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Men Online Reveal 30 Things They Learned About Women Once They Started Dating One
Since we were little, we have always heard about what as a man or a woman we are supposed to do or how to act. And even now, years later, when we’re trying to break various stereotypes, there are things that we don’t know about another gender. Despite tons of different sources that might help us understand men and women better, Reddit user @u/0Timato0 asked men of Reddit “what was something you didn't know about women till you got with one?” The question that received 37.2k upvotes received thousands of answers that some people found useful and for others, it put a smile on their faces.
A lot of men online were shocked by how fast everything becomes covered in hair after starting dating a woman, revealing some of the places they find most of it. A Reddit user even suggested that people should check their office chair wheels as they might be covered in hair. Have you checked yours already? Some other interesting things that men were quick to notice included women’s ability “to withstand unbelievable temperatures” or that the buttons on their shirts as well as zippers on other clothing are on the other side.
Which one of these discoveries was the most interesting? Perhaps you have one too? Then don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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That most women's clothing doesn't have pockets, and they're very bitter about it
That it really /is/ the thought that counts. At least, with the right woman. A random candy bar when she was having a bad day often meant way more than a very nice meal/evening out.
That periods will hurt. I always thought it’s just the blood leakage and the discomfort & awkwardness associated with it but never knew that women get pain from it until i had my first relationship at 21. Really sad that they had to endure this every month. It’s kinda unfair that they had to go through this apart from 1000 other problems they face everyday.
Women’s anatomy is an endless mystery.
I have a box in my closet titled "Monthly Stuff" each month I replenish it with candy bars, tea bags, hot pockets, painkillers, and tissues for my roommate's time of the month.
And now just imagine that every 10th woman on this planet also has endometriosis which makes this ordeal even more painful.
I have a non-copper IUD and it solved my endometriosis. Mine was not an extreme case but the feeling of being stabbed in the cervix went away and I felt like a human again.
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Essentially, yes. That's exactly what it is. The womb muscles slough off the unused baby-bed tissue and keep those muscles in shape for when they need to push out a baby. It sucks, too, because ye gods, it hurts. 🤢
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moms need to share this more with their sons...it's like it's a shock for so many men
I've always known about it, I grew up with mainly female friends, and I made a habit to always keep something to help them with me when I knew it was their time of the month. It always astounds me how some men don't even know what a period is until they actually find out the harder way.
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My favourite explanation: “ it’s like someone asks to build you a nursery, but you say no and they do it anyway. They paint, they set up furniture, the whole nine yards despite your protests. Then at the end of the month when there’s nothing to put in it, they have a tantrum and trash the place like an 80’s rock band, then light it on fire.”
I pay this large Turkish ex-security guard to thread my eyebrows (he found a surprising passion later in life) and he swears that his clients’ eyes tear up more when their appointment coincides with their period.
Oh yeah, that's common knowledge. No hair removal close or during your period, beyond ouch!
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I was lucky enough to rarely suffer from monthly issues, but when I did it was horrible! My daughter had/has terrible problems with it. Heating pads, Tylenol or advil, chocolate, ice cream, tea/coffee, whatever makes it easier for her.
Probably not the greatest advice here but alcohol stops the cramps. A couple glasses of wine or a couple shots of whiskey will do the trick. And being a lil tipsy and walking is better than being 100% sober on the floor bc your cramps won't let you stand up.
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Just a reminder for guys who wants to comfort their women with menstrual pains: for some women sugary treats and beverages will make the pain worse. We still crave sugary stuff.... but it may make the pains worse.
Chocolate and comfort movies!! Helps me cope always! Doesn’t do s**t for the pain tho
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Traded off for an inability to get a single night's sleep because you are breaking out in hot flashes three times a night. I'm still not sure what part I would trade for.
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My dad was a coach for a women's soccer team (age 14 to 50-ish), he had a big portable First aid kit with him and taught every other trainer that "the most important items in it are tampons and pads. Lots." In the end, even the players from the enemy came to him for help. (In the 1990-ies, in a rural German town, he kind of rose to legendary fame among the league's players. 😍). - @fathers, brothers, boyfriends, classmates, roommates...: yes, it really can be that easy to become a hero.
Did you know that your bŮtthole can get cramps too during a period? I wish I hadn't learned that painful lesson.
