5 Things Men Do that Secretly Annoy Women
So, guys: your girl drives you crazy sometimes, huh? Hey, deep down, we get it. We know that it’s a lot to ask of you to keep the toilet seat up, read our minds, and talk to us. But guess what, fellas? It kinda goes both ways. And I’m not talking about the obvious, like… well, keeping the toilet seat up, or your inability to listen. We love you, but sometimes you just drive us crazy. Not only do these things drive us crazy, but we just can’t understand them. We just can’t understand why you do things like…
Act Like Babies When You’re Sick
Why is it that when men get sick, they act as if they’ve just been diagnosed with terminal cancer? Women get the flu, and we don’t really have the luxury of wallowing around in bed, moaning for someone to come baby us. We still have to buck up and take care of the kids, keep the house clean, and get dinner on the table. Sure, our head is pounding, our nose is running, and we feel like crap. But stuff still needs to get done.
Men, on the other hand… you get a cold, and it’s like you’re literally dying. You basically become five year olds crying for mommy. And who gets to play mommy? That’s right, we do. We’ve got to cuddle you, cater to your every need, and basically treat you like you’ve magically turned into one of our children. It’s somewhat amusing, but mostly aggravating, because, hey, we get it — being sick sucks. But is it that hard to suck it up and deal with it? And we know, we know. You’d return the favor for us. But the thing is, women don’t turn into crying, sniveling babies when we get sick. Why is it that the person who’s supposed to be the tougher one in the relationship always does just that?
Judging by the content and tone of this article, I suspect that there are some very good reasons why the men in Cassy Fiano’s life spend a long time in the bathroom.
For one thing, there is a big difference between a nice guy and a doormat. If women such as Cassy Fiano don’t recognize the difference, then they deserve to have dating troubles. In my life I have known many men who are nice, courteous, moral, strong and highly principled. That kind of man, though, is often belittled in today’s In-Your-Face culture. The Bad Boy and the Metrosexual Male are constantly glorified, frequently by females.
You reap what you sow.
Your lack of humor has been noted. Thank you for playing and have a super day.
“Your lack of humor has been noted.”
You mean like when the Commissar told Doctor Zhivago “Your attitude has been noted. Oh yes, its been noticed!”
Its true I don’t have much of a sense of humor when it comes to males and females bashing each other in ways that aren’t very funny. Or when a writer doesn’t show any appreciation for gentlemanly behavior. Maybe if Mrs. Fiano reads some Wodehouse or Waugh it would help with her next attempt.
I heard one older guy claim that his wife had completely taken over the rest of the house so the bathroom was the only place he felt was his own.
Haven’t you heard? There is a 11th Commandment. It was chiseled in VERY fine print at the bottom edge of the tablet. It states and I quote:
“What is hers is hers and what was yours is hers too!”
Relationships are amazing when approached from the right mindset. They can be a living hell when they aren’t.
If you have a problem with that then f%^k off!
Perhaps a bit more elaboration is in order when discussing or more specifically “dissing” the poor hapless nice guy. How do they differ from what used to be commonly known as gentlemen? I don’t think that the fairer sex fully appreciates that it can be downright maddening at times trying to figure out exactly what balance of arrogance & indifference vs. humility & attentiveness a man is supposed to display. I must also say that as men have many flaws, women aren’t without them as well. The aversion to the so-called nice guy might be something that could at least be conceded as not the best quality to have.
The way I understand it is that the gentleman has a little bit of an edge to his character, and he knows how to say “no”. The nice guy is a predictable doormat wimp and absolutely no challenge. Just check out some Cary Grant movies for a lesson on what it means to be a gentleman. He was the ultimate gentleman but certainly nobody’s fool. The women loved him, and most importantly, respected him.
As for sick complaint, I don’t know who you are talking about. I have been self-employed all my working life. I have done hard physical labor when my back hurt so bad that my wife had to put my shoes on for me. I have worked under a blistering sun (literally, 2nd degree burns)and framed houses when we had to knock the ice off the previous day’s work. I have shot nails into my hand or leg, pulled them out with pliers, wrapped the wound, and kept going. I ask for no sympathy, and I get none. So take that complaint somewhere else.
