Look, this really isn’t that hard. I’m not sure how many women realize this, but men are actually very simple. Most of us never really grow up and become the mature, sophisticated, well adjusted men you expect us to be.
My best piece of advice? Do the exact opposite of everything you’ve done up until now.
Some helpful Hints (and no, this isn’t mansplaining)
Don’t talk to us about what’s bothering you in the relationship thinking that we’re suddenly going to find some untapped reserve of empathy and compassion. You really want to get our attention? Ignore us. Pretend we don’t even exist while we play video games and scratch ourselves. We hate that ignoring stuff.
If we go through the trouble of making a meal for you and you happen to get food poisoning. Instead of complaining how about you try and at least be appreciative of the effort. That cooking shit is really hard.
If we are trying to assemble something from Ikea and it looks to you like it’s not going that’s just your misinterpretation of the facts. We’re doing fine. We just like to work slowly and figure things out for ourselves.
If it appears we are lost while driving somewhere, we aren’t lost at all. We’re just trying to appreciate the trip as well as the…
If it appears we are lost while driving somewhere, we aren’t lost at all. We’re just trying to appreciate the trip as well as the destination. And no, we don’t need to stop and ask for ...
