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.
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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".
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
Load More Replies...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!}
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
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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."
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.
This is why women don't end up alone after divorce... Seriously, men are just stupid?
Yep. You ask them, so how is so and so? The response is "Good. They're good." No hubby, but three brothers. LOL.
I don't really ask many questions either, though it depends how my anxiety is going at the time.
My wife, but she's finally stopped giving me the 3rd degree as I'm obviously hopeless and broken beyond repair.
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.
but...but...but...they take out the trash and mow the lawns once a week, it's even!
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.
Load More Replies...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.
Or give orders, depends on which side of the military they were, haha!
Load More Replies...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.
this is not about most men at all. I work 2x as many hours as my wife and we handle chores together.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
i recently grew beard my best friend told me i look like a hot Viking it made my year
someone told me i had a nice tie on 10 years ago and i'm still coasting on it.
Load More Replies...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)
i tell my husband he's still the sexiest man i've ever seen at least twice a year LOL
Never been told that. The mirror is always ready to explain to me why.
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.
Load More Replies...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!
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
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!
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.
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??
"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.
Nah, for me nothing means nothing. I can zone out easily.
Load More Replies...Because it's usually c**p like "I wonder what my volume is in ping pong balls?"
"You can actively sit there and just wipe your brain clean???" Yes. Yes, we can
two things: either too many things to be explained, orrrr we zone out to nothing at all.
Defragging the drive. Reorganizing the data, getting rid of useless data like important dates, wiping the empty space, etc.
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.
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.
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.
Haha paying the bills was our code words in front of the kids. He was always thinking about the bills lol
Load More Replies...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"
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.
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.
And the Lord spake, "Brush bottom to top never left or right". Thus the wall was completed and the circle closed.
Load More Replies...Well, they have selective hearing, selective seeing, selective ....everything.
My dad once didn't notice that we'd put up the Christmas tree, but did notice a box out of place.
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.
Right. If it doesn't smell bad and no one's tripping over it, there's no problem that needs fixing.
Load More Replies...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."
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.
According to statistics, he's just thinking about the Roman Empire.
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.
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
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?
Mine was thinking - 'When grass is green, it grows' and other Master of the obvious gems
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!
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.
THIS! all the way THIS! LOOK BEHIND SOMETHING OMG!
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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'.
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.
I have a couple grudges that go back a decade or so, but it's something that was super serious.
Why do men always have the prettiest and longest eyelashes?
Literally no. Testosterone gives you thicker eyelashes. Stop blaming women for things out of their control.
Load More Replies...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!
Men in general just have thicker facial hair, affects eye lashes too. I will take my mascara over a man's beard any day
That "we ain't going to the doctor" but the limb has fallen off.
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.
That’s how my dad lost a toe. The infection got into the bone.
Load More Replies...• • ⊰ ꕤ ⬚ • I have watched that specific clip so many times it's almost concerning. /hj
Load More Replies...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.
Yup, see my comment above. I never heard the end of it "What do I need a doctor for at my age....etcetc"
Load More Replies...Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!
I don't actually believe they're 'toughing it out' so much as scared shitless.
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.
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
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.
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.
It's quiet time. Close the door, guaranteed solitude, do some thinking, read the paper in peace, etc.
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. )
Load More Replies...OK that sounds like something he might need to see a doctor about.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Load More Replies...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.
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".
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'.
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.
My gf is still baffled at the fact that I can just turn off my brain and not think of anything
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.
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.
If you're not thinking of anything, how do you know you were doing it?
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?
I'm thinking that this is the third incarnation of this idea on this list.
i can do two things: either too many things to be explained, orrrr zone out to nothing at all.
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.
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
It's not the activity that's fun. It's just the fact that we're hanging out with the boys.
I’d argue that the activity AND hanging out are fun. It’s fun squared.
Load More Replies...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!
I'm like this with my friends. All you need are people that don't care how they look when they are having fun.
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.
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.
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.
I think about the Roman Empire frequently and I am a woman... And an historian
Load More Replies...Football (soccer) - 22millionaires kicking a bag of wind round a field!
And tripping themselves every 10 minutes or so to roll on the ground in fake agony to slow the game a bit.
Load More Replies...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
I feel the same way about kardashians and the bachelor. I have no idea why these people are entertaining?
I'm a guy and I don't get it either. 99% of sports are just glorified children's games.
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.
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).
When they behave as the smartest man in the world and five minutes later as the village idiot.
Seen girls do that, too. Financial/budgeting wiz one moment, then boyfriend arrives, she's a total ditz.
Because we don't define ourselves as a genius/idiot, we're both. Sometimes at the same time.
Load More Replies...We all have stronger ang weaker sides? 🙃 (also *behaves* or actually are...?)
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.
It's because all men share one brain and we only get to use it for a brief period before passing it along.
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".