Well, I know the type of guy she might be talking about, but those guys are big babies even when they aren’t sick. But yea, as for what Blackdog said: Being sick is usually the only time in an adult male’s life that he will have someone to wait on him without being paid for it, so it’s kind of a luxury. For a day or two you can just let all of the stress come off your shoulders and work on getting better. Of course, you have to not abuse the privilege. But most adult guys don’t get sick very often (or admit that they’re sick) until they become elderly.
And for the record: When my wife had foot surgery a couple of years ago and could not put any force on that foot whatsoever for a week, I did everything: I fixed all meals (and served her all of hers on bed). I did the cleaning and the laundry. I grocery shopped and ran errands. I helped her to the bathroom whenever she needed it, and I helped her take showers (sitting in a lawn chair in the shower). I took the first couple of days off from work and I stayed in or near the bedroom at all times so I could listen for her to call. I helped her keep tabs on when to take medicine. And after the first week, I helped her with her physical therapy.
“… in sickness and in health…”
Well done! I also, as a woman, really don’t like this superficial ragging on men. How about a little respect, on this two-way street? How about something really helpful, like the book Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars?
**Act Like Babies When You’re Sick**
Act like babies? You mean men act like babies because they notoriously never go to the doctor? And most almost never take a sick day from work?
Might as well get paid to be sick as sit at home. That way no one is tallying up missed days for the next round of lay-offs. If you are sick enough, they’ll send you home and won’t think you’re faking.
The men who act like boys with gross jokes and being trashy annoys plenty of men, too.
#1 – Because when we’re sick is the ONLY time we get to act like crying, sniveling babies. Women get to do that ALL the time.
#2 – Agreed.
#3 – Because the bathroom is a refuge. If your mother / wife / girlfriend / sister is nagging at you to do X, listen to Y, or endure Z, you can find refuge in the bathroom. This starts at a young age, and carries on. Unlike women who go to the bathroom in flocks, gaggles, and herds, guys can treasure being in the bathroom because its a place of solitude, free of interruptions. And nobody complains when we fart.
#4 – You do know that buckling under vis a vis #3 means #4, right? If women think they have the right to dictate our bathroom behavior (and this includes the orientation of the toilet seat), then don’t complain when men decide to chuck it all and let YOU decide.
#5 – oh, heck, why bother? We burp. You nag. Frankly, I think women have far less to endure than men.
Also on #3…
That’s often the time we take the opportunity to take care of the issue that you weren’t in the mood for. We try to be discrete, so you don’t get all self conscious about not having the same libido. Either there or in the long shower.
So to answer your question, when you knock on the door and ask if we’ve fallen in, the answer is no. We’re either solving a problem or taking time to read or think in peace (I’ve had some of my best ideas sitting on the throne).
Regarding #2…
Men only obsess about manscaping because women obsess over men who manscape. The same applies to smelling nice, dressing nice, buying furniture, and driving quiet classy luxury cars. Men only have nice things because women like nice things. If men didn’t want to attract and keep women, we’d all live in shacks with minimal furniture and drive vehicles that qualify as fast, loud, or both.
Women don’t actually like hairy men. A poll I saw recently confirms this. 1/3 of women report that facial hair is a turnoff.
Since women love shaved chests and hairless faces, I can only assume most women want to date men with the masculinity of Justin Bieber.
I don’t care what the polls say. I wear a beard anyway (it is well-kept). If women are turned off by it, I don’t care, because I don’t need a scarf in the wintertime, and it keeps me out of fights (it is well-known that beards improve combat ability by an average of 15%). With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands, you can’t grip a tackle box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yQ9a-hJVy0
All true!
Most homes are not designed for privacy. The bathroom, in many homes, is the only place one can be somewhat assured that no one will throw themselves into your presence and disturb your thoughts. Think about it. Men who have “private” dens probably use the bathroom quickly and efficiently. For others, it’s a place of refuge.
Good, I don’t do none of that mess…
I find #3 to be the inverse of what the article postulates, more often than not.
yeah that jumped out at me too. Men don’t spend more time in the bathroom than woman unless they are metrosexuals and the woman doesn’t wear makeup or whatever.
She really should have titled this article “5 Things That the Metrosexual Men I Date Do That Annoy Me”.
It sounds like the author is attracted to metrosexuals, so she really shouldn’t complain about it as it’s all part of the package. It would be like dating an actress or a model and complaining about how high maintenance they are … duh!
