These 43 Women Are Dumbfounded By Their Discoveries About Men After Living With One
Interview With ExpertThey say you don’t truly know someone until you’ve lived with them. And in most cases, it is true. Once you’ve seen a person being their authentic selves at home, whether while passed out on the couch and involuntarily passing gas or having their eccentric eating habits on full display, can you get a good gauge of their personality.
In this case, a few women are sharing what they’ve learned about the male species after cohabitating with one. For many of them, seeing the genital complexities and behavioral quirks of the opposite s*x (among many other things) has opened their eyes in more ways than one.
To our female readers, feel free to share any similar anecdotes you may have. Guys, feel free to enlighten them.
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I've lived with few different men and of each of them I've learnt different things, because they were different from each other.
Really, it feels like someone trying to make a point instead of answering the spirit of the question. Is the point of this article to make the point that all people are individual, or is it to share some examples of how people might be surprised by how someone of a different gender might live if they have never cohabitated with them?
Load More Replies...I don't think that's the point. The point is, no man is the same as the other. Period.
Load More Replies...I'm not a fan of these posts that generalize by gender because there is so much difference among each gender, and many men/women won't fit the generalization and be very different from it. What one person noted about living with men might be the opposite to someone else's experience.
That the right one can be so awesome to live with. Equal (and sometimes he does more) housework, things I’d drop hundreds to have fixed normally he can just take care of. I haven’t taken out trash in about 8 years. How sensitive they can be (huge bonus because I grew up being told they were brick walls and no feelings. Awful thing to perpetuate) and how supportive they can be. I didn’t know they don’t all fit into the million stereotypes they’re given. Exclusively raised around the worst of the worst, so it was constant pleasant surprises. Feels too good to be true most days!
Just me in general, growing up having male roommates, there was never a point to cleaning really. I'd try and the next moment everything would be dirty again. When I finally got my own place, I kept things clean, smelling nice, organized, fixed. For me, it was living alone that made me appreciate a tidy house!
My amazing partner has taken care of everything I couldn’t manage while recovering from foot surgery. And not only doing the things, but emotional support, keeping my morale up.
When I was married , (thankfully happily divorced so much easier without men around not to mention safer ) I always did all the diy right down to laying wood floors carpet the lot , cos if I didn’t do it m it never got done !! Taught both my kids to do all that to and cook etc , even the lad lol ,he will make a great wife 😂once had a shower to be fitted ,when we split said shower was still in its box 5 yrs on 🤦♀️🙄I wasn’t touch electrics ,n he was trained in all that ,point proven lol ,do it yourself it’s easier 😂bar electrics n gas !
100% agree with your last point - don't do electrics and gas yourself. Get someone trained, qualified, registered and insured! Messing with these things yourself often invalidates your insurance, as well as putting yourself at risk.
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That men will wear the same 'favorite' shirt until it literally falls apart, no matter how many new ones they own.
I'm not autistic, but I do the same if it's a shirt a particularly like. Actually I do that with all my clothes.
Load More Replies...I'm gonna hit 42 in about two months, and i still have and wear things that i've had since i was 14. Most of the shirts are still in good condition, though some are sadly starting to show their age, my near 30 year old jeans are a little faded, a little frayed around the cuffs, but otherwise in near perfect condition. Most stuff i've bought within the past 10 years is falling apart after 3-6 months.
The older it gets, the softer & more comfy it gets. Just like women
I wear my fav items of clothing far more than other things . ain’t just men lol
My brother's best thrift shop find, according to him, was this ancient John Deere shirt. It's been 2 decades and he still has it
We spoke with a few experts who provided insights on domestic partnership and how it affects relationship dynamics. According to licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert Gina Guddat, the new living situation “signals an emotional commitment to both people.”
“It lends a greater feeling of safety and security. It also gives a perception to friends and family members that it's more serious or ‘official,’” Guddat told Bored Panda.
They eat so much more. no snacks are safe at home. .
Now that you mention it, this is looking like AI slop. We're gonna see some AI slop on this list aren't we?
Load More Replies...I'm single, but my dad is an absolute monster for food. Every time I come over it's the same thing: "your father ate all the XYZ". Even hiding something special so he doesn't inhale it all and not leave any to share doesn't work. He sniffs it out and it's gone. The really annoying part is that he's also the skinniest member of my immediate family and has never once had to do anything to stay skinny. Jerk won the metabolism lottery.
I've learned to be very specific about some things. Asking my husband to save a certain amount of something for the next day works.
That's what I found out. If I don't mention things like this yes my husband will eat it all because it's there to eat. But, if I ask him not to eat something or to leave me "X" amount he does. Because he's an adult with self control and actually cares about me too, but he can't read my mind. :)
Load More Replies...I'm the trash can of the house lol. BUT I only take food that I'm offered/know is for me. I do not dare touch mama bear's cookies/snacks.
It stands to reason that if someone is 50% heavier than you and/or does a physical job that they will need to eat more.
Maybe the taller and more robust part, but when the dude sits in an office. Well, then life is not fair!
Load More Replies...I can put my plate down to go use the bathroom and I swear my husband will see it on the counter and think it’s fair game😭😂 If I want to assure it will be there when I return, I must proclaim loudly, “I’m not finished with my food” It’s crazy, nothing is safe in our house!!
How much truth was in the joke that they can't find anything in the fridge and cupboards.
How is this just a man thing? The amount of times I've gone to the store thinking we're out of something only to discover it while cleaning out the fridge. Every time.
Ok my husband and teenage son can be looking directly at the item and still not see it. Fridge blindness is real.
Load More Replies...Not in my house. I run the kitchen. My wife has no idea where anything is.
