| Jiang Hu Warrior | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 01:33 am 
look i've taken the bull by the horns and asked all our female friends what they find most annoying about the men in their lives.
The result? Here is chiwoo's definitive list of the top 10 things girls would give anything to have their men change about themselves. Does your fella fall foul of this list?
I reckon a lot of it is pretty much undeniable, but I'm also a realist. I understand that men/boys can be exasperating too, and that a lot of what we think of as witty or endearing or cool or normal is, to you, teeth-gnashingly annoying.
But as I'm a man, I wasn't sure of the specifics (the obsessive sports thing, for instance - that can't be annoying - sport is great!). So I gathered the opinions of a host of female friends and acquaintances and whittled down a list of a few so called complaints to the top 10 most annoying traits in men.
So here it is. These are the traits that drive a large proportion of womankind to the brink of distraction.
We are sports bores!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's get this one out of the way early. It's not just that we keep banging on about sport even though you're plainly not interested (though that is deeply irritating, apparently), it's also that we talk about it to your brother, your dad, your best mate's boyfriend, your male colleagues and random men in bars when we're supposed to be talking to you.
Oh, and then we play it. Do you care that your bloke scored four goals in his weekly five-a-side kick-about against some equally un-athletic men? You do not. But you have to hear about each heroic twist, pass and volley in great detail anyway.
We start... then we stop
Whether it's housework, DIY or a new exercise regime, apparently men start things, and then give up. In the case of DIY, that also means we leave all the tools and materials hanging around, in the unlikely event that we'll start up again after Christmas/our bout of man flu/you spot a flying pig.
We are slobs! haha
General male slobbiness came high on the list. Most specifically, leaving stubble in the sink after shaving, not changing the bedding often enough and littering the bathroom floor with fingernail clippings turned out to be really, really exasperating.
Oh, and apparently, many of us like to - how shall I put it - adjust ourselves in public, with a crafty hand down the boxers. You don't like it much, and who can blame you?
We have housework blindness
You don't accuse of us deliberately ignoring the washing up or the wet washing (or at least not always), but you do think that men have evolved a blindness that means we automatically block out household chores until either the ensuing mould and fungus actually becomes hazardous to health or - more normally - you sort it out. And when we say, "it's not that I'm lazy - it's just that men have a higher tolerance to mess," - well, you find that deeply annoying.
We are ill
We get no sympathy from you women, it seems!
It's a cliché, but one of the things that really bugs you is our tendency (as you see it) to over-exaggerate our health woes in an effort to extract sympathy and avoid chores. In this respect, very many of you are convinced that the concept of 'man flu' (a mild cold that we play up as a potentially life-threatening condition) is only too real.
We drink too much
It's all about the beer with men, and apparently that's a bad thing (who knew?). Which must mean you love having us around and you're concerned for our health.
Erm, not quite. It's the social embarrassment our drinking causes that really riles, and the nonsense we talk, and the stuff we break, and the groping we do (are you sure!?) when we've had one too many.
And it's the amusing breaking of wind and the drunken snoring and the fact that, though we talk the sex talk (usually pretty loudly), the alcohol ensures that our attempts to walk the walk are a pretty limp performance.
We keep our socks on
During sex. It's not sexy, you say, and it's quite possibly symbolic of a larger belief that - after a few months or years of a relationship - we no longer need to make an effort in the boudoir. We do. We have been told.
Oh, and sometimes we parade around wearing nothing - nothing - but a T-shirt. Also not sexy, you tell us.
We look at other women
What, you know about that?! But we were being subtle! It seems that when a brassy blond in a barely-there-skirt walks into the room, many of us (not me, obviously, but many of my fellow men), pretend to have seen something interesting - a nice chair, perhaps, or a fascinating wall - in pretty much precisely her direction.
Some of you have an interesting take on this. You're not so bothered when we cast a glance in the direction of an obvious stunner - it's having our heads turned by anything in a skirt that you find most infuriating.
We lie about our height
This one's a new one on me (though I do stand a proud 6ft 6" in my stocking feet, so it's not something I've ever had to consider). Many of you come across men who add an on inch or two (to their height!), in the same way that some people will knock a pound or two off their weight. I guess it must be down to some sort of Napoleon complex, but it's not a trait I recognise (but then, I'm 6ft 6" in my stocking feet).
We go for sexy, not classy
It's probably not unconnected to our habit of looking at other women, but apparently when you ask our opinion on a skirt you're trying on, or a new haircut, or even a new outfit for work, we always go for the sexy over the classy.
It would seem that, if men had their way, most of you would walk around looking like high-class hookers. Apparently, and for no good reason that i can see, if this annoys or offends you?
TOUGH
im chiwoo goodnight! |
| Crafty (Kebir Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 01:40 am
Seems to me you are describing most English women, not the men. Especially the stubble in the sink. |
| Billy_Bob_Joe_Bob_Steve (Golden Rainbow) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 02:07 am
Great. All the things about ourselves that it's impossible to change. |
| Lorelei (Fearless Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 03:22 am
Well here is my advice.......... shoes. Women looooooooooooove shoes! :-) A way to a woman's heart is with shoes. Forget diamonds! |
| Serpent (Little Upsilon) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 03:28 am
Rednecks Rule!!! |
| Parsifal (Kebir Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 03:43 am
Crafty, i almost split my sides on your response.
Here are a couple from an old therapist.
1. we don't listen
2. we don't know how to drive (their response,not mine)
3. when we do listen, we try to fix things. they don't want us to fix it, just listen.
