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The differences between men and women – the ultimate inexhaustible topic. The one dead horse that we’ll probably keep beating for centuries to come. It seems that everything possible is already said. There are thousands of books and advice columns written about it, movies, TV shows, podcasts – you name it. Yet we’re still here – talking, reading, and writing about it.

This particular thread has gotten quite a lot of attention. When one netizen asked, “Women, what do you find the most confusing about men?“, almost 30k people flocked to the comments to share their thoughts. From what men really think when they fall silent to why pooping takes so long for them – the women of Reddit had many unanswered questions.

#1

30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I'm a man. But something that confused my wife is when I suddenly take a deep breath for no reason. She's like "are you ok? You sure? Anything you need to talk about? What's going on?" And I just say "nah I'm fine, think I just forgot to breathe and catching up". 

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Bored something
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's me who does that and my husband asks what's wrong.

Auntriarch
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, me too. Actually now he's so used to it that he doesn't ask any more, unless I do it twice in a row

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Colt Seavers
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank god for this post. I had completely forgotten to keep breathing

Leviathan
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS! My husband tho is the one that does it, I just need... a Deep Breath, and he instantly is "LEE ARE YOU OK OMG ARE YOU SAD OR SICK LET ME HELP YOU!"...... I usually pick the shorty up and sit him outside the room lol {im 7'4 and he's only ... 4'11 lol!}

Sebastian Garcia
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno, we just like deep breathing. Think of it as a bubble in your throat that feels super uncomfortable and can only be popped with deep breathing or sighing

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Joel Harrison
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People always ask me what's wrong when I do that! It wasn't until my last relationship that someone actually started deciphering that there are differences and not all sighs mean the same thing.

Otto Katz
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do random deep sighs, and I remember my mom used to do the same thing.

Mark
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same except I exhale or sigh

DrBronxx
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife sometimes asks me what's wrong as well.

You stole that from Robocop
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm laughing my a**e off, I get that all the time, I've never told her I've forgotten to breathe though, she'd worry.

Bettye McKee
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A co-worker did this. I would take a deep breath and she would say, "What's wrong?" I'd say, "Nothing. I'm just replenishing my oxygen."

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    #2

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men My wife's biggest gripe is that I will spend time hiking / drinking / driving / whatever with friends I haven't seen in months, and when I get home I will have absolutely nothing to report back despite having talked solidly with them for six hours. My wife on the other hand will casually pass a friend in the street and within ten minutes knows what theyve done every day since they last spoke, the health and financial status of them and all other friends and relatives, and a forward facing calendar for the next three months.

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    Alvia Vseobecna
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    :D :D :D hahaha, yes, incl. the forward facing calendar :D

    VonBlade
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is he? Didn't ask, if he was bad he'd have said. Okay but how is his partner? Not a clue, didn't ask.

    Kris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isnt that just showing an interest in other people?

    William Teach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We might not even know their last names!

    Restless panda 🇫🇮
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why women don't end up alone after divorce... Seriously, men are just stupid?

    Karen Lyon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. You ask them, so how is so and so? The response is "Good. They're good." No hubby, but three brothers. LOL.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't really ask many questions either, though it depends how my anxiety is going at the time.

    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife, but she's finally stopped giving me the 3rd degree as I'm obviously hopeless and broken beyond repair.

    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you never ask about details, no one can expect you to remember them. That frees up brain space for storing sports schedules, statistics and highlight-reel moments from important games.

    albernistuff 4sale
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    stereotypes exist because stereotypes exist.

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    #3

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I cannot understand the logic that you want me to get a full time job and work just as hard as you during the week, but also want all the comforts of a 1950’s housewife without putting in any of the work yourself.

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    Jill Rhodry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but...but...but...they take out the trash and mow the lawns once a week, it's even!

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once a week ONLY in the months when it’s warm enough for it to grow. Plus, once it’s done, it’s done and doesn’t have to be touched for another week, or season. Housework, on the other hand, happens several times a day, over and over. Every. Single. Day. Absolutely NO comparison.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Comedian Rita Rudner said that men who'd been in the military make the best husbands. They (usually) know how to look after themselves, how to do housekeeping chores, maybe even how to cook, and they're used to taking orders.

    Isabella
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or give orders, depends on which side of the military they were, haha!

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    rullyman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why you marry a man older than at least 26. People get married at 22 and wonder why their husband seems like a grubby lazy student for life. I married my husband at 32. He had already lived on his own for many years and knew how to maintain a space nicely!

    similarly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I generally get 1-2 days off a week. When do housewives get a day off? Even during times when my wife has been a "housewife", I still do housework because it's still my house, I live there, I help mess it up: and my wife and I are a team. If something needs to be done, I'm there.

    Rostit.. .
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is not about most men at all. I work 2x as many hours as my wife and we handle chores together.

    Rinso the Red
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, this is total b******t. Marriage is a team sport.

    Phil Green
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're very unlucky. I do all the cooking, I iron, do laundry, clean, do the garden, hang stuff on the line... It's all about sharing the load.

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No real man wants that. We want a woman that helps us better ourselves, that we we can live with, that helps balance out our flaws with their strengths, someone we can trust and rely on. Relationships are not a 50/50 split! The split fluctuates depending on the circumstances, sometimes it 60/40, sometimes it 20/80, but you work together to make it work.

    Stephanie Barr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think most women think like that. I know far more men with wives that work just as long hours, not understanding why women can't get the dinner on the table at his convenience and leave all housework and child care to her. Not all men, but far too many.

    Another Fool on the Hill
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not sure, about which part OP is upset - the full-time job or the housewife. And I don't understand why she even bother about this. If she doesn't can oder want to fulfill his demands, she doesn't have to.

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    Are men and women really that different? Are we bound to not understand each other for the rest of time? It's true that many Americans think that way. The Pew Research Center did a survey in 2017 where they asked men and women whether they see gender differences. The majority claimed they do, but their opinions on whether it's biological or societal differ.

    Women believe the differences between men and women appear because of societal expectations. Men, on the other hand, say that these differences are biological.

    The researchers asked the respondents about such things as physical abilities, how each gender expresses their feelings, and hobbies and personal interests. Interestingly, both men and women agreed that both genders are basically the same when it comes to work-related skills.

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    #4

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I don’t find this confusing, more sad. A lot of men aren’t told how handsome, sexy, good looking they are. I tell my husband how much he turns me on daily, and I feel like women get that all the time but men, not so much. Edit: Dang this blew up. I just want to say all you guys deserve to be told how sexy you are and you should definitely let it be known! I don’t think a lot of partners out there realize how much you’d appreciate it.

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    Tobias Reaper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i recently grew beard my best friend told me i look like a hot Viking it made my year

    Porribix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    someone told me i had a nice tie on 10 years ago and i'm still coasting on it.

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    Doctor Strange
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can recall the last time I got a genuine, unsolicited, compliment on my appearance. I was 6 years old. Never again after that. (I'm 40, by the way)

    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's been that long, look inward, Grasshopper.

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    CP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One compliment will keep me fed for six months.

    zovjraar me
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i tell my husband he's still the sexiest man i've ever seen at least twice a year LOL

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true. Compliment a man it will make his day, and many of them will remember the exact words you used years later.

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never been told that. The mirror is always ready to explain to me why.

    François Bouzigues
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You all guys are hot. When i was 17, i was complexed as hell, sure i was ugly AF. 25 years later, turns out i don´t look half bad with a beard, longer hair and 10 pounds extra. Start wuth pretending you are hot and you´ll get here.

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    Shaunn Munn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hub's is 100% sexier & cuter than me. He's also a sweetheart! Has been since we met. You better believe I let him know he's still my prize. It's like winning a lifetime lottery with monumental payouts. What he sees in me I don't know, but I don't question blessings!

    Kendra Miller
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem is because it's uncommon, when women to give compliments to men, it's considered an invitation or flirting. I'm sorry I don't want to get murdered

    Mette Stenersen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Compliment a partner, absolutely! Give compliments to other men? I stopped that years ago. They always thinks I'm into them and want them in bed. So no more!

    Shawn NowayJose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is out of fear that some men might misconstrue a friendly complement as romantic interest and be viewed as having been led on when it doesn't go that way. Men are unfortunately starved for intimate connections due to societies rules about how a man ought to be. We are basically taught that we can only be open and vulnerable with our moms and our wives/girlfriends... possibly other men if intoxicated. This leads to men overemphasizing any friendliness from women, which causes woman to avoid being too friendly to men, especially ones they dont know. It's a sad state of affairs.

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    #5

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men When my boyfriend is quiet for too long and I ask him what he’s thinking about, and he says simply, “nothing”, and shrugs. This happens at least twice a month. What … what do you mean … nothing???? You can actively sit there and just wipe your brain clean??? No buzz buzz?? Just elevator music behind the eyes??? What kind of f*****g superpower is that and where do I sign up??

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    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "nothing" just means we are well into a train of thoughts, and we don't really want to share because it would take way too much time and explanations, so we would very much prefer going on with our musings undisturbed.

    Raphapablap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, for me nothing means nothing. I can zone out easily.

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    You stole that from Robocop
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's usually c**p like "I wonder what my volume is in ping pong balls?"

    William Teach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You can actively sit there and just wipe your brain clean???" Yes. Yes, we can

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As often as not it's more "I can't remember, now you've interrupted my train of thought. I suppose I must have been thinking of _something_ but it wasn't important enough to be memorable even just a few seconds later.

    manu michael
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    two things: either too many things to be explained, orrrr we zone out to nothing at all.

    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Defragging the drive. Reorganizing the data, getting rid of useless data like important dates, wiping the empty space, etc.

    Porribix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one of my favourite thought trains is "what could i take with me back in time to gain status and wealth and how would i do it?" electronics? no power. But some of the cooking recipes around perhaps I could make flavoured vodkas, cakes, artisan breads. A basic medical knowledge could support a successfull apothecary. But when asked i always say nothing because i just dont feel like going through all the process that led me to this point.

    detective miller's hat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so jealous of this. Makes me think of the time in high school when we went on a class trip to some science museum and they had a machine that would measure brainwaves. A bunch of guys in my class took turns trying to make it flatline.