Actually, my husband is a Marine… pretty much the polar opposite of a metrosexual.
Marine’s can be metrosexual too. I served in the Navy alongside plenty of Marines, and they run the spectrum. Based on your article, I assume you’ve dated plenty of metrosexual men, and I further assume that your husband has some metrosexual tendencies, or you wouldn’t have written this article.
There’s no shame in being attracted to men who “take pride in their appearance” as I’ve heard other women remark. I’ve had metrosexual friends in the past and they were always beating women off with sticks, so I know women find it attractive. The popularity of the Twilight movies is also a testament to the appeal of metrosexual men.
Not my cup of tea though, but to each his own. My point was that if you like metrosexual men, you should be prepared for the bad as well as the good.
My husband does one of these, but that’s it. These answers came from asking other women what their husbands did that annoyed them. I have dated metrosexuals and found them annoying, which is why I married my husband, who is pretty much the most anti-metrosexual guy you could find. If I had to describe my husband, it’d be the Alpha male I described in the article. And again, this is why I married him.
As a former Marine, I can confirm that there are many metro-sexual type Marines, unfortunately. A Marine buddy and I were once in a fight with about 5 locals at a club, and the two metro sexual types with whom we had driven to the club would not jump in to help b/c, get this, they paid too much for their clothes and didn’t want to rip them.
Stupid & offensive girl talk meant only for stupid and offensive girls. Get a life, honey.
Oh lordy. I’ve literally debated for years the concept of the “nice guy”. Here is what I’ve ascertained: any guy who says he’s a nice guy is a manipulative dick. This is a fact. There are no exceptions. Typical nice guy move: asking if you want a backrub. Oh sure, it sounds “nice” but basically what he’s doing is copping a feel without having to actually ask you for a date and earn the right to touch your goodies. It’s wimpy, bullshit behavior.
Good guys, on the other hand, are the ones you want. A good guy is someone who other people call a good guy. A good guy is usually too busy to think about what to call himself.
It’s the nice guys though… watch them. They’re dicks.
Amen!!
Otherwise known as the “stand-up guy.” As in, “He’s a real stand-up guy.” We all know exactly what that means, and that’s who women want.
To some extent, I agree, but I also think that girls are put off by a guy being too much of a good guy. In my experience, if you are about 90% good guy and about 10% dick, women tend to respond better. I always thought this sort of thing was odd, but my many years of dating (didn’t get married till i was in my late 30′s) made it very clear that this was (and likely still is) the case. In fact there were even times when I went against my own instincts to be nice just b/c I knew women generally don’t want the all nice/all the time treatment. Mind you I wasn’t a total asshole, just enough to get a rise out of the woman.
And I hate no-class trailer trash broads with filthy mouths, ’cause it makes me feel like they’re low IQ skanks – so it’s all relative, you know?
I reject the premise that women are secretly annoyed about anything. Trust me, men always know when women are annoyed. It’s never a secret.
Amen, sir. I’m unclear about how many women the author imagines ever refrain from loudly broadcasting their feelings about petty domestic annoyances.
Amen too! I think half the bandwidth of the internet is consumed by women complaining about men. I dream of the day the “secret” part of “secret annoyance” comes back into vogue.
Fortunately, I was smart enough to equip my bathroom with plenty of entertainment options — I can spend all day hiding in there!!
The truth:
Women don’t do jack for men when they get sick anymore. That whole “wife as amateur nurse” thing is done. Over. Sort of like that cooking thing women used to do. No, a kid gets a sniffle… women take the child to the emergency room.
Women have no sympathy for a sick man. No, any show of weakness or dependency will yield contempt from a wife. As a consequence, men go to work when they get sick if it is at all possible because they are liable to have an easier time there than at home.
You go girl!
Sweeping generalizations. You just have to be a tad more selective and particular in the qualities you look for in a woman. If you won’t spend the time being highly selective in your choice, and keep taking easy options, you won’t find a quality match.
You have only yourself to blame in this instance. Don’t settle for harpies.
“Sure, you can sit in there and play Angry Birds to your heart’s content. But couldn’t you just do that, I don’t know, on the couch or something? Why the bathroom?”
The reason this happens is because you are a bitch.
I remember my grand dad– when he got home from work, he’d have a glass of bourbon and read the paper. Today… if a man ever sits down in the presence of his wife, she’ll (a) complain about how tough her life is, (b) start a fight about something, or (c) iterate through the “honey do” list.