4. We're not romantic. |
| Lorelei | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 06:09 am
#1.............. MEN DON'T LISTEN!!! |
| Noproblem (Fearless Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 07:17 am
Lorelei, you said something? |
| Accordion_This (Little Upsilon) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 09:49 am
Yay sexism! |
| Scarlet (Fearless Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:31 am
Hmm, I don't think I've met this archetypal male character.
However, I've met male characters that quite obviously play upon (by explicitly counteracting) these archetypal assumptions to get into women's underwear. |
| Lorelei (Fearless Blue) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 02:56 pm
Scowls at Noproblem....big time! Well Scarlet, why you think women stopped wearing undies....too many men trying to get in em! (scowls) |
| Skandar | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 06:10 pm
"We start... then we stop"
Be fair, that's usually because we've finished. Both my mum & my sister 'multitask'. In other words, they start every task, but finish none of them. |
| Blueserpent | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:11 pm
A ten things women do to piss off men should be made....wait, everything they do pisses men off |
| Billy_Bob_Joe_Bob_Steve (Golden Rainbow) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:22 pm
Lorelei, you already hijacked my thread about Simocide. STOP F***ING HIJACKING F***ING THREADS AND MAKE YOUR OWN F***ING THREAD ABOUT F***ING SHOES AND SEE THAT NOBODY! F***ING! CARES! |
| Synicus (White Giant) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:29 pm
The other side of the coin looks simular.
for instace, drama bores who lie about their wieght.
Reverse rolls often proves we are the same.
The moral is, don't be petty and selfish.  |
| Crafty (Little Upsilon) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:36 pm
Get a dog. You know where you are with a dog. |
| Blueserpent | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:14 pm
BBJBS e1 cares about shoes in their own way...
You would complain if u didnt have any to wear and it was snowing
So stop F***ING worrying about F***ING shoes |
| Psycho_Honey (White Giant) | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:27 pm
lol lol lol |
| Scarlet (Little Upsilon) | Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 04:21 am
My shoes have lasted me going on a year. I like my shoes. |
| Accordion_This (Little Upsilon) | Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 05:51 am
These shoes cost three hundred dollars,
These shoes cost three hundred dollars,
These shoes cost three hundred fucking dollars.
Let's get 'em. |
| Lorelei | Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 04:18 pm
I felt compelled to inventory my shoes. According to my records, I have 83 pairs of shoes. I have broken them down into categories:
Tennis Shoes/Walking Shoes 8 pairs
Knee High Boots 6 pairs
Ankle Boots 9 pairs
Summer Sandles 12 pairs
High Heels 23 pairs
Strappy Heels 17 pairs
House slippers 4 pairs
Clogs 4 pairs
Oh and when Blueserpent buys me those awesome pink boots! I'll have 84 pairs!!!! hint hint |
| Lorelei | Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 04:20 pm
Question of the day...... what is the most money you have spent on a pair of shoes.... for real?
Oh...... RE: Lorelei, you already hijacked my thread about Simocide. STOP F***ING HIJACKING F***ING THREADS AND MAKE YOUR OWN F***ING THREAD ABOUT F***ING SHOES AND SEE THAT NOBODY! F***ING! CARES!
Seems to me like there is quite a discussion going on about shoes, BBJBS. You just jealous cuz they prefer my topic of shoes to YOUR topics. lol :-P |
| Scarlet (Little Upsilon) | Friday, April 29, 2011 - 02:07 am
I have my regular shoes, dress shoes, running shoes, and hiking boots. Wow, 4 pairs. |
| Navamin (White Giant) | Friday, April 29, 2011 - 01:06 pm
My husband is a scientist and he can never listen to a single word of complaint out of my mouth before drawing up diagrams, calling his friends, and consulting academic journals and wikipedia to construct the perfect solution. Sometimes I'm just bitching about the morning commute, and he's already got the GPS fired up. |
| Accordion_This (Little Upsilon) | Friday, April 29, 2011 - 04:14 pm
Scarlet, I beat you.
I have my steel-capped boots, sandals, zip-up dress shoes, pull-on dress shoes, lace-up dress shoes, runners, and slippers :P
So, what, 6 pairs of shoes? |
| J. Skullz (Little Upsilon) | Friday, April 29, 2011 - 06:07 pm
mmmm....Knee high boots. I might get caught with one of the top ten when a girl walks into the bar wearing them. |
| Parsifal (Kebir Blue) | Friday, April 29, 2011 - 08:05 pm
my wife hates me wearing her shoes. men'st shoes look so crappy, except the steel-capped boots. |
| Laguna | Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 12:43 am
We've all been through that, Parsifal... |
| Jo Salkilld (White Giant) | Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 01:10 am
I haven't  |
| Kitsuné (Little Upsilon) | Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 09:17 am
I think women's shoes are pretty nasty sometimes too. I mean... high heels? Who thought that wearing medieval torture devices on your feet was sexy :S
no offense to people that like them lolz~ |
| Parsifal (Kebir Blue) | Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 02:35 pm
i keep falling off and they hurt my toes. |
| Lorelei | Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 06:28 pm
I agree, Kitsune, they were definitely created by MEN! There you go........ it all goes back to MEN! lol |
| Lorelei (Fearless Blue) | Friday, May 6, 2011 - 07:10 am
So,,,,,,,,,, what's the top 10 things that women do to drive men mad? lol |
| Linebacker Six | Friday, May 6, 2011 - 11:53 am
Define "mad". |
| Blueserpent (Fearless Blue) | Friday, May 6, 2011 - 07:38 pm
does you all breathing count? |
| Lorelei | Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 03:13 am
bb2 |