    Otto Katz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes ask Mr. what he is thinking, It's usually 'how we going to pay the bills.'. He never asks me what am I thinking.

    A Nelson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha paying the bills was our code words in front of the kids. He was always thinking about the bills lol

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    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's this thing called "I don't have to tell you what I'm thinking since it's usually personal / wouldn't make sense / is embarrassing, so I just say nothing to satisfy you"

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    #6

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men You can be completely oblivious to any mess in the house but can spot a wall has been brush painted in the wrong direction from 20ft away.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mess in the house is something that can be quickly and easily rectified. A badly-painted wall is an abomination that you've got to live with for some time.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the Lord spake, "Brush bottom to top never left or right". Thus the wall was completed and the circle closed.

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    Trillian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is only the case when you don't consider housework "your job"

    robin aldrich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they have selective hearing, selective seeing, selective ....everything.

    Szzone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a man and for me it's completely the other way around.

    meow point1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad once didn't notice that we'd put up the Christmas tree, but did notice a box out of place.

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because we see a difference between a 'mess' and 'lived in'. It's just that that line is a bit blurry for us.

    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right. If it doesn't smell bad and no one's tripping over it, there's no problem that needs fixing.

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    yeeyee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the details that matter.

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    Is there a way to find out which is really true? Are the differences between men and women biological or is it actually nurture, not nature? It's a difficult topic to approach as an academic. Bias can even exist in research. There is no consensus on the issue even at this time. Some researchers believe that people are born being more masculine or feminine. English clinical psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen is in that camp with his E-S theory

    Others, like philosopher Judith Butler, assert that gender is performative. According to her, we establish gender identity through behavior, so different behaviors can construct different genders. Not-so-academic and more easily digestible proponents like British science journalist Angela Saini invoke science. 

    She's the author of Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – And the New Research that’s Rewriting the Story, and says that we shouldn't have equality because science says it's possible. "There's no reason why we can't have equality if we want it," she told Slate. "Science doesn't say that equality is impossible. We are adaptable and plastic as a human species. We can have society any way we want."

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    #7

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men You know that meme, where a woman is thinking "huh, he's probably thinking about other women" and in actuality the guy is thinking the most random of things. Yeah. That.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to statistics, he's just thinking about the Roman Empire.

    H G
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Totally fine, we women do the same

    Christopher Bowers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I tend to not think of anything especially when trying to sleep. Empty ones mind is a faster way to sleep. It takes a lot of practice, but I find a fan helps and just keeping ones eyes closed and block out all sounds.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum does this a lot, assuming I'm thinking whatever random thing she has thought of (aka, jumping to conclusions based on nothing) when I'm either thinking absolutely nothing or something completely different. Most commonly, because I'm quiet I must be thinking something serious

    Five Years
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm, I think about Vanna and what dress she's wearing a half hour every day. Today it was a pants suit, yesterday a sun dress. What else do you need to know?

    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine was thinking - 'When grass is green, it grows' and other Master of the obvious gems

    Steve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Top 3 random thoughts: 1) Pizza. 2) Squirrels. 3) Squirrels making pizza

    William Teach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or nothing. We've opened The Nothing Box. Search that by Mark Gungor

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    #8

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why they can’t find anything that is right in front of them I swear to god I find everyone’s things for them at work!

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    Ritchat
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This drives me nuts! I swear, I even started to put things out on the counter for him when I know he will need them later and he still just doesn't see them. He's also not able to find things behind other things, even when they are in the same spot as always. It's like this barrier he just can't overcome. Also, it's just so much more convenient to ask me after the first half-assed attempt to find something instead of searching for just 1 more minute.

    zovjraar me
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS! all the way THIS! LOOK BEHIND SOMETHING OMG!

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    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes we can't find stuff because it isn't where we left it.

    M Calad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! I have a friend says this. He has a big workshop where he repairs and renovates cars as a hobby. The workshop is a TOTAL mess, but he magically knows where everything is remembering where he left it. If you move it out of place and even put it stupidly visible, he won't find it.

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    Sharrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then don't do it, right? How else will they learn?

    Eric Soliday
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't learn. I have been this way for years

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    Crzwaco
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because someone moved it. There is this picture where the guy left a paperclip on the ground and someone asked him if they had a paperclip and he could cleary say where it was.

    Jacob B.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because its not where it was when I last saw it. Get something in the fridge and notice the mayonnaise is on the second shelf. Make a sandwich a few days later and its not there, so we keep searching the second shelf when its been moved to the side shelf.

    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the thing is, I LOOKED THERE! Three times! It was. Not. There. Yes, I can see it is NOW. It's probably quantum.

    Louis Wright
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have long been able to overlook things I'm looking straight at. One day recently, I was looking all over for my cell phone and a stranger asked me what I was looking for and I told her. She then pointed to my hand.

    Petra Schaap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my boyfriend cant find the nutella if its moved to the left 3 cm, but he will find my earrings, keys, sd sticks or other small things on random places

    Richard Willis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just yesterday, at my MiL's house, I actually moved a trug into a step in a step ladder while looking for something on which to stand in the garden!

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    #9

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I find it confusing how men are so forgiving. It’s one of the things I adore the most about men and find the most baffling. I’m learning now that men will get over things like 40 minutes after they happen and genuinely get frustrated and sad when their girls hold grudges. I’ve found that the people I’ve had falling outs with and was able to rekindle my friendships with were mostly all men. I also find it weird how men will fight each other and then be best friends the next day.

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    SM
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends, tempers flare, you get it out of your system, and you go on. But for some things that are deemed serious, there might not ever be forgiveness.

    LilliVB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's not really a gender thing. In my family my mother and I can't be mad for long, we snap, we get it out of our system, and it's forgotten. My dad and my younger brother, on the other hand, can be surly and hold a grudge over something minor for days

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    Jeevesssssss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm female but only have a handful of grudges from my life. The smaller things people have done that I've let go, there's been no point staying mad for the sake of it - I might have been annoyed, inconvenienced, or temporarily upset, but nothing that rocked the foundations of my life. Holding on just makes me feel bitter and resentful and I don't like how that feels so I drop it. If a person is a repeat offender I will let them go but I won't be bitter. The big things I've forgiven have generally been because of empathy and understanding the other person. Generally they've been damaged ++. At no point does it mean they behaved acceptably, but it does allow for forgiveness.

    Jeevesssssss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The grudges I do hold, though, I think are healthy. Behaviour I think is inexcusable and not a product of trauma, mental illness etc. These don't negatively impact me and I don't think about them unless something brings them up (rare), and they feel like an assertion that actually, that's not an acceptable way to treat me and I deserve to be treated better.

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    Gavin Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holding a grudge takes effort, I don’t like things that take effort. I’ve got a limited amount of emotional energy, it’s reserved for humans that matter, if you are going to upset me thst much then you quickly arrive in the ‘you don’t matter’ box, that immediately means I can detach myself from the situation and carry on as before.

    Just Another Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The men in my family have held the longest grudges I’ve ever seen. 10-20 years where they just won’t speak to each other…and can’t remember why.

    Rafael
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a respect/disrespect thing, so depends on the apology. A simply "sorry, bro, my bad" will erase anything short of murder. But I can hold a seething hate towards flippant, unrepentant people that wronged me.

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is because men are generally problem solvers. We will say our piece, we'll argue our point, then (pride permitting) someone will accept the loss. A lot of the time, we know that an apology was not sincere, but at least they had the respect to say it, now we can move on. Once the problem has passed, it's a simple case of 'is this something that I want to remove the person from my life for?' and realistically, the answer is often 'no'.

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And women aren’t problem solvers? Jesus.

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    Christopher Bowers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am the type of person that gives extra chances. Everyone has bad days, I tend to never hold a grudge with anyone. But now if one does something very wrong or disturbing, then that is a different story. I just no longer speak with them, and try to avoid seeing them. Sometimes though if they really worked on themselves and made up for those things and I have seen and heard from others they improved, I will encourage them to keep at it and hopefully they will stay on the right track.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a couple grudges that go back a decade or so, but it's something that was super serious.

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    #10

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why do men always have the prettiest and longest eyelashes?

    Horny_Mandrake , Jose Musa/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Porribix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't mess with them :)

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally no. Testosterone gives you thicker eyelashes. Stop blaming women for things out of their control.

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    Leviathan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have long beautiful white eyelashes {im albino} I hated them, so I would color them in, Black for stark, brown for natural, and if I dyed my hair crazy {loved the pink and looked great when it grew out!} I go with the same shade, but I usually use Benefit Lash Primer: Mink brown for everyday use, I also have distichiasis, or double eyelashes, and sadly for the last month the bottom lashes have been growing Back into my eye, so i had to have them all plucked {not as painful as you think if you have a shot of whisky} and have to wait for them to grow in right, I have to keep plucking the ones that go back toward my eye tho, and my right eye [it's blind} is worse so I have to pluck the top sides, so only the middle of my top eyelashes are there, I hope by summer it fixes!

    Szzone
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't know. I'm one of those men. My long, pretty eyebrows are wasted on me. Trust me I'd trade them for some extra height and less fat.

    Diane H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To attract women, just like the male peacock is prettier than the hen, lol

    Angrykitten
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men in general just have thicker facial hair, affects eye lashes too. I will take my mascara over a man's beard any day

    Daddy’s Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And generally long trim legs. My brother had the nicest legs. Me? Meh

    Philybeef
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eyelashes are not purely for looks. They're a safety mechanism to help keep our hair, dust, and other minute particles away from our eyes. Typically men work in outdoors and other harsh environments so longer eyelashes are useful for us.

    rullyman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Testosterone encourages hair growth

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    #11

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men That "we ain't going to the doctor" but the limb has fallen off.

    Ok-Championship-9047 , Luciann Photography/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    BTDubs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad walked around on a broken leg for weeks before my mom demanded he go to the doctor. Guys, your health isn't trivial, it's vital to you and your family and not going to the doc in some cases is a very selfish act.

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s how my dad lost a toe. The infection got into the bone.

