Category: Dating and Relationships
I was inspired to post this after reading 50 things girls wished guy knew.
This is from someone myspace way back and thought I post it here for some laughs.
I hope this is appropriate and to the topic of dating and relationships.
30 Things Guys Should Know About Girls
Written by a guy. After years of experience.
1. Whatever you do, don't just show up at their house...they run around in their underwear just like we do.
2. Don't cheat on them. It may seem foolproof, but girls tell each other everything about everything. Trust me, they WILL find out and you will be mud.
3. Beware of every single male relative and all guy friends. Any of them would kick your ass at the drop of a hat, and a lot of them wouldn't even wait
for the damn hat.
4. Never miss an opportunity to tell them they're beautiful.
5. Don't refuse to kiss in front of your friends. If they laugh at you, it's because they're jealous.
6. If they slap you hard, you deserved it.
7. Don't be afraid to touch them if you want to. If they're going out with you in the first place, it's because they like being in your arms.
8. If you don't sleep with them, do not tell your friends that you did.
8.5 If you DO sleep with them, don't tell your friends that you did.
9. You can be dirty minded in private, really...most of them are not offended by it...
10. Not all of them eat like birds, a lot of them can eat like whales.
11. Most of them don't mind paying half of everything, but they do discuss these things with their friends. Realize that if you make your girlfriend pay
half all the time, everyone will know about it and your friends will know you're a pussy.
11.5 Do you honestly need all your money that much? Be a man, pay all the time!
12. Every girl should eventually get three things from her boyfriend- a stuffed animal, one of his sweatshirts, and a really pretty ring. Even if it's not
a serious relationship.
13. Make sure she gets home safely as often as you can. If you're dropping her off, walk her to the door. If you aren't dropping her off, call to be sure
she's home safely.
14. If a guy is bothering her, it is your right to kick the shit out of him.
15. If you're talking to a female friend of yours, pull your girlfriend closer.
16. Never, ever slap her, even if it's just in a joking way. Even if she swats you first, and says, "Oh, you're so dumb" or something, never make any gestures
back.
17. Go to a chick flick once in a while. She doesn't care whether you enjoy it or not, it just matters that you went.
18. You're dead meat if you can't get along with their pets, parents and best friends. Be prince charming to their friends, Mr. Polite to their parents,
and make sure to be nice to their animals.
19. Don't flirt with their moms...that's just freaky.
20. Don't be freaked out by PMS. It's not gross, and it really does make them feel like shit, so be understanding.
21. If you don't like the way they drive, you do it.
22. If you're officially dating, and you're introducing her to your friends, you'd better damn well introduce her as your girlfriend.
23. Don't stress where you go for every date. They really only want to be with you.
24. If they complain that something hurts, rub it for them without being asked.
25. Girls are fragile. Even if you're play fighting/wrestling, be very gentle.
26. Memorize their god damn birthdays. You forget her birthday and you're basically screwed for life.
27. Don't marinade the cologne, but smell good.
28. Don't give her something stupid for her birthday or Christmas or Valentine's day. It doesn't have to be expensive, but it has to be meaningful. Jewelry
is always nice.
29. If you think the relationship isn't going to last, don't wait to find out. It will only hurt you more if you draw it out.
30. After you've been dating for a while, realize that they really have started to trust you. When you have a girlfriend who truly trusts you, you have
a lot more responsibility, priviledge and control than you would think. Be careful with it, most guys would kill for that kind of power, and it can be
lost in a nanosecond.
I still disagree with some of the points, although not as extremely, and I do agree with most of them, at least somewhat. However, know that not all girls and guys alike will, and you shouldn't expect them to.
Agreed, Jess. Although I will say, I respect this list because of #29. The longer you wait to end a failing relationship, the more painful it will be for both of you. This probably applies to both sexes, but as this is a list of tips for guys, and as I'm sure we can all agree that guys can be idiots sometimes (hehehe)... guys, for the love of all that's holy, if you want to end it, end it. A lot of guys think that they will hurt a girl by doing so, but believe me, you hurt her more by leading her on. And if you're just trying to avoid confrontation, grow a pair.
Becky
I agree with most of these points. All of them are at least good guidelines, but as ocean said, not all girls are the same.
Women, blacks, blind people, whoever, will never be truly equal as long as they are putting out content on what it is the so-called majority should know, should be careful of, etc.
If women were so far evolved beyond men, the way the media wants you to believe, why they would have learned something. You know: their classic line is, 'We can't do it all.'. That classic line is not wrong: it's right. The reason? *Nobody* can do it all. That includes us men.
I know more women than men, who will refuse to kiss in public. I know many women who, when told they're beautiful too often, will want to know if all you see is them as a sex object.
If you call before you come over, they could be claiming you are not spontaneous enough.
Guys who are predictable and show up to work every day, get 'er done and do the deed aren't spontaneous enough. Guys that are spontaneous are just not strong and predictable enough.
You are the source of your own frustration, not men. Same goes for blacks, blind people, poor whites who blame blacks rather than get an education, idealists, etc. Sorry: I have ridden both sides of the fence on this one now. I'll tell you younger men if you try and live up to this, you will lead very miserable lives. As men, most of us want to please the ladies, to our own detriment. We'll give up more than they will, and not call it a trap, or go on and on and on about being frustrated, burned out and exhausted the way they do.
I'll tell you something else the battle-of-the-sexes shows won't tell you, what your LifeTime Television programs won't show:
These oversensitive maginas of the 1990s are now wandering alone by themselves, were said to not show enough initiative, all sorts of things. By the very same women who said they wanted it. The same men who, in the 1990s, practically wore pink, hd to ask to carry cash, etc. are now divorcées, paying child support, and abused for all the same behaviors for which they were once lauded.