You’ll do this… and then you’ll complain about your guy not ever “talking” to you anymore.
Get a clue. We don’t want to spend every moment outside of work arguing with you and hashing out the distribution of chores. (You don’t really want to reciprocate anyway– every one of those discussions seems to result in us making concessions anyway– after all, your life is *so* hard.)
Maybe if you could lighten up and be pleasant to be around once in a while then we wouldn’t have to hide in the bathroom to get three minutes of peace when you’re around.
I’m going to go ahead and assume that you’re a bitter divorcee whose ex-wife took your dog, car, and Star Wars “action figure” collection because you, sir, are a prick.
When a woman uses shaming language like this (instead of basic logic, of course), we can only assume that she has been caught, and is embarrassed.
Shaming language is the refuge of a slutty, moocherish woman projecting her own shortcomings outwards, as Jennifer has here.
Ha, Ha! Go get ‘em, Jimmy!
Yea, shaming language usually denotes a “Gee, I can’t actually respond to anything you said, so I’ll try to put you on the defensive by tearing your down and belittling you.”
Which, ya know, is odd – because IMO, women who use it are often the most emotionally battering type of women who will also simulataneously (and ridiculously) be the first to claim (falsely) to be a victim of emotional abuse.
Sorry chippy – we men are onto the verbal gymnastics you mastered in 8th grade. When was that? Last year?
Sounds to me as if you have yet to encounter a good woman. Don’t lose hope, as they are out there…….
Wow- My hub only does one of the 5 things. Acts like a baby when he gets sick, which is only about once every 10 years, so no biggie! Poor baby deserves some tender care at that point.
He also can sit down and relax and have a single-malt any time he wants. I don’t mind a bit.
Seriously glad I’m in my marriage and not yours!
Jeff,
It sounds like you’ve met my wife.
I just read this article and responded on the pot. Just sayin’.
I came in feeling the need to go, but sometimes it’s just slow going. When I’m done, I’ll get up. I may take awhile, but not because I’m done and just need to escape a little longer, heck, my wife isn’t even around to hide from at the moment, and I don’t need to hide anyway.
I suspect many men are like this. On the occasion when I time it just right, I’m happy to get in and out in a couple of minutes. The rest of the time, I’m entertaining myself while waiting for the torpedo to launch.
Good point. I get really bored if I misjudged and have to sit there waiting for the bomb to drop if there is nothing to read. Often the reading material is interesting enough that I continue reading long after the event.
I wonder if there is some physical difference between men and women as far as brain receiving signal and completion of the act.
This is par for the course for Miss Fiano. We proud Y-chromosome bearers should take it with a whole sack of salt.
So, the five secret things are supposed to be secret? Sounds like the same old frivolous complaints to me. BTW, leaving the toilet seat up is better for women. As usual, Cassy, like many females, has very little grasp of the practical. First, seat up means the seat won’t get pissed on. That means it’s more likely to be clean when you go to use it. So, leaving the seat up is considerate and kind. Get your pretty little head around that fact. The listening thing is simple also. Say something that isn’t a complaint. Also, instead of imagining that you can mold a man to be compliant and considerate to your every self indulgent, changeable need and still be masculine, you are projecting your own scattered and confused perception of the world onto a person who can’t be everything, nothing and both all at the same time. Cassy honey, weak and strong just don’t mix. And girls, men can’t possibly satisfy your needs when you don’t even know what you want most of the time. If you are confused about what you want, and you know you are, try a little patience if we can’t figure it out either. Better yet, let a strong man tell you what you need. That would remove the confusion and free up your mind for more constructive things. Like leaving the seat up.
Shouldn’t the first “thing men do that secretly annoy women” be “exist”?
As for the nice guy, well if it is just a game then, yeah, it’s a bad play. You get further by treating women bad, not terrible but quite a bit inconsiderately.
But if you are a true nice guy, bad boy might get you laid but it runs the terrible risk of getting you married. Then over time, you revert to your true nice guy nature, she comes to hate you and takes all or maybe only half your stuff. The friend zone can be frustrating when younger but by avoiding marriage, you work hard, make some money, then in your later years you can pick up an occasional newer sportier rental without all the maintenance and upkeep.