In all fairness, it's the same muscles pushing out the period blood or the baby. No man would expect to run a marathon without doing some muscle training and stamina training, but apparently women can just "pop one out" in the delivery room?
Yeah, sometimes it's a mystery to us as well. It's all because we got Adam to eat that damned apple according to our creation story FWIW.
To mess it up even more: it's all highly individual. There are cramps/aches in the abdomen/back/legs, feeling bloated, being over sensitive and/or having a short fuse (aided and abetted by pain), food cravings and many more colourful side effects. Some people suffer frome only one occasionally, some from several of them every time, some lucky ones don't. We lose a little blood over three days, are done, and start over after three weeks, or lose a lot over a week and start anew after four weeks, maybe regularly like a clock, maybe varying by as much as two weeks or even more in either direction, may start at age ten or twenty, finish at 45 or 60... the only thing in common: highly annoying.
It's not an endless mystery: don't objectify it as such. It's physiology. That's it
yes, the uterus is literally spasming to slough off and push out several layers of uterine lining...in younger women, the lining is thicker and thus the spasming more intense...
My ex wife had three sisters. There were times when they and their mother were going through this at the same time. I quickly learned why the father had hunting and fishing licenses, a boat, several dogs and a locked cabinet full of hunting and fishing gear.
Of course the experience varies person to person! I'm really lucky, mine are short and light, rarely much pain or mood swings. But I'd still gladly have the entire, badly-designed, causes nothing but problems, inconvenient in every way, reproductive system removed just so I don't have to put up with them any more.
Load More Replies... I've seen numerous female friends and women I've dated double-over from the pain of feeling like someone is scraping their insides out with a rusty tuna can lid.... No way to hide that. Always felt that was kinda unfair. It will be nice when we get to the point in medical technology where we can, RISK FREE, have women just "choose not to have or feel the physical effects of periods until they want to." Right now yea... we have birth control but... long-term it's not perfect for the human body. We should make this a priority somehow...
Their extremities are made of ice. They siphon heat and life during their slumber. They embrace you with their frozen limbs and steal your heat. They feed on us
No matter how many bras they own, there is ONLY ONE that is perfect and god forbid you somehow lose/ruin that ONE bra, she'll make John Wick look like a choir angel!
Tampons are super absorbant. She came home one day and the sink was full of saturated tampons because i was just amazed by how much water one can hold. I was chastised and sent immediately out to buy more. Totally worth it.
Soldiers/medics in the field have used them as a way to stop bleeding until a Dr can see the injured soldier. They are particularly useful for those who have been shot. They stop the bleeding, or absorb the blood, when either inserted into a wound or laid on a wound and taped in place.
That when they complain it doesn't always mean they want you to fix it, or that they've come to a negative conclusion. It's just thinking out loud, in a way that most guys don't.
All my life if someone complained about a problem, my response was to think of and offer solutions. That‘s how you help and show you care. If I have a problem, I welcome ideas on how to fix it. Women don’t necessarily work the same way. There are times she just wants you to listen and not try to fix it. Replace “maybe don’t hang out with Karen,” with “Man, Karen sure can be a b***h sometimes.“
That giving them food makes their mood extremely better. I sincerely always thought it was a meme
I thought maxi pads stuck to the skin I didn't realize they stick to your underwear. I thought you slapped it on like a p**sy sticker.
I realized how much a good woman can help bring the best out of you and help you believe in yourself. Blows my mind how much so many dudes just go for the hottest girl possible to make their trophy wife. A great woman is truly unmatched for so many reasons (not to say a great woman can’t be super hot, so don’t attack me for that)
Foreplay begins way before being in bed, maybe even with the first impression.
They have to pee after sex to help avoid a UTI
That breast milk comes out of multiple ducts on the nipple not just one.
The first time my wife showed us with our first child and little streams went all different directions…it was so weird and surprising
UPDATE: awesome my most upvoted post is this. Lol. And yes it’s kind of like a shower head but also one of those kids crazy sprinklers as it can go in any direction
And yes for all the people asking “us?” I meant me and my wife. I remember the moment when she said come look at this - I think she had just figured it out too - she expressed some manually and it shot out in about ten different tiny streams in ten very different directions. We laughed so hard
Just asking but if the boobs are full of milk then can you shoot it out a bit like a garden hose but with less pressure?
