More woman bias

[Amorok]

I have noticed over the past few years a huge bias against men in the media and popular culture. You can see this everywhere. Think of your favorite sitcom, the man is either an incompetent boob or a hustling, swindling, conniving incompetent boob. The only men that ever evince any understanding or compassion are gay, and the only ones who show any strength are misunderstood anti heroes. There are regular guys out there people, guys who know how to fix things and aren't douchebags, guys who love their wives but don't feel like they have to kiss their wives' ass or constantly acknowledge that their wife is better at everything than they are. Sometimes at my house my wife just isn't any good at stuff and I have to go to a lot of trouble to help out, but you never see this in media. On Yahoo today there are a list of ten things husbands should never do. Guaranteed that there won't be a list like for wives, so I'll write one. Here ya go ladies:

1. Gripe about how hard it is taking care of the kids all day. - Who wanted to have these kids? You got what you wanted, if you don't like it, well, now you know why we're so reluctant. Next time maybe we can all pay a little closer attention to birth control, shall we? Not saying that kids are bad, but I don't bitch about my new bike, no matter how frustrating something is. It's in bad taste.

2. Gripe about how rough you have it at home all day. - We respect our wives, especially those of them that stay at home. We appreciate having a clean house and not having to pay daycare on top of the other bills. That being said, you don't have it as hard as me. You don't have to wake up at 0dark30 in the morning, you don't have to look or perform a certain way, and nobody calls you out on anything. In fact, the only standards you have to meet are your own, and you've been at home all day. Nobody stole your lunch from the fridge, you didn't get saddled with someone else work, and there isn't a wife and kids depending on you financially for what you do all day.

3. Tell me you don't know what to get me for a gift. - What do I talk about all the time? What do I do on the weekends? Every guy in America has a hobby, and if you could take ten minutes to get over yourself and get on the internet for a little research you'd be able to figure out what to buy. For instance, if your husband rides a motorcycle and you don't know what a bike bell is, you're a bad wife. Not only that, you have a gift that keeps on giving! If you can think of nothing else, fall back on turning it up in the bedroom and you'll be fine. You know, the good lovin where we don't have to beg for it, the lights are on and you do some of that stuff you did when we were dating that made us want to marry you in the first place.

4. Gripe about gifts we give you. - Woman how dare you. I spent time looking through your drawers to figure out your sizes (doing the math I said I'd never need again in high school to average between fat and skinny clothes) and also looked through your jewelry box to make sure you don't have anything like what I might buy for you. After all that effort you need to say thank you, then return whatever it was later. How are we supposed to know about perfume? After paying for the house, cars, homeowners car and health insurance you're lucky we can afford and feel like giving you anything else.

5. Gripe about our driving. - You just don't get to. I'm paying for the car, and I'm still expected to get the oil changed, keep track of the tire wear, and pay the insurance. On long road trips I'm the one who comes up with the route, drives all but the last 30 miles when you give me that little break, loads all your bags of lead into the car, and I'm expected to be patient during you're million bathroom breaks. Anytime driving comes up, the only thing you're allowed to say is how much like Sterling Moss I remind you behind the wheel.

6. Be mad if I'm not impressed by the food you made. - Look, I don't care if it has a fancy French name and you saw it on TV, and I don't care if it took you hours to make. If I come home from work to a crappy dinner then when you fish for compliments, expect to catch criticism. You know what that food tastes like, and if it's no good, don't serve it to me. You know what's going to happen. And don't act like cooking me food makes you such a martyr. What do you think I got married for, to cook for myself? I ate pizza and Taco Bell before you and I'm happy to bust out my paper plates again any time you feel like you need to be replaced. Crappy food is crappy food, don't expect praise.

7. Make me shop forever. - I don't drag you to Cabella's or Best Buy, I know you hate those stores. I also don't take more than 20 minutes in any store, I know what I need when I walk in. As for trying stuff on, I know what size I wear. I've been buying the same jeans since I started buying clothes, and unless I've experienced a massive weight fluctuation I need the same size as what I'm wearing. Sp no, none of this need take longer than a half an hour.