My sister calls it "having a man-look". I think she got it from a TV show.
It’s not that we can’t find, we shouldn’t have to “find it”. We wouldn’t have to find it if the women in our lives didn’t “put it away”, which means “find the most illogical spot to put it, and promptly forget where that spot is”. Also, when we are staring at the drawer/shelf/wherever we left it, we aren’t looking for it we are remembering leaving it there and internally trying to calm down about the fact you moved it.
My (female) partner is the worst one for this in the house. I can even tell her exactly which shelf of the fridge something is on and she STILL won't be able to find it.
When the wife cleans I can't find anything. It is organised chaos with men, we know where everything we need is
Oh, dogs, how I feel this. That garage--which has never held a car unless he's working on it--is a black hole. Thirty years ago I organized the common tools--screw drivers, hammers, tape measures, pliers, wrenches, drill bits, etc. and begged him to keep them that way. And he did! Because it was logical. But try to find a chain saw file, or the metric sockets or the impact wrench. There's no logic to it. If it doesn't have a home, it could be anywhere. And the places he puts stuff moves in some inscrutable fashion. And then there's the special piece of oak that he uses to hammer this with, or the old broken drill bit that he uses to poke that with because it's harder than a nail, or the chunk of iron that's a pry bar, or the wooden thing-gummy that's a template for doing that thing.... Organized chaos with an extra helping of shambles.
Load More Replies...If we put something in a specific place, we expect it to be there when we next go after it. We don't expect to have to look in a different drawer, cabinet, or totally different container in the fridge, that's now been moved to a drawer covered in stuff we don't recognize.
I didn’t realize how much men actually value their alone time - sometimes more than you’d expect, even when living together.
I was about to say the exact same thing!
Load More Replies...If you interrupt either my dad or myself during our alone time (I'm a girl) neither of us reacts very well.
Sometimes the people battery needs to recharge before you can keep using it.
This is why we never want to go out dancing after we move in together.
You gotta pick the right woman. I have never, ever wanted to go out dancing.
Load More Replies...100% alone with my boy dog sleeping on my feet. 2nd dog to do this. My girl dogs dont
Lawyer and marriage and family expert Michele Locke considers cohabitating in today’s world a “smart move.” As she explained, it allows a person to know someone on a deeper level.
At the same time, it gives them a good enough gauge of whether marriage would be worth pursuing down the line. As Locke noted, divorces are costly, which is something you would want to avoid.
That living with the right man feels so warm and safe. Just resting my head on his chest at night knowing that I don't have to worry about anything was the best thing ever. I never experienced healthy love from a man except with this one.
Everyone. Even though I'm almost twice the size of my wife, having her around me like a backpack is sooooo nice.
Load More Replies...❤️as a beaten wife , n a mentally a****d wife , im so glad to hear this , my last husband was kinda better till he decided to turn my past n ptsd against me , never again ,but I’d have loved that feeling ,I hope your still with him n happy x
Some men don’t stand to pee at home. I’ve been married for a decade and never seen my husband pee standing besides when we’re camping, because he only does it in public restrooms. No complaints here. Cleaner bathrooms and I’ve never once complain about the toilet seat position.
Cis male, and I prefer to sit to do my business. For one, it's a chance to get off my feet, especially at work. For another, it means I can do whatever business needs doing at the same time. Only reason I'll stand to pee is if I'm in a hurry, or I'm literally out in the woods or something. It's a nice perk, but not one I need to use all the time.
I grew up with three older sisters. As a child, I left the seat up and my sister went to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and fell in. I got snatched up out of my bed, and dumped butt first into the toilet on a cold Ohio winter night. That lesson stuck with me. I have never left the seat up since. And I have overheard my wife thanking my sisters for doing that.
Ahh...I see you come from the old school of "men should do all the work".
Load More Replies...Older man. I find if I sit down to pee it doesn't all come out. Not a good thing or feeling.
lol That is the struggle women go through, too. This is why it seems like we go to the washroom more frequently.
Load More Replies...Way cleaner to sit. I only pee standing up in public restrooms at urinals. And in the shower, haha.
Hmmmm, I was going to up-vote you until I hit that last sentence. I guess I'll up-vote you anyway, as long as you promise to never to shower at my place.
Load More Replies...As long as you leave the bathroom as clean as you found it, I’m happy.
Men will act like they are low maintenance, but the truth is they secretly form emotional bonds with hoodies, mugs, and random tools.
I don't feel the need to do so secretly, though.
Load More Replies...Confirmed. Mine is a solid brass hammer that I poured for myself. It is ridiculously heavy for its size, but good for avoiding damage on harder metals. It's also shiny and gold, which is pretty fantastic.
When I was a child I was fascinated by a small all-metal ball peen hammer my father owned. Made for finish work, it was Thor's hammer in the hands of a 4 year old boy. I'm sixty now, my father has passed away, and that hammer is in the top drawer of my desk. 😀
My husband love the oscillating power tool and all the different kinds of heads he can replace and use
Part of my 'makes problems go away' kit. I call it my surgical sawzall.
Load More Replies...I have a special hoodie I love. I love all of my tools, I know what toolbox drawer they're each in, organized by what kind of tool. My sock drawer on the other hand...
For licensed mental health counselor Ariana Orosz, LMHC, living together introduces new obstacles for the couple to overcome in the relationship. And regardless of whether or not they end up tying the knot, they will need to learn to coexist “on a constant basis.”
“A couple will have to learn to be on a similar page, or accept their partner's priorities when it comes to house chores, quality time, amount of physical touch, hobbies, and boundaries around friends and family visiting,” Orosz said, adding that financial constraints are also possible stressors.
