The differences between men and women is a tremendously popular topic, especially when it comes to decoding women’s language. Countless books, articles have been written on this subject and many studies portray women and men as alien beings. “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” by John Gray and “You Just Don’t Understand” by Deborah Tannen are 2 of the books that have topped the bestseller lists in countries from all continents.
One of the most intriguing questions is “Why don’t women just say what they mean?” Because women are born negotiators, politicians, diplomats, you name it! Women use metaphors, analogies, nothing is spoken directly, questions are rhetoric and everything has multiple meanings. No wonder men have no clue what women expect from them! Yes, women know how to introduce ideas and alternatives through the back door. Men are basic, women are details. Details, details, details…If you don’t got the details, do not talk to a woman 🙂
Who didn’t experience those moments when you felt that talking to a brick wall is more constructive than talking to your wife/husband, boyfriend or girlfriend? Men and women simply don’t communicate in the same way, particularly under stress. When a woman had a bad day, she is nervous or simply agitated, communication becomes stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. This funny Top Ten list features ten dangerous phrases and words women from all over the world love to use when they are tensed up. Remember, the signal for being in trouble is not reduced to words, it’s about the whole emotional messages behind the words, the nuances, but most importantly the body language and the tone of her voice. If you are married or if you are a “de facto” husband, this is no news for you, but I you are single and you are thinking about getting in a serious relationship, listen up!
10. You are not wearing THAT, are you?
Even if it looks like a question, this phrase is actually a suggestion or an order, depending on the woman’s mood. It’s quite a dangerous phrase, because if men don’t know how to react appropriately, it is usually followed by a looong discussion. The meaning of “You are not wearing THAT, are you?” could be either a.) she does not like it or b.) it is not appropriate for the occasion. Regardless the case, the translation of this seemingly rhetoric question is “YOU’RE NOT WEARING THAT!”, so run and change. Men are great, they make life worth living, you are our inspiration and support, but you make some really bad decisions when it comes to clothing and because we care, we would like to help. Does this sound familiar?
She: Oh…please tell me you are not wearing that outfit tonight, are you? It’s hideous…
He, ironic: No, see, I was in the closet and you weren’t around to help me, so this outfit must have been hanging right next what you wanted me to wear. Well, I am going to change now.
9. What are you doing? Do you have to do this now?
According to your wife or girlfriend, what you are doing in that moment is stupid and unimportant. She has other plans for you. It is useless to start a discussion because you ain’t gonna win that argument. No matter how you answer this tricky question, you will immediately find yourself driving down to your home’s nearest supermarket, IKEA, Home Depot etc. Men always want to be right, but women sabotage their success.
She: What exactly do you think you’re doing? Do you have to fix your computer now? What is this mess? The trash needs to be taken out and we need some groceries. By the way, the washing machine isn’t working anymore.
He: OK, fine! Whatever…
8. Listen to me! Are you listening?
Women are the king of “You don’t understand”, “You don’t listen”, “No one listens to me anymore”. If your girlfriend or wife has something to say, pay attention, otherwise she will just get really, really upset and you will end up regretting it. When women use the phrase “Listen to me!”, you are still on safe ground, she is giving you a second chance to engage in the conversation. But when she is using “Are you listening???”, you are dead. She will most likely make sure the evening is going to be unpleasant. Take these two dangerous phrases as prior warnings.
She: Now listen to me, ’cause I’m only gonna say this once: if I catch you another playing computer games, you will be in big trouble! Now go and fix that broken washing machine!
He: Can’t I relax for half an hour?
She: We can relax together. Why do you have to lose so much time with your stupid PC games? Am I not important enough? Why do you prefer to play games than spend time with me? Are you listening???
He: Yes, my dear!
She: No, you are not listening! You are still thinking about your “fascinating” World of Warcraft. Your insanely obsession with those absurd PC games drives me crazy. Are computer games really the answer to relaxation for you? (…)
7. Do you know what day is today?
Birthday, one week anniversary, one month anniversary, one year anniversary…engagement anniversary, wedding anniversary, international women’s day … some women celebrate anything and everything they can tie a significant meaning to. If your wife or girlfriend is part of this category and you forget the anniversary, you are screwed. She will forgive you, but she won’t forget it.
She: Bill, do you remember what day is today?
He: How could I forget it? It’s Friday.
She: It’s our anniversary…
He: Oops, I’m just a guy! You know how bad my memory is…
6. You’re right, I should do that (…)
No matter what you asked, she reacts as if she is accepting it, but actually, she is not! It’s a challenge. She will make sure you will pay for this later and you will be sorry! By paying, I mean both material and immaterial aspects.
She: I hope you didn’t take any appointments this weekend, because I am planning to clean the house from top to bottom and I will need your help.
He: Baby, you work so hard! Why don’t you take the weekend off, call the girls and have some fun? Go to the Spa, hit the shops…I will watch the children.
She: The house must be cleaned. Period. Do not start with me.
He: You know that I love to share the housework with you, I just want to treat you like the queen that you are, you deserve it!
She: You know what? You’re right, I should do that. God knows I need a Spa session. I saw some days ago a gorgeous Prada handbag and peep toe matching shoes. I will call the girls and schedule the weekend. By the way, I will need your credit card, ‘cause mine needs to be reactivated. Can’t wait to hit the shops!
He: Crap.
5. The decision is yours
Women will set you up and unknowing, you will fall into the traps. When women use this phrase, they dare their partners to make the decision, but it is not an empowerment. Women test if you have got the courage to cross the line. For your own sake, you better not make this decision alone.
He: Honey, I was thinking…we need a new car. The old one is unsafe, it’s breaking down too often, the undercarriage is rusting…what about a Mazda MX-5 Miata?
She: We don’t need a new car! Especially a sports car! You’d better start putting money aside for your children’s education. College ain’t cheap!
He: But we can afford both the car and college. I promise you, you won’t be disappointed.
She: Which part of ‘no’ don’t you understand? The N or the O?
He: Honey…
She: FINE, go ahead! The decision is yours…
4. Nothing
Dr. John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, best sums it up: “Men have their own caves on which the sign states “Please do not disturb.” Men like to retreat into their own world where they feel they are in control. Women also have caves but the sign on their caves is “I need to talk”. When a man asks a woman what’s wrong and she says “Nothing” it really means “Nothing, unless you care to listen and give me an opportunity to talk.” Of course, there is also the dangerous side of “nothing”. Do you remember Homer Simpson’s words of wisdom? When a woman says nothing’s wrong that means everything’s wrong. The “Nothing Syndrome” is the calm before the avalanche of complaints.
He: What’s wrong?
She: Nothing.
He: What did I do wrong?
She: Nothing, leave me alone!
He: Why can’t you tell me?
She: Cause YOU’RE the problem and I don’t want to talk about it!
3. Is there anything new you want to try in bed tonight?
Think, think really hard before answering! Regardless of what you are coming up with, she may snap at you and here comes the cross-examination. She will get suspicious. Unfortunately, you don’t have the right to remain silent and anything you say can and will be used against you.
He: Wanna try something new in bed tonight?
She: Something like…?
He: …
She: Where did you learn this? In your ”business” trip to Thailand?