When they ask if you want to go to the grocery store, they really want you to go with.
True. If I’m going to escape, I’ll just say “I’m just popping to the shop, no, I’m fine, I’ll be right back - you stay and have fun with your parents.”
Periods can be really debilitating for some and a complete nothing-burger for others.
Or, one minute, you're fine. The next it's like Lucifer himself is taking revenge, according to my friend.
That she will buy clothes for me and somehow finds it fun to do so. I haven’t been in a clothing store in years and this is awesome to me.
Edit: Thanks everyone! I had no idea this would be such a post. This has given me a great opportunity to remind my wife how awesome she is and how much I appreciate her.
How impervious to hot water they are! My wife’s shower seems permanently set at scalding.
Washing the dishes - scalding!
Bath water- scalding
No sexy time in the shower here, I value not melting my skin!
Long hair wraps around the the vacuum roller brush. Have to cut the hair out of it seasonally.
Seasonally? Try doing it after each vacuuming session. Then your machine will have a much longer life.
I thought the hoodies were mine
I never knew what soft sheets felt like until I spent the night with a girl for the first time. Who knew what thread count was? Women. Women know. Most men do not.
I was 17 and remember laying in her bed and was like “why the f**k is bed as soft as a cloud?!” She laughed and just thought I was being funny. When she laid in my bed she understood. My sheets felt like cardboard by comparison. That’s when she taught me about thread count for sheets. Such an eye opener.
My bf used to sleep on a rock-hard mattress on top of another rock-hard mattress, with pillows that felt like they were full of balled-up socks. When we moved in together, there was little discussion on whose bed we were bringing. He still insists it was fine. It wasn’t.
Birth control has some truely horrendous side effects, and it's sad that modern medical science hasn't come up with safer birth control options.
Please tell me that's sarcasm, my dude...JIC you're not joking, There are safe alternatives to a woman taking hormonal birth control, the most popular one is called a condom. Bonus: they also prevent the spread of STIs.
If you dig your fingers into their scalp they melt like butter in the desert
Loads I didn't know until I got married, then even more I learned 25 years after that when I had a daughter.
One of my first realizations just how expensive it was being a female just factoring bath, beauty, & sanitary products. And my lady doesn't go for the super expensive luxurious brands either.
That's because of the stupid "pink tax". Not enough women in gov't to make the changes we need- not yet anyway!
They love to announce when they need to pee
Edit: mandatory “I didn’t think this was gunna blow up” post, thanks for 2k and I’m happy to see it’s a universal thing and not anecdotal
How soft they are. I know I know. But when i was younger it didnt hit me till my first time just how much softer they were than me. Also cold. Women I've known all seem to get cold very easy. Its great. They're like the ultimate cool side of the pillow. And my big warm a*s is appreciated for frozen fingers and feets. Everybody wins.
When my wife realizes that she is about to get her period, her mood instantly improves. But no matter my suspicions, she needs to figure this out for herself.
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I love how a lot of these are worded respectfully. For some odd reason I'm suprised by this. Nice change for once
I wasn't surprised. The question could only be answered by men who actually lived with women and paid attention. Those are usually the decent men. The others won't have much to say because they don't care enough to notice
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geez, is this another of your weekly features? https://www.boredpanda.com/what-surprises-men-after-living-with-women/
Bored Panda used to be really good, but now it's nothing but AITAs, bridezilla stories, and things one gender doesn't know about the other
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If I may add to the list: I think women have some kind of super-vision that allows them to see dirt and grime men can't. I'll vacuum the house, and my mother and sisters will point out spots I missed--but there's nothing there!
I love how a lot of these are worded respectfully. For some odd reason I'm suprised by this. Nice change for once
I wasn't surprised. The question could only be answered by men who actually lived with women and paid attention. Those are usually the decent men. The others won't have much to say because they don't care enough to notice
Load More Replies... geez, is this another of your weekly features? https://www.boredpanda.com/what-surprises-men-after-living-with-women/
Bored Panda used to be really good, but now it's nothing but AITAs, bridezilla stories, and things one gender doesn't know about the other
Load More Replies... If I may add to the list: I think women have some kind of super-vision that allows them to see dirt and grime men can't. I'll vacuum the house, and my mother and sisters will point out spots I missed--but there's nothing there!