The not sitting down to eat. Just eating out of packets/boxes in the kitchen like a raccoon.
For me Army training. 20 months in VN, most in the field. Plus 6 months on the German/Czech border. Then 4 years in grad school. I was 19- 27 so things learned then stick with one. Left on my own I’ll still do that at 78
As long as you left Nam in Nam. My father didnt. My sister's godfather didnt. Uncle Frank is still alive and paints veterans portraits in Austin. God bless you
Load More Replies...Where do you live that raccoons stand in your kitchen eating out of packets?
The d**n things haven't gotten into the kitchen yet, but I"m sure if they did they'd feed out of the cereal boxes and the bread wrappers, because they get into the garage and open up the dog and cat food bags.
Load More Replies...I always called it 'eating over the sink like a college kid.'
Load More Replies...My wife calls that eating like a rat, I’m guilty as f**k
How little they seem to think about their own comfort or try to problem solve around lower-stakes things. My husband is constantly pleased and impressed by things I do around the house or for him to increase our/ his level of comfort. It just doesn't even occur to him that he can change his environment or buy himself something that might improve his quality of life. I've known other men like this too. One of my favorite examples is a male friend complaining about how hot his new apartment was getting, so I suggested buying a fan, and the look of confusion this man gave me... never even occurred to him there might be a solution to his problem.
My closest friend of 40 years is also the widow of my other closest friend of 40 years. He died of cancer six years ago. L and I take care of each other, like a couple but we're not romantic. Still, I repair light switches, doors, etc. and she occasionally reminds me that most of my choices were optional and better ones were available. It works for us.
My husband's workmate, who is very well paid in a sales position and has a lot of spare cash, was complaining that keeping his flat clean was eating up a lot of his time and making him so stressed out. When we suggested he get a cleaner he was shocked at the idea, it just never occurred to him to use his money to solve his problem.
He couldn't think of how to cool his apartment himself? That doesn't sound normal.
Yeah, I have always had my ceiling fan on since I was a kid. Never ever lived without a fan.
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How quiet they can be.
For me, I work in a very loud environment where you have to pretty much yell to communicate. When I get home, I just like peace and quiet. My wife often asks if I'm alright, I am, just like the quiet lol
I do not need to make noise to prove that I exist or am still alive.
I had no complaints on that score lol ,I love the peace , and own company totally ,
Not at my house. My partner is much more chatty than I am.
I have legitimately forgotten my husband was home before when he's been in his computer room playing games or working or something!
There are also the legal aspects that people tend to overlook. According to ISU Insurance Services CEO Ryan McEachron, married couples automatically get legal protections that domestic partners don’t get to enjoy. Health insurance from employers, for one, does not extend to unmarried partners, which can cause an issue.
“I've seen partners lose everything because they assumed ‘living together for 10 years’ gave them the same rights as marriage,” he said.
How much capacity for love, understanding, communication and expression they can have in an emotionally safe environment.
How f*****g infectious and amazing their laughter can be.
How they are two totally different men with you vs with others. You get to see all of their good that they'd just not care to show anyone else.
They can fart so loud...
Edit: Oh and they like cleanliness too.
When my little sister moved out she texted me about how she never realized how considerate I was with our shared bathroom growing up until she lived with other dudes. The key is I rage clean anytime im mad or have a bad day I clean the f**k out of something really aggressively to calm down.
It really is , I clean if I’m angry or stressed ,to it’s very productive isn’t it lol
Load More Replies...Some men really are neatniks. The stereotype that they’re all slobs is wrong. My father, my first husband, and my partner have all been tidy.
Same here. A clean home is the best way to a clean mind. Soooo satisfying! 😌
How much they eat. How much it costs to feed them said gargantuan amount they eat.
I feel like mine is mostly fuel for... let's call it "precautionary insulation"
Load More Replies...My mum said once that when I left home she noticed the food bill dropped slightly, when my brother left home it halved.
Op wait till you are feeding two teenagers 😂my now 21 yr old son was same as a teen , so my my eldest lass, grown kids eat more than grown men do totally
I am one of 3 daughters. My aunt has 3 sons. Once, her and my mother compared how much they would need to cook to feed the family. Double the amount, that was what it took! All 3 of us were teens, while one of my cousins was still in primary school 😄
Load More Replies...That begs an important question: Does living together strengthen a couple’s relationship if they’re not married yet? According to Michelle Cantrell, LPCC, owner and clinical director of The Center for Growth & Connection, it depends on how and why couples decide to cohabitate.
“When both partners intentionally choose to move in together from a place of alignment, emotional readiness, and shared values, it can deepen intimacy and help solidify the foundation of their relationship,” she said, adding that the opposite may happen if a couple chooses to move in together because of convenience, financial pressure, or a desire to “fix” their disconnection.
Maybe it’s just my husband, but I’ve never seen anyone buy so many socks. Constant need for socks. Too many socks.
Check his toenails. LOL. A man should be able to manage his own hooves please and thank you.
Load More Replies...My wife has twice the amount of socks I do, so I think this might just be you.
Arch support? Cotton in summer, wool in winter? I'm always looking for a perfect work sock
My feet are unbelievably sweaty. She should be *glad* he changes his socks.
The right socks can make a big difference, as I recently discovered myself (swollen foot after surgery.) Get the good ones. Spend the money!
According to Husband, it's because they're "lost" somewhere between dirty clothes basket and dryer. (I don't wear them!) He stopped accusing me of doing it, when I pointed out that I just wash what's in the dirty clothes basket.
It's not that I buy socks, it's that everyone GIVES me socks every birthday or Christmas. I had to ask people not to buy me socks last year and everyone STILL got me loads of pairs. I have some I haven't even opened yet.