2. Whatever
Whatever…a classic among classics, a verbal weapon used by both men and women. When a woman says “whatever” during a fight, it means that she doesn’t want to talk to you anymore, because you are pathetic. At this point you should be VERY worried. She has two words for you: screw you! Women make noises (including yelling) to get attention. When stress strikes and her main hormones – Cortisol, Epinephrine, and Oxytocin – go crazy, don’t let her alone, even if she is pushing you away. On one hand, men have their own caves on which the sign states “Please do not disturb.” Men like to retreat into their own world where they feel they are in control. Women, on the other hand, also have caves but the sign on their caves is “I need to talk”. Whatever can be translated in some cases as: you disappointed me, it seems that I am not the same important to you as you are to me and it hurts.
He: Sorry, I forgot to pass by the drugstore and take your medicine.
She: Whatever…
1. We need to talk – the “Come to Jesus” meeting
This phrase is dangerous and if you hear it, you’re in trouble! Seinfeld’s George Costanza, one of the funniest characters in sitcom, once said “we need to talk” is “the worst four words in the English language”. Well, in any language. Your wife or girlfriend is about to lose her mind. She has had it and SHE wants to talk. It is the typical “Come to Jesus” meeting of relationships: a time when a polite ultimatum is given, generally followed by a less polite ultimatum, then a threat. Guilty, guilty, guilty…
She: We need to talk!
She: I am not the only one in this house who knows how to use a vacuum cleaner!
She: Are you allergic to the hamper? How many times did I tell you to put the dirty clothes directly in the wash basket? Our bed is not a laundry hamper.
She: Why is the bathroom floor covered in water?
She: (…)
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The psychology of this article and the comments that ensue are nothing short of raw, pure, unadulterated entertainment! Thanks for the great article, and for the comment thread to die for. Loved it!
Jeeeeeebus! If you really dislike women/men so much just be gay/lesbian.
What a lot of guff.
More proof that women–shallow, narcissistic creatures–should not be let anywhere near positions of power or influence (except if it’s the kitchen or with children).
Dude if I’m ever this much of a bitch to my future husband, I’ll grant him permission to murder me. It sounds like she’s talking to a child throughout the whole article, which is totally disrespectful. When I read this I was disgusted. I can’t believe people talk to their husbands like this and that the husbands sit there and take it. I definitely wouldn’t want to be married to some pansy who let me walk all over him.
Was this written by 17 year old girl? There is nothing but regurgitated stereotypes in this article, try again
The big differences:
women – indecisive, likes to over think consequences
men – decisive, knows the consequences but does it anyways
women – talkative, gossipy
men – action first, talk later
women – lacks logic, can’t invent
men – lacks understanding
women – always emotional wreck
men – Can’t understand women mood swings
women – you must know what I am thinking, else you are dumb!
men – no i really don’t know what’s on your mind if you don’t tell me!
I believe women tend to use these phrases, words when they are either really pissed off, or if they simply dont truly love you…. because if they truly love you.. and trust you.. i dont think they are likely to make you go through so much trouble. but that’s what i think..
but it’s probably a fact
I think you meant to write “verbal abusers” instead of women in general. I would never tolerate someone talking to me like that, nor would I treat my boyfriend with such scorn and contempt. Being female doesn’t mean you have the right to talk down to people like this, nor does it mean that you do. I agree that sometimes we can say one thing while meaning another, but the way this was presented was derogatory and offensive, not funny. We must all be manipulative, venomous spendthrifts, according to these guidelines. I would argue that a healthy relationship would go in just about the exact opposite direction of this list — open communication and mutual respect. Forget the pedestal that lets women do and say whatever they want, or the old system where men conversely rule make all the decisions and get cow towed to by their women.
“Yea, but always being wrong just beats you down.” Those are very toxic relationships when both men and women have the attitude of that’s always wrong, whatever you say is wrong. Those kind of negative people need to be left alone. Those type are generally the miss nose up in air, the I can’t do anything wrong, the look at me (me me me) I always got A’s in high school type catty BS women. Ugh those are awful women until they get a**es beat down a few times and thrown into the dirt and they start to learn their lesson that she’s not always right and people hate those types.
Women complain about how unfair it is that men are called studs when they sleep around, yet women get called sluts for the exact same behavior. Itâ??s actually not a double standard though, because both scenarios are pretty different in terms of circumstances and consequences. I can think of at least four crucial differences:
First, sleeping around is easier for women. Regardless of how you feel about promiscuity, we can all agree that a guy who manages to rack up a lot of sexual partners has to have some skills. Itâ??s challenging for men to rack up partners, even for men with low standards. A man needs social intelligence, interpersonal skills, persistence, thick skin, and plain old dumb luck. For women, though, a vagina and a pulse is often enough. Whenever an accomplishment requires absolutely no challenge, no one respects it. Itâ??s just viewed as a lack of self-discipline. People respect those who accomplish challenging feats, while they consider those who overindulge in easily obtained feats as weak, untrustworthy or flawed.
Second, women have potential to do more harm by sleeping around than men do. Say a man sleeps around with a bunch of different women. Heâ??s definitely doing harm to these women if he pretends to be monogamous while sleeping around. He may cause them emotional pain by his promiscuity. He may cause unwanted pregnancy. He may spread VD. When women sleep around, however, they can cause not only all these same ill effects but one additional crucial ill effect: the risk of unknown parentage.
If one guy sleeps around with five women, each of whom is monogamous to him, and they all get pregnant, itâ??s a safe bet as to who the father is. If you reverse genders and have one woman who sleeps around with five men who are monogamous to her, and she gets pregnant, the father could be any of the five men. And if one of those men is tricked into raising a baby that isnâ??t his, heâ??s investing time, money, estate and property to provide for a child that isnâ??t carrying his DNA into the next generations, a costly mistake from an evolutionary standpoint.
Our two basic primal drives are to survive and to reproduce, and promiscuous women traditionally make it hard for a man to know for sure whether he is truly reproducing or is secretly raising another manâ??s child. Men stand a lot more to lose from promiscuous women than the other way around. And itâ??s no picnic for the child to not know who his real father is either. And itâ??s a mess for the women carrying on the deception as well. Or just look at any random episode of the Maury show if you donâ??t believe me.
Since the DNA test and the birth control pill didnâ??t exist until recently, there were no reliable ways to prevent pregnancy or prove parentage for most of human history. For this reason society developed a vested interest in preventing promiscuity among women, and society accomplished this by creating the slut stigma. And even though the creation of birth control and DNA tests have made this less of a risk than the past, longstanding traditions and customs are not easy for society to break so the slut stigma remains.
Third, men have evolutionary reasons to be programmed to sleep around more. A lot of women roll their eyes when they hear that men are â??hard-wiredâ?? to sleep around. But from an evolutionary standpoint, it makes total sense. If the two primal drives of humans are to survive and to reproduce, nothing leads to maximum reproduction like one man sleeping with multiple women. If one women sleeps with many men in a nine month period, she can only get pregnant just once. Nine months of rampant promiscuity would give the same result as nine months of highly sexed monogamy: one pregnancy. Now if one man sleeps with many women during a nine month period, you can get many pregnancies during that period. The more women he sleeps with, the more possible pregnancies.