Wow… I used to like reading Cassy’s articles until I found out what an absurdly low opinion she has of men. I’ll never be able to read her words in the future without hearing them in a nasty, bitchy voice in my head. For the record, sweetheart: I take care of my wife when she’s sick, deal with my fair share of bills and other adult crap, clean up my own messes and hers, and have never shaved anything below the neck in my life. Her biggest complaint is that I’ll wait until a leg falls off before calling the doctor. I think you’ve been hanging out with the wrong kind of guy, and now you think we’re all like that. See ya.
I usually avoid articles regarding relations between the sexes. Be that it as it may, here’s my take on the author’s not really secret at all annoyances:
1) Some men do act like babies when they’re sick, but most do their best to hide it. As was said in an earlier comment, most men avoid the doctor like the plague. Why? In my case I hate doctors, but that’s a superficial answer. My guess is that it displays weakness. And that’s the figurative kiss of death. So, we end of literally dieing at an earlier age. Ironic, huh?
2) Ok, I admit I waxed my back this year. I got tired of the teasing and tried it out. It hurt, but not as bad as depicted in the movies, where the man runs out screaming with a weird hairless swath on his body. I ended up liking the results and might do it again. Sue me.
3) My grandfather once told me that the most overrated thing in life is sex and the most underrated is having a good bowel movement. I disagree with the former, but strongly agree with the latter. Throw in a good book or newspaper and it’s one of the most relaxing times of the day. And after working 10+ hours at a job we barely tolerate, is too much to ask for a little peace? (As for the smell, that’s why they invented the flush knob.)
4) This is one of those lose/lose situations women love to put men in. Supposedly, if we follow the woman’s orders we’re wimps, with no self respect. But if we follow the author’s advice and “man up” we’ll hear nothing, and I mean nothing, but nagging about how we don’t do anything around the house, how we have no consideration for her feelings, etc, etc until we get into a screaming match. I personally hate to get angry, and find arguments pointless. So I came to a compromise with my wife. Inside the home she’s in charge, outside, I’m in charge. Thus, when she “asks” me to empty the dishwasher or bring up the laundry basket I comply, immediately. When we go to see a movie or eat out or even go on a vacation, I make all the decisions. I also, of course, maintain the cars, mow the lawn (well, used to, now I pay the lawn service), and take care of the banking. That way she still respects me and I don’t have to listen to her nagging. It’s working so far after 23 years.
5) I concur. Nothing’s worse than a 35+ year old teenager. Grow up, men!
Now that we’ve thoroughly trashed man-woman relations, here’s a website to hopefully inspire us to not only get along but to truly love each other.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/txblacklabel/true-love-in-pictures-only-28m7
Five Things Women Do That Secretly Annoy Men:
1. Complain about everything.
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Actually, yep, that pretty much covers it.
I didn’t get serious about dating until my early thirties. I saw what girls put wannabe boyfriends through in my teens and frankly, what was on offer wasn’t worth the PITA. I see not much has changed in the intervening decades. A talking frog, now, that would’ve been cool.
I think you’ve been hanging out with the wrong men. I haven’t missed a day of work (paid or volunteer) in years. The last time I missed work, I had the flu for a week and only missed one day. When I fell, dislocated my finger, and split my leg open, I reduced the dislocation myself. Then I wrapped the wound with the torn leg of my pants and drove myself to the emergency room. I went to work the next day.
No one, but no one, not even me, is going to remove any of my body hair. Honestly, all the women I’ve know have liked it. If a woman doesn’t like your body hair, it’s because she secretly wants a boy (or perhaps another woman) as a companion. Take a hint. RUN!
I broke my arm on the job and kept working. They had me go to the doctor when I bumped it and nearly passed out. The doctor didn’t cast it, but gave me a sling-said it would heal faster. (Though it doesn’t bother me, the bone set a little crooked as a result.)Leaving the doc’s, it was still early so I went back to work. Might as well get paid to hurt as sit at home whining.
“Sure, we might say we want that in a partner. But do we really? Nope.”
Well, this is basically true of everything women say they want. Lots of things they pretend to want, but it is only so they can seem respectable, so as to get the guy who’ll be devoted to her. Respectable is secure. It’s where the money is.
When women talk with no guy around, it can get downright raw. Somewhere in the convo is the comment, “Yeah, but don’t tell the guys that! Ha, ha!”
