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Things you should never say to a woman
An article I just finished reading by one Jessica Murphy on msn.com points out the obvious … that some comments are better left unsaid.
It goes on to list the 10 things that most women don’t want to hear. Drum roll please …
“What did you do to your hair?”
“They both look the same to me.”
“Relax.”
“I’ve got it all under control.”
“You’re not one of those feminists, are you?”
“When are you due?”
“You’re being emotional.”
“You’re acting just like your mother/my mother/my ex-girlfriend.”
“You complete me.”
“Do you really think you should be eating that?”
Here’s the link if you like, but the thing is, I think several of these are off mark (I’d rather hear you complete me than lots of other things) and this list is the tip of the iceberg. What would you add/take away? Men, feel free to participate. What are the things that drive your lady friend up the wall?
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By TJ
January 25, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Is it that time of the month?
By Rob
January 25, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
You do the same thing.
By Welsh Ex-Pat
January 25, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
My occassional exhuberent mentions of rugby and some of my pie-in-the-sky ideas for the sport in the US tend to annoy my wife!
By GloriaSteinem'sUglyTwinBrother
January 25, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
Compared to your ex boyfriends (compared to your ex-husband)…You NEVER told me that. I don’t remember you telling me that. I WOULD have remembered if you told me that. That’s not a good color on you. How much do you weigh? Are you really sure you want to get the fries with that? Yeah,it looks fine, can we just go now? Wow, I didn’t even notice that you got a haircut. I remember how pretty you were when we first started dating. OK then, from now on, you go by yourself to your family’s gatherings and I’ll just go to mine. Do you know what “your” daughter did today? Saying you were “babysitting” for one of your own children. Yeah, but who pays the bills around here? They should have kept ‘honor and obey’ in the wedding vows. I mean, do we really need to order dessert? Why do you have to repeat everything ten times? My god, you seem to be on the phone all day. How many times do you need to talk to your sister every day? Come here, I want you to look at the phone (credit card) bill. I don’t know how you can stand to read that gossip crap all of the time. You’d rather be right than happy. Really now, do you have to make such a big deal out of everything? We have more important things to spend our money on. Don’t you think you already have enough shoes and purses? (Oh, I could go on and on… :))
By Publicus
January 25, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
What about “are you pregnant”?
By Heather
January 27, 2008 4:31 AM | Link to this
Oh it is PMS time that explains everything!!
By John
January 27, 2008 5:41 AM | Link to this
It doesn’t matter what you say, you will always be wrong. Women are a strange breed. They constantly are on the lookout for competitors, even if none exist. It’s been said before, but it’s true. They are the only ones who will sit there and think ” He must be mad at me” when you don’t talk to them during the football game. I can’t figure them out, and I have quit trying.
By John
January 27, 2008 5:41 AM | Link to this
It doesn’t matter what you say, you will always be wrong. Women are a strange breed. They constantly are on the lookout for competitors, even if none exist. It’s been said before, but it’s true. They are the only ones who will sit there and think ” He must be mad at me” when you don’t talk to them during the football game. I can’t figure them out, and I have quit trying.
By tbill
January 27, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
So, all you did was copy what a REAL journalist wrote? Where do I sign up for a job like that? You ought to be replaced by GloriaSteinemsUglyTwinBrother! At least he can write his own stuff.
By Judy
January 28, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this
After 20 years of marriage my hubby still says about my cooking “My mother doesn’t make it THAT way”!