So from an evolutionary standpoint, there are concrete advantages to men being promiscuous compared to women being promiscuous. This doesnâ??t mean that women have evolved to be strictly monogamous. Women have evolved to be somewhat promiscuous too, something men badly underestimate. However they havenâ??t evolved to be as rampantly promiscuous as men.
Fourth, promiscuity poses more risk to women than to men. A woman has more to lose from choosing bad sex partners than a man does. Sheâ??s the one who gets stuck with going through a pregnancy and taking care of a baby alone if she chooses a deadbeat. For this reason, promiscuous women throughout history have historically been viewed as being a vastly more irresponsible risk takers than promiscuous men, who rightly or wrongly could always run away from the consequences of unwanted pregnancies easier than women could.
These four reasons explain why the longstanding tradition came about of men being rewarded for multiple partners while women get socially punished for similar promiscuity. Of course all this is gradually changing, but weâ??re up against millenia of evolutionary and cultural conditioning here, so donâ??t expect any dramatic overnight reversals.
Understand that Iâ??m just explaining why the double standard came into existence and not condoning or condemning it. This is not an attempt to pass judgment or be self-righteous in any way. Itâ??s just an explanation of why the two conditions are treated differently.
If I didn’t keep my husband reined in, he would have spent every last dime on his toys or his house or his family. I tell him, almost every day, there is no reason to let you have EVERYTHING YOU WANT!
I am so tired of him telling me it cost $28.00 a week for my hair appointment, That is all I cost him. He doesn’t appreciate my cleaning the house or going to get take out.
He gets mad because I won’t allow him to buy frivolous car accessories that cost hundreds of dollars. Either he spends more money on me, or I am out of here. I am fed up with him.
Why the he** does it have to about you you you. You sound like a spoiled bi*ch that thinks he should buy you things but oh wait when he asks for something you get all bit*chy. You statement ” Either he spends more money on me, or I am out of here.” makes you sound like all your after is money. Go get a job if you don’t have one.
OK, I started searching for a ‘specific’ question (why does a woman use reverse psychology against men to get an reaction the man would not have given her) but ended up here and I think I might get an answer here?!
I have a girlfriend, not married yet but she stays in my house and wears the pants by giving all the orders how she likes it. I don’t want to get married anymore unless I get a good way to handle this situation or to tell her in the right why she actually is doing things, because my method just goes in by one ear and out by the other… Please suggest a way to deal with this or maybe someone else I can get in to tell her what she does is wrong. I don’t want someone who is neutral, but someone who is straight so that who ever is wrong can finally hear it from someone else. I really love her, but hell, this can’t go on like this…
OK, my question:
Why does she use “reverse psychology” (hope it is the right term) to work me up and make me do something and then use my reaction against me? I will be as calm as can be and she will go on about something, on on on on on until I start to talk loader just so she can listen to me and then she starts to talks me dead and then I have to almost scream just to end my sentences. Then she tells everybody I am rude and scream at her and I have no respect where I was as calm as can be and she made me end up being like that on that spot! Other wise I am a very calm guy… She will also tell people that I was like that from the beginning where I was NOT but being worked up by her so that I end up being like that!
What must I do???
Find someone more compatible who doesn’t play games. Life is way to short.
Look up “control issues” on a search engine. You will find that many people try to control others. The only problem is, they use Grade School Tactics, ie. I love to have you as my friend. Then during the next couple of days, I hate you, you don’t care about me.l You tell them you do like them and then it starts all over agin.
You are bing controlled buddy. I know, look at my wifes post down below. Here in Oregon, most of the women are willing to please their man. My wife is just the oposite. She only wants to be treated special.
TIme for a divorce, Linda,. The kids are gone and you are a big problem. Too many years of abuse by a B****!
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so….why is it always about her? Why is every article written by a woman about “helping men” always about helping the men to give in to woman’s every little desire? Women are control freaks and it is exactly because once a month they have a period. It is COMPLETELY outside of their control, like just about everything else which they can bever accept, so they ABSOLUTELY MUST CONTROL EVERYTHING ELSE except they utterly fail when it comes to controlling themselves. This is MISANDRY and VAGINIZATION of men and it is exactly what the decline of western civilization will be blamed upon in the future, ASSUMING there is anyone left to even tell the tale. God help us all if the US ever gets a female President, the missiles will start flying in earnest during her first monthly cycle.
Girls everywhere and all you emasculated “men” who are trying so hard to be politically correct at the expense of your masculinity, listen up.
Men and women are equals. This does not mean that they are equal in every single thing they do. For example, men are, on average, physically stronger than women. It is much easier for a semi attractive (even a 6/10) woman to go out and get laid. The same cannot be said about men. Men have to work at it, have some skill (game) and thereby get a woman to sleep with them. It is a LOT harder for an equally attractive man to get women than it is the other way around. This is one of reasons behind why we, as a society, naturally celebrate men who are successful in bedding multiple women; while at the same time shame women who bed multiple men.
Let us briefly visit the topic of virginity from both perspectives. Virginity in a man is not a desirable state or label when it comes to an attribute that the opposite sex wants. This is because he has obviously not been preselected by other women. However, female virginity is not looked at negatively in the least by men. If she looks decent, no man cares if the girl is a virgin or not. In fact, a female virgin is often wanted more.
Now don’t get me wrong, men LOVE sluts. We will never turn down an opportunity to sleep with a good looking slut. Partly because she’s good in bed, partly because it’s sex. But any decently intelligent, self-respecting man will know that it is a terrible idea to emotionally involve himself (i.e. date) with a slutty girl. That would be a very dumb move. Why would any man want to get emotionally involved with a girl who’s had 15+ sexual partners? We would just be setting ourselves up for failure. There are many nice worthy girls out there who don’t have daddy issues and haven’t slept with an entire fraternity house. But, by all means, fvck the brains out of sluts in the meanwhile.
Most guys can detect when a girl is a slut by the first few dates and by what he hears about the girl from other people and from the girl herlself. We put this information together and figure out if she is dating material or not. If not, I like most guys, will still go in for the prize but have no intention of following through with dating the dirty little tart.
To put it simply, a lock that can be opened by many keys is a useless lock and of little worth. But a key that can open many locks is a master key and is valuable.
To make your thoughts even more complicated, lets talk about the Tomboy Revolution and how rejected by our fashionista society they are.
What can I say? I’m in love with a tomboy and society SUCKS.
Oh yeah, lock and key analogy is genius. Gotta love that one.
I don’t agree with the sandwich thing, hell no. You want a sandwich, make it yourself and make me one too as long as i ask nicely. Women and men should respect each other, and it’s just that women are different and have needs when it comes to talking it out. If you’re in a relationship you should already know your way around women. Women just end up doing more of the cooking and cleaning, but the man should at least help with garbage and dishes or something like that. Just say please and thank you (like you mean it) and you’ll be fine. About sex, just don’t offend the girl, and if anything… well, like someone said it can’t be stopped and I can figure that’s probably true….so… I don’t know what to say to that. oh well. Most women aren’t so touchy so all I have to say is speak for yourself and that those are stereotypical housewife ideas set by none other than the sitcoms we watch. (example: everybody love’s Raymond) don’t get me wrong, I love the show, but it’s a clear example.
you know the whole “make me a sandwich” thing is really just a crazy internet meme/joke.