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    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s just a flesh wound. (If you know, you know)

    QuinnIsBean (he/they)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    • • ⊰ ꕤ ⬚ • I have watched that specific clip so many times it's almost concerning. /hj

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    Amanda Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went through this recently a few days ago with my dad. He's 77. He fell and hit his head. He kept insisting that he didn't need to go to the ER. I kept insisting that he needed to go to the ER. We went to the ER. Thankfully he checked out okay, just needs to take things easy for a bit. He had a fall last year that resulted in a broken femur and a month long stay in the hospital so I wasn't taking any chances with him having a potential second major injury. He's still grumbling at me about both ER trips.

    S R Godwin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, see my comment above. I never heard the end of it "What do I need a doctor for at my age....etcetc"

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    Andrew Arons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, limbs grow back, as long as you don't pick at the scab.

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It's only a scratch".

    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!

    the sixthgirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't actually believe they're 'toughing it out' so much as scared shitless.

    Tommy DePaul
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father refused to see a doctor and when he finally did he didn't follow the doctor's instructions. He died at 73. My mother was a hypochondriac and went to the doctor at the drop of a hat. She lived to be 89.

    Angrykitten
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened to my husband, I finally got him to go to the Dr. Turns out he had bilateral pulmonary embolism. Thankfully he pulled through. But it was very scary

    Steve Hall
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not true with everyone. I have always gone to the doctor every three months, just because I can. My late wife was totally opposite, she refused to go unless she was very sick, she waited too long one time.

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    #12

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why they take such a long time to poop. Do you go in there when you actually need to go or just because you think you might need to go so you just sit for a while to see what happens? As a woman both kinds of trips to the toilet take the same amount of time for me. But every man I know makes pooping a 30 minute event.

    oldMiseryGuts , RDNE Stock project/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's quiet time. Close the door, guaranteed solitude, do some thinking, read the paper in peace, etc.

    Mia Black
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know many guys who do this but I still don't get it because all of them had or have more than one other room they could choose from. With a door, comfortable seats/sofa and everything else. There is no need to do it on the toilet. Honestly. (Edit: none of them had kids or nagging partners. )

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK that sounds like something he might need to see a doctor about.

    Rostit.. .
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only spend about 2-3minutes pooping. The rest is beating some levels in a game or thinking about how to defeat an attack of racoons.

    Toothless Feline
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s the only place in some homes where a guy can be alone.

    Gavin Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a loobrary. The latest copy of Private Eye sat in a rack, read a couple of articles, there’s no hurry is there?

    Daddy’s Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was my dad. He used to “sit” for ever in the morning. As an adult looking back I think it was his quiet time.

    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    5 minutes of doing the business. 25 mins of being left the f*** alone.

    Lady Gypsy Rain
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doctors have told me this is the worst habit to get into and can actually make having a bm more difficult and painful over time. They told me to only go when I knew I needed to and only give it a few minutes to start and if it doesn’t, finish and try again later. Being someone who only has bm one week out of every month, I can tell you they aren’t lying. I know this is possibly a bit tmi, but if I can help others avoid the issues I’ve developed I’ll consider it worth the embarrassment.

    Restless panda 🇫🇮
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are women stupid? I would totally hide in the shower for at least 3 hours if I could. Yes from family, are you stupid again?

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    #13

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I'm a man, but let me offer something I find confusing about other men, which I'm sure women do too. Why do you get so defensive when a woman points out some trait of men they've been around that they don't like? Why do you feel personally attacked? If you don't like the accusations that some men are pervs and rapists, what does it matter if you're not a perv or a rapist? The term "not all men" gets thrown around a lot but a) no one said it was and b) it being "some men" is enough that women have to be careful. All you need to do is not be that guy, and call out s****y behaviour when you can. That's it.

    AlterEdward , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're making generalisations that imply all, or even most men have any given flaw or bad trait then you really are making a personal attack on me. Of course I'll defend myself and my fellow men against it.

    Shaunn Munn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with women. We're not all vacant headspace and googly over clothes/makeup/hair, whatever. Those of us who aren't don't like being lumped with the ditzes.

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    iseefractals
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they're making a generalization....as if it applies to all men. "Men are trash" gets thrown around a lot, that's not making a distinction about "some men" but stated as some sort of rule. My younger cousin, a woman, totaled TEN cars in the span of 3 years. She is a terrible driver. Is it acceptable to say that "women are terrible drivers"? It's not a riddle, how you present things, and the words you use, matter.

    Šimon Špaček
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me the trigger is usually when two or three women talk about something, they say something like "men are just ..." and they look at me and say "right?" When I reply "not all men are rapist, as evidence, I never raped anyone" they usually say something like "oh, you just didn't have an opportunity".

    Cathy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait what? You have the wrong female friends 🤯

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    Adrian
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a generalization that women make that bothers me, that only women are victims of domestic violence. Men are too but it's way underreported. Classic example is the Violence Against Women Act. Where's the Violence Against Men Act?!

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took me a while to understand this one because I never feel personally attacked (unless someone is actually attacking/accusing me). But as for what OP's talking about, well, there will be a number of different reasons depending on the individual and situation. Some of my friends do not like those sweeping generalisations because one of our number has served time prison for a rape he did not do. I myself, have been questioned by the police in connection to an alleged sexual assault, when I was not even in the same county! So my friends will get the a**e when you say 'men' with the implication that you mean 'all men'. However, they will ALL intervene is the witness any form of harassment if they see it. They would readily put themselves in harms way to protect someone from abuse. Personally I don't give a shite, I'll be the first to say 'All men are arseholes', because I know I don't mean 'ALL MEN'.

    Averysleepypanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Y’all in the comments really be missing the point on this one

    Szzone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any group tends to generalize slights against them. And any group that is accused of having recurring flaws that lead to slights being often committed tends to deny it by saying the issue only concerns a few bad individuals. It's cognitive dissonance reduction. Whatever group you belong to, you want to feel morally right, and the other groups morally bad. It's never your fault after all. Yes we can all agree how often men systematically hurt women. On that we should agree. But bring up men's mental health and see how many of your women allies will turn it around and pin everything on men. Yes the patriarchy is an issue but not only men make mistakes.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because all too often the woman pointing out that trait says "men do this." If she said "a man did this" or "some men do this" we wouldn't care.

    Jane Hower
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'some men' is why I do a LOT of safety and security things!!!!!!!

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    #14

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men My gf is still baffled at the fact that I can just turn off my brain and not think of anything

    ButtDealer , Khoa Võ/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know about other men, but it is VERY rare that I'm not thinking of "anything", but I can certainly not think of anything important. Just random thoughts, the kind you can't remember because they never make it out of short-term memory.

    HTakeover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like listening to a little kid tell a story.

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    Rostit.. .
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes I contemplate what I would do if I had to fight off a dozen racoons and I only had some ramen and plunger. thats the sort of things I think about when I shut my brain off.

    BoredPossum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We might observe stuff without having an active thought process.

    Lynn Morello
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, that just doesn't happen... Ever.....

    Definitely a Human
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're not thinking of anything, how do you know you were doing it?

    Shawn NowayJose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man with ADD here, I envy this ability. I studied Zen and Stoicism and practice constantly to achieve this state. Now you tell me other guys can do it naturally without trying?

    Tommy DePaul
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking that this is the third incarnation of this idea on this list.

    manu michael
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i can do two things: either too many things to be explained, orrrr zone out to nothing at all.

    Lady Gypsy Rain
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want this superpower as someone else mentioned above. I’ve constantly got at least two things going on at once to keep my brain occupied. I simply cannot shut my brain up and will go at least five nights without sleep sometimes before I start seeking out something to knock me out. I’m fairly certain I could go more nights without sleep but on the morning of day six, I start desperately seeking something to knock me out. I used to use alcohol for that morning and get four hours of sleep for each glass of wine. I’ve decided my body can’t take the hits from alcohol any longer (nothing in over a year now) so my doctors are trying to get me sleep through meds. I can’t take normal sleep meds unless I want to have nightmare hallucinations. So much fun. Wish I could turn my brain off.

    Sebastian Garcia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men have that ability. Idk they just do

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    #15

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How they're able to have so much fun with their friends all the time They make digging a hole in the beach with their friends look like the most fun thing in the world I really admire that

    Bunnietears64 , Mental Health America (MHA) / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    White Sauce Hot Sauce
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the activity that's fun. It's just the fact that we're hanging out with the boys.

    Gavin Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d argue that the activity AND hanging out are fun. It’s fun squared.

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    Steve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Golden retriever boyfriends

    Szzone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yo the digging topic again, there's definitely recurring things here

    Terri-Georgia Print
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you don't have good enough friends? I sat with my best mate and helped her wrap Christmas presents (which I hate!!) We ended up dying with laughter the whole time!

    lawrence Andrew
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we a doing stuff we do not need to talk.

    Stymied Egan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm like this with my friends. All you need are people that don't care how they look when they are having fun.

    Historyharlot93
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband and sons always admired the sticks they’d pick up while camping/hiking, comparing them like connoisseurs. I’ve learned how to appreciate a good stick now.

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    #16

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men The obsession some men have with sports. Personally I don't get it, it's just a bunch of guys throwing a ball around for two hours. I'm not bashing anyone who likes sports, I just don't get it.

    Scorchsandwing , ELEVATE / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never got it myself. I'm not a typical man though. I only think about the Roman Empire about once a week instead of every day.

    Cristi nah
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think about the Roman Empire frequently and I am a woman... And an historian

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    Richard Willis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Football (soccer) - 22millionaires kicking a bag of wind round a field!

    Mike F
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And tripping themselves every 10 minutes or so to roll on the ground in fake agony to slow the game a bit.

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    Randy Sanders
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sportsing is a weapon of mass distraction.

    Alicia M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get it either. It's entertainment. That's all.

    Az
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love watching sport. It's interesting enough for me to watch but it doesn't take up too much brain capacity. It's relaxing. I can engage with it or I can zone out every now and then. I feel like my mind can do whatever it wants for an hour or so and there's no consequences. Bliss

    Allen Packard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel the same way about kardashians and the bachelor. I have no idea why these people are entertaining?