Are the socks crispy and crunchy and smell familiar, yet odd? Might explain a thing or two, wánkwise.
That they do appreciate the candles, rugs and things we add to our space that make it "home". My husband had two sets of simple cotton, gray sheets as a bachelor and now sleeps on sheets of bamboo or Egyptian cotton. He would never have bought those things for himself but he loves that I do.
These things used to be known as the "feminine touch". We appreciate it greatly when it happens but it would never occur to us to do it for ourselves.
We dont buy nice things on purpose because you'll buy what you want and we want you to be happy. I sleep on a couch with 3 dogs.
Well you could sleep in a bed lmao ,but love that the dogs sleep with you x mine sleep on my bed with me bliss
Load More Replies...I'm one of the supposedly rare women who doesn't see the point of candles etc.
He's never cold. I always have cold feet, even when it's warmer outside. He serves as a hot water bottle.
Lol. Classic one panel cartoon of devilish looking wife waking up sleeping man with cold feet
Wait until you reach your late 40s. The temp thing switches completely.
Lol me 2. But she on the other hand cant stand the heat like i do in the summer
Load More Replies...My wife is warm, I'm cold. It's not specific, it's just people.
Might change with age. He was the "never cold" one and I'd snuggle against him to get warm. Then, about the time when I started having hot flashes, he began complaining that it was chilly...
I’m never cold , it’s a human thing , some people feel the cold some of us don’t , I’ve got my own internal heating system now a days to lmao I might be thru the menopause but I still get the hot flushes very useful in winter 😂
If cohabitation is what a couple decides on for their next step, Orosz advises discussing priorities before doing so. The conversation must include the boundaries around visiting family members, date nights, even seemingly menial topics like handling house chores.
“Definitely don't brush it under the rug or else you'll be tripping over it every day,” she said.
My wife didnt know you have to trim a moustache. She thought it just grows in a certain way and you get what you get. I love this woman.
She probably thought that it was like eyebrow hair, which tends to have a naturally self maintaining shape.
Load More Replies...You don't HAVE to trim it to keep it short. I find that if mine gets too long I end up eating half of it on a regular basis. I would STRONGLY recommend trimming it, though.
Most men can actually sit and not think.
This is entirely dependent on how you define 'thinking'. My brain never shuts up, I'm always thinking about something. It just might not be anything even remotely useful.
I have an entire lobe of the brain that invents things, constantly. I don't direct it, I tend to look in and ask what it's doing. "But we already have coat hangers. Honestly, why not work on something useable?!"
Load More Replies...Most of the time I look deep in thought, but really I'm just listening to music in my head.
sorry, I should have seen this before putting my 2c in.
Load More Replies..."I've often seen you sitting and thinking." "I don't always think. Sometimes, I just sits."
Sometimes my husband appears to be deep in thought. I'll ask him what he's thinking about and he'll tell me he's solving a mathematical equation.
Wanda Sykes did a bit about this a few years ago. I can’t find it online right now, but the gist of it was: “You know when you ask a man, ‘What are you thinking about?’ and he says, ‘Nothing’? Yeah….they can do that!”
That men really aren't that complicated and enjoy chilling (im so happy he doesn't need constant attention or empty conversations) he likes his hobbies and completing tasks around the house. Somebody to be there to help you when you're down without judgements. (Unless you have a defective one, i suggest a hard reset or return to manufacturer for replacement )
Men are like succulents they're easygoing, but if you aren't aware of the things that they need to thrive, you can easily end up with a dead plant. They aren't as strong as they seem, but at the same time, they're resilient and sturdy. They have different needs for different types of succulent, but overall, they have the same basic needs.
Given that I've managed to k i l l not one but two cactuses, it's probably for the best that I don't have a boyfriend.
at least you probably don't have to worry about over-watering boyfriends
Load More Replies...This! We are simple creatures! We need affection, some space, and inspiration: we protect you, we build this for you, etc.
Locke shared a very practical piece of advice: don’t co-mingle accounts and finances. She urges keeping everything separate until both partners knowingly and intentionally decide to combine them.
“Also – communication is key – ensuring that there are lines of communication so that each side knows boundaries and expectations,” she added.
They like chilling in their underwear a lot more than I thought. I live with my bf, and as soon as he comes home, the pants come off and he just sits and chills. He says it simply feels comfortable and he feels less sweaty down there. Fair point honestly .
I'm a woman and I take my clothes off as soon as I get home. I just don't see a reason to bother with wearing clothes when the only other person in my home is my husband who has obviously seen me naked before.
I'm not comfortable walking around naked, not because my husband, but because we have large windows and I have a dog with no boundaries. But I have my "lounging pajamas" and my "sleeping pajamas" and that's what I wear in the house. No jeans, no bra, I'm gonna be comfy in my home thank you!
Load More Replies...Finding the right underwear is hard. I dont like the pouch kind. I need to swing free
Then wear boxers. But honestly, what does your comment have to do with the guy chilling in his underwear? If they're uncomfortable, I would think they would still be uncomfortable without pants.
Load More Replies...It took an Act of Congress to get my father to wear shorts much less long pants. I grew up in an area that each house is on two or three acres but the neighbors could see our front porch and him standing in his underwear and calling the dogs or cats in.
Unless I have company over, I don't feel the need to wear pants at home. I get home and I'm getting in my pajamas, pants are optional. This is the ultimate feeling of knowing you're in your own private home.
I know some women are the same, but this really does seem like a mostly male thing. My only at-home clothing rule for my kids (one born female, one born male) is if we have company, you must wear pants. My afab child is like me and prefers to wear pants all the time like me, my amab child prefers not to.