“And then there’s the video games. Sure, we like to relax and unwind with some dumb entertainment sometimes, too. But for hours and hours on end”
On a good multiplayer night (read as tons of Bambis running around) I can easily play for hours.
If I find a good book I can easily read it for hours.
If I find a neat mod to make to my pocket knife or multitool I can easily work for hours to get it just. So. Perfect.
This is true of everyone. We can all spend hours doing our hobbies and once work is done that is fine. If the house needs taking care of do that. If dishes need doing do them. But if there are no dishes and yardwork is done feel free to spend it on your hobbies because there is no reason not to.
That is growing up. Learning to balance the work with the play and if no work needs doing what exactly should one do to fill in the time?
This is a serious question because I really want to hear what the author thinks someone should do during time that is reserved for living life.
I usually take Cassy with a grain of salt. She’s a good egg – but she’s still a woman. There’s always something a woman can find to bitch about men. My wife is damn near a saint and she still finds something to nag me over at least once or twice a day – usually my mouth. It’s in a woman’s DNA to bitch about men.
But there’s one misconception that needs to be corrected. Hey, I admire our military. Looking back, wish I had even done a stint to grow up a bit. But simply being in the military doesn’t make a man tough or even a man.
Case in point. I attended what is probably the best collegiate wrestling school in history. One night, some loud mouth special forces type has a few too many drinks and proceeded to tell the entire bar he’s going to kick some “serious ass.” Only problem is that he’s spouting these boasts to a collegiate NCAA wrestling champ about what a bad ass he’s become due to the military and starts poking the wrestler in the chest with his finger.
Big mistake. All that fancy military training doesn’t do you much good with your head stuck in a wall. That was a good lesson for some of his equally “manly” buddies to witness. Meek as pussycats for the rest of the evening.
If our men would just do what we ask them to do, we wouldn’t have to keep nagging.
Self justification mode – fully engaged.
“Sure, we might say we want that in a partner. But do we really? Nope. ”
If you spend your life asking for what you don’t want while belittling what you do want, well, frankly you deserve whatever misery comes from that. And trying to blame other people for your own neurosis is just weak.
I love Meg Ryan’s character in French Kiss when she gets irritated by the seduction advice given by Kevin Klein’s character.
“Happy – smile. Sad – frown. Use the corresponding face for the corresponding emotion.”
Nothing men do remains a secret to women. Everything is added to the List. You know what the list is don’t you? Every time you argue with women the list is trotted out and you have to address every item on that list.
You are so right. The never forgotten and deeply cherished list of “you made me sad / angry” list.
It’s triple redundant, shock proof, factory warrenty, with battery back up.
The list of the snide, snitty, demeaning, catty, belittling things she’s said to YOU or anyone else is about 1Mb, and does a core memory dump with a regularity that would make a Swiss watch maker cry in envy.
We men CERTAINLY have our faults. We do – and the list is long, well known, and apparently never forgotten.
Female faults that women should encourage other women (and themselves) to work on:
1) Hypersensitivity to any form of criticism, even constructive
2) Reminding everyone to be aware of her feelings and how we say things to her – said rule never actually applies TO HER, only FOR her.
3) A serious need to whisper campaign, character assassinate, and use shaming language against anyone who dars disagree with her, even if she’s patently wrong.
4) A righteous need to nag a man into submission. Said urge wilts and dies in the face of her female friends – who if she tried that crap upon she’d be verbally torn apart and excluded from any and every event.
We men certainly need to work on us – but if the above mentioned list was even open to DEBATE in society, many issues with relationships would disappear overnight.
Ah yes, the recitation of “the list” – my wife’s favorite after-the-kids-go-to-bed activity of late. I wonder what new additions I’ll learn about tonight. I’m betting that my falling asleep during last night’s recitation will be featured prominently.
Of all the items on the list, I suppose ‘nice guy’ is the only one I have to deal with. It’s situations like this. Say we decide to purchase a new refrigerator. The sales guy introduces all their extended warranty programs. My husband would give in to the sales pitch every time if I wasn’t standing there forced to play the bitch. Same goes with car salesmen. They probably love seeing him, but wish I wasn’t tagging along.
But when you’re a obstinate southern gal married to a city guy you have to expect these things. If we still had dueling I’m pretty sure I’d be on my own to fight.