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love sports, to do them, even though I don't do much of them these days. But I have never found it that interesting to watch others do it.

    Ronnie Beaton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a guy and I don't get it either. 99% of sports are just glorified children's games.

    Michael None
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This, 1000% this. As a man, I also hate that every other man wants to talk to me about sports. I have no vested interest in a sports team just because it happens to be in the city I live in and I don't base my personality in any way around a bunch of sweaty men grunting their way across a field playing a children's game.

    Mathieu Brouwers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not obsessed with sports. But I like emotions (win, loss or failure) and well-executed choreography (the movement and effort for a new record).

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    #17

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men When they behave as the smartest man in the world and five minutes later as the village idiot.

    theblissybliss , Julia M Cameron/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen girls do that, too. Financial/budgeting wiz one moment, then boyfriend arrives, she's a total ditz.

    Jim Kang
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because we don't define ourselves as a genius/idiot, we're both. Sometimes at the same time.

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    Roger9er
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because we are both.

    WindySwede
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all have stronger ang weaker sides? 🙃 (also *behaves* or actually are...?)

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think everyone does this, but for (most) men, we like problem solving, so when there is something that needs sorting, we turn on clever brain. When there are no problems, we turn on fun brain... sadly fun brain is rather daft.

    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha! Please stop talking about my bf's dad. 😂

    Tim Douglass
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because all men share one brain and we only get to use it for a brief period before passing it along.

    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always lived by the mantra: "It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool than to open it and remove all doubt".

    BoredPossum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like a switch. Having to prove our wits to someone vs feeling safe enough to just be ourselves.

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    #18

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Some men have absolutely no problem picking after themselves at work, but forget how to do it the moment they step into their homes. I swear it’s like a switch. How can you keep a whole workshop at work neat and tidy, but forget that the laundry basket exists?

    onixma , Andrea Piacquadio/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    birdhouse
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Out of my wife and 3 daughters I am the one always picking up, Women / girls are absolute disasters. Hair brushes, clothes, dishes everywhere!

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me, or are girls' bathrooms generally messier than boys'?

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    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not the messy one in our house (I'm a man), but I think I can give an explanation. At work it is required, and when that person gets home, they can "relax" and do things on their own terms. And for lots of people that means not sweating a bit of mess.

    Trillian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same answer as before: They don't consider housework "their job".

    Philly Bob Squires
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm total opposite! I'm the housekeeper and the wife makes the money... at least nowadays! I do love feeding her though!

    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At work, it's not mine. At home, it's mine. I still clean at home, but I'm much more relaxed about it, because I'm in my home, not in a professional setting. So maybe it is a switch, from professional to personal. How extreme the switch is depends on the person.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on the item(s). But in the example given; If a workshop is not neat and tidy, people loose body parts or lives. We know the laundry basket exists, but what if the clothing is worn, but not quite dirty enough to be washed? We know we can get another use out of it, but we don't want to put it with the dirty clothes because then it could become smelly, and we don't want to put it with the clean clothes, because then they can become dirty. That's the solution that make sense to us...

    Matthew Barabas
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its a known psychological effect. it even works when you enter or leave a room.

    Never Snarky
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They get used to being spoiled at home.

    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men don't generate garbage at the same rate women do.

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    #19

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men When a guy will slip something very heartbreaking into a convo , like something an extremely abusive parent did or whatever and he’s talking about it very casually and your like holy f**k my dude are you alright but you can’t actually say that or overreact too much because he’ll never tell you anything again if you do so you have to sit there and be like ahhh yes that sucks dude but inside ur like sir may I hug you please

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    BenyA.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we don't like being pitied, probably because it makes us feel even smaller or helpless

    Becky Samuel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why assume that it's pity? Empathy and compassion are not 'pity'.

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    Jill Rhodry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm...not sure that's a gendered thing - more like unrecognised childhood trauma - you tend to laugh about it or be matter of fact until you see the horror on other people's faces.

    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We wouldn't bring it up if we hadn't dealt with it enough to mention in passing.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. It may be relevant to the conversation, but it's not really the topic at hand, and we don't necessarily want to change the subject.

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    Andrew Arons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I accidentally did this a week ago. I'm 56, and both my parents died at the age of 57. I casually mentioned this to my wife and daughter during a regular conversation as an interesting bit of trivia, and they both went completely silent. I had to do some serious back-pedaling. I suppose it would've been worse if they had high-fived each other.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually it's because the man has already accepted what has happened, as something that has happened. After all, what you gonna do? You cant change the past. While he hasn't actually dealt with it (usually because they don't know how), acceptance and moving on is 'just the way it's done'. Wait until the gathering is over, pull him aside and give him that hug. He needs it! He doesn't realise he needs it, but he needs it.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe, maybe not. Wait until the gathering is over, pull him aside and OFFER him that hug. If he says, "No thanks, I'm OK." it means no thanks, he's OK.

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    WindySwede
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've come to belive (after several posts here on BP) this could be 'normal' for anyone with abusive parents? Maybe thinking it's 'normal'?

    setsuriseikou
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's one way to look at it. Although the idea of abusive parents being seen as a kind of norm saddens me immensely.

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    QuinnIsBean (he/they)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    • • ⊰ ꕤ ⬚ • This happens a lot with me, I will just mention something not so good that my parents or siblings do, and then never elaborate or mention it again. Is anyone else that way?

    You stole that from Robocop
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can tell when someone's hurting and when they're about to break and nothing you can say will stop that spiral, so you crack a left field out of nowhere offensive joke that has that 2 second silence of "did he seriously just say that?" And you've deflected, you've broken the spiral, they're either massively offended (unlikely) or relieved that you snapped them out of it and genuinely laugh and all is right again.

    Anonymous Anomaly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Often, speaking for myself, you don't realize what isn't "normal", when it was all you knew growing up. It takes a table of blank stares at you to make you realize

    Dirk Daring
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We grew up being told be a man, don't cry, stop complaining, don't be such a sissy, etc.

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    #20

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why some men don’t go to the doctor or dentist, unless someone else makes the appointment for them.

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    David Fox
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do the same. Not because I'm lazy but I hate the fuss. My wife has saved my life more than twice by getting me to a GP. I came out of hospital a week ago with kidney failure because I didn't want a big fuss over a kidney stone.

    J
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you made your wife deal with the fuss. And your wife probably took care of you during recovery. You dumped all the effort on your spouse, which I could understand if you’re a child but you’re an adult partner.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first I know that Mr Auntriarch has a problem is when he returns from the pharmacy with a prescription. He's pretty self reliant. Which means it's even more satisfying to pamper him now and again

    Angela Castro
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I can't be sure he'll remember anything the doctor says, so I have to go in with him now that these are life and death issues.

    Ian Shaw
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know women like this too...not a gender issue.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a farmer. I'll only go if it's absolutely necessary.

    Sean Sean
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the USA it would depend on your healthcare plan. Some, the expensive ones, will cover just about anything. But most try to find excuses to not cover anything, and many procedures are just to expensive to have done without insurance,

    Christopher Bowers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of times its how we was brought up to just tough things out and suck it up pretty much. Other times, we either feel like we cannot really afford it or feel the money could be used on other needs, to even times when we don't know if we will be able afford it if its something serious like needing a surgery and/or extended time off. How much time off and with or without pay is different for various jobs.

    Becky Samuel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Putting it off leads to much greater pain and expense down the line. It just isn't worth it. Do you want to live the last years of your life being active, or stuck in a recliner in constant pain?

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    Mia Black
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is just as stupid as common, sadly

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    #21

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men So many men I know pass off just this really chill vibe and they all seem to just be cool with each other. How tf do they do it!?!?

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    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don’t care who has the better outfit, eyelashes, shoes, makeup, hair, purse, butt, etc…

    Nikole
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhh most sane, intelligent women don’t do that either

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    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll tell you part of it. For most men, if we have a disagreement about something, even if it involves raised angry voices, once we've moved past it it's like it never happened and it's all good. I think women tend to stay mad longer.

    ynyrhydref56
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because emotions are deemed unmanly so you all have this studied air of coolness?

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you are confident in yourself it is fairly easy to come across that way.

    Raphapablap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very easy to find common ground

    Joy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband snapped at me yesterday because I didn't freak out over something that's totally fixable. He's a huge worrywart and I'm.......not. It's frustrating sometimes.

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No jealousy. They're not competing against each other.

    Allen Packard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't compete with each other. We're bros. (Unless someone does something very unbro like)

    Gavin Johnson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because when we find men of similar outlooks or who enjoy what we do then that’s what matters. It’s so much easier to focus on what connects us rather than what doesn’t. Yeah there are some blokes who love a pissing contest but they’ll all find each other and we can all carry on without them. My mates are a diverse bunch but there’s no one comparing income, or outfits or flash watches or whatever, we all love live music and that’s what we are focussed on. Roll on the next pint and a gig, this weekend, pretty much every week in fact.

    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is the alternative? If we dislike someone, we'll know in a few seconds. Pass that test and it's all chill.

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    #22

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men What happens to your d***s when you run? Do you feel them flop around? And what do you do with it when you ride a bike?

    Table_nochairs , Ketut Subiyanto / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The invention of underwear largely rendered this query superfluous.

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yes, I wear bike shorts, under another pair of shorts when pedaling. I am aware ain't NOBODY wants to see me in bike shorts alone. Look like a marshmallow stuffed into a thimble.

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    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They tend to spin in a circle like a windmill, so we wrap a wire coil around them to generate electricity for charging our phones

    setsuriseikou
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, so you get that and proper pockets for your pants too? God, why is this life so unfair!

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    Mark Fergel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I won't wear boxers. Who needs that stuff flopping all over the place? We already have to deal with random erections. Who the hell needs fabric friction causing even more.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my brother was a teen, my mum had to talk to him about wearing only boxers around the house, because he would sit with his feet up and you could see up the leg holes!

