problem going. It's not pitied and not gentle it's finding common ground. If you're so narrow minded you can't see that just go away
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Don't try to communicate us as we'd been woman. It would like showing pictures to a blind man.
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Don't try to make it sound like you are mysterious creatures like women. Men are pretty simple and b&w mostly in a good way. What you see is pretty much what you get and women try to analyze their actions even when there's no need.
"Women think and assume too much." → talking about assumptions....
You completely missed the point with this duden. Being mysterious is easy: 'I just shat somewhere that isn't a toilet'.... Mystery, right there!
Women aren't any more mysterious than men though
NoYFB - you are spending time with the wrong women.
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Sorry but I disagree with you now. Women often create drama for nothing while men see facts. Women think and assume too much.
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Chris Jones, nope. I am a woman myself. :D I think people here took my comments in a wrong way. I'm not bashing or praising genders, just saying there's a difference. And that in my opinion men are not as complicated as women are. Generally speaking of course.
How does being a woman preclude you from spending time with the wrong women?
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Girls assume that they are better than men because they buy into the myth and lie of male privelege lol
It's good to have open conversations about men's insecurities and issues too, and there always needs to be mutual open communication in a relationship, regardless of whether that's a male/female or male/male or female/female relationship because people are different and express themselves and their needs differently
It really is so important. Sadly, there are still a lot of people out there who mock this sort of thing, and it makes me so sad. We're all human beings, we all deserve the same right to express our feelings without fear.
Definitely
Yes, I especially thought that with the T-Rex fantasy. I would have enjoyed hearing that, while I can imagine that If you have a bad day you can easily believe that it's a negative comment on you. I thought it really sad.
We are often ashamed of showing emotion because it's been used against us in the past. "He cries! lol. What a weakling." We go to the bathroom and cry, letting out emotion in solitude and come back with extra Machismo to mask it.
This makes me so mad/sad. I am middle-aged and even in my childhood it was considered normal for girls and boys to cry and show emotions. How can it be that a generation later men still have to deal with being allowed to act HUMAN? :(
I think it's because the previous generation is still around so the source of raising men to hide it is still trying to live that way. Sometimes actions speak louder than words too. I remember my father saying it was ok to cry, but then he wouldn't take off his sunglasses when he met his birth family. He was adopted. I started being less afraid of showing it when I got married. A friend asked my sister if I'd cry or get the sniffles when I first saw my wife in her dress. My sister commented "he's always been a cryer". That told me I was bad at hiding it anyway. Still it's harder when someone is acting macho.
I've always believed the bravest thing a man could do was to trust me enough to cry in front of me
Yes, the same thing, only in a slightly different form happens with girls. We get called names because we're forward or take pride in being strong enough to provide for ourselves. It's exhausting sometimes, the lengths we go to to be the same as everyone else. But still somehow praise the ones who are different.
Like Nicki Minaj said, "When I am assertive, I’m a bitch. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss".
Yep kaisu, here we have a saying : 'heeft een jongen 10 meisjes is hij stoer, heeft een meisje 10 jongens is ze een hoer' or if a boy has 10 girls he's the man, if a girl has 10 boys she's the whore.
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Suck it up, Kurtz! Sincerely - Men
Fuck u John....most women actually like a man who can show their emotions
Also I think, I'm not sure, but I think most men want to be a hero, whether it's in a symbolic or a literal sense, we want the chance to be redeemable and respected. The chance to come to someones aid, to defend someones honor, to save the day - it sounds a bit wanky and can apply to women as well, but there's something to it I think
For years, I've wanted a flight attendant to come out and ask the passengers if anyone can land a plane. I would be there so fast!
Any guy who kills a spider for me is a hero!!!
I think you're right. My husband and I talk about this and he's expressed that same belief. (I believe all of these are accurate and he and I have discussed them at one point or another).
But isn't that an expectation that's put on you from the outside (along with the provider bit and the strong men don't cry bit) ? The way you write it, it feels like a need to be seen in a certain way. (Or I might be misunderstanding, no offence meant in any case)
I agree.I am an independent woman blah Di blah, but when a guy takes care of me, swooping me out if the way of the spray of a car or something, I get all gush and cuddly. We should get over this fear of communication and condemnation. I like having a hero. I get that I'm not metropolis, but that only makes it extra special.
