Mars and Venus

Mars and Venus: Ten Things Guys Puzzle Over Girls

By Lynn Lopez

Okay, so we women do not understand the men as much as we would like to, and the men do not get us that well either. It is simply because we ladies are wired differently from them and have our own set of behavior that sets us apart from the guys. We have only about 78 genes in common with men. Heck, we even have our own language that men can never ever dream to understand. Unless he is gay, of course.

There are just so many things that we do which seem normal to us, but which men simply do not comprehend and even find mind-boggling. Were you ever curious what men find confusing about us?

Below are the ten biggest mysteries of the female psyche, from a man’s point of view. Perhaps you'd like to enlighten your partner about these...

1. Purse size. For us ladies, the smaller the purse we are carrying, the better it is. After all, all we need to survive the rigors of daily life are lip gloss, some tissues, oil control film, keys, a credit card and some change. Guys don’t get the fact that we don’t need to lug the entire house around to survive the outside world.

2. No-answer questions. So you ask your man if he thinks that the girl who just moved into the house across the street is a hottie. Then he gets upset when you get upset because he said yes. Who wouldn’t be upset if your man thinks another woman is gorgeous? Wouldn’t you?

3. Jeans. He complains that your habit of changing your jeans a couple of times to find something that will fit perfectly is totally unnecessary. He thinks that no matter what type of jeans you are wearing, your hips and legs still look the same to him. Wrong! Some jeans make us look lean and long, while some make us look fat. How can he not understand that?

4. Quality time. It is not enough for your man to be with you physically, especially when you know his mind is elsewhere. So he should not complain when you complain that he doesn’t spend quality time with you, even when he sat with you on one of your Lost marathons.

5. Salads. When we say we are not hungry, we are not hungry. So what if we just ate all his French fries after we were done with our ubiquitous salads? Eating French fries is bad for him, anyway.

6. Size does not matter. Men shouldn’t complain when we ask them to kill those roaches and mice for us. Cockroaches are icky. Mice are icky. Eating raw fish at a Japanese restaurant on a regular basis and taking karate lessons once a week has nothing to do with why those pests are icky, okay?

7. Good guys, bad guys. The rules of dating are simple, guys. Allow us a few days to glorify you in our fantasies. Do not shatter these fantasies by acting like a stalker and calling us every five minutes. Do that when we’re already going steady, not before.

8. Bathroom talks. We girls need the respite the bathroom gives us. That is the one perfect place where we can gather our girlfriends to talk about you. So when we ask our gal-pals to go to the bathroom with us, don’t bother asking why we go as a group, okay?

9. Room temperature. We do not care if you think that it is sweltering outside. We feel cold. Period.

10. Bedhead. A bedhead that was produced by careful styling, spraying, gelling and blow-drying lasts longer than a real bedhead. You guys want us to look pretty all the time, don’t you? So stop complaining.

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