Do we really need a four letter abbreviation for boys and girls now? Can’t we just let children be children and then if they decide later on they want to be a different gender, then we will respect that decision at that time, but “afab” and “amab” just feels very unnecessary to use when describing a child.
Load More Replies...I am hot blooded and wear shorts and a shirt, but my wife will go underwear and bra and wrap up in a blanket. So I think not gender based choice.
My husband runs hotter than me and when I have to wear long pants, socks and a long-sleeved shirt indoors, my husband sits on the couch still in his underwear. When I have to wear a blanket over my sweater and consider keeping gloves inside, my husband admits that it's a little chilly and puts on a t-shirt and thin socks.
Well I thought I knew what guys were like because I have 2 brothers, but my husband is calmer, cleaner, and more responsible. But there is a universal truth that all men love back scratches.
Yuki and our new "rescue" Vale, would agree. They love their scritches. Both ex-boys!
Load More Replies...We're not itchy, it's just a really awesome form of affectionate touch that we've been starved off of our whole lives.
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How common it is for men to have body image issues.
More common that people think , body dysmorphia is a thing in both men and women ,
I will never look like Brad Pitt... Wheres the ice cream?
Load More Replies...It is exceedingly common, unfortunately. The major difference I think is the tendency for men to give up. We seem to be trapped in the mentality that there's nothing we can do to make ourselves look better due to a large portion of methods being seen as feminine and, thus, taboo. That being said, we also underestimate the amount of options available to us, even if we can't shake off the stigma of things like beauty products, but it's a difficult perception to maintain. Reminds me of that one King of the Hill episode where Hank describes Bobby to Cotton: "He's like mud. Can't build him up, but can't break him down, either". That roughly describes the body image a large portion of males have.
Men can get a type of body dysmorphia called muscle dysmorphic disorder ("Bigorexia" is what some of the media call it). They become obsessed with putting on muscle to get bigger and work out compulsively. Its tied in with a form of disordered eating too-orthorexia, being obsessed with a very specific diet and a limited intake. It starts mid-late teenage and may be underdiagnosed, because initially, it looks perfectly normal for a young man to go to the gym and eat healthy. It ends up taking over their lives and giving them a lot of emotional and psychological distress. There needs to be a broader awareness-some data suggests that about 1 in 10 men who go to a gym daily to train have disordered eating and behaviour that meets the criteria for diagnosis. It can lead to them trying d***s, or injecting silicone etc to look bigger.
Cantrell made an insightful point, and it is something she typically tells clients who are considering living together: moving in isn’t just about sharing a physical space, but an emotional one, as well.
“When one person secretly hopes that living together will fix things, or assumes it will be the thing that makes their partner step up emotionally, they’re often disappointed,” she said. “Living together tends to reveal, not resolve, the deeper dynamics already at play.”
How much rejection they face before finding someone.
In the early days I was telling my fiance about the two times I got rejected and how I'm still offended. He laughed and said he's been rejected so many times he stopped caring.
Sorry gramps but there is some grimy asf down voters today but I helped u break even
Load More Replies...Yup especially us older folk it was always considered the man's place to initiate we get used to the rejection. I was so trilled when one of my girlfriends hit on me, I was thrilled and so impressed and thought it was great.
That they get really upset when you parkour your short a**e up to the top shelves because that's just what you do as a small person... My poor other half. I swear he thought I didn't believe in stepladders or something, and he still has a minor heart attack when I SpiderFortuna my way up the counters to get to s**t I can't reach in the high cabinets.
I mean, my dad and brother just thought mum and I zooming up the cabinetry was fine, but my man-type-person... Yeah. I've given him a lot of grey hairs over the years since living together. I like to think I make life more interesting for him.
As a short guy, I do this. This is a height thing, not a gender thing.
I suppose men tend to be heavier, so stools/ladders are preferrable due to risk of accidents/damage. I'm short and not even heavy, and I avoid climbing on furniture. My wife weights as much as a fat mosquito, so it would not be that big of an issue for her - except she's scared of heights, meaning neither parkour or stools, she will just ask me to do it instead :-)
Load More Replies...We had a step-ladder at home, because my biological ladder left when I was young.
My daughter and ex wife are both 5 feet tall... Very used to this.
I am a short person myself. I put things I do not use as much on higher shelves and the things I use more on lower shelves so I don't have to climb or use a step ladder or other things to get anything down on a regular basis.
If you’re short, climbing is a lifestyle. Ask me how I know…..
How easily they fall asleep. Of course some men have insomnia, but every man I've dated could lie down and instantaneously just go unconscious, on command. I've never seen a woman fall asleep like that.
Two breaths -- that's often how much it takes for Husband to be out. I can take hours.
My wife is the same. Sure she's on anti epileptic medication so this makes her more sleepy, but she can fall asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow and she never wakes up from naps unless i wake her up (alarms are useless, she turns them off, grunts, and goes back to napping). I have problems both falling and staying asleep, so i envy her a lot.
Not specific. My wife can fall asleep in 30 seconds, I'm lucky if it's 30 minutes.
For me and my wife, it's the opposite. She's out like a light as soon as her head hits the pillow. I toss and turn for an hour trying to get comfortable. To be fair, we can both nap at the drop of a hat, though.
Unfortunately, my husband has terrible insomnia. It makes him crazy how quickly I fall asleep.
Moving in together is a massive step up in the relationship, and Guddat advises getting close kin involved.
“You have to make your own decision, but people who know and love us can give us great insights around our decision to move in,” she said, adding that cohabitation is simply a notch below deciding to get married or the endgame.
How easy physical tasks like carrying things are for them compared to women.
