Someone Asked Men To Share What They Learned From Living With Women That They Didn’t Know Before, And These Are 30 Of The Most Surprising Answers
Going from living all on your own, with your family, or with a few roommates to moving in together with your partner is a huge step. For one, the romantic dynamic can become very different. You’re spending far more time together and you start dealing with mundane household issues like dividing up chores, syncing up your showering schedules, and claiming your side of the bed.
You start seeing your partner in a different light: you notice more of their quirks and how they behave when they fully let their guard down. It can be fun, endearing, and incredibly surprising.
The men of Reddit revealed all of the surprising things that they learned only after they moved in with a woman. We’ve collected the most fun and interesting responses from these two r/AskReddit threads to entertain and illuminate you, Pandas. Odds are, you might relate to a lot of these tales.
How was life changed for you after you moved in with your partner? How do you decide who does what chores? Do you have any advice for all the Pandas who haven’t yet lived with someone they love? Share your wisdom and experience in the comments. And if you'd like to read some more similar stories, check out Bored Panda's previous article right here.
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How much they really don't like to wear bras.
It’s practically the first thing my wife takes off when she gets home from work. She can do that without removing her top
I enjoy my bras and feel more comfortable in them than without. Don’t relate to this at all
Not me. Possibly those who can't wait to de-bra don't need one as much as I do
I don't like wearing a bra because it leaves Marks on my shoulders and maybe worden my backpain but this happens because my breasts are heavy enough to be a burden and this for i prefer to wear a bra over not wearing one so that they did not hang down so much or are moving and gaining more unpleasurement (is that the right Word?) - that to be said, Sport is no fun with big breasts! If i know how, i would like to bend my breasts so they did not move/be in place... The freedom of braless breasts is not a freedom for me. It's just unnerving
Load More Replies...I wonder if this has to do with the fact that most women wear the wrong size bra or just don’t know how it’s supposed to fit properly. And this is in top of the fact that many more comfortable bras are often unaffordable to many.
I was properly fitted for a bra. Yeah it was more comfortable than the ill-fitting bras I'd worn for years but still felt like a boob jail. No bra is the best bra for sure!
Load More Replies...Underwire bras are the devil. The best decision I ever made was switching to soft bras.
maybe for small tits, but having heavy big ones without proper support is a murder :-/
Load More Replies...I can almost feel the stress blowing away from my wife when she finally gets hers off..."AHHHHHHHH 😩" Yup I don't have what you do but I felt that too..
The pandemic made me even more bra averse. I wear it in public bc of their size but the moment I get home it's off and if I stay in, no way in hell will I be wearing this boob contraption!
Seducing a woman you live with starts with doing the dishes...
Being a partner with someone you live with and acting like a f**king adult is doing the dishes. It's not a ploy. You are a grown-a*s man.
As long as he doesn't do it to be praised or rewarded, yes.
Load More Replies...Mine loads the dishwasher every night without asking. Every time i hug him
How totally feral and uncivilized I used to be. It turns out that sunscreen is a thing! Decorating your home can make it look really nice! Doctor's checkups are important!
There's a *reason* that men who are in relationships live longer.
Yep. Men, you're welcome. Sincerely the women teaching you what your mama didn't. Just remember we're not your mamas.
Nahhhh...I have a 17 year old son who still needs to be told. Could be the autistic side of him, but when he moves out and gets his first sunburn cause I wasn't there and THEN discovers sunscreen, I'm going to pop him right upside his fool head.
Load More Replies...I don’t know how men in relationships live longer. I think about murdering my husband at least twice a day. 😂
The important fact is that he makes it through each day. That’s love.
Load More Replies...This sort of thing bugs me, because why is it up to the girlfriend? It's not her responsibility to do these things. Please can we please stop expecting women to "mother" their partners!
Exactly. The OP and some twits seem to think his feral and disgusting lifestyle seems to be some sort of male standard and the answer to the problem is to get a girl to sort it out.
Load More Replies...Did you know that optometrists can detect brain tumours? Neither did I until I got a chronic illness that presents the same as a brain tumour in routine eye exams.
They can also detect diabetes. That's how my BIL found out.
Load More Replies...People are getting mad as hell at this and all I can see is a man who found a woman he was willing to make some lifestyle changes for and practice selfcare for and maybe saw his worth which could have possibly been put off pre relationship for many reasons lile work or ignored mental health issues (not saying he has them) just because he believed it was women stuff or he "needed his wify" to "mummy" him. And he's showing appreciation.
I once dated a man who equated sunscreen with cosmetics that only women would use. The same with any skin cleanser to clear up acne. He would rather get a sunburn than put on sunscreen. And he had red hair and freckles which is the type most prone to sunburn!
This has to stop. It shouldn't be a woman's burden to mother his partner through his life.
When it comes to getting along with anyone—whether it’s your partner, family member, friend, or coworker—what really helps is setting expectations, communicating openly, and clarifying boundaries if needed.
Nobody’s a mind-reader (as far as we can tell, at least), so if you’re upset about something or you’d like your partner to give you more of a hand with the cooking, cleaning, etc., it’s best to have an honest but friendly chat about it. Passive aggression won’t lead to anything good.
The hair. I just don’t understand how she can shed that much hair and not be bald. It’s literally everywhere.
Especially in the shower. I hate feeling it on me
Load More Replies...I don't think this is a gender thing so much as a hair length thing (granted in many cultures women are more likely to have long hair than men)
I totally agree. The longer hair is just more noticeable and clingy. But it would be the same for a man with long hair.
Load More Replies...I do a lot of yarn crafts and part of the finishing process is pulling my hair out it with tweezers because good lord I do shed.
I've just finished doing the same thing to my current cross stitch project.
Load More Replies...I have long hair and live with a daughter and four cats ... it's a hairy nightmare.
No, my husband has a thick thatch of hair and it’s his hair that clogs the sink. Discussions have been had.
What I don't understand is how I end up pulling HER hair out of MY buttcrack when I'm showering. (I'm bald, it's definitely not mine). She even brushes her hair out before she showers.
It gets into the washing and when clothes get put away clean you can bet your underwear has hair in it somewhere that makes its way to your crack.
Load More Replies...🤣🤣🤣 oh lord that's how my shower wall looks 😂 and I'm surprised myself that I still have hair on my head.
The toilet seat AND lid belong in the down position when it's not in use.
It looks better and the dog doesn't drink out of it.
It's also a design function so nothing splashes out when you flush. Totally grosses me out that most people ignore the lid's existence all together as if it's just an "extra* aesthetic piece
I have never recovered from hearing the term FEACAL CLOUD from a doctor. Haunted.
Load More Replies...I'm a single guy and I do this. For those reasons, but most specifically to prevent contaminated water particles being dispersed into the air when you flush.
It also prevents things from falling into the toilet. I have lived in many homes with small bathrooms; this is why I, ALWAYS, put the lid down.
Never understood the thought process of leaving the lid up. The manufacturer put a damn lid on it for a reason. No person in their right mind wants fecal matter particles sprayed all over every surface with each flush.
What Catherine said is pretty much on the money. What OP said is because he probably does not know what a toilet brush is, and is probably too thick to realize the dog needs water and can be dissuaded by CLOSING THE BATHROOM DOOR. Assuming OP knows what the big swingy thing hanging in in the bathroom access hole is..
Nothing puts the fear of God into a woman like the threat of someone showing up unexpectedly & seeing how she really lives. Multiply that by a factor of 4 if it's her mother in law.
Women are rarely allowed to just be people. There is some magical made up idea of what we are and how we live (and the life we are expected to create and provide for others--particularly for men) that society seems to hold, and when that fantasy is ripped away by someone actually seeing our home life, ppl don't let go of the fantasy, but rather see that individual woman to be sub par (and will treat her as such) hence why we stress over how our homes are perceived. An example of this fantasy mystique attached to women is a quote from Dr. Ira Graves in Star Trek: the next generation, "Women aren't people; they're women." Many women are also guilty of lateral misogyny by expecting their son's girlfriends/wives to parent them and clean up after them rather than teaching their sons basic life skills. So women deal with a lot of anxiety over people coming into a space that is supposed to be a safe, comfortable, and private but ends up being another thing we get judged for.
Don't know why you were downvoted but absolutely true. People still expect women to be the primary caregiver and look after the house
Load More Replies...Society holds us to a different standard. We both live here, but it’s me that will be judged if the house is sloppy.
