Another from Theology Web ( I loved this one)

Things women think men don't know about women

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1. i wish men realized that there is a difference between being irrational and being emotional.

Umm.... Being emotional isn't generally rational... so....

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2. i wish men realized that we don't always want them to figure things out for us. sometimes we just want them to be around as we figure it out.

Sorry, that's how we're built. You have to tell us when you don't want us to fix it.

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3. i wish men realized that sometimes we really do get upset, and it's not always pms.

And sometimes you're manipulating us by being upset, too, but it's hard to tell the difference between the three.

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4. i wish men realized that not every woman lives to shave her legs every day.

Hey, if you want to look hairy next to your girlfriends, go for it.



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-just b/c i have blonde hair doesn't mean i'm stupid...i might be smarter than you think

Then don't use being blonde to make us think you're stupid.

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-don't patronize me b/c i have ways of getting back at you

Suuuuure you do.


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Gender communication research shows that men tend to interrupt women more than they interrupt men, or than women interrupt either men or women. This has always bugged me, b/c it seems Christian men are just as bad as all the rest in this dept.

Men want to think in straight lines. When you deviate from a straight line (or jump from topic to topic), a man will generally want to talk to the point he thinks you just finished, so he'll interrupt you. Men talk in straight lines, so we tend to listen longer.

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My husband is extraordinarily and consistently kind, loving, generous and attentive. However, when we are in public or visiting friends and family he tends to interrupt me. He will sometimes ignore or misinterpret verbal/body language cues from others too. The only arguments we have ever had resulted from this annoying habit. I know he tries and it's better now, but it still bothers me on occasion.

Remember that men are not NEARLY as in tune with relational things such as body language and such as you are. That's just us.

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That foreplay for a friday night jaunt starts monday morning. ;)

Yeah, well... We aren't usually thinking that far ahead. WE only need a few moments notice.

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That we aren't idiots at the auto repair shop

Then don't fall for it.


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That I'm not impressed when they tell me they can outdrink all their friends.

Yeah, well, that's what we use to impress other guys.


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Other unimpressive feats:
Burping,
competitive body noises,
arm wrestling,
best DnD character,
best golf score,
competitive facial hair growth,
most gruesome wound,
grossest pet,
stupidest thing done in college,
stupidest thing done yesterday,
navigational skills that involve four hours to go thirty miles,
and the least impressive of all:
how many other girls you've dated - even less impressive if all at once.

Again, it impresses all our OTHER friends.


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That would require that they actually try to understand us - rather than assuming women are men in nicer packages.

Oh, believe me, we know better than THAT.

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Could be worse - they could give up altogether - let's face it, we only care what they think because we like them, too...

Exactly. Maybe you women could figure out that WE aren't women in rougher packaging.

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At least until they annoy us!

The feeling is mutual.

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In the meantime, ya find a good one, love him the best you can, and hope he figures out that toilet seat thing before you go into the nursing home....

The toilet seat gets less wear and tear if you leave it in the position it was in when the toilet was last used. Are you incapable of looking where you're sitting before you sit?

(Staying late at work practical jokes: Go to all the ladies' rooms and put all the toilet seats up... )


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I wish men would realize it's okay to stop and ask for directions!

No, it's NOT! This shows that you don't know MEN.

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hey sister...did you get lost on the way to Oki and rodger wouldn't stop and ask directions?

Remember that whole "Not talking in a straight line" thing...


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I find it extremely annoying when a guy assumes that I need him to take care of me. For example, one time I went out with this guy and his friends and we were all at a bar that was known for having some "rough" characters. Before we entered Mike (the guy I was with) told me that if anyone started messing with me...to tell him or one of his friends.
I kept thinking....dude, I'm 5'2" but if it came to it...I can hold my own!
It's nice that guys want to protect us....it really is. But I hate it when they think we can't protect ourselves at all and need them like a bodyguard.

What? Telling you that they're there for you says that they think you can't take care of yourself? Well, I guess we can toss all the chivary stuff, then, right? Or are you saying that you're just a man in a nicer package?


(Yes, I know you can't answer these. Thought the guys might want to comment on these, or mention a few things that men wish women knew about men....)

Michael