It's like a switch. Having to prove our wits to someone vs feeling safe enough to just be ourselves.
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?
Out of my wife and 3 daughters I am the one always picking up, Women / girls are absolute disasters. Hair brushes, clothes, dishes everywhere!
Is it just me, or are girls' bathrooms generally messier than boys'?
Load More Replies...I'm total opposite! I'm the housekeeper and the wife makes the money... at least nowadays! I do love feeding her though!
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...
its a known psychological effect. it even works when you enter or leave a room.
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
we don't like being pitied, probably because it makes us feel even smaller or helpless
Why assume that it's pity? Empathy and compassion are not 'pity'.
Load More Replies...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.
We wouldn't bring it up if we hadn't dealt with it enough to mention in passing.
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.
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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.
Load More Replies...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'?
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.
Load More Replies...• • ⊰ 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 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.
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
We grew up being told be a man, don't cry, stop complaining, don't be such a sissy, etc.
Why some men don’t go to the doctor or dentist, unless someone else makes the appointment for them.
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.
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.
Load More Replies...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
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.
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.
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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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!?!?
We don’t care who has the better outfit, eyelashes, shoes, makeup, hair, purse, butt, etc…
Because emotions are deemed unmanly so you all have this studied air of coolness?
when you are confident in yourself it is fairly easy to come across that way.
We don't compete with each other. We're bros. (Unless someone does something very unbro like)
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.
What is the alternative? If we dislike someone, we'll know in a few seconds. Pass that test and it's all chill.
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?
The invention of underwear largely rendered this query superfluous.
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.
Load More Replies...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
Ah, so you get that and proper pockets for your pants too? God, why is this life so unfair!
Load More Replies...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.
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!
Load More Replies...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.
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
Load More Replies...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.
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.,
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!
"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."
The possibility of buried treasure or a skeleton? Portal to wherever gamers go?
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.
Or they're both types, and you never know which version you're gonna get when you put your head into the sickroom.
Load More Replies...For me, it's because I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail at an impressionable age...
It doesn't, it's annoying and nobody really cares.
Load More Replies...Cut yourself mending the car? Quick wipe with an oily rag, that'll sort it.
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".
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.
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?
Woah woah woah buddy, some secrets are fine to share, but this one is over the line!
Load More Replies...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.
And wondering how the guy across the street managed to hang his new shutters with the type of siding he has. Sorcery? What?!
Load More Replies...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.
we are imaging we are Bruce Wayne looking over Gotham from Wayne manor
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
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.
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!
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).
I always tell my wife if it's not (was not): moving, on fire, or naked I didn't see it.
I can "hide" gifts for my husband garishly wrapped in the middle of the living room. He won't see them.
That actually makes sense. Anything that moves can attack, be caught for dinner or be mated with. The rest is just background.
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!
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.
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.
Maybe if you just got up and got it yourself to begin with you would have saved a lot of time.
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.
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
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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…
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
sometimes we are just zoning out other times we are imaging ourselves in a die hard like situation saving a building from terrorists
It's how we relax/unwind. Sometimes we thinking, sometimes we ain't. Either way, it means we're comfortable around you.
My husband of 50 years still does this. I can’t not be doing something. Obviously, we accommodate and tolerate each other.
We could be using our telepathic link to to coordinate our real plans. I cannot say more.
This does not disturb me. It's not like the silent treatment, they're just resting their brains.
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
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.
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.
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Load More Replies...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
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!!!
Again, a knowledge of where genitals actually are could help answer this question. And they don't weigh anywhere near as much as breasts.
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?????????????
The package is quite well padded and flexible. It's also held in place by our underwear.
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?
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?
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?
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.
Load More Replies...Um, just because you have a PhD in Physics, does not mean you know how to bake a cake.
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.
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.
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”.
"Bring a carton of eggs. And if they have avocados, bring three." And that's how you ended up with three cartons of eggs.
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.
If we're heading out somewhere, I would have got the bottle. If we were heading home, I'd get the cans. Sound logic.
Drinks often taste different in different containers. She said can, she’s getting a can.
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.
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.
Being married to, or dating a woman with so little self-worth is not a win
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Or you can go on an app that will find you a willing partner without having to resort to creeper behaviour.
Load More Replies...How do you just go to sleep?
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...
Load More Replies...Again, wrong to believe that this is a gender thing. My wife can fall asleep in an instant, not me by any means.
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.
Load More Replies...It is connected to the ability to stare at windows/walls, or turn off your brain to think of the Roman Empire.
Got me some Olly sleepy tabs. They do wonders for shutting off the "monkey mind" when you're having issues falling asleep.
Why some men feel insecure when their girlfriends/spouses earn more than him.
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.
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.
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.
Assuming OP is a girl. Give him a sincere compliment and touch his shoulder. Boom, you have been promoted to crush.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'Fer criminy's sake, it was a golf game, not a fenneckin' book club meeting!