I was a teen and Mom was preparing for a house party. That meant total top-to-bottom deep cleaning of the house. The attic, garage, storage room... Frustrated and tired, I asked her, "When you go to other people's homes to you sneak around looking for messes and dirt?" She replied, "Of course not, but others do."
LOL. I love this one. My MIL would come over with white gloves and just slide her hands everywhere. Dust was deliberately left (sometimes not) and I didn't care about her attitude and neither did my husband (dusting was his job but she didn't know!). Now she wonders why we don't invite her anymore.
This makes me so sad because of how true it is. I remember the first year of marriage, when we had guests coming, I'd be running around tidying, and making things pretty. He'd make sure there was enough toilet paper in the loo. That was the only thing he considered important.
Seems like a generalization that a large percentage of married women do not get along with their mother in law. I know it’s fairly common but there’s probably a decent percent of women who have a wonderful relationship with their MIL. Seems like a cliché/trope.
I loved my mother in law. Wonderful woman. Very patient and welcoming of everyone. Never heard her say a harsh word unless she gave a wink to show she was joking. She died a few months ago. Miss her every day.
Load More Replies...This is my mother. Literally everything has to be picked up or hidden somewhere, all the carpet has to be vacuumed... you just want to be like, "Mom, they know we live here. They're not going be offended if there's mail on the table."
However, living together with someone doesn’t mean that literally every single waking minute has to be spent together. That’s not too healthy. Both partners need to understand that having some privacy is completely fine.
People need some space and time to be alone with their thoughts and hobbies. You don’t have to sacrifice your entire life and personality just to keep your partner happy. On the flip side, you shouldn’t expect that your partner will overhaul everything about themselves just so you can keep living as you always did. Some compromises will have to be made, eventually. Figuring out what a shared life looks like is part of the fun.
If they come home at night and don't expect you to be home, make some kind of you-specific, but non-threatening noise somewhere on the other side of the house BEFORE you say hi to them. DO NOT just pop you head around the corner and say hi. Girls coming home at night to an "empty" house are in pins and needles, even if they don't know it.
Turn on the lights and the TV. Yell "hey hon" when you hear us come in. Do NOT do the surprise, or prepare for the claws to the face.
This! Being a veteran, I've pulled a gun on my husband twice over the last 20 years, and he's a police officer! I've told him, announce yourself!
Thank f@ck I live in a country with sensible gun laws. Your little anecdote is just insane, ridiculous and downright dangerous.
Load More Replies...First time my boyfriend stayed over I ran into him in the hallway on my way to a midnight toilet visit and I literally started screaming in fright. His instinct to grab my arms to calm me down did not help. Him talking immediately stopped the fright however.
Had a friend touch my on the shoulder in a dark parking lot of a grocery store...he ended up with a milk jug to the side of the head. Do Not Surprise Us.
I usually text my wife when I get home and try to make noise when I walk into the room and she isn't aware. Unfortunately, making the noise has the same effect and sneaking up on her.
I was sitting at my desk with my big donot bother 🎧 on and a guy came up behind me a jerked my chair back and startled me to tell me something was wrong with the printer (I am not the office secretary nor manager but have tits and I was seated near the area if the copy machine, so by default I must assist the male idiots in the office with things they should know how to do).Welp! he almost got a pen stuck in his throat and tell him to figure it out. My reaction was to swing my arm up and around to connect with whatever was behind me. That fool never did that or asked me about dumbshyt again. People would tap on the metal frame of the cubicle or the corner of the desk to get my attention but he decided to be an arsehole and shake my chair..
Think about this. Men, imagine what it would be like to ALWAYS have to be careful & watch for danger... Usually from males; school campus, co workers, ex's, stragglers, rapists, abductions, etc. Time for men to really try to feel & sense all the nuanced realities of the day to day for women.
The only thing that's comparable is PTSD after coming home from active duty. The stress of having to be on constant high alert does things to you. Unfortunately there is no leaving the war zone for women, it is a constant, ever present threat.
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They’re just as gross and slobby as we are.
That's kind of the point - just as some men are super clean and tidy. Nothing to do with gender
Load More Replies...I don't know about gross and slobby, but farting is not confined to the male section of the population
I was in a girls’ boarding school. The horrors of some girls’ ideas of hygiene.
Nope. Tidy. Very, very tidy. I hardly even make messes. Clean as you go. Prevents having to work too hard!
No lies, I learned with two sisters and also being in the USAR...we females can be NASTY!
My wife is WAY slobbier. I do the majority of the cleaning and cooking in the house. Worst is when I take the kids for the weekend to visit my parents. When we get back the house is a wreck, dishes piled up in the sink. There's a funny smell, that I'm happy not to know the source of. Takeout boxes overflowing in the trash. And general havoc. I have learned that I need to schedule a solid 3-4 hours of cleaning time on the day that I get home. If I go for a week (step dad broke his foot last summer, and I stayed for a week with the kids to help out), then I need to put out the trash cans for pickup (even if it's days until trash day), and set out two extra litter boxes. So yes, I am aware women can be as slobby as men or worse.
I'm not saying all women are slovenly, I'm in no way painting everyone with the same brush but in my experience cleaning peoples dongas at minesite camps the worst filthy rooms I saw were womens.
I beg to differ, OP. The women in my family, while very tolerant, always reminded my dad and brother that women don't use farts - or burps - as puncturation and then think it's adorb. Most women I've known would rather eat dead worms than have someone hear a tiny fart escape. Did you ever see a fart lighting contest going on amongst a group of women at a party? no.
That the difference of "I'm not hungry at all" and "I'm going to eat you alive because I'm desperately hungry" is about 5 seconds.
Welcome to the beautiful world of stock photos
Load More Replies...Guys, here is a hint. If a girl is in a bad mood, 90% of the time she's either hungry, tired or horny.
Oh, but do make sure which one it is, before you try and fix it, could go horribly wrong and you could lose an arm (or worse!)
Load More Replies...Nah, not me. Think this is a gender stereotype of women being unable to comprehend their feelings and thus, have outbursts. I know exactly when I am hungry and exactly what I would want. Not perfectly but enough not to be on the wagon of claiming women don't know what they ever want or that they're "not hungry" but don't "know better".
I've come to realize that my wife is never hungry and has already had enough to eat right until I put food in front of her and she eats the whole plate.
Women have objectively better sense of smell than us. What stinks to them is mild for us.
Thank you for understanding our olfactory senses are particularly sensitive.
Idk about for everyone but for me it is especially sensitive just before and during that time of the month. 😵
Load More Replies...Yeah, in 42 years not noticed any link between reproductive organs & smell capability. Just some pple are more sensitive & girls are socially conditioned to pay attention to how they smell.
Load More Replies...Wait till you come across a PREGNANT woman. She can smell if someone farts on the other side of town!
THIS. I would just be sitting with her on the couch watching tv and I could feel her staring at me with a grimace. I slowly look at her and she goes "Did you s**t???". No I did not s**t, or fart, I'm quite clean babe *face palm*.
Load More Replies...See that's funny. My husband is the one with a bloodhound's sense of smell.
Ever since I've been pregnant, my sense of smell is so strong I could work at the airport as a drugs sniffer....
Jeeze, this. When I was preggers it was like I could have worked at the airport checking luggage or sniffing out cancer cells on people's skin. My hubby would come home, open a jar of peanut butter and I'd smell it in the bedroom another floor and hallway away.
Load More Replies...Legit.... why hasn't my husband learned this yet. I'll be like "wtf is that smell?" & Hell be like "I don't smell anything!" As if that somehow means there isn't a bad smell.... also, I smelled coolant in his truck one day.. it was so strong to me. He didn't smell it & said I "didn't know what coolant smelled like" .... guess who was leaking coolant the whole time? He was! Don't doubt a woman's sense of smell! If we say something smells... we are not crazy! I can also sniff out cannabis like a damn dog btw.
Actually I did not smell the weed of my neighbours for weeks while he and my female neighbour did. Lately I "phantom" smell it if I am 10m from a herb (and I mean cooking herb) shop. It smells like thyme for me.
Load More Replies...My wife and I are quite the opposite. She couldn't smell a cat fart if it was on her lap and I can smell a gas pilot out from 4 rooms away! LOL!
I can smell a poop from another room. My fiancé has straight up said wtf how? and then proceeded to change our daughter to see if I was correct, (I was), due to not being able to understand how I could smell it and he couldn't. Actually as I have gotten older, my eyesight has declined but my sense of smell has increased significantly.