It all comes back to the fact that women pick with whom they have children. There fore when we get wussified men it is directly attributable to women having the right to choose anything.
It will be the death of the species.
Men are simple animals and have only two driving forces in their lives.
1. Have sex
2. Have fun
If it weren’t for women, men would still be running around the woods naked and eating berries and fishing. There would be no war as there wouldn’t be any reason to fight. There wouldn’t be any civilization as there wouldn’t be any one to complain that they didn’t have what the women down the street has.
People say that lawyers are the problem. I say it is the power of the “P”.
What a congeries of cliches. Or I’m a freak. I don’t suffer from any of these afflictions, except a robustly vulgar sense of humor. And the best women I’ve met know how to accommodate this particular and rather common masculine predilection. If they don’t, tough for them.
But I’m not sure modern American women are in such a great position to carp.
Women are the keys to civilization and the state of man usually follows the state of female self-respect and standards. The average red-blooded American man would die for a woman, but what is there to die for today: whiny, graceless, promiscuous, shallow, bossy and needy complainers. They present very little classic female definition for a man to appreciate and shape himself accordingly. The women I meet who are smart, decent, fun, modest and with any inner feminine dignity and character… well, I don’t. I’ve pretty much given up on American women. No doubt there are exceptions, but not enough.
Can’t argue with that. Except to say that from experience and having my ear to the ground if you want one of these ‘better’ foreign women you better move to her country and live with her cause if you bring her here she will actually be worse than the so called American woman within a short time.
No, she will not. My sample size is small, but my experience is long.
Just checked in to read comments because usually pjmedia has articles that complain about women (Dr. Helen, serious misogynist) and most comments are what I expected. Most gender articles here portray men as emasculated victims which I find insulting. Men and women do things that bug each other and it’s funny or should be if you don’t fall into the victim role. This is one of the rare conservative websites that still have such archaic views of women and weak opinion of men in relationships. Because when you blame your partner or the opposite sex for everything wrong in your relationships and lives you are weak.
Literally days before the most important election in our lifetimes, and we are discussing important issues such as… the amount of potty time women use. Thanks PJM for this vital information I can take to the voting booth.
“What’s the deal with all the toilet time?”
Eat your (more) veggies dummies.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
This is one of the great truisms of life. Humans are not meant to live ‘cheek by jowl’ as our storybook culture tells us we should. Lots of folks on the planet understand this and make arrangements to deal with the problem. I actually believe its a major cause of divorce and boring unhappy marriages. Put some space and time between you and your so called significant other. You will be more productive and happier together.
Do lesbian couples have the same issues?
We girly men of the West have only one remaining dominion: the lavatory. So that solves your hour-long mystery.
Speaking of lavatories, cropdusting, dutch ovens and immature things guys do: The Nagasaki A-Bomb requires one to lob one’s excrement into the next occupied stall while running to switch the lights off just as it hits. I wish you all luck in your immature endeavors.
A pretty lame list I would say. Hardly secret, just the usual stuff that most people find irritating.
In every household I have ever been in it was the women who tied the bathroom up. Other than the obvious, what they do in there is beyond my knowledge. I do know that some men like to sit on the ‘throne’ for extended periods. Is it a bowel movement issue? Maybe an infantile regression to the happy time of toilet training? What ever the reason, if that is his only flaw count yourself as lucky and get a place with a bathroom and a half, or more.
Five things men (allegedly) do which secretly annoy women? Secretly? Ha!
The bathroom is my day spa.
Leave us alone, Cassie. And that’s not a retort, but the answer to pretty much each and every one of your 5 “why’s” Bathroom, video game, fun, sick-bed time…WE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE! Deal with it, or don’t. But, not to put too fine a point on it, leave us alone.
“In all seriousness, though, what is it about men and taking forever in the bathroom?”
This is why having his & her bathrooms is an absolute necessity. We BOTH loiter in the bathroom.
My wife can pedicure her feet for ages. She trims, she files, she digs at dead cuticle skin (the biggest time-eater of all), she paints, dries, overcoats, buffs … and then there’s the lotioning. We spend hundreds of dollars a year on my wife’s body, facial, hand, and, of course, cuticle lotions. Yes, living in Minnesota has a lot to do with it, but I think it’s more than that. I think it’s an addiction.