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    Szzone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Underwear. And about bikes, you sit on your åss, not your dîck, but sitting wrong or a bumpy ride might be painful.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not meaning to be crude but, the same thing that happens with your boobs. They are usually supported by undergarments, and when they are not, the flop about. Understanding about the position of genitalia would answer the bike part of the question.

    Cosmo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone with larger boobs I will say that bras can only help so much so I wondered if the same thing was an issues for dudes

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    Anonymous Anomaly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wear boxers and yes, it flops. It doesn't hurt or anything, but I can't stand the tight feeling of briefs or boxer briefs.

    Ian Shaw
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our underwear is supportive, in much the same way a good bra is. Unless we're commando, ain't nothing happening like you suppose.

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From what I have seen, women and their breast are a much LARGER problem. 🤣 And if you haven't noticed, men's tools contract and pull in when not excited. I haven't seen that to be the case for women. 🤣

    Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the height of hilarity when, in 2020 when pretty much no one was going anywhere, my 12 year old son explained to his dad where to put his junk when learning to ride a unicycle.,

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    #23

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I’m a dude, but why do we all pretty much collectively enjoy digging random holes? Especially at the beach. Edit: just got back from the beach and yes, I did dig a hole there!

    Gamerbrineofficial , Ayman Mustapha Nouas/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How else can you find the buried pirate treasure?

    Mark
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s therapeutic, and gives you a lot of self confidence when the hole that you dug is the biggest and deepest on the beach

    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's good practice for when you need to bury a random body.

    S R Godwin
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because you're a dog at heart?.......just saying

    Five Years
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I charge triple if I've got to run a shovel.

    Crescent 3
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Dig it oh, oh, oh, dig it. Dig it oh, oh, oh... Two suits, two tokens in hand. I got no respect 'cause I'm the new man. Got my shovel, shoes full of sand. Check out the tag the name's Caveman."

    Shaunn Munn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The possibility of buried treasure or a skeleton? Portal to wherever gamers go?

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    #24

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men When guys are seriously injured but act like its just a scratch… that they can somehow walk it off. All the guys I know are like this.

    CherryBlossomSunset , RDNE Stock project/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the exact opposite. Just get a cold and act like they're dying.

    Manic Mama
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or they're both types, and you never know which version you're gonna get when you put your head into the sickroom.

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    Andrew Arons
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, it's because I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail at an impressionable age...

    Sean Sean
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're taught that from a young age. Fall off your bike? Walk it off. Scrape your knee? Rub some dirt in it.

    Joel Harrison
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again. It's because the doctor costs so F-ing much in the US.

    Richard Willis
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cut yourself mending the car? Quick wipe with an oily rag, that'll sort it.

    Anonymous Anomaly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were raised being told we couldn't cry, suck it up, if you're not bleeding you're fine, or "I'll give you something to cry about".

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ironically, guys are the first to tell guys that they should 'go to the hospital for that'. But experience tells us that, we'll spend 7 hours at the A&E only to be told what we already know (it's not broken, take pain meds, and keep it elevated), and that there is nothing else that can be done. Listen, if it's still bleeding in half an hour or we think it's broken, we'll get it looked at.

    Minou the Cat
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There must be some kind of warrior's pride carved in their DNA.

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    #25

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I’ve learned a lot being married to my husband, but there’s one thing I fail to understand in general. Why do you guys like to stare out the window so often? It’s usually just going up to a window or looking out the front door, and you fall into a trance. What’s up with that?

    Foops69 , Feyza Yıldırım/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because underneath we're all cats.

    Raphapablap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woah woah woah buddy, some secrets are fine to share, but this one is over the line!

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just being in the moment. Appreciating where you are, what your circumstances are, what's going on around you, what the scenery is like, reflecting on how things could be worse, or maybe they might be better. That sort of thing.

    Mike F
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And wondering how the guy across the street managed to hang his new shutters with the type of siding he has. Sorcery? What?!

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    Ian Shaw
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To get into that state of zen, focusing far away helps. The thousand yard stare helps us into the nothing box, where much peace resides.

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it looks more normal than just staring at whatever wall we are near. We're just thinking about things and it looks less weird when you look out a window.

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we are imaging we are Bruce Wayne looking over Gotham from Wayne manor

    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It usually happens when we think about nothing. Usually outside is something moving, so our eyes can do something while the brain just... clears cache :D

    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is just a trance. We are probably thinking about ancient times or the invasion of alien meat ranchers from outer space. Nothing to be concerned about.

    Mariotevez
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are scanning the land and seeing where the roman fort would be, and how it would be defended. Because, the romans did it better!

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I haven't done this a very long time, but it certainly brings back memories. And it is sort of like a trance. Sometimes you just need to stop let the world wiz by for a while. I think this one ties into the "what are you thinking?" (nothing). Just pausing, letting the random thoughts go by and fall into nothing (not transferred from short term memory to long term).

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    #26

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men I always tell my wife if it's not (was not): moving, on fire, or naked I didn't see it.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or brush painted the wrong way? 😏

    Mia Black
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But isn't this in some points (household) ignorance to laziness? Shouldn't you try to see at least stuff that has to be done and not just saying "I don't see it"?!?

    Stymied Egan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can "hide" gifts for my husband garishly wrapped in the middle of the living room. He won't see them.

    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That actually makes sense. Anything that moves can attack, be caught for dinner or be mated with. The rest is just background.

    #27

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why can’t they find things? If you ask them to bring you something from the closet, refrigerator, living room, whatever, they can’t find it!

    singingkiltmygrandma , Aynur Latfullin/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I know this one. It's because we lack the ability to look in the right place. In our male brains, it's logical to keep the ketchup in the broom closet so that's where we look.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoa! Talk about your sweeping generalizations!

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    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can speak for myself: I put thing_a into thing_a.place. Wife moves thing_a to thing_z.place. I won't look at thing_z.place if thing_a.place is a valid location!

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife today asked me to bring her something, saying 'it's on my desk'. That meant that it could have been in any of three widely-separated locations in the house.

    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe if you just got up and got it yourself to begin with you would have saved a lot of time.

    ginshun
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a married man - guilty as changed. I can't find s**t. All I have to do is ask though and my wife can explain where it is without even looking. I don't understand it either.

    Phil
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From my own perspective, it often seems like I can't find anything because I ask where it is BEFORE I start looking for it. Especially if it's something that I don't normally use. I do this so I don't waste more time looking than I need to. I don't know where it is, you probably do, so I ask first.

    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we can’t ever find it, you’ll eventually stop asking us to look.

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is weaponised incompetence, and while I'm not judging you for a joke, it is kind of a d**k move in real life

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    Lynda Nesbitt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because the act works-and some woman will always rush off to "find" the item for the "helpless" male. I say they find it-or they don't.

    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because we would never think you’d leave your phone between the 3rd and 4th pad in the 2nd stack in the bathroom cabinet, NOT the stack in the hall closet

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, MOST of the time, it's because they never put it there, so have no visual memory it being there. Men also have great brand recognition skills, but very poor product recognition, so struggle to pick out the round can from all the other round cans, or the Rectangular block of butter from the rectangular block of cheese. It's like trying to find a specific tree in a forest. Side note: Men are actually better at remember where they DIDN'T put something, than where they did.

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    #28

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why do guys just sit in silence sometimes. I thought for a long time my boyfriend was sick of me but he was just sitting there with his brain off ig…

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brain isn't off, I just enjoy it and it doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the company either, sometimes it's just nice to sit and you know, zone out lol

    Ian Shaw
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silence is peace. As a scientist I get myself mentally exhausted often...that silence helps get to the nothing box in our heads, which helps with mental rest.

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes we are just zoning out other times we are imaging ourselves in a die hard like situation saving a building from terrorists

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's how we relax/unwind. Sometimes we thinking, sometimes we ain't. Either way, it means we're comfortable around you.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like i said above, just chilling, appreciating the moment.

    Never Snarky
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband of 50 years still does this. I can’t not be doing something. Obviously, we accommodate and tolerate each other.

    Tommy DePaul
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most repetitive post . . . .

    lawrence Andrew
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We could be using our telepathic link to to coordinate our real plans. I cannot say more.

    Bettye McKee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This does not disturb me. It's not like the silent treatment, they're just resting their brains.

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    #29

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How their crotch doesn't hurt when they run or go up the stairs. Like, even with underwear, you just have stuff hanging down there. I don't even have a large chest and it hurts to run regardless if I'm wearing a bra or not

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TBH I just don't feel it down there. Then again I don't feel much of anything anymore. Not since "The Incident". The only time I feel anything now is when I think about The Roman Empire.

    Tamra
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol! Part of me is saying "Ask about The Incident! Ask about The Incident"! The other part of me is saying "Shut up Tamra, don't you dare ask about The Incident"! It's a busy morning, inside my head.

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    SM
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to repeat this one from my answer above: From what I have seen, women and their breast are a much LARGER problem. 🤣 And if you haven't noticed, men's tools contract and pull in when not excited. I haven't seen that to be the case for women. 🤣 And for this case I will also state that whereas men's balls tend to be tender, that isn't true of their d**k.

    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We be curious because we hold our boobies when running and no one else is there - it's sort of reasonable to wonder why guys aren't holding things when running.

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    You stole that from Robocop
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sitting down awkwardly is the worst, pinching's not too bad but when you catch the fellas just right and it feels like someone just kicked you in the nuts

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as a guy I don't get the guys who were boxes. I have to wear y fronts so it doesn't all hang loose get caught in the seems of my jeans. After a certain age, it all ding dongs around. And that another reason we have to open are legs when we sit down un. If we close are legs, "think nutcracker" ouch!!!

    Ian Shaw
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've learned to walk/run without causing the consequences.

    Hugh Crawford
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Despite what many guys claim, there isn't a lot of mass down there.

    Szzone
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, proper underwear basically holds everything in place. Boobs are bigger, heavier. If you're a woman, grab your boobs and just hood them. Now grab a dîck and bålls (with consent!) and hold them. Consider the aize and weight difference.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, a knowledge of where genitals actually are could help answer this question. And they don't weigh anywhere near as much as breasts.