For a year, I lived with four girls when i was in college. I don’t have a sister and at the time never had a serious girlfriend. I learned a lot about cycles. Theirs synced up. I didn’t know that was a thing. During that time, or dare I say, period.....it was so much fun dealing with the tearful emotional anguish of things like, “who ate my macaroni and cheese!?!!” I was like, why have my roommates all gone psychotic at the same time?
As an important note, women don't go psychotic, rather, they lose their tolerance for BS and they decide that, for now, diplomacy goes right out the window. Funny enough, most men just can't tell the difference between us ceasing to tiptoe over glass for their convenience/us expressing emotions about how difficult life is because being in pain on top of it all was ONE thing too many and us going legitimately bonkers. The world caters so much to the comfort of men that when women stop doing so (and start acting like men,) they think we've gone insane. (And yes, I've seen men lose their sh*t over the fact that someone ate their Mac n cheese because they had a long day at work. I've actually seen this more times than I can count and not even from the same men.)
Yeah, I think I just let my natural crazy out to play. It’s not a “pretty” crazy but it’s mine and I love it.
Load More Replies...Syncing cycles is NOT a thing.... A lot of research is done about this urban myth. ...and in general: women do not get psychotic while having their period.
Yes. I'm married to my wife for many years, but we never had synced cycles. And during my period I might just a bit more itchy and emotional, that's it. Menstruating is just the most shitty thing of being a woman...
Load More Replies...One thing that guys don't get is that for many women the reason we go a bit "psycho" is because we are in PAIN. Yet we still have to get things done. I am actually menopausal now, but I just found out that periods are not medically necessary. If I had to do it all over again I'd opt for the type of birth control that eliminates periods altogether. It just seems like pointless suffering.
Someone ate the Mac and cheese. Even if it ain’t bloody rain season, we’re still gonna be pissed 🤣
Being female and having a teenage daughter multiplies that feeling by 1000. Whilst I'm crying into her Mac and Cheese.
Women do not sync their cycles. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26181612/#:~:text=We%20found%20that%20women%20living,at%20the%20level%20of%20chance.
Funny. I used to live with two girls. Ours synced up pretty well.
Load More Replies...May be true - may be not true. I read not so long ago that the "period syncing up" is a myth, and I believed it because there is absolutely NO physiological (or psychological) reason for it to happen.
There are a lot of people in the comments saying that women's cycles don't sync up, but for the past two years my period started (unfortunately) around the same day I went to summer camp, and both times the whole cabin started to get theirs. Was it just a coincidence? If someone could enlighten me, that'd be great!
They both, always have to pee yet don't feel like peeing. Basically a Schrödinger's bladder situation going on.
We tire of peeing because of how often we have to do it. Sometimes it seems like my whole life is just peeing all day long with scattered bits of trying to get things done between bathroom runs.
And it gets worse after carrying and birthing children
Load More Replies...LoL true. It is like when you finally snuggle into bed and then your bladder decides to kick in.
Yes, that's the worst, especially on a cold winter evening! 🥶
Load More Replies...Right, like.. we.. do... that?? This one is weird to me.
Load More Replies...Sorry, I don’t get this one. Why would we always have to pee? 😅 Do we drink more water than men do or is it one of those “mysterious female body” things?
I think it might be that women are constantly on the move so that when we finally sit down and get comfortable and then realize we have to pee, we don't actually want to move to go pee because we're finally relaxing
Load More Replies...All of the "innards" that we women have stuffed inside us are pressing on our bladders ALL. THE. TIME. Always.
Wait..what? Suffering a UTI or after childbirth has broken everything, sure, but ALL the time? I need more info. (*makes note to querie partner and friends.)
Or it could be my period probably shooting out of me and I have to go check but its nothing, which pisses me off.
When I moved to my current city, I moved in with a guy that has obviously been living on his own for awhile. He only bought toilet paper one roll at a time, because he felt like extra toilet paper was unnecessary clutter. By month two, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I bought multipack and kept it in my room. I'm making him sound like a weird tight ass, and he really wasn't. I just don't think he had any understanding of how much toilet paper women use.
Not just. Himself asked me why I used 4 sheets instead of 1. I told him he's knocking the dew off the lily, I'm drying a lettuce
Load More Replies...Funny.... I married a man with that mindset ....I basically explained "you have an 'outie' ... I have 'innie'....more toilet paper necessary for me....that's the only way I could explain it at the time......did not mention skid marks in his underwear...aren't men taught to WIPE?
You can buy toilet paper a roll at the time? Smallest I've seen is four rolls in one package.
I've seen TP sold individually for very expensive brands.
Load More Replies...Jees! I always make sure we have at least one 9-pack in the bathroom, I only buy toilet paper in 9-packs and always a pair of packs! Aloe impregnated and triple-ply! Your boyfriend is a monster!
May apply to males, too. But then again, my only experience in excessive use of TP is not having a gallbladder anymore, and the surgeon having fücked up a bit (they punched a hole in my liver, tried to refuse to hand me the report of the surgery, claiming it was "meant for your MD, not for you", making it likely just get crammed in some folder and go unnoticed, ...). Anyway, this does apply to males, too. Some. I.
I’m female and lived with a female flat mate; she used an INSANE amount of toilet paper. I still to this day cannot understand what she was doing in there with it.
I learned that their vaginal secretions bleach their underwear over time. Empirically I knew their bajingos have a basic pH, but I didn't expect them to bleach their underwear just by wearing it.
EDIT: Bajingos have an acidic pH. I was drinking last night and messed up my pH scale. Either way, acid washed jeans are essentially bleached too, so the fact that their bajingos bleach their underoos still applies.
Suspect it's actually a "Scrubs" tv-series reference, as Eliott there refused to say penis and vagina, and hence said bajingo / ho-ho (vagina) and Schwing-schwong/peeper/peep (penis) lmao.
Load More Replies...Yeah, I had no idea this happened. When I first noticed it, I thought to myself "Holey $h!t...if it's doing this to her skivvies, what will happen to ME?" Waaaaaaait a minute... my beard did go gray pretty early...🤔
it depends on the lady and her body, water intake what she puts in her body. My vag doesn't bleach my black panties
Yeah, I have never had my secretions bleach anything. This is the first I'm hearing about it.
Load More Replies...There’s plenty of data about vaginas, pussies, vajay jays, hoo has, bearded clams, hatchet wounds, etc. but now finally I get one on bajingos. Thank you sir!
The act of showering is a detailed and complex process.
As a woman I agree with this. I have a process and separate body towels for washing. I wash and condition my hair first. While my hair is conditioning, I use my private parts towel for cleaning my private parts, then I use my body towel for my face and body, last, I finish by washing the conditioner out of my hair, and done.
I think he also means that we use a different product to wash face, maybe another to wash privates, then look at shaving which takes forever- possibly some kind of exfoliation or foot filing. My husband thinks cutting his toenails is pushing the boat out
Load More Replies...I clearly missed this memo. I take less time than my hubby does to clean his teeth
Me too. And that includes washing hair. Baths now, that's a different matter
Load More Replies...As a woman I can clarify this is true. For me it's shave, shampoo and wash it out, put conditioner in and while it's setting for a bit shave more, wash out conditioner and then body wash 😂
And it can take anywhere from 20min (if I’m in a big rush) to an hour and a half. If I do everything I want to do while showering, it can take me up to an hour and a half. This includes: hair mask for 15 min, shampoo, massage head and hair, rinse shampoo out, conditioner, shaving my whole body, exfoliating my whole body with my exfoliating gloves, washing different parts of my body with different soaps/cleansers, pumice stone on my feet, finally rinse out the conditioner. And then come the facial exfoliants (every other day), face serums, face oils, face creams. Then I used different creams on different parts of my body. Then I brush my teeth and floss. And then it’s time to start my hair routine. Which is too much to explain at this point.
I'd like to insert a little-known secret for some as to long showers .. It's possibly the first time you have had privacy, feel safe, are able to relax, aren't getting bothered, have an excuse not to answer the phone, no one is supposed to bother you, you can lock the door and make yourself feel clean and refreshed. A chance to decompress and start over when you open the door
I grew up in a house with 6 people and one bathroom > Long showers were not an option.
Load More Replies...Facts. I always have to start off by shampooing my hair, then I rinse it off. Then I work conditioner all throughout my hair, then I leave it on while I lather up my body with body wash and using a mesh scrubber. I have to get every bit of my body while doing that, including the soles of my feet and in between my toes, but I make sure to lather my private parts just using my hands so my mesh scrubber doesn't get any contact with those parts of my body. Then I sit down on the shower floor for a minute to continue scrubbing my feet and make sure I'm using as much soap from my mesh scrubber as possible before rinsing it off and getting back up to rinse everything else off. Then I get out, dry my body, wrap my hair in the bath towel, apply deodorant, and get dressed. I consider my routine fairly basic, though.