Now as for me. I am a crossword puzzle addict. I keep my puzzles on a clipboard on a hook, with reading glasses and 9mm pencil attached, right next to the throne. Sometimes when I’ve been in there for more than an hour or so, my wife will ask me, upon exiting, and with an indelible sneer to her voice: So did you finish it? And then there’s the shower. I love my shower. I do some of my best brainstorming in the shower. I am also a whistler, a singer (and a damned good one at that), and a master wool-gatherering — I love tile.
So I think that you ladies need to toss this gripe, and just be glad that you have your own cans (unless you’re, like, poor or something).
> Why is it that when men get sick, they act as if they’ve just been diagnosed with terminal cancer?
It’s a hateful sexist stereotype to claim that all men “act like babies” when they’re sick.
Besides, the internet is full of such articles. To be fair, you should now publish “5 Things Women Do That Secretly Annoy Men.”
This oughtta be good…
Men like to spend time in the bathroom because it’s one of the few escapes they get from shrewish women. Do you blame them?
Why do I READ crap like this? It’s got to be some masochistic sub-personality. I don’t care what women don’t like… Good lord it’s more than five points, more like 5X(infinity). Why to I aggravate myself like this!?! AAAHHHH!
Most women want men to do what they tell them to do.
Period. Except they would rather be miserable than admit it. And most men would rather be miserable than do what women tell them to do. But a lot of that is inadvertent. It is usually caused by two main things. First, we did not actually hear what was said because we weren’t listening. Or second, we just plain forgot. Fortunately, the second of these has an easy fix. Writing things down. Men should develop the habit of making lists, or women can leave notes. Or both. Most the rest do not matter.
Though I must say, the toilet seat thing also has an easy fix. Instruct everyone in the house, BOTH lids should be placed down upon completion of your toilet. BOTH lids down for EVERYONE. It’s more fair, and sanitary. And in my opinion, the not listening thing is often caused by women talking too much, and nit-picking. Unfortunately, nit-picking and not listening are hard habits to break.
No matter what gender — why would you not want to pamper your other half (or indeed anyone you like a lot) if they are sick? Do you think they may end up liking you too much or something?
Men park on the loo because this is where they can read, sit and stink. Whether they have a manroom or even live on their own doesn’t make a difference — this is a non-negotiable primal matter. Moreover, a lot of the good ideas that humanity ever had were conceived on the loo.
If it really really really bugs you, get a home with two loos.
We are installing a Toto throne (extra tall, flat tank lid for slip-free media storage, “comfort” seat) so I expect the so-called problem to get worse. But then, I could “give” as good as I “get.”
There is nothing we do that woman are secretly annoyed by. Anything men do that women are annoyed by they boistrously proclaim and repeat often, until they give up trying, or the behavior is changed. Even in the case of ‘giving up’ it’s simply a case of extending the time between snide remarks.
you should add this to the list: when women are getting ready and the man has to wait for them and they get up and start doing something. women seem to want men to wait like the Akita dog. ok this is my part for the generalization of relationships
I don’t do any of those things. A ha, I am the quintessential man! I knew it all along.
I scanned over this for about 45 seconds and … there’s 45 seconds I’ll never get back.
The piece reads like the work of a self-entitled, egoistic lady who starts out with a prosecutor’s attitude towards men. Too bad it’s – generalization – so typical of how modern women treat men.
Yawn! I’m headed back to the bathroom…..
Except for my son-in-law spending a lot of time in the bathroom, I don’t know anyone who does any of this. For example, I’ve missed less than one day of work per decade. So Cassy, where do you find these guys?
Most men agree that most women have two good points worth cosideration and they carry those two points below their head and shoulders, right out in front ahead of their mouth just the way God intended it to be. Attraction cometh before distraction, Adam was the perfect mate until Eve talked him into eating a fruit would helped him see things her way, look how that turned out.
Obviously, about the bathroom complaint. Now that we can take tables (an the internet) with us there is a whole new venue for watching online porn….beats sitting on the couch and hearing about your mother.
False premise. Nothing men do that annoys women is secret.
27 Steve you forgot another point about women:
5) Absolute refusal to admit she’s wrong. Ever hear a woman humbly apologize about anything?
Why do men spend a lot of time int he bathroom? A] The door locks from the inside. B] While inside, a man can reasonably ask not to be bothered and usually get his way. In no other room in the home, doing no other task, is this possible.