"Long car rides with another dude, nobody says anything and nobody is mad."
"My wife continually asks me ‘did anyone say anything about your shirt/hair/shoes/etc?’
No, no one says anything about my appearance."
"When we were dating, I don’t think my wife had seen a “grower” before (or maybe even hadn’t heard of the concept). She seemed quite surprised the first time she saw me go from flaccid to hard."
"I went to a girl’s house recently and she and her roommates were shocked that I didn’t share my location with my friends"
"For that matter, two guy friends could spend the afternoon together, have a grand time, come home and have their respective wives be absolutely bewildered that they didn’t learn anything about what’s going on in the other guys life."
"His life, … I don’t even know his name."
"Reminds me of when I told my friend that men don’t sleep in the same bed during sleepovers and she goes “They DON’T?!”"
"As a woman, I can say something that blows my mind constantly about men is being able to leave the house with no bag. Just like keys and wallet in pockets. 0 inventory. Wild to me"
"I’m 39. I started down an entirely new career path in mid-January. I’ve had horrible imposter syndrome since day 1 but the new job feels good. My boss (who happens to be a woman) sent me the nicest most complimentary email thanking me for being such a good addition to the team and I sincerely cried because in all my years in the workforce nobody has ever appreciated me so much.
I imagine to her it was just one of those things a good boss does – “Hey, my employee did a good job, I should tell them!” I sent it to my dad when he asked me how the new job was going. Even HE cried out of pride. Men don’t get compliments, and when we do, we really feel it."
"Had a meetup with the boys for hours. not a single photo was taken."
"Struggling to do something in public and no one coming over to assist you."
"That we don’t socialize/talk/bond with other guys in the bathroom.
No talking in the bathroom. You go in, take care of business, wash your hands, and get out.
No standing next to another dude at the urinal unless you have no choice."
"We don’t really talk about our problems unless we need a solution than to understand the mental block stopping us from solving our problem."
"I’ve started doing this for my pregnant fiancée
“Support or solution”
90% of the time now it’s just support and I know to switch my brain to that mode immediately. Wish I had done it sooner, I HATED having to sit there thinking things were such a simple solution to fix and getting annoyed when she didn’t want to listen to what I was saying."
"The expectation to help in certain situations, especially as a big guy.
I went to a retirement party for a person I never met before (invited by a friend). Literally minutes after I showed up, some random lady came up to me and told me to come with her because she needed something carried somewhere.
After I helped the woman above, I remember my (female) friend was kinda surprised that this woman just demanded I help her, without knowing who I was at all. I don’t mind helping. On some level it’s nice (?) knowing that I look strong enough to help people do things they physically can’t. But this happens ALL. THE. TIME. Which also surprised her."
"We also remember deep cuts, no matter how innocent or unintentional, literally for the rest of our lives."
"I had to explain to a girlfriend (in her 20s) that we stand at the urinal and not perform some weird squat she was imagining."
"Hanging out with a dude for years and trusting him with your goddamn life but not knowing his birthday, where he’s from, what he does for work, etc."
"Erection == Aroused.
It boggles their mind that just cause a guy gets hard doesn’t mean he is ready to go. Sometimes it just…happens."
"The complete f@#king mystery that is flirting.
The anxiety of approaching someone you’re interested in and making the first move. Straight women act like it’s nothing but I have known Bi women who get as anxious as any man who approaches a woman."
"My female friends don’t roast each other like I do with my friends. It’s all in good fun, but I can’t joke with them like I do with my male friends"
"Having an orgasm and then just being immediately done"
"Wonder if women get post-nut clarity"
Seeing someone after 5 years and literally picking up where we left off.