Unfortunately, I know a couple of these who have gone the other direction and actually become what one could only describe as bona fide misogynists, not realizing this isn't so much women's fault as a marketing campaign pure and simple. It sells junk romance paperbacks, Lifetime television, and divorce lawyers. A majority of divorces are filed by women. And why not? They're given a set of expectations they're told to expect, by hired males (let us not deign to call them men), telling them it is reasonable to expect men to do all of these 30 things, 50 things, etc.
Usually, in the bunch, there is something every sane reasoning human being can agree upon. But of course it is made out (like all propaganda), that you either swallow it all or reject it all.
Most of these can be summed up like this:
Do this, when I want it, and no I won't tell you when I want it, and occasionally make me feel special by maybe not doing it for awhile and then doing it again. And if you miss it once, you're completely out.
That is inhuman. And after years of these men I've known walking around on eggshells, there's nothing left of them. So the women throw them out: they no longer have a partner, they have a paper doll from Lifetime and the feminists. All paper dolls get thrown away eventually. This marketing is so pervasive even the spiritual leader types have bought it hook, line and sinker.
As a man I will say it's the worst way to live I can think of. Most of us want to be able to do it right, whatever the 'it' is. And, this whole campaign is set up and maintained on one foundational principle: men are never doing it right. This is the same form of practices Stalin instigated in the Gulags in the Soviet Union. It is a very successful practice if what you want to do is crush the other's spirit. That works if you are running a labor camp, but not a relationship.
They'll always cite the extreme example of a wife beater, a conn who steals his wife's rightful money (running off and leaving the wife and kids), etc. They do this to make it sound like it's either their way - crush the spirit of the man - or the way of the wife beater and rapist.
These are just marketing campaign garbage is all they are. And no, I don't at all blame women: they are taken advantage of in this case, because they're told they can have this amazing superhuman, nonhuman individual - this Frankenstein monster who will only turn off and on when she wants, respond how she wants him to respond and only to what she wants him to respond to. This is way way way more deceptive than porn was ever made out to be, because there is no taboo on it. And it's entirely unrealistic. Just like porn stars get used up and thrown away, these men get used up, thrown away. The only difference is the men will continue to have to provide financially after the fact. Forever. Real women, who wanted real equality, would shun this stuff like the plague it is.
I like 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 30.
The one thing you need to know about girls
Pay attention to her, she'll tell you what she wants you to do. When you know, do it. She'll be happy, you'll be happy, and the world will be happy.
If, in the event you can't figure out what she wants, ask her.
If you just pay attention, good things happen.
Who needs thirty things.
Jesus. Who needs the 30 things. You need to get to know your girl individually, not as a steario type. Bace everything on what you take of her. Body langwage, vocabulary, the way she walks, etc.
As per this list, I think it was only intended as banter or humor leo. Though I do certainly agree, women shouldn't have these robotic twilight-related expectations for a romance. And I quite agree cody, conversation is the best way to cure nearly anything. One need simpley open up.
alsow(because I didn't add it earlier( I find being gentle while wrestling a bit overated, it seems like something silly to comment on. But I'm a blackbelt and former highschool wrestler, and one of the nice advantages to love is being able to enjoy each others company while acting somewhat goofy and or romantic. And really, I'd say it's easy to tell the difference between fun and being abusive.
god damn this is stupid.
Just my 2 cents.
If one takes this list as a template, not as an absolute, it has it's marrets. I'll take two and three as examples. Cheating is a bad idea, a monumentally, horribly, sickeningly, life-shaddering bad idea, so why do it? As for number three, as a friend of several females, I can attest to the stupidity of bothering them. Someone in my position might take a swing at the problem person just to prevent possible future issues from cropping up.
As I said, taking this list as a loose grab-bag of things to keep in mind is probably the best solution.
Hell wonder if I were to dig up a post that would go like this: "30 things a guy wish women would keep in mind about us." 1. You might like submersing yourselves in your girlfriend's issues but please keep it out of the home. It would go from there yappers!! I would get slammed for it but ask me if I were to give a fuck!!. Sorry I find this post just bla, because no matter what you do, not cheat, bust your ass for someone, there will bee that certain lady or guy but I am talking about a lady here who will try to run agame on you. My 30th point would be, do not try to go and fuck around and expect us guys to take it laying down, after all we might have yelled a time or too, for the most part put up with a lot of bull shit. Kay I am done ranting about this post, have a wonderful day. Go on and put your two sence into it, still will not change my mind.
Five things Girls Should Know about A Guy:
1. They're not perfect. they're not mind-readers, and you can't expect them to know what you want without telling them.
2. They have feelings too, and yes, they do matter just as much as yours do.
3. the world isn't the romantic picture of perfection many of you like to paint it as. Not every guy is Casanova. this doesn't mean he's no good.
4. If you don't have to put up with his macho man, tough guy moodiness, he doesn't have to put up with your PMS.
5. He does not have to pay for everything, and he does not always have to call you first.
OceanDream where did you come from!! because you hit it right on the head. :)
I'm pretty sure where I came from is somewhere on the list of things guys and girls should know about intimate interactions. Lol.
I'd like to add to jess's list: girls shouldn't expect that guys will be their savior. if you can't save yourself/meet your needs, there's a serious problem.
If you can not at least entertain yourselves "note this does not go for every lady" some times give us room to breeth, some of us like blowing crap up on a game to blow off steem, then you will have a problem in the long run. Last if I can add to this list, we will except your hobbies, some times embrace them whole heartedly so do the same for us.