@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.
Load More Replies..."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"
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.
As a man gets older, his body quits being a sniper, and becomes a shotgunner.
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.😜
I mean, you can aim it. How can you miss that big opening in the toilet bowl?
I sit down most of the time. Heated bidet seat. more thorough evacuation, plus sitting.I only stand at urinals.
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.
Does any woman, anywhere, _ever_ want a d**k pic, be it from a partner or total stranger?
Never understood why a guy would send someone a pic of the ugliest part of their body...
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
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!
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.
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.
I used too...until my friends pointed it out lol and now I have a back up wallet for when this one goes bad.
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.
Mine carried around a lunchbox to keep all of that stuff together. An acceptable man purse - but don't call it that. Ever.
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.
I'm male and sit down to pee, and wipe afterwards. Guy, believe me, girls LOVE this...
??? 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.
“Some men.” Thank you for clarifying. Have a fantastic day/night/year.
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!
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.
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.
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!
How most of your fights with friends are like, 'punch each other and then you're good'. Like how?!?!
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.
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!
The sleeping thing is down to the individual. The dishwasher thing is down to opinion on the best way to load a dishwasher.
I know from personal experience, if he can't sleep, he is VERY stressed.
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.
Load More Replies...Why can’t you properly load a dishwasher or put food in the pantry? Are you stupid or something?
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.
Load More Replies...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
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.
So you burn us preemptively? I mean, our feelings do get hurt.
Load More Replies...men that are willing to pay a lot of money just for pictures of feet or boobs when p**n can be free
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.
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.
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?
Load More Replies...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.
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.
There's this - Alleged toe sucker facing new charges after more women step forward: "I actually am a very good person"
Load More Replies...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.
Why do y'all think danger is fun
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.
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.
Load More Replies...Risk taking behavior in young males goes WAAAAAYYYY back in our history. It's pretty much their mating call lol
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
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.
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.
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.
No, a lot of us don't understand d**k pics, either. We, too, think that men who send them are weird.
Men who send them ARE weird. It has never crossed my mind once to do this in 50+ years I suspect it never will.
Load More Replies...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.
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
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.
It means they don't have the balls to do it in person. (no pun intended)
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.
Rules make things easier. There's no room for indecisiveness when there are clear rules
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.
Load More Replies...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.
I can't stand rules. Laws make sense, but arbitrary rules are suffocating.
"... they're more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules!" 8-)
Load More Replies...Im the opposite of this. I need my freedom. Rules are not my friends. OPs man sounds like he has some level of neurodivergence.
Hold up, giving vague instructions to him makes him weird when he asks for clarification? Am I the weird one here?
The obsession with being the one who is the master of the barbecue.
Obsessed? No way, you (or anyone else) wants to cook for me? Go right ahead, here's the tongs.
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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I am the master of the barbecue...because I'm very good at it lol
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
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 .
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
Because it's boastful to brag about serious things. But bragging about eating 2 whole chickens, that shits funny
I figured s******g funny would come after eating 2 whole clowns! 🤡🤡
Load More Replies...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.
In my case, because I am normally one upped. "how did work go?" "It was work." "Well MY day sucked because..."
Not a woman, but I'm confused on why I want to dropkick an alligator.
The rest of us are also confused as to why you want to dropkick an alligator.
I've rather have a nice chat over some iced tea and donuts, all alligators are welcome.
i wanna uppercut a Gorilla could be worse Karl Pilkington has always wanted to kick a duck up the a**e
Kinda get this. Ever since watching Blazin' Saddles as a kid, I've always wanted to knock a horse out like Mongo
They like boobs to a level that can be pretty concerning at times lol
Everybody likes boobs. Men, women, straight gay. Everybody loves boobs. I've been saying that for years and nobody has proven me wrong.
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Load More Replies...this is nonsense. Unless your level of enjoyment is detrimental to others, loving boobs is a wonderful thing. Boobs are awesome.
We like the other parts, too. Even better if there's wits and personality contained in the package.
If you don't want people to love your ignorance, don't present it!
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How they can’t answer or respond to more than one thing in a text message.
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.
Load More Replies...Simple solution: you have two things to discuss? Deal with them in separate text messages.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
You are talking about men with 20, 30, 40 years of experience with marriage. They were not "great husbands" back then.
it literally comes with age and experience. You learn those things as you age.
Honey you gotta put in the time with someone for that. Men don't come out of a box that way, you know. ;)
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.
Correction: They matured—-and paid attention while maturing. That’s the key.
Load More Replies...No. She described the difference between a 20 year old man and a 50 year old man.
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Their inability to close drawers and cupboards properly despite being practical and intelligent. This may be isolated to one individual though.
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.
I think you are right. I'm a woman and guilty of this..
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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
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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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?