We’re in that stage of gender culture where we joke about the sexism of the past, and where some people overcompensate for sexism- feminazis.
Hopefully I see us moving against that overcompensation for total equality as feminism is outdated. There are little things sexist against men and women.
Actually all humans have needs to talk it out, it’s just more accepted in society and culture for women to talk about their feelings. It’s unfortunate and difficult for any human to have to adapt to an emotionless persona. Emotions are very real in humans and we eff them up all the time by ignoring them instead of confronting and trying to figure them out.
Contradtortally, sometimes the women who work in our lives frustrate us because it feels like blackmail, as if we owe them this debt because of all the cooking and cleaning they do. I’ve experienced this first hand with my mother, and since I was born into her doing this for me I never learned to do those things for myself. Now I have to break lazy habits on my own, because my delusional mother actually does blackmail me with “all I do for you, you selfish person blah blah blah!” This is not because she is a woman, but related to that concept just because I was born into a quasi-fundamentalist family. It’s mainly because my dad is a workaholic and has minimal time to spend on the rest of his life, let alone cooking and cleaning for us. (his job made more money than my mom’s and so she quit to raise me. Believe me, I hear about that one on a weekly basis!)
I was the guy that said sex is more controlling of us than girls. I think if girls are empathetic about sex and COMMUNICATION is involved compromises and understanding can be worked out. I honestly think one argument against evolution is how girls evolved to not like sex very much. WTF is up with that? You’d think the horniest girls would have the most children before we were smart enough to invent birth control. Heh maybe that messed it up. Anywhoozel, I figure if us guys are empathetic to estrogen-based emotional craziness and girls in return are empathetic to our testosterone-based horniness, then presto we are chock full of empathy and it all works out.
Oh god my parents love Everybody Loves Raymond. I HATE DEBRA on that show. She is so mean to Ray, and sometimes he’s right but he doesn’t defend himself well, for the comedic aspect of the show. If they were a couple in real life they’d be divorced by now thanks to Debra. She has anger problems. But her more modern housewife character, Frankie, on that new show The Middle is much calmer. (it’s funny I’ve always hated Debra but never thought I was justified until now.)
And yeah besides the fundamentalist feminazi vibe that show has some pretty well-written, creative and genius humor.
Wowza, no idea my comment turned out that long. Have fun reading! (that’s what you get from someone who’s been writing since his 3rd birthday =D)
delusions of gender
Most of these do not apply to me, really. And I’m a woman. The only thing I can probably relate to is “nothing”. “Whatever” has a very different meaning to me. It’s more like, “okay, your point in the argument is acceptable, but it doesn’t change the fact that I am hurt”. Not necessarily “pathetic”–that is just too much.
Judging from the statements, this article was written by a woman, and a very controlling one. I for one cannot fathom talking down my husband or my boyfriend–because they deserve “respect”.
I don’t believe that guys have that “stay away” sign–unless you’re getting into his hair too much.
Besides, what’s wrong with playing World of Warcraft? Rule of thumb: stay away from guys that do not share the same interest (or at least a common ground) as you. Since you don’t play, you can never understand how they can find it entertaining–and with the attitude you had shown everyone, hell, even I will choose to play Tetris than talk to you.
In short: stop nagging. If you’re stressed, agitated, just be quiet. If you have this kind of demeanor when stressed or hurt, then look for more peaceful, less demeaning ways to communicate your displeasure. I am a woman, but I don’t approve of this.
If women didnt do all this stuff to men, why would there be so many posts and searches from men looking for this ? LOL
Wow! If any man takes any advice from this article, he is doomed for his entire relationship. We both have different roles to play. And if a woman needs to have so much control over her man, shes not a woman. shes a pain in the ass!
If a woman cant show her emotions or be honest then I have no time to waste for her.
On to the next, dont be cruel be patient and polite, most of all, set yourself up with some boundaries especially in the beginning. Let it be known what is appropriate behavior and what is not.
Good luck everyone
Is it just me or is there no list here? Tried it on 3 different browsers.
Hopefully this problem has now been resolved.
“Fine” was left off the list.
I think it goes along with “Whatever”.
You know, I don’t agree with a lot of this, and I’m a woman.
For example: I just happen to be incredibly indecisive, so when I tell my boyfriend “it’s up to you…it’s your decision” I actually mean it. I WANT him to make the decision.
And if I say I “plan to clean” and he says not to worry about it…I’m not going to turn his suggestion into a challenge. If I want to clean I will. If I don’t I wont.
This makes women sound evil and vindictive ALL THE TIME….You know what, WE DON’T ALWAYS HAVE AN AGENDA.
Way to simultaneously perpetuate two stereotypes:
1) Women all talk like passive-aggressive bipolar hummingbirds on crack. (Commenters: Thanks for dressing this up in words like “intuitive,” which are essentially content-free BS but were intended to placate me! Bonus points!)
2) Women aren’t funny.
If you could work in something about daddy issues or how hard ladies find math, I think you might land a hat trick.
I love the satire you used, even if it was accidental.
Even though you and I are essentially on the same page for opinions about this post, I would challenge you to try and find light in here. Admittedly, I haven’t tried at all. I’m a bit hypocritical, but I still challenge you if you’re up for some thinking.
Your comment stood out to me with such wonderful and unique writing. It popped. I hope you find this interesting if anything, WonderGirl.
I’m a lesbian.
Which one of us wins the argument? 8|
Best.
Real BS!!!
Seems to me that the so called “great communicator” sucks at communication and needs to grow up.
Is there anything new you want to try in bed tonight? is it True ?
This is. . .this is just disgusting. I’ve never seen a better case for misogyny in my life. Is that what you were going for?
i am a girl ..its made me laugh because all are true……few of them i used ..hehehehe…how funny ….
And I’m sure that was the point of the entire article.
The truth is that women do think differently and communicate differently than men. All one has to do to see that is watch a gathering of women talk — as many different topics as there are women in the conversation yet they’re all following each other with no problem. Then watch a group of guys — they may go from topic to topic but it will be sequentially with each commenting on the same topic until it changes. Women focus more on the intuitive side of the brain while men focus on the, for lack of a better term, logical or sequential part of the thinking process. That doesn’t mean I’ve not seen intuition get the right answer as often or more often than pure logic. Just that there are different mechanisms at work. When intuition tries to communicate with logic, however, misunderstandings occur. That’s just life and this article, I thought, did a wonderful job of showing the humor in that.
What … gatherings of men and women are you watching …?
Like on sitcoms?
For some reason, I always see mixed-gender groups talking at parties/meetings/dinners/etc., and those crazy kids seem to manage to make conversations work out.
He isn’t saying that mixed groups cant converse, he is saying that males and females are different. If you haven’t gotten through life without seeing situations were only women or only men are conversing, then you must live in bizarro world. How about poker night and “girl’s night out”
I’m a guy and I use some of these LOL. Especially the “Nothing” and “Whatever”. 😀
This article is sexist and poorly written. These jokes are super tired and based on social preconceptions of gender that are ridiculous. The author disgusts me… hope you feel great about how dumb you are.