Do you do this every day? And if you do, doesn't your skin get dry - in your post, there's no mention of body lotions, hand creams, foot creams?
Load More Replies...Yeah, not me. My husband is still surprised at how quickly I can shower. I'm not into complicated routines.
My wife takes so long in the shower, I sometimes worry she's fallen over and I just haven't heard it!!
That they expect a spotless house but often drive cars that could make a Petri dish tap out.
Must show wife to prove it's not just me who thinks this. And she likes to drive my car.
Don't worry, my daughter sent me this picture once. Boys-vs-Gi...1e68e5.jpg
Is the car her only private space/the only space someone doesn't DARE judge her for while in it or out of it if they expect to be able to continue coming back? Or is she acting as everyone's personal secretary and chauffeur while keeping home/working? Things to consider. Some women are just slobs, but most are criminally overworked and at their breaking point. Something's gotta give, and it ends up being the car.
Also, passengers are filthy. I took my guy friends out for burgers ONCE and I was pulling bits of fries out of the car for months. I eventually took the seat out to deep clean (which took some doing, let me tell you...) And I found a WHOLE CHEESEBURGER under the seat!!!! How TF does someone lose a CHEESEBURGER?!?! And whenever my dad borrows my car I get it back full of trash. I used to keep my ride pristine... eventually I just gave up. I clean it out once every couple of weeks now.
Load More Replies...Cars are a hassle to clean and I have 1001 other things to do. I can’t take the weekend to lovingly detail the car, sorry.
My wife always said that her place is clean and her car is a mess but I'm the opposite that my car is neat and tidy but my office looks like a tornado stopped by and watched TV for a few hours.
Nope, not me. My car smells good and is spotless, I grew up with wash and keeping his ride spotless despite have 3 kids, and he taught me to do the same to take pride in your ride. I wash and detail my own car. I kinda dont like tranposting people in my car because they like to track leaves and pebbles that get on my mat. My trunk is always clean, I have a trunk organizer that hold my reusable shopping bags, an extra umbrella, and my car detailing supplies.
Scented Candles are the f*****g bomb
Came here to say the same thing. Some people have scent allergies/sensitivities. Or just don’t like certain scents.
Load More Replies...Off topic, but the sentence you wrote is so beautifully grammatically pretty that it made my heart skip a beat. Thank you.
Load More Replies...Not if you have pets. They're deadly to cats and rodents like hamsters
Load More Replies...I'm a guy and I love them! Have them all over the house! Wife approved as well!
🤣😂🤣 in our house, scented candles are always banished to the junk cupboard and regifted ASAP. I don't care either way, but she hates them (and almost all perfumes/cleaners/air-fresheners) with a passion.
They actually DO fart.
Yep...I dont understand why some think women don't fart,belch,pee,poo, and other assorted bodily functions.
We also sneeze violently and feature many other completely unsurprising bodily functions 🙄
My wife only farts when she sleeps. After twenty-three years together, this still holds true.
Often, because it's been held in all day, that fart will bring you to your knees
Everything is scheduled around washing her hair.
I don't hate showers, I hate the work that comes with showering! >:(
Load More Replies...Sounds way more high maintenance than anyone in my home. Not me. Not my daughter.
No you probably just have easy (likely straight) hair.
Load More Replies...Anyone who's ever had long hair knows that drying the hair takes time and it starts to look greasy faster than short hair. On the plus side you only need a haircut maybe once a year versus how short hair seems to overgrow in a month.
Never had been for me. Washed it daily and was never EVER late to work. THEY were not going to schedule the practice around mE,nor would I be expected them to do so
Some do. Some don't. It depends on what they do for a living, how active they are and how often they feel they should wash their hair.
Load More Replies...I have to wash my hair the day before any event. it takes many, many hours to dry and many many hours to de-frizz, only then I can attempt to style it
When they pee, it's really loud. Not the urine hitting the water, but when it comes out of them. I never knew.
Puff out your chest, clench you butt and stomach to secure p.s.i. dominance!
I think the reason why it is louder bc we sit and pee. It is a bowl soo the sound just echos around inside? Idk just a thought lol
That’s what I’m thinking. Echo chamber and shorter distance. But I have heard some loud males. One in particular that Big Gulps
Load More Replies...Currently living with three guys. And so far they have mentioned that my pee is so loud that they can hear it outside the toilet like im at war with the toilet. 🤣
Maybe it’s loud when you’ve held it in for a while (yes, I know that’s not healthy, I mean a little while, like if there’s no bathroom available) and then are able to pee, it would come out with more force and more sound? Maybe it’s loud at night when the bedroom and rest of the house is pretty quiet?
We can also slam shut in midstream. Guys can't. It's one of our superpowers.
That power goes away with old age. I'm lucky if I can hold it in from the bed in the morning to the toilet. And not to mention a burst of laughter or a sneeze.
Load More Replies...Some do, some don't. Probably like every vulva is different, some make loud pee, some don't.
Paper towels are expensive... the way my wife talks about them, they are woven from angel hairs and can’t be used without express written consent.
Same for Clorox wipes, but worse.
If you are like some people I know maybe it's because you overuse them? Most times just use a dishcloth, it's cheaper and better for the environment.
Heaven help me if my mom caught me using a paper towel for something other than the "approved uses." Definitely one of the things that got me chased by her wielding a wooden spoon (or a shoe, or a major appliance - just depended on what was close enough for her to grab). And for the record, no my mom was not abusive, just Italian.
Ok but there will be one drop of water on the floor and from the guys I have seen, they will grab like three paper towels for that one little thing and then just throw it out. It's super wasteful, but then you will use the nice decorative kitchen towels to wipe up a gallon of bbq sauce after you destroyed the kitchen and then just hang them right back up, like "i didn't know i wasn't supposed to do that?" 🤔🤔🤔
Exactly. We always had our own reusable, washable towels for wiping our mouths while eating. My son now does the same with his family. Paper towels are only used if really necessary.
Load More Replies...I use Viva paper towels. Thick, absorbent, and capable of going through the washing machine for re use.
I buy industrial (food) quality, 280 meters per roll! Much stronger and little cheaper per meter.
Did your wife grow up in a home where money was tight? Wadding up multiple paper towels to clean up a small spill was a major no-no in my home as a child. Those behaviours can be hard-wired into the nervous system during childhood, and carried over in adulthood.
Clothing. So much clothing! When I got married my wife moved in and brought 24 pairs of jeans! I counted them! A week after our honeymoon she told me "I have no clothes, saw some cool jeans at the mall"... mindblown! Here I just make do with 3 pairs!
This is definitely me and my husband! But listen two secrets to a happy marriage here: 1. We value and spend our money on different things and that's ok! I like clothes. He likes fancy computer parts and gadgets. And 2. His and her closets! He doesn't complain about my 100 pairs of shoes if he's not looking at them regularly. Out of sight, out of mind ;)
This! My brother buys expensive rods, reels, lures, snow boots, golf clubs, etc. Stuff for his “hobbies”. And he can’t complain when my SIL splurges on a Burberry purse for herself. (They both work.)
Load More Replies...Duh! I have 4 pairs and I don't even wear two of them regularly!
Load More Replies...Different sizes. Different washes. Different lengths, Different seasonal weights. Different colors. I could go on...
Load More Replies...Men aren't judged for wearing the same outfit twice, ever. They can wear the same suit to work for an entire month, and no one would even notice. Janie wears the same blouse in a week and people- well women - are losing their chit thinking about an intervention.
I don't own a large amount of clothes, and there's been times I've repeatedly worn the same thing in a week. If anyone has said anything to me I just tell them off. It's not cool when women trash other women for stupid, normal, mundane things that aren't harming anyone.
Load More Replies...Who does the laundry? Is someone washing your jeans for you so you always have clean jeans? That same person probably doesn't want to have to do laundry to have clean jeans for themselves, therefore they own more so they can go longer between wash cycles on their own clothing. More clothing=work less often. That's certainly what I do.
But what about the fact that you (not you personally, the general you) don’t actually have to wash your jeans that often (meaning not after every wear)? Depending on if my jeans have actual dirt on them I wear them quite a few times before washing. It’s hard on the denim to wash it super often.