When we come home from grocery shopping he'll grab 2 bags whereas I'll grab 10 and loop them up and down my arms to try to make less trips 🤣
I know women who have trouble with a 25lb weight. I pick up my 30lb boy dog and take him outside easy peasy. Trying to get him to pee outside. I have to show him.
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Men can have eating disorders.
I was surprised to hear from some manly men friends the exact amount of calories in each food on my plate. They were able to calculate how much I had eaten in a day and were surprised that I ate "so many calories" and was still "tiny" compared to them, even without training a lot. Meanwhile, my girlfriends will inhale a whole pizza without thinking one second about calories.
I’ve known this for decades ,why it shocks people I’ve no idea ffs ,men can also be r a p e d to !!
I didn't realise how common it was for men not to use toilet paper after urinating.
I brought it up to him. He asked, "why do you think there are no toilet paper rolls at urinals?" My mind was blown. I had never, ever considered that.
How much time does her husband think she spends in men's restrooms, to know whether there are toilet paper rolls at the urinals or not?
Ever turned on a TV? Watched a movie? Spent time on the internet? Don't have to be physically present in a space to know what it looks like.
Load More Replies...I've never wiped after peeing. The last drop goes in your underwear. Just how it works.
As a person with a d**k, I didn't even know not wiping after peeing was an option. It just seems gross
That's what the shake is for. I've passed another unfortunate aging milestone, recently. The realization that at some point in the years ahead, I'm going to be needing adults diapers for incontinence. Not yet, but it's definitely in the post. Sigh. It's normal, I used to know someone who worked in a seniors assisted living facility and she said after age 80, it's pretty much everybody.
If there's no mess, there's no need to wipe anything. Do you dab a kleenex at your nose when it's not leaking?
Really? Wow.... I didn't know guys actually did that. I could see instances where you would want it, I suppose, but I guess urinals kind of reinforced the idea that you don't need toilet paper for peeing, so I never really questioned it.
Load More Replies...It feels like he is infinitely stronger than me. When we play fight and play wrestle, I am like a helpless, weakling against him. It really makes me resent those women's self-defense, reels, and TikToks I've seen. I think they mislead women and are probably dangerous.
Strength is a factor, but skill is far, far more important. But for the love of all that's holy, don't take self-defense lessons from TikTok. Take them from a qualified instructor.
I would recommend focusing on an instructor who focuses mainly on weapons. Doesn't have to be guns or even knives/pepper spray/ect. Most nearby blunt or sharp objects are going to do more damage than your body. You do want some unarmed training, wouldn't want to be defenseless without a weapon, but mostly your time without a weapon should be spent finding the nearest weapon. It takes years to become proficient enough with unarmed fighting for it to be a practical solution, and even then, you still don't want to be the only one unarmed in a fight. Don't let me stop you from going for a more traditional form of martial arts, since you'll still pick up useful skills that can be universally applied, it's just much quicker to pick up a chair if you're not planning on committing to martial arts.
Load More Replies...Yup. Both MrTribbles are easily twice my strength. Try a hook behind the knee during your next wrestling bout, it can work wonders.
My primary training partner in the martial arts was a male only about 5'6" and 135 pnds. But let's be honest women: arm yourselves. Take charge of your own security. Get trained. Don't be passive about your own security.
The best self defense for any person, but especially women, is to run if at all possible. If you have a weapon, don't be afraid to use it immediately if necessary. You can be disarmed in an instant so you might only get one chance. S/he who hesitates is lost.
If your weapon is a gun, you *might* have a chance, but even then, you'll have to process with the recoil and the fact that a single gunshot rarely kills people on the spot. If your weapon is a knife, you'll have to be extremely lucky and hit the "right" place to incapacitate your opponent. In most cases, you'll stab the man but he'll still be fine enough to grab and break your wrist - and obviously take the knife from you.
Load More Replies...I've thought that too, including the cop dramas where the female cop can run at super sonic speed to chase down the male suspect, throw him to the ground, and cuff while he just lies there, moaning in pain.
Sometimes I hug her tight, and she thinks is hard. And I didn't even try hard!
It's been a few years but Tae Bo (punching style of aerobics) got many people hurt because they thought it was a martial art. It's not - the arm motions are punching motions but nothing else is there, like stance work, how to make a fist you can punch with, etc. I learned this from a wide array of senseis because beat up Tae Bo students wanting something effective was a lucrative surge of new students for a while.
Well, they do say scientifically men are naturally stronger. But as someone who's taken a karate class can tell you, strength by itself isn't the 100% trick
Hence the concern about trans women having an unfair advantage in some sports.
The cause for concern is logical. However, studies have shown that once their T-levels are lowered for about 1 year, there is no longer a detectable strength difference. Too many people express their concerns as facts without looking for research/evidence.
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How poorly they aim despite a lifetime of practice.
And if they miss, they clean up after themselves. Unless you're dating a child. Are you dating a child?
As long as you leave the bathroom as clean as you found it….I don’t care what you do in there.
To be fair, sometimes it's not a matter of aim, but the stream has a mind of its own--including sometimes splitting into two or three random streams.
We're not in control of our firehose at all times. Yours can only aim one direction. Ours can aim wherever it choose.
How well they cook!
They tend to be very innovative and instinctual, resulting in tasty, unusual dishes.
I know how to cook and got compliments on my cooking in the past put I am no chef. On the other hand I have a male friend he loves to cook and likes to experiment with food and spices.
Me and my boyfriend done a “test” a few months ago when my flatmate moved out and I had an empty flat for a few months, and he was between places so I was like let’s try it!
The hair in my sink!!! And he left the cupboard doors open so much. Maybe that’s just my boyfriend BUT THE HAIR IN THE SINK WHEN HE WOULD SHAVE!!!!! I’ve never lived with a man until my boyfriend but CLEAN UP YOUR FACIAL HAIR.
