“Yes, I’m Stupid”: 30 Men Reveal Things About Women They Had No Idea About Before Getting A GF

That is really sweet.

Men will never understand the pure joy when you discover pockets. Last year I was diagnosed with cancer and had a pretty major surgery, so I lived with my father for the first few weeks after the surgery. I ordered new pyjamas, and actually had worn them for a while already. I went to the toilet and when I wanted to pull the bottoms up I accidentally slipped my hands into the pockets. I let out a pretty loud squeal and when I got back to the living room my father asked what happened, and I was like: POCKETS! My pyjamas have pockets!!

You pay attention and are a thoughtful, kind man.

Are you single?

Brother, stop making us look bad.

Smile and try to brush things off. You dont want to offend him, or he might get violent. It gets exhausting, apologizing for his behavior.

Yeah, keep that pepper gas handy. Way too many creeps out there.

Yup and in to many cases it’s at the hands of the men they marry! Twice in my case now 60 I’m housebound n only go out if my 23-20 yr old kids are with me or my dogs if I can walk far enough !

That's nice, but it means either you've never been on social media - for by the Goddess, we're outspoken enough about it, nor ever paid attention to the news. Or, what is more likely, you never gave a s**t about women until one of them became useful to you.

Don’t forget childbirth!

The best example of the difference between men, women and pain is the menstrual cramp simulator. Men are understandably not used to it, but when they imagine women doing everything they do AND dealing with period pain and mess, they get some awareness.

Society seems set up to give women more pain but to do less about it..

This should be number 1.

Hate to say it, but the piercings, high heels, and tight cloths are choices,, right ?

I think most women have had some sort of abuse.

Never been outright assaulted, just a couple of BF that didn’t respect boundaries fully, but even as a not particularly cute kid I managed to get propositioned by grown a*s adults. The most innocent example was a 28 year old male telling 15 year old me to look him up when I turned 18. He was watching me stretch after a show. His 18 year old niece, who was in the same section as me, nearly took his head off.

I work with victims. Statistics show 4 out of five women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Typically before age 12.

Sometimes it makes me hate being a man.

Of my 6 closest friends 2 have been raped, 2 have been otherwise SAed, and 2 have been lucky. None of the 4 victims have reported the incidents. I know that's a small sample but it scares me.

''Now wife'' - you were and are definitely a keeper!

Now that's what I call a bonding experience.

Thank you for sharing this wonderfully uplifting and enlightening story.

Literally a crash course in being a real man. The "now wife" thing is perfect. Whether that had happened or not, you were a top man that day, and at an early age.

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Even actual numerical sizes can be nonsense from brand to brand. If I wear a size 12 jeans/pants in one brand, the size 12 of another brand will feel like it's toddler clothing when I try them on XD

Currently most of my shirts are small or medium, my coat is an extra large, my pants range from extra small to large and I wear men’s sweatshirts.

Women's sizes mean almost nothing.

A size 12 in the UK, size 8 in the US, is an XXL in China. That made me feel very fat!

Yes. The little things are important.

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I love this.

I feel like that's important in any relationship and not just in romantic ones. Like I do a lot of small things for my mom that she never notices but I do them so things are easier for her and not because I have to.

Awwww what a thoughtful, intuitive man!!! Men-are you paying attention? The little something also goes both ways-men appreciate it too!

I tend to count the start of my period at when I start feeling like I want the world to burn for every little inconvenience. That's usually a few days ahead of the main event.

For more than ten days before it starts I have the most painful tender breasts, I feel like I'm burning with a non-stop fever and sweat like a pig, my pelvic area and lower back ache and I either feel like exploding or crying at every little thing. Heaps good fun. Then the actual period pain starts.

I've got 5 sisters. 2 of them with severe cramps. I remember shopping with my eldest sister one time and her cramps were so bad she just had to sit down in the middle of the grocery store. I ran and bought her a bottle of Advil and water, got her to a bench, and sat with her for 20 minutes till the pain killers kicked in. Then I helped her back to the car. I was about 19, but that's the day I learned that PMS will absolutely kick the s**t out of some people

This is why we need sex-ed in schools.

Funny, sure, but women didn't talk to men -- much less their brothers! -- about "female problems" back then. Kinda like now, but worse.

I was working as a barback and the women on staff kept asking me to walk them to their cars. I thought they were worried about being mugged. Nope, it was one of our managers who eventually did get fired for sexual harassment. I wasn't sad to see him go. Pathetic redheaded twerp with one of the worst cases of short man syndrome I ever saw. Of course because he's white and male he failed up and owned his own bar a couple years later.

I am so disgusted remember the pervasive catcalling and honking I received as an 11-15 year old. I did NOT look older than my age, either, I've always looked quite young for my age.

An ex once claimed that women don't get harassed as often as they say. I invited him (a tall, broad guy with the face of a price boxer) not to walk alongside but behind me, and pretend not to know me. We just walked through a big train station. When we left, he had the decency to apologise. 3 guys. 3 guys harassed me, and I wasn't pretty or scantily dressed (not that it matters, just to shut up the wannabe rapists)

And no matter how well you measure, anything in your size will only have a 50% chance at best of being actually comfortable. Once you find a bra that feels right, you never want to give it up and try to get as many of them as you can before they inevitably get pulled off shelves permanently for no reason.