Load More Replies...The real problem is when you have so many clothes, that there's no more space left in the closet to hide your lover.
Now I understand why so much floor space in the grocery store is devoted to creams, lotions, soaps, shampoos, remedies, band aids, hair management and makeup. Also why there's a whole industry devoted to products to hold and organize that stuff.
Also, evidently sheets need to be changed on a regular weekly schedule. Who knew?
I change sheets once a week. As for the lotions and stuff? I still don't understand. But listen to me Fashion Industry: women need proper pockets!
Yesss!!!! I'm so frustrated whenever I see some cute pants or skirt or whatever and it has NON-EXISTENT POCKETS! ARGH!
Load More Replies...Change the sheets every week, period. All the dead skin and such people shed...yuck!
Load More Replies...Who are these dudes who only change sheets 4 times a year? What is that? That's disgusting. As soon as the sheets no longer have that "fresh from the dryer feel" (which can be less than a week), I change them and do laundry. How are these dudes sleeping in body-grease-impregnated wrappings? Yuck!
I once was in a flat shared by 4 male students. I had to use the bathroom and was directed to one. Over the sink there were shelves over shelves with creams, lotions, shampoos, hair styling products etc. etc. I was surprised at how many of these products the 4 boys had. I was shocked when I learned that they all had their own bathrooms...
Honestly, I don't understand the flasks thing either. But the bedsheets - when you're allergic to dust mites it makes sense
Hypoallergenic mattress covers and pillow cases (that you put a regular pillow case over) are a good investment. Especially with dust mite allergies
Load More Replies...Now you can buy antibacterial sheets, and I just know some people will think that means you never have to wash them....yuck!
Who changed your sheets during childhood/teenage years? I'm guessing it wasn't you, otherwise you would have known that sheets need to be changed weekly for good hygiene. And regarding cosmetic products - not all women have copious amounts of those...
Yeah fellas, dont forget your underwear. Include all curtains and mats (especially bed and bath) should to be washed on a regular.
Oh dont forget all the towels including the kitchen ones too.
Load More Replies...It's the power of advertising. I have inherited good skin and never used any products until recently because of my age.
They rearrange a lot.
Yes. I got the nest building mode just before going into labour with each of my three kids. By the third I realised and was ready when it happened. Lol.
Load More Replies...Moving things around and i forget wer i put them is a pain but it dosnt stop me 🙈 husband hates the, Guess where it is game
Guilty. Hubby calls me The Rearranger. It's become a game for us, lol.
I'm awful we moved into a new place with a weird layout. It's been moved around 20 times in the last month.
It's fine where it is! "MOVE THE DAMN COUCH!".."Ok yeah move it back.."
Better to be happy than right. Greatest Lesson Ever
What a sad state to end up in, having to agree with someone you feel is wrong in order that they stop gaslighting you.
There's a big difference between stopping an argument because you've said what needs saying, and giving in
Load More Replies...Being right makes your partner wrong, and put you on opposing sides when you are supposed to be side by side.
"I have to give my 3 month old daughter MORE paracetamol because she might cry soon." Unreasonable ideas and behaviours cannot be compromised. Don't pretend every issue/situation/person can be talked through. Some things are right or wrong.
Load More Replies...The strongest people I know, regardless of gender, are those who can admit when they're wrong. If we can't admit it, then the lesson is lost.
Taking a shower is a huge process for my wife and daughters. There are 7 different soaps that each do different things. 21 different shampoo and conditioner bottles that I knock over every time stepping in and out of the shower. There are razors all over. Oh, and I use the same towel for like 3 weeks. They need fresh, clean towels every shower. And, I never knew that people actually used those little square towels. There’s also some poofy, thing that hangs from the shower head. No idea what that’s for. I’ve had to buy 2 extra suction cup shower tray thingys to house all their showering needs. I’ve also learned that when I go to the store to buy something, I will always get the wrong thing. There is often several different types and brands of the products that I need to purchase and i will always pick the wrong one. Women’s brains are amazing at remembering that s**t.
As a woman I have 4 things in the shower - shampoo, conditioner, soap and razor, and I share the first three with my husband. Our hot water tank is tiny, you better be quick. I never understood how some women have time to use 100 products in the shower.
I don't use that many products but I turn the water off when I'm doing anything in the shower that isn't rinsing. Letting it be on all the time is a huge waste of energy and water. Though it of course depends on how fast one is at lathering etc.
Load More Replies...This was a horrifying read because that was a REALLY long way to say that you were never taught to properly groom yourself. Men should absolutely know the difference between lotion, face wash, body wash, shampoo, and conditioner, and they should absolutely know what a washcloth is and know that you don't use the same wash cloth for you buttcrack and your face. And they should know that you have to regularly wash your bath towel. That is a baseline of hygiene. To be fair though, there are a LOT of products out there with many types/varieties to choose from per brand and the bottles always seem to be changing design, so they can be tricky to keep track of, especially while standing in a store.
I don't get the new towel for every shower. You're clean when you come out of the shower so how soiled can the towel actually get unless you just toss it on the floor all balled up. You open it up and hang it on the rack so it all gets dry evenly. I probably get a new one every three weeks also. Me and my late husband even used the same one unless we were taking back to back showers so one of us could have a dry one. I just don't get the paranoia about this.
Even though you clean yourself in the shower, drying your body rubs off dead skin and the towel being wet over a long period of time builds up bacteria. Three weeks is waaaay too long if you're showering every day. And even too long if you're not.
Load More Replies...3 weeks for a towel? Do you Want it to get all moldy and smelly, and then rub it on your body? Gross! Three showers per towel, max.
In France they're rectangular gloves you put on your hand. I find them so much easier to use than square washcloths, but maybe that's just because I'm use to them.
Load More Replies...One shampoo, one conditioner, one soap type stuff and one soap for face only. And the little towels are called flannels or facecloths!
Totally! The marketers scare consumers with their worst fears, being smelly, oily, dry skin, dull hair, ++++. And the consumers buy into it. So sad how easily programmed people are.
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The bathtub drain gets clogged by long hair very, very easily. Which is why it gets pasted on the walls of the shower. Any attempts to prevent one will result in the other.
No. Just no. I have hair that goes down to my knees and I never do this. It is horrifically gross. That goes in a trash can and drains get bi-weekly maintenance to prevent clogs.
What?? You take it off the wall and throw it away after your shower.. it’s not like it stays up there as a freaking decoration
Load More Replies...I paste it to the walls yes..... but at the end of the shower, get toilet paper, wipe it up and toss it in the waste bin. Surely I am not the only woman who does this.
If you're sticking your hair to the shower wall and not immediately cleaning it off and throwing it away upon finishing your shower... you're gross. Don't just leave it there, ew. I collect it on the wall, swirl it into a ball, then when I get out, I use a tissue to grab it off and throw it away. I also routinely clean the drain when I clean the shower. These are avoidable issues.
I have very fair hair and I can feel it more easily than I can see it. If I forget to remove the hair "nest" from the strainer, I feel really bad.
Omg.. I had to manually do this myself while cleaning my bathroom last week because I didnt have drainO. I grossed myself out and questioned myself..lolol... I didnt know I had accumulated that much since my last drainO application.
See my previous comment on an earlier post about using a TubShroom or SinkShroom *I just checked the price of them: $14.99 on Amazon CA! So, cheaper in the USA! Worth it compared to the cost of having to pay a plumber to come snake out your bathtub drain if you have really long hair and/or live with a lot of people who have long hair. Also, pet hair, unless you take them to the groomers!
There are tiny strainers just for the bathtub drain that solve this problem...
Eww. I use a hair trap over my drain. I can't stand the sight of hair strands everywhere. Makes me gag.
You can never know what's safe to put in the dryer.
Jeans never go in the dryer because they'll shrink and I just broke them in to a comfy fit.. except when they are now too loose and need to shrink a little so they show off my form and don't make me look fat.
Ditto for shirts, pjs, workout clothes... basically any peice of clothing needs to be precleared for the dryer every wash
This is why I never complain about how many chore is done or if it's not done. If it's that important to me I should be doing it myself.
Load More Replies...Dryers are good for rubbishy weather but hanging them in the warm, windy weather saves power
Just don't use a dryer at all. Saves electricity, doesn't ruin clothes...
“You can never know what you can put in the dryer”?? What about clothing labels? Those symbols are meant to tell you the washing instructions and whether it’s safe to machine wash. Google laundry symbols and take a screenshot of the symbols to refer to when doing laundry. On a different note, for a great laugh google image search “laundry symbols funny”. Two separate searches. One will legitimately help you do laundry the other will just make you giggle and laugh!
