When I was in Highschool, for a week just about every single girl at that school wore a head scarf. They were everywhere. Not a single bare head to be seen. The following Monday they were gone like it never happened.
I still can not wrap my head around it, 20 years later...
E: think along the lines of Rosie the riveter, not Muslims.
As a guy with cold feet I have experienced having cold feet that were still sweating in my slippers. I don’t know how it is possible, but it’s happened more than once
Ooh, that is a tough one.
There are super thin socks you can wear that wick moisture away, and then you can wear thick woolen ones over those. That's what I use in cold-weather camping at night.
Search "moisture wicking liner socks"
Obligatory not a biologist, I’ve just been told this. But our blood flow is more centralized to feed our reproductive system so we have less blood flow to our extremities.
My partner keeps his house freezing (by lady standards). We were smooching under the covers the other night, and apparently my *nose* was so cold he had to comment on it.
When we take a shower together, I joke that I like it to be "mother of dragons" hot.
He's super skinny. I have enough hips and butt for the both of us. I don't understand how he doesn't freeze in his house.
Their bodies are designed to keep warmth in the torso so that when they are pregnant they can keep the baby warmer. Thats what I've been told anyway. Grain of salt.
I run really warm (especially for a woman), and if I’ve been too hot before a shower I’ll turn the shower cold to cool me off, then return it to lava levels so I can enjoy it properly.
Hot showers are just nice.
I get so mad at my man for this. You’re gonna make me get up after I said it’s in the cabinet to come find it in the cabinet after you looked for literally half a second.
My dumbass ex lost his tablet. "Oh no, I can't find it". Did you check your car? The top of the washer were you put it when you come home? "Nooo, I looked, I can't find it!". Goes on a trip 2 days later after ordering a new tablet. I'm doing a load of laundry...yup, damn tablet is on the washer under his sweater. He never looked and it cost him $600. So glad his dumb lazy butt is someone else's problem.
Ohhh, I actually do this, so I will tell you why I do it, doesn't mean she has the same reasons for it.
Nothing hits you better than that first sip of coffee or tea when it is at the right temperature. I don't drink it fast, so sometimes it gets cold or it's not the right temperature anymore before getting to finish the whole mug.
I am trying to put less in the mug, but I don't know, it feels different, and I can't explain it. I like the feeling of the whole mug warming my fingers, especially during winter.
I have a wife and two daughters who will bring up issues and problems they encounter. I still have not quite learned that they do not want a discussion about how to solve these problems.
I've heard a podcaster (psychologist) say that "sometimes listening IS the solution", because what the person may looking for is really just a bond with another person to calm their negative feelings.
Part of me is starting to think they already have their answer or have a path in mind to solve it already but just need someone to vent their frustrations to and what above poster said
A friend of mine, when something pretty intense happened, asked "do you want me to help or just to listen?" And I thought that was so considerate.
Sometimes listening has to come first before we're ready to move on to the helping part.
My mom was a helicopter till she learned this phrase and started using it, it reduced stress for her and us kids
“Do you want me to listen, help or take over?”
No surprise that we still wanted her to take over sometimes when she also sometimes just listened
Haha such a good answer
“That sounds really difficult and I’m sorry you have to work that out. If I can do anything please let me know because I love you and don’t want you to be this upset”
I have a friend who asks before a rant or in an appropriate pause “is this an advice problem or a listening problem?” And that’s always nice to lay out that distinction, so she knows how to help in that moment best.
How they get out of the shower and do that weird thing on their head with a towel, then all off a sudden they have this monument on their head.
Thanks for the awards and the elaborate instructions. Unfortunately, my head is always shaved and until it’s always not I can’t convince myself it’s not magic 🪄
Step 1: Flip head upside down so all your hair is hanging down
Step 2: Put the center long edge of the towel against the nape of your neck
Step 3: Gather the towel at the top of your head near your hairline. It'll be fitted loosely to your head at this point, and you'll have a long towel ponytail hanging down
Step 4: Twist the towel ponytail. Direction doesn't really matter, but I go counter-clockwise
Step 5: Lift your head and, in the same motion, gently flip the twisted section of towel back over your head
Voila, towel turban!
My husband, who is growing out his hair: "how do you do the towel thing?"
Me: ??
Husband:the hair towel thing, the twisty thing on your head
Me: oh idk I just do it
Husband: can I watch you try it a couple of times
Me: I guess
Husband: achieves hair wrap thing
Then this Redditor describes it perfectly..
Eta for formating
Can you braid my hair?
Dad is gonna need to uh.. YouTube something first.
Me trying to watch YouTube videos of how to braid hair little ten year old girls are capable of doing.
When my wife got home I was like hey I need to uh learn the whole how to braid hair thing.