Wow this article makes me hate women…a lot…
I think that this list is very outdated, these things keep following women and really do lead to men ‘hating’ women. In my own relationships, I try to be as direct as possible. Sometimes it is a catch 22, people generally say they want you to be direct with them but then when you are they think you are too blunt. It is a learning process. What I’m getting at here, is that the new generation of women can’t be put into these categories, I think that we are evolving as we are definitely more independent than in previous years and so why would be afraid to say something directly? Men and women should strive to co-evolve in improving the lines of communication together. It takes two people to communicate and if a man does not like the way a woman says something then there is certainly a way to bring that up in a polite respectful way and both people can explore how to improve their communication. Wish you all blessed, loving, respectful relationships.
Very nice post I love It
the nothing-thing is true and it isnt.. it depends on the girl if I think bout the girl friends and girlfriend I’ve talked to.. but women can be damn good at guilt-trips.. tho it depends on the girl, is guilt trip a typical way of arguing. But the reason why there are many kinds of girls and many kinds of boys? so each finds their match 😀 i wont wanna date a girl tho that uses guilt trips and the nothing often.. and also, if a girl doesnt like it that the biy likes MW2 or Halo or whatev, then why date him in the first place? being cute is not a reason enough 😀 and vice versa
I hardly watch any tv so I can say from experience that the article is 70% true. Girls like to use the “nothing” phrase often. they actually want to be heard except that they’re too angry to explain everything. they havet to be pressed on until they finally let it all out. kind of like they’re playing hard to get. I know because i myself have used this a few times. guys on the other hand usually keep the problem to themselves and won’t talk about it – at all. you force them, they’ll get angrier. i have brothers, so i can attest to that. yes, i am generalizing but it all makes sense to me now. if people don’t want to be generalized based on gender, then there’s no need to use the terms “man” or “woman” at all. It’s the responsible of the reader if he ends up being a sexist or not OR being reduced to their traditional gender roles.
I hate saying “nothing” and I’m a girl. I like telling my problems because it’s therepuetic but only if the other person asks, or if it’s a close friend who’s supposed to be supportive of me. And I hate secrets. I’m just saying 70% is FAR too high for any stereotype or generalization.
Are you really willing to say that 50% of the world’s population, no matter their religion or culture or age, will act this way and the other 50% will act another way? If you say yes I will leave it at that and we never have to talk again. But if you say no… I rest my case.
Alright so lets get really nitty gritty here and find 70% of 50% … 35%. So half of 7 billion rounded is 3.5 billion. 35% of 3.5 billion is… not something any of my calculators can calculate. So I’ll just guess. 1 billion-ish. Are you willing to say 1 billion women in the world say “nothing” when something is wrong? Do you have any IDEA how immensely different we are? We may be physically the same about 98% but mentally we are all so beautifully DIFFERENT. So you use the nothing word, nobody in this world is exactly like you mentally. I know plenty of guys who talk also. I have guy friends, I’ve had boyfriends, I’ve had girlfriends and I have a super shy sister who’s never used the “nothing” thing with me. She’s always said “I don’t want to talk about it with you.” Gee how magnificently direct for a change! Responsibility of the reader? Look who posted this!
I think the author meant to be funny but clearly missed the mark by five miles. I don’t know any women who are like this but i think the author watched “malcom in the middle” and wrote about his mother. It actually pisses me off and I’m usually pretty laid back, even around unsightly comments…but I’m offended. Sir, you’re showing women as monsters. This is extremely sexist and not at all funny. Also, I hope you’ve not actually met women like this and I hope you know that we are all different people.
The author is a female.
Indeed. Glad someone understands this.
I think this article is pretty sad. I don’t say any of the things mentioned. I don’t know any women that say these things. My guess is the author is just regurgitating what he or she read in these books that are mentioned at the beginning of the post, or maybe watches too much reality television where people act like a$$holes because they are on camera.
The author is so blatantly and obviously a female that it can’t be argued. A bias inclination to the female gender is apparent throughout the article as well as an obviously submerged necessity to defend the nature of women and implicate men for what is not their fault.
I’m just a fifteen year old boy though, what do I know?
So very true and well said.
As a 14 year old girl, I’ve never really had to deal with this stuff. I don’t know first hand what the communication between men and me is like. Perhaps I will be a moany bitch who constantly says the opposite of what she’s thinking and expects people to read her mind, but I really hope I won’t be. I’d HATE myself.
I don’t think I will be that woman, but if gender stereotypes like this continue (even in so-called ‘humourous’ articles), I might end up turning into her. I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to defy people’s expectations of me. With enough pressure to be a ‘typical woman’, I might just give in, and that would be absolutely tragic.
Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children?
One of my biggest pet peeves is stereotyping and generalizing age. For god’s sakes I was 2 days past 15 when I lost my virginity (Not a slutty act, it was love at the time and I never regret it). As a 14 year old girl YOU may not know about this stuff but other people do.
What’s your point, exactly?
A. This is something that really bugs me because I feel like you’re underestimating all 14 year olds across the world.
B. I said it was a pet peeve and so I just had to tackle it.
C. Many 14 year old girls do know about this stuff. In fact this is where the misunderstanding starts is somewhere in the teenage years. I’ve seen more often that girls want love and romance and think that if a guy likes them that he will love them. The case is not always true. Sex tends to be a bit higher on the Want’s list for guys, because of their physical make up. Nonetheless, I’m getting way off topic.
D. The point is, please do not use your age as a stereotype. You are never too old or young to do something. (So don’t hold yourself back based on age either.)
Okay. I didn’t mean to say that 14 year olds don’t know anything about this. There’s one girl in my year who was in a pretty serious romantic relationship. I think it lasted about 2 years, and she’s still in love with him. They broke up because of communication problems. He was making really mean comments without realising that he was hurting people, and when she sent him a 5-page text about how she was feeling, he just replied, “Okay.”
Personally, I feel relationships like that at my age are a bit weird. I don’t think that people shouldn’t be in them or that people aren’t in them, but it’s still a bizarre concept to me. When I look around, I don’t see couples that are in love. It seems everyone’s just ‘going out’ to show off to their friends. There are girls that sleep with different people every night just to be popular (even though they just come off as sluts to everyone else). The couple I talked about in the first paragraph had slept together, but it was a proper relationship and they clearly didn’t do it for attention or to be able to brag about it to the rest of the school.
In short, I don’t feel the majority of my peers are mature enough to be in relationships that aren’t completely shallow. Really, when I think about it, the majority of my peers will probably won’t be mature about it for the rest of their lives. Things probably won’t change at all. They’ll only get worse when it becomes LEGAL for them to go to drinking.
Anyway, I wasn’t trying to make a comment about all 14 year olds, and I’m sorry if it sounded like that. I was only making a comment about myself as a young person. When it comes to romantic relationships, I still feel like a kid. I’ve had zero experience. I feel that 14 is pretty young and that emotionally mature 14 year olds are in the minority. This may or may not be true, and I really have no knowledge about it. In all honesty, my horizons and real-world experience are tiny and I sometimes forget that there’s a very thin line between stating opinions and making ridiculous generalizations…especially on the Internet.
Sorry about all this.
Well it’s quite understandable. I was in the same boat as you at that age. When romance falls into your life, I could guesstimate that it will all happen so fast and then you will sound experienced even though you feel almost the same, because it all happens so fast. You aren’t really missing out on too much… Except that until the first date or first kiss or first romantic experience of some sort, you do feel it’s much more important than it ends up being. I understand you completely now, though I had some idea of it before. I just wanted to clarify. I hope this was a calm discussion and not an all out war for you.
