We have been patting ourselves on the back for the last few days in honour of International Women’s Day (because we are awesome) but us girls are nothing if not versatile, so let’s own the annoying stuff we do too…life is better if you can laugh at yourself after all!
Here are my husband’s top 5 – the blokes are up next for a roasting…
We don’t order what we really want…I am of course generalising wildly for the fun of it here, but it is a pretty common occurrence for us women to order the healthy option and steal our bloke’s chips/dessert/buttered bread. Seems like no big deal to me – there are always too many fries – but it drives them bonkers!
We wear the wrong shoes…and then moan profusely about it all night long. ‘I can’t walk anymore my feet are killing me in these shoes’ can be heard wailed throughout the city streets on any given Saturday night! Don’t get them started on what we wear for a day out sight-seeing and why our clothes are never warm enough…
We don’t want solutions…most of the time when we sit our other halves down to vent we really aren’t looking for solutions! We are after head nods in the right places, a bit of empathy, understanding and some rallying comments like ‘No she didn’t!’ every now and again. That’s it…
We ask scary questions…the dreaded ‘Do I look big/fat/old/lumpy/bumpy/spotty/wrinkly/stupid in this outfit’ is the number one for striking fear into a man’s heart for there is never, ever a right answer! Almost worse than that but not quite is the ‘Which is better? This one or this one’. I am told that this is less appealing to men than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick…
We nag…instead of just doing things ourselves we have the audacity to ask for the same things to be done repeatedly – this is called nagging. Mentioning things we think our partner should be doing is also nagging as is asking for him to listen/help/or just anything at all. In my humble opinion however, the word nagging would not even exist if men just did what they were meant to do.. Problem Solved!
So funny! I can recognize myself in many behaviors you described😊
Oh, that’s too funny! I think all of those are spot on. I’m definitely guilty of stealing fries from my hubby’s plate!
It DRIVE my husband mad as I NEVER know what I want to eat or what to do. Haha thank you for this great post. xx
You are welcome!
This made me giggle! I am definitely guilty of the food and the shoes one! I never wear suitable shoes and always moan!!
These are funny but very true. I ask my boyfriend always if an outfit looks good on me. I have to stop asking him what I want to wear because it does not really matter to him. Haha!
6. Making lists…
Lists are ace!
The shoe thing – always me!! Plus the solutions, I’m like I only wanted a rant !
Exactly!!! Nod and agree, nod and agree! Hahaha
Wow. I’m. As a guy I should probably deny all of this and keep our guy secrets. But truthfully this is a good list here. I don’t mind be asked to do things. I just don’t like to be asked to do the same things repeatedly and expect the fifth time is going to move me more quickly than the first. I know I should do requests the first time. And even my daughter at ten complains about wearing the wrong shoes.
Hahaha thanks for the comment David it’s nice to see a man here!
Lol
This made me giggle
I would like to say I don’t do any of this but I’d be lying of course lol
I’m laughing while reading this. These are exactly what my husband moans about me, but of course, men might moan about it but they still love us no matter what! Haha. I will share this to my husband and see his reaction. He’ll definitely agree with this! Lol
Hahah – I am doing the boys next!
Everyone nags though. Men and Women both. Some of us are just better at it 🙂
Hahaha exactly!!!
I think we’ve been figured out lol. Great post I truly enjoyed it
Great!
This made me laugh because of the “big/fat/old/lumpy/bumpy/spotty/wrinkly/stupid” part! It’s so true, and men are TERRIFIED when we ask them this!
Aren’t they!! Hahaha
I don’t do these, other than nagging. I can do that if I’m tired or frustrated. I’ll have to work on that 😊 Thanks for the reminders!
Men next!
I’m horrible at nagging. I’m working on it.
But at least I do wear proper shoes. I’m all about comfort, so I always wear my sneakers or flip flops everywhere. And I order what I want, because I love to eat.
Me too on the nagging front!