8. Run me down in public. - You know how even if you've become a blimp I'm not allowed to imply that you've put on any weight, even if no one's around? Now imagine that feeling in public. You have no idea how enreging it is when your wife totally makes you look like an ass in front of people, and how much of a bitch you look like. I know the fish I caught wasn't that big, and so do my friends, but we're all having a good time. And as soon as my fish tale is over my friends will start telling theirs, because guys do that. However when you decide to grab some attention and call me out it makes you look like a bitchy attention whore who doesn't respect her man, and me look like a weakling who isn't respected at home. Thanks, bitch, hope it was worth the snarky little laugh you got. We're supposed to be a team, and just like I'm not going to let everyone know about that blemish you used so much makeup to cover up, I don't expect you to derail me in a conversation.

9. Don't fish for compliments about stuff. - If you ask me a question you'll get an answer, usually an honest one. If you don't like the answer DON'T ASK THE QUESTION. I am not a mind reader, so if you're not happy about something and you try to get me to make you feel better, it might backfire on you. I didn't tell you how to cut your hair, and I didn't tell you to buy those clothes, so if you don't like the way you look it's your problem. If you don't feel good about the way you look do something about it. Go to the gym, stop putting your hair in a ponytail, and wear something besides tank tops and sweats and you might feel better about the way you look. And if you really care about my opinion, you'll listen to what I have to say, instead of just getting mad when it's not what you want to hear.

10. Gripe at me for not doing house work. - Listen, guys do not get married for the joy of mopping or doing dishes. Sure it's cliched to call it woman's work but you go to any single guy's house and all he has is paper plates. Listen, we do house work, but the problem is that we don't do it on the same schedule as you. If I have dishes left and there's no smell, it's not on the urgent list. It's for sure not on the list that work, mowing the yard, and making sure you have a house to live in. If you really want me to do all the stuff you do, plus all the stuff I do, what do I need you for?


So there's my vent, here's the original article if you want to see what pissed me off: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/1...ver-do-552285/

[Tmall]

Best post I have ever read. You should run for king of north America. I would vote for you.

[HurricaneHeather]

Not reading your list because I'm not bored enough, but I'm just curious....will you be sending this to your wretched witch of a wife that you love and adore?

[CrazyKell]

NO way in hell did you write that.

[Captain Morgan]

Well, there are always the stereotypes of women, you know, ones like their inability to drive or park a car http://video.yahoo.com/network/10000...61&l=100022574

[Amber Lamps]

Wow, that was really long! Some of that is true but only if you have a stay at home spouse. I thought those were like dinosaurs for the most part these days... As soon as the kids are school age the women go back to work...at least in my experience.

I especially agree on the "don't ask if you don't want an honest answer part", although a lot of the problem here is consistency. I explain to SOs that I will always be honest in these matters and act accordingly. If you play the game with them for "X" number of years, you can't suddenly decide that you want to be "honest" now about the way they look. I've made my current GF change clothes before going out with me on a couple of occasions. Women have absolutely no problem criticizing our style choices, there isn't any reason for us to keep our mouths shut. Maybe I don't want to be seen in public with some bum wearing pjs and no make up...

BTW Thanks for taking the heat off me for a while!!!! Hahahahahaha!

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Well, there are always the stereotypes of women, you know, ones like their inability to drive or park a car http://video.yahoo.com/network/10000...61&l=100022574

I saw that! Was she Chinese as well? Hahahahaha! I've actually parked a car for strange women a couple of times!!!!

[karl_1052]

WTH is a bike bell?

5. Brag about your driving. This is supposed to let us know that ours isn’t so great. If my husband tells me one more time that he’s been “accident-free since 1978,” I’m going to reach over, grab the wheel and make the car swerve into something, just to shut him up.

I would knock anyone out who tried that shit. Enjoy waking up in a snowbank.

[Fleck750]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

WTH is a bike bell?

Suppose to keep the gremlins away. I have 2, hasn't helped any. LOL

And not the AMC Gremlins.

[Rangerscott]

We put windows in a house and I'm guessing the wife was a stay at home mom. Well let me tell ya. She has hard days. I mean all the shit on the floor, cloths, 900lbs of dog hair in the backyard, watching TV. Man. I can see how she'd be "exhausted" after NOT doing anything. The guy I work with told me I needed to find a wife just like her. LOL

I know. I'm an asshole.

[azoomm]

I'll say it again. Y'all are really going out with or married to the wrong people if this is your life.