Not everything has a label, and sometimes the label fades after a few washings. And others? "Spot clean only" ? Gimme a break.
Load More Replies...Just so you know being fat isn’t a bad thing you’re beautiful no matter what<3
Very True. It's heartbreaking to come home to find that your favorite cashmere sweater will now only fit a 2 year old or the dog.
This all day...I had to start actually reading the tags when doing laundry. All my clothes dryer safe,hers not so much.
That there is apparently a wrong way to put the milk in the fridge.
Also, if she can't sleep, I'm not allowed to either.
That’s not women, just her. When I can’t sleep y act like a carefully fairy because it’s not his fault and I’m big enough to be by myself.
Same, and of the two of us he's the one to wake me up for some falling asleep spooning if he can't sleep. Then again I can't sleep while cuddling, if I could we'd both be guilty of it I guess.
Load More Replies...My husband has been asleep for nearly 4 hours. There is no way I will expect him to give up sleeping just because I can't
I'd NEVER expect my husband to be awake because I can't sleep. That's just rude and selfish!!
The milk always goes in the door with the handle facing outwards
If I can't sleep, I'm going to do my best to NOT wake you up. I'm already pissy because I can't sleep; I don't want to deal with you being pissy.
Milk should go IN the refrigerator, not on the door, opening and closing the door makes the temperature fluctuate and the milk spoils faster...
A little late, and this could be more due to me having a busy bee of a girlfriend, but, there is never a ‘Do Nothing’ day. It’s always gotta be groceries or shopping or something of the sort.
I absolutely do not agree with this. Even women need a day where they actually do nothing. Basic chores or not, that still is not doing nothing
Load More Replies...It's because we have been unfairly tasked with being solely responsible for making life happen for ourselves and our partners. Women get do nothing days when they date/marry competent men who actually share the workload equally (which includes not needing us to manage them by telling them what needs to be done and asking them to do it when it needs doing.) Men who take it upon themselves to pull their own weight find themselves in much happier relationships because they aren't dating/married to someone who is frustrated, exhausted, and feeling wholly underappreciated.
Based on studies men who share domestic duties are more likely to get laid and less likely to get divorced too. One of the number 1 reasons women file for divorce is because their husband is not contributing equally to domestic and child rearing duties.
Load More Replies...Nah I cannot relax if there is tons to do around me. If i have a do nothing day then the area around me at least has to be clean.
I will make an educated guess and say you work Mon-Fri. Once or twice or more 😲 a month on Saturday evening clear a little area in the house, prep some snacks and drinks, books or knitting or whatever you like. Then on Sunday morning plop your bum down in that area and DO NOT MOVE FROM THE SPOT ALL DAY. You are allowed bathroom breaks of course. Enjoy
Load More Replies...There's always something needs doing. Make the beds every day, wash dishes every day, sweep up every day, etc. ...
My husband works a physically demanding job all week long. His weekend is HIS weekend - to do with as he chooses.
That no matter what time you leave the house they will always remember that ONE thing they have to go back in for after you locked the door.
Exactly. It's always my husband that forgets something. And my kid (male, but probably it's not the sex the deal breaker, it's the fact that he is a kid). Not gender related at all
Load More Replies...My wife and I are the opposite. She’s highly organized and rarely forgets what she needs when she leaves the house. I walk back inside to get something 60% of the time.
My parents have been married for 40+ years, they will get in the car and my dad will ask if mom grabbed his phone, grabbed his allergy meds or anything else. She used to get it for him, now she’s like “nope, I figured you would grab it”. He looks so butt hurt 😂.
Do these women not have their own keys to the home, or am I missing the point of this one?
Yes, I think you are missing the point. If the couple are going out somewhere together, it is annoying to have to wait on the other person.
Load More Replies...My wife is on point... it's ME that always has to go back in after doors are locked and alarms are set!
Women seem to have triple the minor health issues that I do. She goes through headaches, feels fat, knee hurts, hand hurts, this hurts, that hurts, tired, bleeding, ovaries attempting to eat it's self, boobs sore, on and on. As a guy, When I work 12 hour shifts my back hurts, and my feet hurts. Das it.
Yeah but when men get a cold they suddenly turn into needy little babies.
Man flu. We may complain but we're still tougher. And if your body was trying to evacuate yourself painfully each month, you'd be complaining too.
Load More Replies...I would gladly pass over the cramping, bloating, and boobs soreness to you, good sir.
The lifelong battle to survive sexism causes intense, unending stress from a young age which wrecks the immune system. There's a reason 80%+ autoimmune patients are girls and women. Men are literally killing us.
Can we just agree that unwellness in either sex is handled very differently and is both mystifying and mild/moderately annoying to the opposite sex?
Everyone's talking about periods, but I can relate on non-ovary terms. I have a physically demanding job. By the next morning I can barely move my fingers until I give them some stretches and a hand soak in epsom salt water. Currently, I have a pinched or damaged nerve in my hip that's causing a pins and needles sensation in my thigh, and sore to touch. After a women gives birth, even years and years later, she's still feeling the effects. Our hips and spine are screwed up and then we got to deal with the bone and tissue damages as a result.
that the best time to clean the house is right before we have to leave to go somewhere.
Sounds like she doesn't want to go or wants to come home to no chores
I bet going out drains her battery and she can't face the prospect coming back to work when she is exhausted and done for the day.
Load More Replies...Have to leave the house tidy of we go on a trip. So we have a nice house to come home too, or in case we die that no-one can judge my standards
Or in case someone takes care of your mail/pets/plants while you're away, you don't have to come home and find out your mother in law cleaned your shower while you were gone...
Load More Replies...My grandmother says to always leave the home clean when you leave for a night or more. It's just so much more pleasant to come home to a clean place. Not to mention what if someone needs to enter your place when you are gone (landlords etc.).
My wife, when we go on holiday. ‘Leave it clean for the burglars.’ she says.
Naturally - why would I do the dishes or tidy up when I have nowhere to go?
I just procrastinate cleaning. My husband decides he is going to wipe the entryway clean as everyone is trying to put shoes on in the tiny space
the toilet seat thing isn't just some kind of tv trope/ cliché. they really do fall in the toilet and it really does piss them off.... you'd think they'd learn to fucking look before they sat down...
Lid down means that everyone has to open and shut the toilet lid before and after use. That way, the seat is never left up, and guys just lift up one extra thing when they want to go standing up. Everybody wins. Plus, nothing (and no one) falling into the toilet, no spray of toilet water when you flush, no pets drinking out of the toilet, no pee on the seat... I can never fathom why people think it's too much trouble to bother with. It solves so many problems. The lid is not there for decoration.
Load More Replies...Women spend their whole lives backing in; men spend the bulk of the time looking forward. We're the ones who need it up. If you're living with a woman, it's going to be down the bulk of the time. It's easier for us to continue a habit of checking and learning to close the lid than for her to have to look every time. It takes, what, a second or two? Be practical, logical, and considerate, not lazy, guys.
Just close the lid! It’s there for a reason. I’m a guy, and I’ve never understood why people insist on leaving the lid up. It prevents aerosolized particles from swirling around the bathroom, it prevents items from falling in if they’re dropped, and why does anyone want to see a toilet bowl? Are you in that much of a hurry?
Why stand anyway? Sit down and relax, if prostated, it's better for that organ as well (as I understand).
Load More Replies...The lid is there for a reason. How is it that so many people don't understand that!?
Plus (as well as cleanliness) it would save this whole argument - if the lid is down, by default the seat is down. I would also note, if you have a soft close toilet seat, it takes longer to use the toilet if you need to wait for the seat to drop into place than it would to lift the toilet seat lid/toilet seat lid + seat.
Load More Replies...Or…. Maybe if your gonna lift the seat, put it back down because it’s the nice thing to do… she’s probably already picking up all the pee y’all can’t seem to get in the bowl 😉
That's what my husband thought too until he fell in the toilet trying to take a dump in the dark in the middle of the night. In the middle of winter, in a poorly insulated house. The scream woke me up. Men need to sit too sometimes. Leave the lid down.
I would have peed myself laughing about that with zero regret. Every cold night, "Hey babe, remember that time you fell in the toilet? 😂😂😂"
Load More Replies...Downvoted due to this person's arrogance. Put the seat and lid down, then flush. It's that simple, boys. If this is beyond your ability or comprehension, then you're not mature enough to be in a relationship.