    Jane Hower
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their junk isn't 'hanging', it's firmly in a pair of jockey shorts, the blue jeans, and they draw up into the area behind what would be for women, the pelvic area. BUT if they land on the cross bar of a bike it will hurt like hell. Which begs the question, why were mens bikes built that way?????????????

    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The package is quite well padded and flexible. It's also held in place by our underwear.

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    #30

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How can they be so smart, and have so many knowledge about something, but they can be so, so stupid, do they have a switch about topics?

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    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't really get this one. There are all kinds of people, both men and women, some are "generalists", and know a bit about "everything", and then there are ones that are only really concerned about certain things and study up on those. If a guy or a gal is into cars, then they learn about them and can tell you all kinds of details. If it is a subject that just doesn't interest them, why would they be knowledgeable in it?

    Rinso the Red
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have to call this one out. "Stupid" in regards to what? Sounds like you're expecting knowledge about one topic to indicate they are experts on every topic? Wtf?

    Mike F
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly this. There's a difference between knowing what your drain fall should be, or where the wall stud should be found, etc and some random c**p that comes out of left field while you're driving down the highway at 70.

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    InfiniteZeek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, just because you have a PhD in Physics, does not mean you know how to bake a cake.

    Pandarosa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP, don't call anyone stupid. Use respect and please don't generalise. I'm embarrassed for you as a woman

    Javelina Poppers
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I myself am a walking encyclopedia of worthless facts.........ex: Lobbyists got their name because they were people seeking political favors who would accost President Grant in the lobby of the Willard Hotel where he liked to sit and have a daily brandy and a cigar.

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same way some women can know everything about the Kardashians or who is bonking who but can't remember how to connect the phone to the TV.

    Randy Sanders
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the caption says all that needs to be said.

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    #31

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Once upon a time my girlfriend sent me into a gas station to get her a “can of Mountain Dew”. So I go in and search all over the place but they don’t have single cans of Mountain Dew, only bottles. But then I see it... a 12 pack of canned Mountain Dew. Now in my guy brain she said “can” so I was not coming out of that store with a bottle. When I go back to the car with the 12 pack she asked why I got 12 cans of Mountain Dew. I explained my logic and she started laughing uncontrollably. She brings this up all the time with other women when explaining how “guys think differently”.

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    Norm Gilmore
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your reasoning is impeccable..

    Superb Owl
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Bring a carton of eggs. And if they have avocados, bring three." And that's how you ended up with three cartons of eggs.

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You just followed instructions? 😏

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Follow the spec, not the "intention", it is too easy to get the intention wrong. /joking

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fail to see the fault here - work as designed.

    Wintermute
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, half the women I've known would have blown their lid if you came back with a bottle and not a can. The other half wouldn't gaf. It's jut people.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we're heading out somewhere, I would have got the bottle. If we were heading home, I'd get the cans. Sound logic.

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she didnt ask for a bottle. OP did right here.

    BlueBlazer999
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drinks often taste different in different containers. She said can, she’s getting a can.

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    #32

    I don’t understand why it is so hard to take no. Why do I need to justify a straight to the point no. Like no I will not go to this basically empty of people area almost in the woods or no I don’t want to sleep with you.

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    Boris Long-Johnson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some guys learn that being pushy works. I remember from my sales training as a door to door salesman (I managed about 3 weeks lol) - 3 nos, you need to get told no 3 times before you move on. All the established guys in my team were either married or going out with gorgeous women and a couple had side pieces too despite being average at best. Sadly being pushy in this life works.

    Becky Samuel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being married to, or dating a woman with so little self-worth is not a win

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know how you girls were taught not to be easy to play hard to get? Well, guys were taught that girls play hard to get. REAL men know that it's BS, and real women know it's BS, and that's why neither has the patience for it.

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because not taking no works for them. Let's face it, the jerk that keeps pushing will get more than the ones that are nice and say OK and stops asking after the first no. There was a joke/story I remember. I guy goes up to each woman and says "Do you want to f**k?" Most either turn away, say no, or slap him, but before the night is over, he has f****d one or more of them.

    Becky Samuel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or you can go on an app that will find you a willing partner without having to resort to creeper behaviour.

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    #33

    How do you just go to sleep?

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't, that's why i'm commenting on BP at 1am.

    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, definitely not a gender-specific thing. I envy my wife who'll be gently snoring after being in bed for five minutes while I'm lying there awake for two hours...

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    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, wrong to believe that this is a gender thing. My wife can fall asleep in an instant, not me by any means.

    Not-a-Clue (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the sleeper in my household. Hubby reckons he only gets 4 hours cos I use up half of his share as well as mine.

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you not? Just turn the think box off!

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is connected to the ability to stare at windows/walls, or turn off your brain to think of the Roman Empire.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The entire Roman Empire is asleep right now.

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    Rinso the Red
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got me some Olly sleepy tabs. They do wonders for shutting off the "monkey mind" when you're having issues falling asleep.

    Papa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I close my eyes and stop thinking.

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    #34

    Why some men feel insecure when their girlfriends/spouses earn more than him.

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those men are stupid! I'd love to be a SAH husband!

    Manny
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they have been brian washed to think they are supposed to be the supporters in the relationship.

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened to me once, was unemployed and wife was working. We get pounded with a lot of chauvinist stuff growing up, and (hopefully) some of us learned to throw away the misogynistic/sexist stuff. However, self worth tied to work and "providing for the family" is both good (work ethics) and bad (need to be the provider), and it is not something I considered questioning until the day it got flipped. I got another job, paying more than hers (because society is still biased towards men), and the problem went away, but I'm not sure if it is solved - I don't know how to detangle that mess, and I ain't touching that now that I don't have to.

    #35

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How do I know they are interested in me? How do I make it known to them that I'm interested in them? I'm way too shy to confess face to face, and yet I also find confessing though a text insincere.

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    Ryan-James O'Driscoll
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Difficult one if you don't want to expose yourself to potential hurt. I I would recommend against vague flirting and signals. Sometimes better to come out and say it. Men can be notoriously bad at interpreting flirting.

    François Bouzigues
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assuming OP is a girl. Give him a sincere compliment and touch his shoulder. Boom, you have been promoted to crush.

    Christopher Bowers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some men are clueless when someone is flirting with them or not, other times its due to the fact they may had one time misunderstood a possible flirt from a woman and it embarrassed them when it became awkward it wasn't, so they tend to not assume anymore without an actual verbal response from the woman that they are indeed trying to flirt with them. Just a simple "I like you, like you" or something along that line could really help a guy to open up his feelings that way more.

    Surenu
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on the man really. Personally, I'm so dense I need a big neon sign. And I might miss even that.

    Andrew Arons
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds more like a universal issue rather than a man/woman thing. It's hard to bare your heart right out in the open, no matter who you are.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flirting doesn't mean anything. Some guys are just flirts. I will flirt with EVERYONE, but I'm not interested in anyone other than my wife. Sadly, 'hints' will not be noticed, no matter how big a hint you're dropping! Only flat out statements such as, 'I fancy you!', or questions such as, 'do you fancy me?', will get you a guaranteed answer.

    Steve
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Follow these instructions: 1) put on a blindfold. 2) Latch your hand onto his junk. I guarantee you’ll have your answer!

    #36

    Me after men's league golf: arrive home wife: Who'd you play with? me: Joe, ummm ummm John, ummm don't remember 3rd guy wife: What'd you talk about? me: hockey wife: what else? me: ummm I don't know.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Fer criminy's sake, it was a golf game, not a fenneckin' book club meeting!

    Karen Lyon
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @Gustav Gallifrey: No, you don't understand, it's different for women. Even for myself, who grew up with three brothers, and can be more like a guy sometimes. LOL. Women gab when they're waiting to go to the bathroom! I mentioned going out with a girlfriend to watch a football game recently: we talked about everything from football to family stuff to politics! My brothers, though, it would just be about what a great play just happened, or how much better/worse some other team would be. LOL.

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    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "we talked about how pam andersons b**bs might look like Mr. krabs eyes when she is 80. Then we talked about how we would react if a hoard of kittens tried to overtake us. Then Jeffs friend(forgot his name or never got it) talked about the time he had to poop and was stuck in line too long so he pooped in a potted plant at the bank and no one saw him"

    ADJ
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My game of pool with 2 of my friends couple of weeks ago went the same. Only answer I could give my wife is we talked about cars.

    #37

    Speaking for my wife here: Missing the toilet almost every time I pee to some degree and then failing to recognize that I’ve missed until she points it out with physical evidence.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sit, much more relaxing. Good for prostate as well, I read!

    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SIT DOWN, YOU MORON!

    Randy Sanders
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a man gets older, his body quits being a sniper, and becomes a shotgunner.

    Andrew Arons
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just counter with "How do I know you weren't the one who missed?" You get extra points if you manage to convince her she was.😜

    robin aldrich
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, you can aim it. How can you miss that big opening in the toilet bowl?

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sit down most of the time. Heated bidet seat. more thorough evacuation, plus sitting.I only stand at urinals.

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    #38

    I'm 36, married, and never sent a d**k pic in my entire life. I'd only do it if my wife asked me to send her one, even then I'd question it. If she wants to see it she can just take my pants off... Edit: Have asked my wife if she's ever sent one to anyone and the answer was no, because she didn't want it used against her one day if anything bad ever happened.

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    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does any woman, anywhere, _ever_ want a d**k pic, be it from a partner or total stranger?

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never understood why a guy would send someone a pic of the ugliest part of their body...

    Cathy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I asked my husband for one but he laughed at me 😅🤣🤭

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i dont get why some guys do this if she rejected you when speaking a picture of your penis aint gonna suddenly make her panties drop

    Adrian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women sometimes ask for one

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    #39

    Why they won't buy a new wallet even tho the one they're currently using is literally hanging by a single thread. Edit: I love and appreciate the fact that it's because it holds some sentimental value to most of you. Will keep in mind to gift those close to me in the future!

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    Jan Hyde
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's nothing to do with sentiment. It's to do with my old wallet being the exactly right shape for my butt when it's in my back pocket. A new one would talk a long time to break in.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real reason is effort! I can't be bothered to go shopping specifically for one item. Most men do not even know where to buy a wallet from. Be honest guys, how many of you are using a wallet that someone gave you? Every wallet I've ever owned has been a gift.