I would just like to give a round of applause for a fourteen-year-old girl who actually knows how to type and doesn’t do so in “text language”.
I would also like to say that I commend you on your vocabulary and ability to not ACT like a fourteen year old and actually have an adult conversation.
You will most definitely go far in life, and I hope you find a good man to spend that amazing life with.
Good job, girly 🙂
PS- I am not the same Megan. Just to let you know. 😉
I don’t want to find a man. I want to be a man, for that matter. Also I don’t know many people within the teenage age range that don’t talk like me… I’m sure they’re out there, I just can’t find them.
That was seriously the funniest thing I've read in awhile. And a lot of it is right! 🙂
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5. Humor is most definitely subjective. Everyone has different opinions about what is funny or not.
4. Please make sure you don't offend people (authors, guests who post comments) with your topic/reply. Calmly express your disagreement, all the while respecting the other person's opinions.
3. Women (just as men) are FANTASTIC human beings. Some women use these phrases on a constant basis, other women don’t. This doesn’t make women bad people/communicators. The subject is too complex to be discussed in a short post.
2. If it doesn't happen to you, it doesn't mean it doesn't happen to someone else.
1. We're built different, so we communicate different. Not inferior or superior to, just different. These phrases aren’t made-up. Reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are.
Let’s simply relax… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7eYnDddsic
I hope this comedy act will not lead to violence against women…
Just replying to number one, simply because it’s factually incorrect, and hence is why this is kind of a big deal in the first place. Note: this can also be considered a response to number two, but it’s more towards one.
You said that, “Some women use these phrases on a constant basis, other women don’t,” which is true. However, you also say, “We’re built different, so we communicate different,” which contradicts your previous statement, and I’ll explain why. If the latter is the case, then why doesn’t every woman talk the same? If there is one exception to the rule, then the theory/hypothesis/etc. is incorrect, and it’s certainly not correct to go around saying that it is (and in this case, there’s not even necessarily a correlation, and even if it is, it can therefore be changed, and is still incorrect). For that reason, it becomes apparent that genetics do not control personality like that, since each person of each sex would not be able to deviate from their traditional gender roles due to something within their body controlling them. In other words, I wouldn’t be a tomboy if that were true. It is learned behavior, brought down, whether intentionally or not, from various people you associate with throughout your life.
“Reality isn’t the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are.”
I am driven to be provocative and childish by saying then maybe you should face up to it… But…
Instead I leave you with this:
“We see things not as they are, but as we are.”
– Stephen Covey.
Does this make reality a much different idea than you had first thought? I don’t believe any of this document. It’s just twisted, not funny. Ideally, a cruel piece. I’m sorry you got such bad responses, but they are the truth. (Truth = opinions in this case. Majority rule. Minority rights, but majority rule. We’ve been down the path of sexism and back so I think most people know it pretty well.)
And to say “We’re different, so we communicate different” is essentially true, but let’s not put BOYS in one category and GIRLS in the other. The line is not right down the middle. In fact it’s quite scattered and unpredictable, like life and humans really are.
or you can just decide not to put up with bullsh*t in a relationship.
WOW' everything is true he wrote in his article, n d person who dun obey his gf/wifey he is not a MAN in my sense. but d gf should b able fo tht.
Ummmmm learn how to type, first off.
This is not your cellphone and we are not “omg I’m txtin my bff jill”.
Two: You are a sad excuse for a female if you think that a relationship should consist of the man essentially being a slave.
Three: I hope you are infertile so nobody has to deal with another generation of YOU.
And lastly, I apologize to every male who reads the above comment, and assure you that not all women think this way.
Candy, dear….go back to school and stop making all of us look like conceited bimbos.
Thanks.
Someday, Megan, we may realize that people are all the same. We just got the wrong impressions.
Sounds good on paper, Jack, but life isn’t that simple.
It’s a metaphorical reference to how humans have similar social experiences. We do, as in if you are in an argument with a person, you’ve been in their place too in a similar situation. Or if someone bullied you at school, you’ve been the bully as well. People don’t realize how similar we are.
The human brain isn’t that amazing. It doesn’t create vastly different human beings. It creates a huge social center that makes us able to pick up on the tiniest of social interactions, thus building the perception that we are more different than we truly are.
Instead of saying all that, I simplified it.
Whoever put this up, is a coward with no life, and no penis.
Yes! Thank you, I agree wholeheartedly! =)
I am a heterosexual male, who starred in several sports in high school(Including football), and the sad thing, is, that most men, don't like women. They may like to screw women, have them around, but most don't actually like women. Also, a lot of the crap you see on this page, is also a lot of the hostility that leads to violence against women. I repeat, whoever put this up is a coward.
I would disagree with you on the part about most men just wanting to screw women. I know quite a few guys who want a substantial relationship. Quite a few romantics too, roll of the eyes. See you were in sports. I am in music, English, and drama club. Maybe artsy guys have a soft heart then. Who knows. I'm sure it's different all across the board.
Please do the entire female gender a favour and never date again.
???? Me? Why?
Megan seems like the ideal female. It gives me more hope than I had for our society. I am certainly growing tired of the blatantly ironic statement: “All men are sexist pigs.” Meh… There’s not much I can do. It’s not like any of this is doing me any harm. Let people believe what they wish and you believe what you want.
This is going to sound really obnoxious. It’s to Joshua and anyone else that has seen those Megan comments. I was that Megan, sort of. Same person, except those comments are really old and since then I have come out as transgender.
I’m a guy Joshua. Okay. And it really annoys me that you called me the ideal female. Well now you know why, cause I’m just one of the guys. Hey, maybe you’re gay. [sarcasm and satire]. I know I have no realistic reason to be annoyed and offended but it bugged me too much to leave it alone.
It’s bugged me for a while since that spelling Nazi Megan told me to go find the man of my dreams on here.
And believe me everyone, the stereotypes piss me off as well. I wish I could delete my previous comments but I can’t. And hey, this is the internet- as if there’s manners or any attempt at being socially acceptable. So there. That’s all I have to say. Thanks for reading everyone.
Well, this list was written by a woman and she doesn't have a penis. So you are correct. I have no idea where the idea she is a coward and has no life comes from. She seems like a nice person to me and has quite a full life.
As with most of the lists on this site, they are for entertainment and not to be taken seriously, especially so when it is a list about men and women. The list was written in a comedic tone and should be taken in that context.
I think most people who criticize it realize this. Quite frankly, this kind of sexism just isn’t funny, and, if anything, just helps perpetuate and reinforce ridiculous stereotypes, regardless of whether it’s supposed to be humorous or not. Besides, men say these things as well. Even disregarding the sexism, that alone makes this whole thing not funny.
Ask any older married man. We love our wive, but this is the truth as men see it.
How many times are you going to say that?
lol
This pisses me off so much. For one, almost all of it is untrue. You are putting people into groups based on gender when each person is completely different. I’d like to point out that I say exactly what I mean also. I’d like to point out that I’ve stood up for guys quite often when it comes to these misconceptions. I hate it. I hate the blatant stereotypes and sexism. My parents, I see them and I see two people. The cliche that men hate it when the girlfriend wants to talk during TV is utter BS because my dad and I get in debates during TV all the time, and my mom is the one who gets irritated.