It's not about the shedding, it's about cleaning it up.
Load More Replies...We refer you to the bathtub, the shower wall, the shower drain, the couch, the comforter, any patch of carpet a woman has so much as glanced towards AND....the roller brush on the vacuum.
Steve Martin had a routine spoofing those that 'create' everything. "... and I create tiny hairs in the sink every morning!"
This is the complete opposite of my experience. It's the girls who leave every cupboard and drawer open after getting something from them, and the very long hair that clogs the sink is definitely not from me or their brother.
I'm the one leaving the cupboards doors open, and he shuts them with a sigh... and à lot of noise.
Personally, as a woman who had long hair but cleaned it up, and who now has short, short hair, I would actually prefer to find the hair my granddaughters leave *ON* the walls. It's much easier to wipe it off with a piece of wet TP than it is to have to get that zip tie looking thingie that you have to twist down the drain in order to pull out a disgusting rat-like wad of hair when the shower starts draining slowly. Oh, I can yell at the girls to clean up the shower, but they just rinse it down anyway, so... I'd rather do it myself.
Load More Replies...They really mean what they say. They are straight forward with their questions and answers. They communicate in a different way than women.
C.S. Lewis explained it in a humorous but surprisingly accurate way; women speak a language without nouns. If two men are doing a job, one will say 'put this bowl in the other bowl in that cabinet'. The female for this is 'put this in the other one in there'. This is why men and women have trouble doing jobs together; men need nouns, women don't. So you get the inevitable 'in where?' 'In THERE, of course... ugh never mind I'll do it myself' situation.
It depends. I’ve met some very deceitful men, and some smooth talkers who were utterly full of bûllshit. At least with the blunt, straightforward ones you know where you stand.
I had no idea men's pajama pants had pee flaps lololol.
Mine is they have pee flaps in underwear and I have never seen a man use it. They just pull it over the underwear.
My husband has Joe Boxers that have 8 tiny buttons down the pee flap. As if any man is going to undo those tiny little buttons, pull it out, pee, and then re-button all of those tiny little buttons, instead of just pulling down the waist band.
Load More Replies...It is more trouble to pull it our of a pee flap then it is just to pull it over your underwear.
Yes they do. There's an elastic band and the fly but there's the fly is just open there's no zipper or buttons or anything. But no one I've dated or asked ever does it. They just pulled the waistband down and pee.
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How much time they spent in the bathroom.
AKA a chemical force field that keeps people away.
Load More Replies... The lacking amount of pants they own. My husband owns 2 pairs of jeans. That’s it. That what he works in what he does fun in. He’ll wear each pair for three days and on laundry day he just lounges around in shorts. Then complains that his pants are ripping.
Also how they can sleep in just about anything. Like my BIL literally sleeps in jorts every night? Like these jorts are specifically designated sleep pants.
That is a bit... uh... lacking, even for a guy. We do however sometimes get extra use out of them for work. That's more about only having a few get dirty, though.
I noticed that when my husband is quiet for a while , usually there’s something on his mind or he’s a little stressed. we have 3 bedrooms in our trailer and he has his computer in his room , I always know if he’s stressed bc he will close the door. If he leaves it open then I know he’s probably having a good day lol. I’ve never told him this 😂.
Good on you to pay such attention. Most women think we are maintenance-free.
I thought my hair was bad for falling out and getting everywhere but no; *beard hair* Was not ready for that one.
I bought a little dust-buster specifically for the bathroom to clean up my hair after I'm done brushing it or straightening it, it's been a game changer!
They can all drop five pounds in a month by giving up lunch on Tuesdays. I’m over here eating kimchi and quinoa, sleeping like a princess, counting steps and drinking plain water. I would be lucky to just maintain my weight doing all that.
Oh, and more often than not, the helpless dad in sitcoms is based on real life. I always hoped that was just good comedy. .
They don't know any more about home maintenance than i do. (We learned together).
Son-in-law is a microbiologist. Most intelligent man I've ever met. Can't hang a picture or put together furniture or toys. Daughter does the practical stuff. He only ever bought new cars and had the dealer do maintenance. Called AAA for flats. Was amazing that daughter changed a flat by herself one day when out of cell phone range. Was really blown away when she changed the oil in the lawn mower and finally trusted her to do the cars. Was astounded when I built shelves in his garage. But hey, we don't know how to run a bio-security lab or do cancer research, so there you go.
You are in the minority. You've simply decided to learn or maybe you had to.
That male urine smells super different to woman urine.
When I'm in a scummy area like the concrete stairs at the mall carpark, I can always tell dudes have been using it as a pit stop because it does indeed smell very distinctive.
I don't know if it really worked but somebody developed paint that bounces the urine stream back in the direction it came from.
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About half of them seriously fart nonstop when they’re at home. I don’t even know how they were holding it all in before that.
Can we please stop pretending that women don't fart or burp? Passing gas is natural, everybody does it.
Any decent husband and wife should play "guess my fart" on a regular basis. The rules are simple...when you have a fart, ask your partner to guess the sounds and have them do an impression of their expectations. Let rip and see if they were right. There's no official scoring system but a Dutch oven for one who loses is acceptable. 👍🏻
Load More Replies...Let me tell you - a really good fart, one where you feel your abdomen deflate, is one of life's greatest things. Entertaining as well
My husband constantly farts and burps because he takes in a lot of air when he eats and drinks. Sometimes he will "swallow" extra air to force a bigger burp when he feels like his smaller burps aren't helping. He said he gets queasy if he doesn't burp deep enough.
My girlfriend says “the amount of paper towels a person can use is much higher than I thought”.