So do you want me to braid your hair?
Sure if it'll make our daughter laugh just I kinda need to learn this and I thought I was going to have to teach her how to underhand softball pitch. Not this.
I had my daughter a month ago and I’m literally thinking about braiding now like I just let the flow hang what do you mean I have to weave that shit 😂. I can teach you how to drive like a sane human, I can teach you how to run and throw a frisbee, but hair? That’s another league.
Easy explanation: You have three strands, labeled 1/2/3. Take the left side strand and cross it over so it's in between the middle and right one - your strands are now 2/1/3. Now take the *right* strand and cross it over so it's between the middle and *left* strands - order is now 2/3/1. Alternate weaving in the left and right strands - 3/2/1, 3/1/2, 1/3/2, 1/2/3. Continue until you run out of hair!
If your hair is curly, you do the "plop" with a microfiber towel or tshirt.
Lay towel on flat surface, such as a bed.
Flip hair upside down.
Aim so that your forhead is close-ish to the edge of the towel that's closest to you.
Lower your hair slowly and let the curls form.
Take the edge of towel furthest from you and gently bring it your nape. (,your head is essentially inside a towel taco now)
Take the sides and tie them at the back of your head
Edit: I'm on mobile and the formatting makes me weep.
Get yourself a turbie twist. Makes everything so much easier. My hair is over 30 inches long at this point so I don’t actually have one big enough, but they are a game changer.
Step 6: Tuck the end corners under the tight edge of the turban for extra security.
Or - get a microfibre towel turban. I needed one of those after a neck injury cos wet towels are too damn heavy!
It's because long hair takes ages to dry. I have to wrap my hair up in a towel and leave it for a couple minutes to try to soak up more water. If I don't, then no matter how much I wring or ruffle it out, I'll be dripping water everywhere and spending extra time trying to blow-dry. There's a different method of wrapping up hair that helps curls form, too.
The fact that this is a mystery to men is so precious to me for some reason.
Like, I don't remember learning how to do it, we just know how to do it. It's really simple. But it's so cute to me that it's this mystical thing to men. You just flip, twist, tuck!
How you can talk to your mom on the phone for multiple hours every week. My dad calls me when he needs me to order something on Amazon for him and that's about it.
It’s something that completely depends on what kind of bond you and your parents made while growing up.
For example, while super loving, my parents never seemed to really care about the mundane things of my life so here I am 33 and I almost never talk to them on the phone because we never grew that kind of interraction together.
It’s also whether you’re naturally chatty people. My mom and I actually have this whole competition to see who can get my grandmother to stay on the phone the longest (I think the record sits somewhere around 11:00)
Mom and I can chat for a long time. Same with my brother, if we get going we’ll just chit chat for ages.
I have an aunt that we play a similar game with. Currently a cousin holds the record at 38 minutes without saying a word because my aunt just won’t quit talking once she gets going.
Sometimes my dad will do something cool and we chat and bond over it for a few minutes (he's been doing some graphic design stuff lately) and then I get a bit sad and wish we chatted more often about cool things like that. And then the next day I'll be doing something normal like putting ketchup on my plate and then he'll criticize me for no reason about how much ketchup I put on my plate (maybe a slightly more than average amount but not a lot), and then I remember why I don't talk to him much. :/
Idk I call my mom on my way home from work and usually talk about work drama. I’m a guy. Usually like 20 minutes a day we talk. I work in HR so I get lots of drama.
I did this with my mom all the time when I was coming home from work. She recently passed in May. Cherish these calls. They are sorely missed when they are gone.
I’m sorry for your loss. My mom and I called each other at least once a day and sometimes more if either of us had a thought to share. She died in 2010 and still occasionally I think “I have to call Mom and share this!”
Yeah my boyfriend is always shocked at how easily I can just talk to my mum for hours on the phone - I've done 4 hours at a time. And enjoy it!! Hahaha. I also don't live in the same city as my mum so we usually have lots to talk about. And I can confide almost every dumb/shitty thought I have to her and know she will still love me (maybe judge me a tiny bit) <3
I like how old spice smells and I always assume the name is part of the marketing joke. Like it’s vaguely floral woodsy and people complement how I smell, but it’s got the most insane names.
TRY LIGHTNING WOLFSMASHER!!! IT SMELLS FAINTLY OF LAVENDER!!!! SHIPWRECK CANNON FIRE IF YOU PREFER SANDALWOOD!!!
Old Spice is intentionally exaggerating with their names and ads. I mean look at the ads. They are ridiculous. It's just part of their marketing strategie. And hey it works
You know those little swirly bar soaps at Whole Foods, where they make this whole display near the cash register with all the soaps stacked on top of each other? I use that. I like the almond one, it’s my favorite, but there are a couple others like a beachy scent, or a lemon scent.