Also I hate shopping. Many people do hate shopping. I’m not ruthless, vengeful hateful or any of that. And guys are just as likely to win arguments as I am. And I’ve got plenty of other specific examples besides the TV one.
The upside to this is because I haven’t fallen to these petty things it makes me look like a potentially great girlfriend.
When you get married. wait 2 years. then ask your husband to read this list.. If he agrees you are way different, bully for you. if not, oh well.
the vast majority of married men experience life as described in this list. don’t blame us, don’t blame the list writer. It’s just life. women make similar lists about men irritating habits.
diversity is great
If he doesn’t agree you’re way different, then he’s a fool and a doomed man. He may as well just admit right there that your new dress DOES make you look fat.
My wife up and left me a year ago after thirty-two years of marriage. Since that time, I’ve had health problems, a hospital stay, intermittent employment, and yet still can’t recall any time in the last three decades that felt less stressful. I’ve been happier and less stressed during the year since she’s been gone than I have been since 1978.
And you missed one, the blame game. ME: “What were you doing when the [appliance of choice] [quit working, started smoking, blew up?] HER: “Oh sure! Now you’re trying to make everything my fault!” I was just trying to get information to diagnose and fix the problem. She’d rather concentrate on blame for why it quit or why something failed to work. Logic versus emotion.
You are better of with out her. Enjoy your freedom. I’m sure you will find some way to get your sandwiches made. Until then, take care and God bless. peace
I’m sure your future girlfriend will like you just the way you are.
Who were you making that comment to?
Women are always right? Hmpf, in my experience women are never right, I always have better arguments. If you meant, women want always TO BE right, then yes, I agree, but I frickin' hate it when women TRY to be right and when I'm being more logical, they just start to yell, another reason why women shouldn't be in politics when they can't keep their cool. Yelling is not a good argument, and these dangerous words, I agree again, women love to use these.
I must say, nice list, but some things are going a bit too far.
These words are mostly the reason why I break up with girlfriends, if they can't take my personality, then they should back off.
Unfortunately, some women use these phrases on a constant basis (…that's why the divorce rate continues to get higher). Relationships can bring out both the best and the worst in people. "Women want always TO BE right" great remark 🙂 Of course, not ALL women. Let's not fall into the trap of generalization.
I'm glad gender stereotyping is still alive in the 21st century…
Ask any older married man. We love our wive, but this is the truth as men see it.
stereotypes are not always true but many are based on what is frequently true. So their are exceptions.
I've never suffered any of these myself, but I've seen others have to deal with the "nothing" phenomena…honestly, women need to get over that. It's incredibly unhealthy to pretend nothing is wrong and say nothing is wrong and then get angry when heir significant other fails to read this as the exact opposite. It's essentially lying, and trapping someone into being the "bad guy."
You are absolutely right. It’s essentially lying. Men are just as guilty as women when it comes to the ‘nothing’ syndrome. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Men, however, tend to say nothing's wrong because they genuinely don't want to talk about it. It's just as unhealthy, but they'll go on pretending they're fine indefinitely if it isn't pried out of them. I'm an exception to this, but have observed it more than enough. Women want you to pry and get angry if you don't. Men want to be left alone and get angry if you pry.
If the man would be a real man, he wouldn’t have to ask “is there something wrong?”. He would already know it.
My standard answer to the “nothing” and the “you should know” game is “I’m not a mind reader and I’m not playing. When you’re ready to stop acting like a child and actually talk you know where to find me”.
Becky says, “Real men read minds.” Good luck with that, Becky. You’re in for a lot of frustration and failed love affairs.
You have a very insulting and selfish attitude, Becky. A “real” HUMAN, male or female, should be able to express themselves openly and should never expect other people to read them like magic. If something happens at work or school to upset you are you going to expect your significant other to know what’s going on when you come home moody and distant? How about if you’re mad at them for an honest mistake they made, which they couldn’t have ever guessed was the wrong thing to do?
You’re going to die alone with such ridiculously unfair and childish expectations.
I was married to my first wife for five years and got nothing but pure hell. I was a caring, gentle and worked hard as an equal partner in my marriage. But she cheated every chance she got and didn`t hide the fact. I tried everything to save my marriage, but she wouldn`t hear of it. She eventually left me for another man and to be honest with you I was devastated. I couldn`t understand why she did what she did, but I couldn`t stop her, I don`t believe in forcing someone to do something they don`t want to do. I was not an abusive husband, I never cheated or lied to her. It may sound stupid but I still loved her after very thing she did, it took me a number of years to get over it and to trust woman again. Then I met my current wife, we have been married 16 yrs and have 2 great kids. My relationship with her is great and is built on understanding and mutual respect. Well its been over 20 yrs since I saw my first wife and out of the blue, I got a phone call for the Hospital she was admitted too. It turns out she has a rare disease and needs a bone marrow transplant and it turns out I am a match and I know woman are going to explode over this part. If she doesn’t `get the transplant she will die, so for her to get my bone marrow, I made her sell her house, car and cleaned out all her bank accounts and assets and to give me the money. Hear is the kicker I donated all the money in her name to charity and sent her a picture of me handing all her hard earned money away. I don`t feel bad about it one bit, I actually find it quite funny, moral of the story what goes around comes around, revenge is sweet.
Or…sometimes women also do not want to talk about it.
When I say nothing is wrong, either nothing is wrong and your pestering will only make something wrong, or something is wrong and I don’t feel like talking about it. There’s no pretending involved. Maybe your guy friends should just learn a little about body language?
I’m not talking about “guy friends,” I’m not some kind of idiot “bro” here. I’m referring to how my mostly female friends sometimes treat their boyfriends, husbands or even family members.
“They should just learn to read body language” goes straight back to my original criticism. What a selfish, ignorant thing to say. OPEN, VERBAL communication is what’s TRULY healthy. Expecting people to read your feelings from what looks like completely ordinary behavior is absolutely unreasonable. If you can only express something in subtle changes to your outward attitude, then you don’t know how to communicate at all, you don’t know how to handle your own emotions and you shouldn’t expect your feelings to be picked up on by anyone, regardless of sex.
sometimes the body language is a good thing, even if you think that it is self centered. men need to know when to back off, there are signs, you know, but there differrent for each person. if the man acually cares about her, then he will know if she wants to talk about it.
It's quite hilarious to read this when one knows that Dr. John grey was twice divorced.
The man obviously understands how to make relationships work.
Easy in theory, difficult in practice 🙂 "If I hadn't been through divorce, I would have not learned what I learned to create 'Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus,' " he says
That is just ignorant. It takes experiencing death to tell you how to live. You succeed by failing. When you fail, you might not find out what you should do, but you’ve figured out what you shouldn’t do.
Your argument is flawed. Thanks, good bye.