Just how much they like b***s. The number of times I've had to yell "Mitts off!" at him is astounding. He's better now.
Everything must be turned *all* the way to the max. Ceiling fan? All the way up. Faucets? All the way up. AC? High. Fridge temp? Freeze it *all*! Lights? If he walked through the room, they're on. T.V.? The neighbors can hear it down the road. Lawnmower? Burn rubber. Dryer? High heat.
The exception: Thermostat in winter.
Oh. I also never realized bellybutton lint was a real thing.
Edit to add: Didn't know sneezes could be **SO LOUD**.
You should hear my neighbour's sneezes. She sounds like a nuclear bomb going off.
They poop so much. maybe it’s just my bf. i’ll go once a day maybe twice on a crazy day, he’s going every few hours, his friends too. one time i even got frustrated at it because the bathroom always smelled 😂.
I think it is something to do with testosterone, I'll go like a duck, wife's go like a sloth.
Like a sloth, so your wife climbs down to the forest floor once a week for a p*o??
Load More Replies...That's a lot of poop. I go maybe every three days? In a crazy week maybe on two consecutive days.
This! I'm always having to schedule in bathroom time around the constant pooping. Yelling out "Bathroom's free!" goes a long way with a man. It also helps to have a packet of baby wipes and a canister of Lysol available.
I am older and don't eatas much as when I was younger so I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I usually only have to poop once every two, or three days now which I like.
You can eat the same exact things, and while you both have gas, his will smell like the very depths of hell.
And no matter how old he is, he will cackle when you get caught in a haze of it.
I have a female friend who can outclass me every time. "Does your GI tract run through Jersey?"
I had no idea how much joy men get from just standing around and staring into the fridge for no particular reason.
My dad likes to stand outside and watch the sprinklers, is that the same mindset?
If their body has a lot of hair, your bathroom surfaces will need cleared at least a couple times a week. They're generally not inclined to either deal with it or clean up after it.
Men and women's vision work differently on average. Women see details, men see space. He doesn't clean it because he doesn't notice it.
I think it is just you. And I mean SPECIFICALLY you - it is difficult to see the sink/bathtub all the way from the other side of the mirror :-)
Load More Replies...Men will throw their dirty clothes on the floor no matter how many hampers you provide.
True in the case of my ex, but I can’t claim I put my stuff in the laundry basket either, it’s just in a neater pile on the floor.
Men are naturally good at DIY projects. They're also more practical with money hence the lack of new clothes and non-essentials compared to my mountain of impulse purchases.
Wrong. Men are not 'naturally' better at anything, it's just that society teaches and trains us differently from a very early age. Same with money management; that's a learned skill and is not gendered.
Men are, statistically more interested in things, while women are more interested in people. We have different interests, thus we develop different sets of skills. Those natural difference, those natural inclinations dictate what we pursue and how we are "trained" That you "can" do something doesn't matter if you don't want too.
Load More Replies...Confirmed. I'm good DIY projects, but the mountain of impulse purchases that go with them lead me to believe I could probably be a little more practical with my money. Honestly, this goes for most guys good at DIY projects, or at least a lot. There's always one more tool you need... just in case.
Load More Replies...I am a man and I don't have much maintenance skill. Wish I did though.
Men roommates are messy: women roommates are dirty.
My men roommates might leave dirty socks and shoes in the common areas. My women roommates would leave plates of food all over their room and common areas. They also never rinsed out the tub after showering, and would leave webs of hair in the tub and walls.
I used to work for a property mgmt company. I believed the stereotype that women are neat and men are slobs but not true in the slightest. Women's bathrooms- omg. And stop, for the love of god, flushing hygiene products. Men didn't clutter nearly as much, but that's because we generally have a fraction of the stuff. We don't have 17 hairbrushes or 12 bottles of moisturizer. I've lost count of the number of men's apartments that had a chair, a couch, a coffee table, and a TV. In the kitchen, one pot, one fry pan, two mismatched plates, a coffee cup, and two of each cutlery. That was about it.
Can be an esports player n die drowning in minecraft.
About three or four of these ring true and would seem to apply to men min general, or to most men. The rest of them are nearly all equally applicable to men and women, or just oddities that the poster had not come across before, neither typical of men, nor unusual in women.
I saw the whole post as an exercise in finding examples that one guy does and then generalizing that to all men. Miquel is usually one of the better writers here.
Load More Replies...Articles like this always bring out the "but I also do this", the "don't we all", "but I'm a X and also do this", etc. crowd. This isn't saying ONLY men do these things, just that these are some things that men do that surprised THESE women, FFS.
So refreshing to read some extremely positive posts about men that melted my heart--usually men are discussed in such a negative light. I love men! I think they're generally amazing! (I love women too, of course.) Now if we could only have a positive article here about great things about the U.S. -- I am sooo tired of the US bashing and it would be so uplifting.
About three or four of these ring true and would seem to apply to men min general, or to most men. The rest of them are nearly all equally applicable to men and women, or just oddities that the poster had not come across before, neither typical of men, nor unusual in women.
I saw the whole post as an exercise in finding examples that one guy does and then generalizing that to all men. Miquel is usually one of the better writers here.
Load More Replies...Articles like this always bring out the "but I also do this", the "don't we all", "but I'm a X and also do this", etc. crowd. This isn't saying ONLY men do these things, just that these are some things that men do that surprised THESE women, FFS.
So refreshing to read some extremely positive posts about men that melted my heart--usually men are discussed in such a negative light. I love men! I think they're generally amazing! (I love women too, of course.) Now if we could only have a positive article here about great things about the U.S. -- I am sooo tired of the US bashing and it would be so uplifting.