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used too...until my friends pointed it out lol and now I have a back up wallet for when this one goes bad.

    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno, I was always told it's unlucky to buy yourself a wallet. It's kinda jinxing yourself, assuming you'll have money in the future.

    MotherofGuineaPigs
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine carried around a lunchbox to keep all of that stuff together. An acceptable man purse - but don't call it that. Ever.

    Surenu
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh I made that mistake once. Caused me to lose my bank card and my ID because they fell out somewhere. Since then, I replace wallets if they risk losing my stuff.

    #40

    The refusal of basic hygiene some men display. Like I had a friend who absolutely refused to wipe of those last drops of pee after using the toilet. For no reason. He just said it's unnecessary, even tho you always could see a nice wet spot in his pants.

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    Adrian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm male and sit down to pee, and wipe afterwards. Guy, believe me, girls LOVE this...

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ??? That seems like an excessive amount of, hmm is there a word for that? Leftover drainage perhaps. But yeah, if it's that visible, dude should see a urologist.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, not necessary. Yes, quite desirable that they do.

    BlueBlazer999
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Some men.” Thank you for clarifying. Have a fantastic day/night/year.

    Christopher Bowers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I was raised different than those types of guys. I do wipe and always choose a stall in public bathrooms to make sure of that. I don't want pee drops on my boxers and can't understand why any other guy would either. Also tip never touch the handle on a public bathroom door. Some guys pee and dont was their hands and open or push the door. Its disgusting and needs to stop!

    Jan Hyde
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on his age. This may be something he has no control over and it's embarrassing enough when without it being pointed out.

    #41

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Friendship between men! It’s like you guys find a group of friends in your teens or college years and be like that’s it, enough socializing for the rest of our life and actually manage to maintain those friendships. How do you do this? I admit I’m a bit jealous. ;) But then again so often dudes admit to me they can’t open up with their male friends, hide their feelings and problems and keep conversations shallow which I think is kinda sad. Maybe that’s the secret why those friendships last. But it adds to the confusing part, because I question a friendships worth if it doesn’t provide a safe space between the individuals. Disclaimer. I am aware both of those paragraphs don’t apply to all men. I’m talking to the ones it does apply to. Edit; Thank you for sharing your experiences and opinions guys! You’re amazing and you gave me me a lot of insight. I’m still catching up with reading all comments since it’s quite a lot more than expected, but thank you very much for your efforts and for opening up.

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    François Bouzigues
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is because we invest so much in such friendships. When you have buddies you can actually trust with deep stuff, friends who have known you for decades, you don´t let them go.

    Jan Hyde
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't need to maintain them. It doesn't matter if we last spoke yesterday or 20 years ago. If we meet today it would be just the same.

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends on the type of guy. Some men use their friends to 'get away from it all'. They go to them because they know there'll be no talk of relationship issues, work issues, life issues. Just... the boys... doing what they always do... talking sports, fishing, fixing up cars, needlework, It doesn't matter! It's time out of life, a little break from the stress. Other guys have friends that they talk to, seek & give advise with, and depend on emotionally. Some men have more than one group of friends because they are one kind of guy and their high school friends are the other. Best of both worlds!

    Papa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We can enjoy each other's company just fine without "opening up" to our friends.

    #42

    How most of your fights with friends are like, 'punch each other and then you're good'. Like how?!?!

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    #43

    My wife along with her friends is amazed their sposes and I can fall asleep within a minute or two of my head hitting the pillow. I blame working a labor intensive job but I know some men don't fall asleep no matter what. She is also amazed that I can't properly load a dish washer or put food away into the pantry.

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    kansasmagic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hm. I usually take a few hours to fall asleep, do properly load the dishwasher, and I'm the only one who even attempts keeping order in the pantry. I'm not a man, I'm a Muppet!

    Phil
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex-wife always insisted that I didn't know how to load a dishwasher. Yet here I am, happily living alone and my dishes are clean. Strange...

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sleeping thing is down to the individual. The dishwasher thing is down to opinion on the best way to load a dishwasher.

    Mia Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work a "mens field" job but it doesn't matter for my sleep

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know from personal experience, if he can't sleep, he is VERY stressed.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is the same answer for why women can’t go to sleep immediately. Add to that the fact that “women’s work” entails a huge number of details to take care of—-examples of this are kids soccer schedules, arranging transportation and snacks for each game, planning the family vacation, making sure any child who is on medication takes it when they’re supposed to, making sure the laundry including things like work clothes and soccer uniforms is done so everyone has something to wear, what will be for dinner every night, etc, etc, etc, tasks that men simply leave to their wives “because she’s so much better at it than I am”, since the one time the husbands were given a task that had a lot of fiddly details to it, they did a p**s poor job (textbook weaponized incompetence)—-so our minds are always engaged with making sure we dotted every “I” and crossed every “T”. Not being able to shut all that off is what robs us of our ability to drop off to sleep immediately.

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    PattyK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why can’t you properly load a dishwasher or put food in the pantry? Are you stupid or something?

    François Bouzigues
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here, the key word is "properly". This could be "not up to her standards". But heck, whoever loads the dish washer has my gratitude. Full stop. Never blame someone over chores he is doing.

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    #44

    That some will show immense interest in you, but as soon as you give them the same energy in return, they back off. I don’t like that and usually I’ll back up and move on. It’s confusing and very frustrating

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    frederick clause
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably because they don't want the disappointment of finding out that you were just being nice and weren't really that interested in you. They've been burned in the past. Men aren't good at picking up on subtle signals from women.

    robin aldrich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you burn us preemptively? I mean, our feelings do get hurt.

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    #45

    men that are willing to pay a lot of money just for pictures of feet or boobs when p**n can be free

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    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that there are two possible reasons. One is a "collector" drive, always looking for what turns them on and collecting it. And the other is that there are certain things that will turn them on and at exact picture they are looking for is in the pay area.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why pay for pictures when your girlfriend/wife—-who you’re supposed to be attracted to and care about—-ALSO has feet and breasts? And don’t try to tell me it’s because the pictures are of feet and breasts that you don’t see all the time. That’s a real dickish excuse, because you’re supposed to be so crazy about your wife/girlfriend that you couldn’t care less about anyone else’s feet or breasts and are only attracted to everything about her, including her feet and breasts.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you never enjoy the sight of an attractive man -- dressed, naked, or in-between -- who's not your partner? Do you you never comment to other women about such men? And do you feel "appropriately" guilty about it?

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    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Personally, I couldn't... (how to put it???)... 'get off', if I had to pay for it. I need to know the person wanted me. But if I think about it, I guess maybe when you pay for it, it becomes personal. It's for YOU, not everybody else.

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its a power thing not an access thing. They like that its transactional so it makes them feel like they are apart of the situation. sort of like how some men prefer sex workers over a relationship.

    MotherofGuineaPigs
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's this - Alleged toe sucker facing new charges after more women step forward: "I actually am a very good person"

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    Some guy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of couples enjoy pornn together.

    Some guy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really, BP? P0rn is a dirty word that we shouldn't be allowed to read?

    Andrew Arons
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those midgets with boob jobs need to pay for the surgery somehow.😜

    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a small subset of extremely lonely men. I think only fans said most of their traffic comes from 5-10% of their users.

    Jan Hyde
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Say what? Did I miss the memo?

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    #46

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Why do y'all think danger is fun

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe early on. Them, one day you add up all the dumb things you've done, and how many times you nearly got smashed up/killed. And then you stop thinking it's fun.

    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I can tell you that as you age, all those accidents are going to come back to haunt you, and you will physically feel them.

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    Rinso the Red
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Risk taking behavior in young males goes WAAAAAYYYY back in our history. It's pretty much their mating call lol

    Randy Sanders
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being close to death make a man feel more alive than ever.

    #47

    My girlfriend is blown away that I can text/call friends to hang out. That I haven’t hung with in months. And they are down!!! No questions asked. “Yeah sure I’ll be over in 20 minNo questions asked

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    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life is short and full of duties. If somebody didn't call in 6 months, he had good reason. We have both a free evening? Let's have some beer.

    Boris Long-Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny I’m not sure that’s not becoming more common in both genders. I (male) recently had a female friend and her husband stay for a weekend and it was life we’d seen each other last week - we finally worked out from photos that it was 6 years ago we’d last spent any time together apart from the occasional text.

    #48

    I still don’t understand d**k pics. Do they really think we look at a picture of a d**k, in terrible lighting, sweaty, untrimmed pubes, with your 10 year old briefs and gym shorts pulled down. And go… oh yeah this is it. I’m glad I didn’t ask for this. The surprise during a fun conversation is so much better.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, a lot of us don't understand d**k pics, either. We, too, think that men who send them are weird.

    Jan Hyde
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men who send them ARE weird. It has never crossed my mind once to do this in 50+ years I suspect it never will.

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    Nadine Debard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that (for the weird men doing that), imposing the sight of their genitals to a woman has a value of sexual domination, probably most of them don't expect more but it's satisfying their deranged ego.

    PattyK
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men seem to be obsessed with other men’s genitals. Maybe they think women are obsessed with men’s genitals too.

    Richard Keel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best explanation I can come up with is that (pretty-much all) men would love to receive the equivalent pictures from a woman, and so some assume women would love a d**k-pic too. Sadly, they lack the self-awareness to realise that we were most-definitely at the back of the queue when they handed out genitals, and ours has a definite "Last chicken in the shop" look

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No freaking clue. Male genitals are just lumpy wrinkly gross. Nobody wants to see that. Boobs on the other hand. Everybody loves boobs. Even the straightest straight woman and the gayest gay man love boobs.

    CP
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a man, I don't understand them either. Also, if you meet a women on a dating app and she asks you to send her a d**k pic, it's a scam.

    Andrew Arons
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then why does my grandma ask for them so often?