Speaking from experience, married 20 yrs w/2kids, first marriage by the way, I can tell you that women want both sides. They want the fantasy man in the fiction books loaded with romance and gentleman qualities who gush out love, emotions and courtesy; AND they also want to work in the mans world and treated as equal. You simply cannot have both! Yes, I have gonads and put the foot down quite harshly on occasion. Name ONE man or woman who likes to be ‘controlled’, ‘bossed around’, ‘questioned about decisions’, ‘argued with’ or the worst… ‘having an unsolicited point of view which opposes every F’n thing you say’. ? Name one. Man or Woman. See what I mean? It was obvious how many females had responded with snide comments on this subject. Why were they looking at this article one must ask… maybe a hint of truth? STFU and make me a sandwich.
Towm8er nicely said!. I hope the married 20yrs w/2kids part is real.
Yep, married only once and still together since 1991.
I agree with you. However, we do like it when we are allowed to function equally in the “man’s world”. We honestly aren’t always allowed that. And we deal ( or we should, because the road to equality will not be complete for a few more decades, unfortunately ) but we do enjoy when a man makes us feel like gold. We’re told every day by the media, critics, strangers and family that we are not and will never be good enough. So yes, any man that can take the time to be our dream once in a while is celebrated. But before you get all uptight, I do agree that equality is the goal and those women out there who expect to be treated like goddesses need to just stop… I live when my man makes my life a little easier by picking his battles with me. On the same note, I can’t expect to be right all the time. I love him so I understand we need to give a little and take a little and only push on things that are actually important. He wants space and I try to give it to him, but there are times I really need him. I need to know he thinks well of me. If I’m expected to make a sandwich, there’s going to be trouble. If I’m asked to make a sandwich, there’s no trouble. I’m a human being just like any woman or man. Both genders need to understand that. Both genders need to stop fighting for dominance. It’ll be a long road, like said, before we’ll all be equal. But I’d like to think I’m on the right road. This article is half right. Women do have another language and flaws. But so do men. :/ they aren’t as straight-forward as they’d have you believe. Or they are hurtfully blunt. Women should stop beating around the subject. Men need to learn to care about who’s feelings they’re stomping on. I’d like for them to take the time to notice when I’m hurting instead of needing a billboard. It makes us feel like we aren’t that important. Anyway, I’m rambling. But I hope you see my point and agree about equality and meeting each other half-way. Take it easy.
Either this person has really bad grammar or English isn't their first language…it's an okay list but alot of the grammar mistakes make it not as funny as it could be because you're trying to figure out what the heck the author is trying to say.
A lot! Next time you want to be a grammar nazi, learn grammar first.
Oh god! She spelled “a lot” incorrectly. The horror.
Don’t you have a bridge to be jumping off?
I would not call someone out for that usually, but she is being a hypocrite.
ARE YOU AN ENGLISH TEACHER?
Hellz yeah. It was well written until after the first comic and then what the hell happened? It’s unreadable!
Either this person has very bad grammar or English isn’t his first language. It’s an acceptable (interesting, satisfactory, funny, realistic, etc.) list but many (a lot, if if you insist) of the grammar mistakes make it less funny than it could be because one is trying to understand what the heck the author is trying to say.
My point: If you must criticize grammar, do so grammatically. Additionally, It does not hurt to spell correctly.
Wow… thank god I'm a homosexual 😀
Why are you in this thread then?
Most likely put together by a woman, basically women like to be control freaks and freak out over everything and if we don't want to be in an argumant we have to be ready for service and obey! If ever my relationship would be like this it would be ended fast enough. Only thing we ask women if for a sandwich, and that is where you should be instead of writing up this top ten.
Argument* is* 🙂
Sandwich.
Sexist people like you are the reason why women are such bitches in the first place.
If you maybe possibly treated us with the respect that we give to YOU and that we DESERVE, you might find that we are actually very loving creatures and WILL make you a sandwich when you ask for it.
It’s always the man’s fault, isn’t it, Megan?
it’s ok, she was just daddy’s little girl growing up. She just hasn’t finished growing up. Give her time. Maybe someday. XD
Larz has a point! How can you call us dogs for our nature? Males need sex. It’s impossible to stop once it’s started. And then instead of being empathetic and sympathetic to that, you call us dogs. Maybe men want respect too.
??? you are the first to say sex
Sandwich = Sex in Jack’s eyes, apparently.
You poor single-minded creature.
stop it:) Give a man something to respect and youll get respect. Women are not princesses or holy cows. Get over yourself. Treating any man like hes a utility is a joke and only speaks to a womans lack of sense of reality. That thing between your legs isnt gold plated. Your just as lucky to have a man as he is to have you. Grow up and get some councilling.
Ask any older married man. this is truth . this is life. accept and be as happy as you can.
My father has been happily married for 36 years to the same woman, and his first woman. Even when I was kid, I thought he was whipped. But you have to play the game I saw my dad play many times. He sucks it up, says yes dear, and then does what he wants to do. If she wants you to fix the washer, you say, yes dear, don’t look her in the face, walk towards the laundry room, then once she’s gone do a 360 and walk back to your computer like a boss. If she asks why it’s still broken, tell her you did what you could, but it’s a goner. Life is a game, and you have to play it to win, but look like you’re losing to her. My dad continues to be my hero.
P.S. If you think this is a man to man advice, no. I am female. FE=iron. male=man. therefore I am iron man.
So… no matter what the woman is always right? Yeah, that's the key to a healthy relationship. Force the man to build up years worth of resentment. That'll work out nice. Jesus…
Most older married men will tell you
“look you have two choices. you can be right or you can be happy”
when you accept this, the anger does not build
Yea, but always being wrong just beats you down, I am in a relationship where I am desperately trying to find the ejector seat.
Aren’t we all???
You have another choice. Maybe have the testicular fortitude to call out her and set her straight. “If you don’t clean up your act, honey, there’s the door. Good luck making some poor old guy crazy.”
Exactly. The crap looks like it was written to convince men that no matte what they say or do they are always wrong, and that if a women is pissed off that means they are in big trouble, like they are a little kid. WRONG! Sometimes you have to just NOT care. Women will throw fits like babies, scream, and lose control if they don’t get their way. Which is why this article is written they way it is. Forget just about everything you have just read on this page and you will be ok. Women are humans, who make mistakes, and are often wrong. Anyone who tells you different is simply trying to con you. The best thing you can do when it comes to women is have your bullshit detector set on high.
I am a female unlike most females so I am in agreement about your comment, Sam. I believe that when most females get a man it’s about control. Control isn’t love or respect and that is why most men tend to cheat or feel tempted. There is no point for a woman to be with a man if she is going to play games or try to control him. The way I see it, God gave us free will,therefore, no one has a right to control another when the Almighty God does not control us. We have to treat each other as we would like to be treated It’s that simple.!! Women need to feel confident and secure enough in their relationship to say how they feel without fear things will be over. If you meet a man who is your best friend…he listens to you and gives advice when asked, then that is an amzaing guy. That is my experience. Not all guys are horrible. There are horrible females too and they give the rest of us a bad name.
Lord, you must be an angel!
My thinking ability isn’t what it used to be and I never been good at deciphering allusions or inuendos. Which when someone expects me to know what they’re saying when I don’t, time to blast off. I don’t go for control. Being on an even keel is good.
Which all this stuff brings back memories, where I’m like, no I don’t need that.
Where I never been attracted to a black woman, but it seems like black women can be easier to talk with. But again, I don’t get to see that many white women or latinos.
But I hate being confused! I hate wondering more. Manipulation gives me hunting fever.