They aren't always right, but they are never wrong. :)
Some of these make me sad. What type of person can’t admit to being wrong and apologize?
Not so gender-specific, as there are many guys like that, too. And Heaven forbid that a gal dare share a strong opinion around them, b/c it seems to cause certain parts of their anatomy to shrink, which deeply angers them. I'd say this is a trait of very insecure people. Of course, I may be wrong.
I hate people who think like this. Noone is right all the time and anyone who thinks they are is delusional. Everyone should be able to admit to being wrong or making mistakes and take responsibility for it. People who think they're always right never learn from their mistakes, so never grow or develop as people, they're best avoided in my experience.
All spouses should ask themselves The Essential Question : "Do I want to be right, or do I want to be happy?"
Nah, that's horsesh*t. Being in a relationship means having decent communication skills. If I'm wrong, I'll own it - but my husband is cool enough to not rub it in my face or be a d*ck about it.
if you are with anyone of any sex and they make you feel this way, leave...on the other hand, if you're just each picking your own battles, good on you
If they see an empty chair, that’s where the purse, the coat, and the scarf go. Nevermind that the coat rack is 5 feet from said chair. So many chairs in our place rendered unusable by all the stuff she lays on them.
I'm not sure this is so much a "woman" thing as a "human" thing. I've consistently seen people of all genders leave their belongings on chairs.
Yep. My wife put everything in its place when she comes home. I drop everything on my desk.
Load More Replies...The Chair has icon status. For me, it can't just be any old chair. It has to be a specific type of chair - not so big that it doesn't fit the room, no slippery surface that stuff is just going to slide right off of, etc.
I feel so called out. My hubs always complained about the clothes chair then we moved, his clothes were kept in his office. His office chair because his own clothes chair 🤣🤣
In my home that's called the "horizontal space" issue, and my husband is the one who clutters it up, not me.
Mornings are a sort of tribal ritual. There are better days for which we are blessed with astral forgiveness and kindness directly from f*****g Jupiter or something because she'll shower and put on make up and know what to wear in half an hour. Then there are the other days. The borderline nervous breakdown because she doesn't have clothes or that hue of blue doesn't match her sweater. Any feeble attempt to help will be met with contempt, any attempt to mind your own business will get you in trouble for not caring. And the make up trap, oh God the make up trap. Listen, you never want to say that the make up doesn't match or look good. Just don't even try.
I feel like most of the guys making these complaints may just have shacked up with the wrong women?
True. This kind of behaviour could indicate some mental health issues, starting with low self esteem and even depression judging from shabby anger management, PMDD or other. Problematic mornings can be a sign of ADHD too. I bet you this woman does not enjoy being unstable either. Or she does and she is a sociopath and likes to torture her BF and he should run.
Load More Replies...I never lived with a woman so complicated. If it's important to look in a certain way, the clothing is prepared the day before & hair/make up are worked out and prepared already. Every other time easy, simple clothing, tame the hair a bit, yay~ coffee
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed where everything is exactly one micron off is the absolute worst when leaving the house means facing society's criticism of our very being. Women's body's are largely viewed as public property, open for commentary and our appearance affects everything from academic opportunities to job offers. The weight of that on your mind in the morning when nothing is working right can be legitimately maddening/panic-meltdown inducing. Add to that the days when your hair won't brush right....anyone with long hair knows exactly what I mean.
I am this person...body confidence is an elusive willo the wisp! If you have a fat day it just keeps giving. Getting better at not giving AF as I get older...but when I was younger oh boy...we never got anywhere on time and I am not in anyway high maintenance
My husband’s grooming routine is twice as long as mine. He has curly hair so he has to rein that in for work; his hair and facial hair get trimmed and edged 1-2 times per week. He exfoliates and deep cleanse his face every 2-3 days. He’s a dapper dude, and I’m very “au naturale”
My husband likes to try that new fancy tie knot when we're already running late. It's a time management thing that has caused a couple problems but has gotten much better :)
Load More Replies...I always chose and laid my work clothes out the night before. Real timesaver in the morning.
Maybe just be grateful society doesn't expect you to look perfect all the goddanged time, or walk a mile in our shoes and then you'll understand why we fret so much about our appearance, BRO
Thank you! My girlfriend schedules our DVR to record at least 6 variations of shows which might as well be called Rich Women Screaming At Each Other While Eating $30 Salads
I hate shows like this and actively avoid talking to people who watch them. These shows encourage people to be vain, selfish, money obsessed, gossipy bitches. The only thing these people care about is looks and money and tend to be terrible human beings. Incase it wasn't obvious already, I hate everything they stand for.
I'm a chick & I DETEST those shows. They seem to be filled w/ women who only see other females as "competition", rather than as a Sisterhood. We only rise to equality together, Ladies. Stop stabbing each other in the back.
To me, that would be absolute torture. I dislike having to bear witness to cringeworthy behavior.
Female here...there is no amount of money that I would be subjected to this torture for. Those shows and the people on them are ridiculous and I would probably feel my brain cells physically deteriorating by the minute if I was forced to ingest that toxicity.
Those "Real Housewives of I don't care where" are annoying as heck.
My wife! All reality shows... "So You Think You Can Pet A Polar Bear," "Let's See Who Can Stay Afloat In The Pacific The Longest" etc.
They say they want to be at home with you, but they want you to take them out. Where? Anywhere. Give your first 23 suggestions and they are shot down.
Nah. When I say I want to be home with my hubby, I mean sweatpants and baggy t-shirt day with food and Netflix binge or video game.
It's got to be a place worth putting on a bra to leave the house for.
I just say "Hey, guess where I'm taking you for dinner?" and when she answers... that's where we go! Woman code solved!
Pro Tip: Instead of asking where she wants to go for dinner, say, "Guess where we're going for dinner" and take her to the first place she guesses.
Make it the second place she suggest, then it's not so obvious 😉
Load More Replies...I'm happy to go w/ the flow, and most of my friends are, too. The less demanding/unpleaseable one is, the better. That allows us more leeway to make a demand when something important to us is happening that we Really want to experience (w/o feeling too bossy). Life is all about compromise & sharing, not about making other people responsible for our entertainment. Embrace the adventure, as simply exploring together is Fun.
My mom does this with me. Then she gets mad that I didn't give any ideas she likes, as if I can read her mind. So, then I stop giving suggestions and she gets mad even more, claiming that I don't help her figure out where to go. Then she'll think of a place I had already mentioned like it was her initial idea. I've come to realize this is a sick trap. If the place ends up being subpar to her expectations she will then revoke all decision-making accountability and chew me out for deciding on a bad place. Don't fall for it. Don't put up with it. Leave.
You taking them out implies you making a plan rather than relying on them to do the work for that too. When women have to be the logistics officer for 95%+ of life, we are left without the capacity for making decisions about recreational things. By that point in the day, our brains are burned and need rest. So you pick a restaurant you've seen us eat at before and either plan a meal out, or order takeout. Just let us know so we don't start cooking/prepping for dinner.
You say.. "guess where I am taking you for dinner" and when they look excited and say a place you says "YES!" then you know where to go and you both live happily ever after...... until dinner next time.
The amount of shoes is ridiculous.
Same. I'm 40, female, and have generally owned no more than 3-4 pairs of shoes at one time. I've only recently acquiesced to a pair of Crocs because my puppy is disabled and I need a pair of "put em on quick" shoes for outside and I can't stand flip-flops. XD
Load More Replies...Waste of money and a ecology desaster nowadays. More is less to value thingd.
When you exist in a capitalist world that judges you largely on your appearance because of BS gender roles/stereotypes, you accumulate an ungodly amount of accessories for survival. Some people also enjoy fashion as an art form, so there's that too.
That judgement is mostly in your head and the inability to shoot down judgy Julies.
Load More Replies...Oh lawd,...not even gonna. And I'll never understand the concept of "cute shoes"...like what the...?
A man can get away with having 3 or 4 pairs of shoes: brown, black, dress, casual. But women’s shoes are designed for specific occasions, as well as things like length of clothing (like pants). And that’s not even getting into matching colors.
They can never finish what they pour.
Exactly. And it's because there might be little tiny crocodiles in the bottom of the cup
Load More Replies...Nope. My husband does this leaves half dang mountain dew bottles all ober the house. Pisses me off
You would think he had the energy to pick them up.
Load More Replies...How about a husband who will drink several cups of coffee on weekends—-and needs a fresh cup and spoon for each one, instead of reusing just one of each.