Why pooping takes so long
This post is horseshit and all based on generalizations. "Men don't complain" my foot.
Ofc it's based on generalizations, the only thing ALL men have in common is that they are adult male human beings.
Load More Replies...Hm, a lot of these seem to be generalising based on a sample of one and traditional gender stereotypes. People are more complex and individual than this.
As a guy: why do guys tense up and jerk/shake randomly in their sleep? (Happens to me...what about others?)
You might need to take some magnesium supplements. Both my mom and I have problems with our legs jerking when we're trying to sleep and started taking magnesium for it. Works like a charm!
Load More Replies...I love the Mountain Dew one. It's because sometimes ladies (not all, calm down) will be so specific in what they want that getting anything BUT that exact item, even if we have to get 12 of them is less hassle for us. I work in retail and I see it all the time, dudes who are looking for that specific item and will go to 10 stores to find it.
I have a friend who got verbally abused by her boyfriend for getting them a Dr Pepper instead of a coke when he asked for a “soda.”
Load More Replies...I remember one time my (female) manager asked me to tell the new intern his pants were riding too low, but to be sensitive about it, on the grounds that it would go over better coming from another man. So the next time we were alone in a room together, and I was standing behind him, I just yelled, "Whoa, dude! Plumber's crack!" and shielded my eyes. We both laughed, problem solved, no hard feelings.
Every time I see the “spent 72 straight hours with my best friend and I still know his name or anything about him” remarks I’m flabbergasted. What kind of weird people don’t want to share who they are with their friends?
I've got one that I don't think many women understand. If we ask you a question that can be answered with either Yes or No, that's probably all we want. If we asked if you got bread from the store, and you didn't, most of the time No is all you need to say. We got the information we wanted. If we want more information we'll ask for it, but most of the time we don't.
may be a personal thing, but im suprised none of these are why we spend a bunch of money on transformers...like, its a lot. we dont even know the importance of the character sometimes, we just get the figure for our collection.(emoji is me seeing this not being on the list). 2024012208...24-png.jpg
Also, multiple questions for you women that i have: Why do you not communicate about some things but then ramble on about other stuff? the second one is why do you think were so closed about our emotions? im not saying that because we aren't, im asking what do you think the cause is? because most of the time it actually ends up being you. we feel we cant share our emotions because you either dont listen, or the even worse option is our sensitivity being an "ick".(i do not mean to sound like im a andrew tate fanboy, if you get that from this i apologize)
Load More Replies...This post is horseshit and all based on generalizations. "Men don't complain" my foot.
Ofc it's based on generalizations, the only thing ALL men have in common is that they are adult male human beings.
Load More Replies...Hm, a lot of these seem to be generalising based on a sample of one and traditional gender stereotypes. People are more complex and individual than this.
As a guy: why do guys tense up and jerk/shake randomly in their sleep? (Happens to me...what about others?)
You might need to take some magnesium supplements. Both my mom and I have problems with our legs jerking when we're trying to sleep and started taking magnesium for it. Works like a charm!
Load More Replies...I love the Mountain Dew one. It's because sometimes ladies (not all, calm down) will be so specific in what they want that getting anything BUT that exact item, even if we have to get 12 of them is less hassle for us. I work in retail and I see it all the time, dudes who are looking for that specific item and will go to 10 stores to find it.
I have a friend who got verbally abused by her boyfriend for getting them a Dr Pepper instead of a coke when he asked for a “soda.”
Load More Replies...I remember one time my (female) manager asked me to tell the new intern his pants were riding too low, but to be sensitive about it, on the grounds that it would go over better coming from another man. So the next time we were alone in a room together, and I was standing behind him, I just yelled, "Whoa, dude! Plumber's crack!" and shielded my eyes. We both laughed, problem solved, no hard feelings.
Every time I see the “spent 72 straight hours with my best friend and I still know his name or anything about him” remarks I’m flabbergasted. What kind of weird people don’t want to share who they are with their friends?
I've got one that I don't think many women understand. If we ask you a question that can be answered with either Yes or No, that's probably all we want. If we asked if you got bread from the store, and you didn't, most of the time No is all you need to say. We got the information we wanted. If we want more information we'll ask for it, but most of the time we don't.
may be a personal thing, but im suprised none of these are why we spend a bunch of money on transformers...like, its a lot. we dont even know the importance of the character sometimes, we just get the figure for our collection.(emoji is me seeing this not being on the list). 2024012208...24-png.jpg
Also, multiple questions for you women that i have: Why do you not communicate about some things but then ramble on about other stuff? the second one is why do you think were so closed about our emotions? im not saying that because we aren't, im asking what do you think the cause is? because most of the time it actually ends up being you. we feel we cant share our emotions because you either dont listen, or the even worse option is our sensitivity being an "ick".(i do not mean to sound like im a andrew tate fanboy, if you get that from this i apologize)
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