    Randy Sanders
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It means they don't have the balls to do it in person. (no pun intended)

    Adrian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women ask for them sometimes

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    #49

    Rules seem to make you happy. My boyfriend plays a lot of tabletop rpgs and Battletech and he’s said before that he’s not enjoying a game because I quote “there aren’t enough rules, it’s all a bit confusing”. Also follows for tasks ie. Can you microwave x for me? No that’s confusing. Microwave x for 1 minute 30 seconds exactly. He’s a happy happy man 😅 Edit: To answer general queries: He has not been diagnosed with autism, he does have the spicy panic aka anxiety. I think this maybe partly why he likes rules/specific instructions? Though he does get a lot of autism/adhd tiktoks and has related to them so maybe? He’s a historian specifically, war history. Our microwave is 900w. The game recs are very welcome and lovely, he is aware of the thread and enjoying seeing what people are recommending for him.

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    Raphapablap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rules make things easier. There's no room for indecisiveness when there are clear rules

    Zakaar Bovus
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son got a new board game for Xmas. My SO was making fun of me because I was obsessing over a vague rule in a game meant for small children. Like I thought about it all day.

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    Phil
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rules are really just expressed expectations. So long as those rules are not revealed only after they have been broken. When people know what someone else expects, hopefully through clear communication prior to the need, One of the best ways to learn this, and I am being totally serious, is through ethical kink.

    Anonymous Anomaly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't stand rules. Laws make sense, but arbitrary rules are suffocating.

    Sans Serif
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "... they're more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules!" 8-)

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    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im the opposite of this. I need my freedom. Rules are not my friends. OPs man sounds like he has some level of neurodivergence.

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how the microwave power rating was a "general query" :-)

    Rinso the Red
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hold up, giving vague instructions to him makes him weird when he asks for clarification? Am I the weird one here?

    Jan Hyde
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. If the package has different times for different microwaves. I'm out.

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    #50

    The obsession with being the one who is the master of the barbecue.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obsessed? No way, you (or anyone else) wants to cook for me? Go right ahead, here's the tongs.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously. If throwing meat on fire makes you feel like a manly caveman, then by all means go ahead and stand outside with the bugs, over an open flame, under the sun, in the heat and humidity (or in the freezing cold and wind, knee deep in snow and ice), while I fix the side dishes in our nice cool air conditioned (or warm heated) kitchen.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I have the best/worst idea for a BBQ. Hang a side of beef from a tree. Put a kiddy pool under it. Then you hand out swords. You cook what you slice off. Alcohol is provided and drinking is encouraged.

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am the master of the barbecue...because I'm very good at it lol

    Richard Keel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get the barbecue thing either. Then again, I do around 70% of the cooking in my house so I don't need a specific, Man-Safe cooking format. I'd rather be chilling with everyone else at the party and have someone else serve me food for once

    InfiniteZeek
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I am master of the barbecue. Here's a secret: It gives us a viable reason to stay near the barbecue and not mingle and have to socialize .

    #51

    The things they find brag-worthy absolutely boggle my mind Like they brag about the things that don't even register, and the things that do matter they don't realise even counts

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    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's boastful to brag about serious things. But bragging about eating 2 whole chickens, that shits funny

    Leah Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I figured s******g funny would come after eating 2 whole clowns! 🤡🤡

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    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trying to impress with with things that really only impress other men.

    BenyA.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you dont brag about the metric ton of dookie you took on lunch break?

    #52

    They barely complain, even on very important things they need to complain about. Probably due to parents that suppressed the s**t out of anything they ever say unless it's ez for them to handle.

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    BenyA.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    because it never solves anything

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my case, because I am normally one upped. "how did work go?" "It was work." "Well MY day sucked because..."

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    #53

    Not a woman, but I'm confused on why I want to dropkick an alligator.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rest of us are also confused as to why you want to dropkick an alligator.

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've rather have a nice chat over some iced tea and donuts, all alligators are welcome.

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because you think you could take it in a fight? 😅

    Andrew Arons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The experience was kind of anticlimactic.

    robin aldrich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't advise it. You'll lose a foot ..at least.

    White Sauce Hot Sauce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It comes from our childhood desire to fight a dinosaur.

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i wanna uppercut a Gorilla could be worse Karl Pilkington has always wanted to kick a duck up the a**e

    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda get this. Ever since watching Blazin' Saddles as a kid, I've always wanted to knock a horse out like Mongo

    #54

    They like boobs to a level that can be pretty concerning at times lol

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everybody likes boobs. Men, women, straight gay. Everybody loves boobs. I've been saying that for years and nobody has proven me wrong.

    QuinnIsBean (he/they)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    • • ⊰ ꕤ ⬚ • I don't love boobs. For many reasons...

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    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is nonsense. Unless your level of enjoyment is detrimental to others, loving boobs is a wonderful thing. Boobs are awesome.

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We like the other parts, too. Even better if there's wits and personality contained in the package.

    Rafael
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Liking boobs to fetishes what drinking and smoking are to drugs, they're all socially acceptable.

    Blue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's very much a cultural thing, though

    Adrian
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't want men to love your boobs, don't present them!

    Jossh Nine
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't want people to love your ignorance, don't present it!

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    #55

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How they can’t answer or respond to more than one thing in a text message.

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    SM
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate texts for anything other than a one liner. Give me email every time. But only answering one question when there is more than one, is neither restricted by gender or text/email.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Simple solution: you have two things to discuss? Deal with them in separate text messages.

    CP
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The woman I am currently texting with just texts too fast for me.

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. For starters. 2. Then this thing. 3. But also this. Is perhaps a good thing when you see that you are not getting responses to everything?

    PattyK
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn’t limited to men. And the one thing these people do respond to is always the least important one!

    #56

    How they are easy to repress all feelings and emotions except anger (usually). It must be hurtful for them as much as it is for everyone around them. Edit: Just a few days after I made this comment I saw this [video by SALARI](https://youtu.be/bomWsgjLQjc). I recommend watching it, and I think it made me understand this matter.

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    DJR
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because anger is the only safe emotion for a boy to express. It creates space when he's feeling overwhelmed, without showing weakness in front of the bully looking for the weakest member of the herd. The trick is to learn to express other emotions when the childhood dynamic is no longer helpful.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One way men could deal with this is to become more mindful of it. “Take 5”. If you feel anger rising, stop yourself and take a moment to think whether it’s the appropriate emotion for the situation. If it isn’t appropriate, then if you’re being mindful of it and not just lashing out blindly, you can control it. If it is appropriate, then be even more mindful of who you’re angry at, and what expression of anger is appropriate towards them. You wouldn’t express your anger at a child, or anyone who isn’t of equal strength to you, the same way you would toward another, equally strong, grown man. Of course, the key requirement for all of this is self-awareness, which is the first step on the road to emotional maturity.

    #57

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men How is it that I know so many older level headed men who have good values, passion for their work and opinions and they aren't afraid of expressing themselves, the way they speak about their wives and families makes me want to go back into dating, but when I look at men my age, suddenly most of them are dodgy, scared of commitment and scared of having and expressing their opinions. I don't want to date men who are 50-60 but I'm so envious of their wives for finding such a good men to spend their lives with.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP is so close to answering her own question.

    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are talking about men with 20, 30, 40 years of experience with marriage. They were not "great husbands" back then.

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it literally comes with age and experience. You learn those things as you age.

    The Chronic Insomniac
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honey you gotta put in the time with someone for that. Men don't come out of a box that way, you know. ;)

    Heffalump
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When they were your age, they were dodgy, scared of commitment etc. People mature, even as adults.

    Ti Al
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hun, many of them were not always like this. But they matured, it just takes them sometimes a little longer. When I look at my male friends, they are fun, responsible, clear headed, amazing guys .... and then I remember them 20 years ago. Many of them found a great girl and became less and less afraid of commitment. Many of them simply grew into responsibilities. And many just found their b***s. Those who didn't are pitiful.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correction: They matured—-and paid attention while maturing. That’s the key.

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    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess it depends on where you're looking.

    Randy Sanders
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    You just described the difference between the values of one generation vs another. The emasculation of men by today's societal standards is the reason why.

    Dan Holden
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. She described the difference between a 20 year old man and a 50 year old man.

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    BenyA.
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    correlation is not necessarily causation but feminism wasn't booming back then and people had stronger religious values

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    #58

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Their inability to close drawers and cupboards properly despite being practical and intelligent. This may be isolated to one individual though.

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    SM
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just the opposite in my house (I'm a man), and I'm the one that wants them all closed, but it doesn't seem to bother her in the least if they are left open. So, I don't think this one should be on the list, it is an individual thing that has nothing to do with gender.

    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Open cupboards and doors present a hazard. I close them.

    Christopher Bowers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I take something out of it and leave it open a tiny bit so I know where to put it back at after getting done with it. Thats about all I can think if in regards to doing that.

    #59

    Guys that say they don't want a clingy girl. Proceed to date a less clingy girl and feel neglected. EDIT: I have to clear up my comment. I intend this as men finding women with this toxic trait of clingyness. But once they come across a partner who is more independent and wants a healthy communication boundary. They find it not enough and yearn for the toxic trait they had been use to before.

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    Tobias Reaper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    id say women do this as well but they want a bad boy and not someone nice until they get treated badly by the bad boy and then yearn for the guy who is too nice again

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was never attracted to bad boys. However, I had friends who were. That’s how I witnessed the fact that the boyfriend who’s one of the bad boys might make a really exciting boyfriend, but he’s almost always going to be a p**s poor husband and father. Yes, there are the occasional bad boys who clean up their acts and become exemplary husbands and fathers, but they’re the exception rather than the rule. Sorry guys, but it’s a lifestyle that clashes with the stability that a family, especially one with children, absolutely needs to be successful.

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    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call that searching for a balance.

    #60

    30 Things Women Don’t Understand About Men Acting like a person you are not at all in front of your boys, just to be cool. And every single one the boys does that and no one feels comfortable with that. How the f**k does that make sense?

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    Blue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assure you, they very much do...

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    Donkey boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never actually witnessed this.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't everyone behave somewhat differently depending on who they're with? I don't mean a complete personality change, but there are subtle differences.

    #61

    Why pooping takes so long

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