Always busy= forgetting self care items often because our focus shifts to handling another need (often someone else's need.)
My wife has drank so much flat soda over the years she claims to like it. Nobody likes flat soda.
I am almost always thirsty. I've had blood tests done so it's nothing medical. I use 1 liter bottles at home. I hate it when I ask my husband for a glass of water and he brings me a barely half full kids cup. I appreciate the effort but it's almost insulting
My wife does this! Be it from a cup, bottle or can any receptical that you can drink liquid from that she fills or is filled for her and there are always going to be a few good gulps left at the bottom, she let proceeds to say she is thirsty and makes another drink she wont finish! Baffles me! but I love her so I finish them for her :D
The amount of time it takes for them to decide where to go to dinner to them eventually being ready to go is very frustrating.
Well usually it's because we want you to be happy, but we also want to avoid complaining but sometimes it's to mitigate the amount of time that gets spent preparing to go out. Whether it's somewhere fancy, or some hole in the wall, men will be ready to go inside 10 minutes. With women, that prep time could vary from 30 minutes to 3 hours. It's frustrating having to sit around for long periods of time while someone assure you they're almost ready every 5 minutes for hours, topping that off by having that person than have a bad time and take it out on you isn't something anyone should want
Load More Replies...I don't know where but I do know what I want to eat and that narrows it down lol. Right now I want tacos.
That would take me about 10 minutes and includes getting everything necessary for the kids and closing all windows and doors...
they drink a lot of wine when they are sad
or when they are stressed
or when they feel like drinking a lot of wine aka most evenings
That's called alcoholism. Our society predisposes a lot of people to it, but it isn't healthy and shouldn't be viewed as normal, despite the prolific nature of this behavior. If she is drinking that much, she is VERY stressed and needs some big changes in her life. You have the opportunity to be a positive one.
Alcoholism has specific parameters. Binge drinking, ignoring negative effects on your health, using it to solve problems, panicking without it, problems functioning in your daily life. Unless you are a doctor who knows this woman, you have no business diagnosing her with alcoholism. This man could be speaking subjectively, or sarcastically, or without really knowing why/what she drinks. Does she think it's going to solve her problems (not good) or does it help her relax (could be okay)? Is she suffering at her job? Violent? Binging until she blacks out? The only answer you have to these questions about this woman are 'I don't know.'
Load More Replies...Men go for a few pints when stressed or they feel like drinking a lot of beer aka most evenings
Dealing with sexism is harder than you realize. Mama needs her happy juice.
No, thanks. I prefer a bowl of ramen or ice cream when I'm stressed or sad.
"Do you have anything for the washing machine?" actually means: * get off your a*s and go through the whole house to collect all of the clothes, dishes, and garbage bins * give me the clothes that you are currently *wearing*, even though you just put them on 30 minutes ago * wash, dry and put away the dishes * empty all of the bins, take the trash out, put new liners into the bins * wipe down all the benches * clean the toilets * vacuum and mop the floors; and * be ready to be abused and called a lazy bastard because, even though it was never mentioned at any point, today was the day she decided that you should have worked out for yourself that the shower screen needed re-caulking. *In the bathroom that you are not allowed to use.*
Oh, sounds like you are being asked to contribute and your partner is tired of having to micromanage the entire house and keep a running inventory of everything that needs to be done all by herself and she desperately wishes the other adult with eyeballs would use them to look for problems rather than doing the bare minimum of what has been pointed out to them in the past...sounds rough bud.
Jesus Criminy on a bumpy bicycle...If it's as bad as it sounds, that's not a thumbs up happy green flag.
My goodness that is a terrible way to live. It's not normal, mor is it healthy. LEAVE! Then get therapy to understand why you stayed and how to choose better partners.
If you expect everyone to read your mind and “just know” what you want without you even giving them a hint or heads up, you are going to be living a mad, sad, frustrated, disappointed life. And it will all be self-inflicted. Communication is key. Just tell them what you want, instead of forcing them to guess then getting pissed off when they invariably guess wrong.
TF is this craziness? This is a massively abusive relationship not just living with a partner for the first time.
They have some kind of spell that makes any coffee table I've had become magic. Leave pizza and beer on the table. Boom! Gone the next day. Don't feel like cleaning your dishes. Boom! Clean the next day. It's f*****g amazing!
This a joke taken from a YouTube college humour skit
Load More Replies...One day you'll wake up to find the beer cans and food remains still on the table... and no woman left in the house.
Don’t know why someone downvoted this but I’m upvoting it!
Load More Replies...I’m sick of ppl blaming moms for adult male behavior. I have two adult male children and I DID teach them and they DO clean up after themselves, do laundry with no prompts, cook, take out garbage, and more. We ALL have days where we just say “naw, it can wait until tomorrow” and that’s ok, as long as it does get done tomorrow.
Load More Replies...The magic basket too. Put dirty clothes in it and they magically end up washed and ironed in the closet
Load More Replies...I’m sad for anyone who dates you, as you apparently expect her to be your mom. And actually your moms job was to prepare you to take care of your own damn self… she failed you and anyone who dates you
I’d like to see this list’s answers if the gender tables were turned. Oh please.
They are the most repulsive beings on earth. Omg the utter filth and disgusting behavior.
Load More Replies...Yeah, happily married 8 years and much of this is the opposite for us. I'm 100% the nesting, tidy, cooking one.
Load More Replies...As reading this I'm probably not a woman? So much stereo typing in one post... We are not al cleaning obsessed controlling anxious people with a bazillion beauty routines, please.... Thank you.
It's ok. After reading these it seems I married a man and became a woman myself lol
Load More Replies...All this does is prove that a lot of men have a lot of weird ideas about what women "should be like". Guess what? We're human. If you're male, reading this comment, and hate being stereotyped... right back at ya, I hate it too! (Female, so over this c**p about men being surprised women have body functions or whatever it is...)
Holy f*ck, the vast majority of these are either flat out wrong (syncing menstrual cycles has been proven time and again to be a myth), or they are clearly based on a man's extremely limited experience living with a women and deciding all the things she does differently to him must be representative of the entire gender. This thread is just an excuse to showcase misogyny and male egos. Ew.
This list is so dumb, why make it sound that by living with 1 woman you learned something about ALL women? Women are not all alike and neither are men. Sure you can always calculate a gender average, but the standard deviation within a gender is usually huge, so the average is not meaningful (or robust) at all.
Wow, BoredPanda. I’m kind of disappointed this was posted. Do you edit or read over people’s comments before you post listicles like this. The amount of stereotypes in this thread was mind boggling.
They do it every week with the US. Meh, I'm starting to get used to it...like chronic pain you just don't notice after a while.
Load More Replies...With the exception of menstruation, these have nothing to do with gender. More personality types. Though I will say, the self-care stuff is, somewhat, legit, but only because gender stereotypes shame some men into thinking it's 'girly' to pamper yourself.
Yeah, happily married 8 years and much of this is the opposite for us. I'm 100% the nesting, tidy, cooking one.
Load More Replies...As reading this I'm probably not a woman? So much stereo typing in one post... We are not al cleaning obsessed controlling anxious people with a bazillion beauty routines, please.... Thank you.
It's ok. After reading these it seems I married a man and became a woman myself lol
Load More Replies...All this does is prove that a lot of men have a lot of weird ideas about what women "should be like". Guess what? We're human. If you're male, reading this comment, and hate being stereotyped... right back at ya, I hate it too! (Female, so over this c**p about men being surprised women have body functions or whatever it is...)
Holy f*ck, the vast majority of these are either flat out wrong (syncing menstrual cycles has been proven time and again to be a myth), or they are clearly based on a man's extremely limited experience living with a women and deciding all the things she does differently to him must be representative of the entire gender. This thread is just an excuse to showcase misogyny and male egos. Ew.
This list is so dumb, why make it sound that by living with 1 woman you learned something about ALL women? Women are not all alike and neither are men. Sure you can always calculate a gender average, but the standard deviation within a gender is usually huge, so the average is not meaningful (or robust) at all.
Wow, BoredPanda. I’m kind of disappointed this was posted. Do you edit or read over people’s comments before you post listicles like this. The amount of stereotypes in this thread was mind boggling.
They do it every week with the US. Meh, I'm starting to get used to it...like chronic pain you just don't notice after a while.
Load More Replies...With the exception of menstruation, these have nothing to do with gender. More personality types. Though I will say, the self-care stuff is, somewhat, legit, but only because gender stereotypes shame some men into thinking it's 'girly' to pamper yourself.