And there are those of us who are more than happy to play the villain. Although we never get the girl, and usually end up dying.
That's just not true. We falla for the villains too muchas as it is.
I was expecting more brutal truths. But glad to see the fraternity stayed strong! ;)
i would have LOVED to see some brutal truths--some of us actually learn from them
And just an fyi - yes we have dirty thoughts - yes we have wet dreams, although not as often as you - a lot of the times we worry what you will think of us if we sleep with you/and worry what you will think if we don't You guys are a mystery to us. When you find an alien from the other gender you click with, open up talk, it helps to understand the others as well. It's almost like having a guide. Never forget we're a person, a human being first. Were not all the same.
Humanity ;)
I think one of the greatest "secret" I've learned about men is that they get anxious about starting a family as well. In my culture, there is this whole scheme they feed you, that you as a woman should procreate no-matter what, that you are worth only your reproductive capability, besides you have a shelf-life, etc. etc. I guess it just never occurred to me that men could possibly get worried about such a thing.
My husband never tells me he liked my food. I have to watch and when he takes seconds, it means he likes it. But if he just finishes his plate and doesn't take seconds, it doesn't mean that he didn't like it, it can also mean that he just isn't that hungry, that he ate too many cookies and ruined his apetite, or that he is in a hurry and will take seconds later in the evening, or that he was just thinking about going to the loo, or that he sees a blue elephant, or.......
I need whatever ingredient you used which made him see blue elephants.
I'm sorry, I can not tell you that. But I can give you the ingredient that will make you go to the loo.... :-D
Hugo, re-read #3. Blue elephant, t-rex.... Same same but different.
Yep. And the reason I dislike my girly hormones sometimes is that 362 days out of the year no problem. But then suddenly those other three nights , I would worry for days about it. And then try to explain that!
To be fairly honest, I'm a woman and can still relate to some of these, like the ones about zoning off and thinking about opening a brewery in the middle of nowhere and the story about the T-rex. Also, the two drops rule ending up on your pants is valid for both sexes. Not having toilet paper at hand(because someone else finished it and didn't put a new roll)sucks.
I loved this post. Sometimes you guys seem so sure and unassailable, that I feel superfluous. It's very very nice to hear sometimes that what's going on in your head is actually pretty similar. And that you also worry if we like you back and stuff. (And that it doesn't matter that I cut my hair) And just to share, I had an American boyfriend once and he was always raised with the idea that men and women were fundamentally different. We're not. We're all human first and are insecure and shy and trip and stuff. Only after that comes the gender thing. And even though I knew it, you still tend to overlook it. That's why it's nice to see posts like this from time to time. And trust us, we usually operate on the premise that you aren't attracted to us. Please let us know, only take care of where so if the girl turns out to be mean you have a buffer. Also most of us dislike the high maintenance bitchy girls too, don't judge us all by their ass backwards behaviour. Thanks!
It's very true. I was raised with 'men are from Mars, women are from Venus' where really it should be "The solar system is big and empty, all life is amazing'"
I'm so fed up of this 'be obvious' bs. Your wives and girlfriends are not your carers, mothers or nurses. If you see something needs doing, do it. You do not need to be asked. Some men like to hide behind a wall of 'stupidity' in order to get out of things. 'You're better at it than me anyway' or 'I'd just do it wrong so you should do it' etc etc. You are not idiots, but have been conditioned by society to act this way.
I think I explained 500 times not to mix whites with colors when he does the laundry. His answer is always: then do it yourself. Gives him an excuse not to do it at all.... But then next time same thing happens...
I don't think your ass is big. I like it anyway.
Aww. .... If you were here you'd get the biggest hug ever!
Im older and I used to be fit, my hair used to be black,I had no wrinkles,etc. I know it happens to us all but no matter how I work out the skin still isnt youthful any longer. I eat/drink healthy and I have still gotten cellulite now. Im still adjusting and some compliments from her would go so far. Believe me I know what my issues are but Id like for everyone else to pretend theyre not there or Im just being OCD.