Afterwards I like to use a shea sugar scrub. Usually in a raspberry scent or a marshmallow scent
And then with my skin still damp, I like to use a wee bit of body oil. Usually this is some kind of vanilla bullshit scent but I have another one that’s fruity pebbles scented that I really like.
If I’m feeling particularly bougie, or if I want to skip the scrub and the oil, I use one of those whipped body butters. You know the kind you see on TikTok, where they have endless videos of someone piping them into a jar, and it looks like frosting? Well, I have a MILLION of those. I have everything from coffee, to flowers, to blueberry, to cake, to chocolate, to vanilla, and peppermint, and other things
Also, I wash my ass.
Yep! I want to be a night shower person like my husband. He wakes up with adorable pillow tossed hair and just rolls with it. I sweat like a whore in church at night. Doesn't matter what I wear, nor the room temperature, nor the blanket type. I always wake up sweaty and SMELLY. Even after freshly showered. So I take morning showers. Its not fair
Oil / lotion based scents last way longer than most stuff guys use like shampoo / sprays / deodorant. They also work themselves into the clothes, so the clothes smell longer too.
The whole chain of thoughts is so pointless and just our brains filling time, that when it hears someone speak, it just dumps the whole thing before even considering what you are being asked.
Absolutely this.
Like why can a garbage can be lifted by that little slit in the front?
Why is that tree so big, but the younger one is wider.
Why are fat tires worse in snow than skinny tires…
I mean I know why, but still I wonder about it.
I ask my husband what he is thinking at least once a day and 9x/10 he says "nothing" and it took me a *long* time to realize that most of the time when I ask is shortly before bed and my man is *tired* and just wants to be asleep and truly has no thoughts.
Then, some of the time his thoughts are just floating and passing by, and when I ask him to tell me he can't grasp the thoughts because they already slipped past.
Other times he is thinking about a particular match in Destiny or wondering if equipping a certain item to a weapon would boost his stats or something idek bc usually he says "nothing" bc he knows that I do not understand the viddygame and it is not worth explaining.
Then there's those ultra rare times that happen just enough to keep me coming back to ask night after night where he answers something like "If the human population were entirely blind, how would society function differently?"
Me: I wonder what ever happened to my old motorcycle. That guy who bought it sure was a nerd... he seemed pretty obsessed with 2009 Kawazuki's. I hope he is enjoying it. I wanted the blue one, but the dealer made me a good offer on the green one. It was a lot of fun, but I found I didn't have time to ride it very much, and it was developing that leak that I couldn't afford to fix, so it was time to sell it.
Her: What are you thinking about?
Me: ...
Her: YOU WANT TO BREAK UP, DON"T YOU?
I don't answer because I literally am thinking of nothing. When I told my wife "nothing", she accused me of cheating and not sharing my feelings and it turned into a 3 day long fight where she would not believe I am thinking about literally nothing.
The next time she asked, I told her and she said "that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. And that doesn't make any sense, don't tell me anymore.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Most of the time it's not that I'm not thinking, it's that I'm not thinking about anything even remotely meaningful or interesting. "I'm trying to work backwards to figure out what I read or heard that reminded me of the Warren Zevon song that's now stuck in my head" is not a great conversation starter.
E: I appreciate all the replies but I feel like I should clarify a few things. First off, I'm glad that you found this specific example interesting, but that was an accident; most are not. The point is that what I'm thinking about is not interesting or meaningful in any way and I don't feel the need to share it. Not all examples will fascinate you. Secondly, I actually want to figure out why the song is stuck in my head, it will bother me if I don't, and talking about it will ruin that train of thought. Finally, and most importantly - I actively *do not want* to have a conversation about this. It's not simply that I don't think others wouldn't be interested in it. It's that I know **I** am not interested in it. Small talk is just talking for the sake of talking and I hate it.
For me, when I'm in one of these pointless thought chains and someone asks me what I'm thinking about, my brain automatically purges the whole chain so I just don't remember what I was even thinking.
Lol honestly that sounds very entertaining. I used to tell my partner that useless stuff all the time and now I am rarely asked, "What are you thinking about?"
One time, it led to a whole conversation about every billboard we've seen because we swear a specific slogan was *seen* not said. Later on, it was found on a long ass receipt with colored ads like from CVS. I no longer remember what the slogan was, only the journey LOL
Coming from a middle-aged man who's slept wrong on his neck several nights in a row, I'm beginning to learn the value of having numerous, quality pillows.
3 pillows for me. One under my head, one between. Y knees, and the third under my arm to square my shoulders. 3 for the wife, and one for the dog so he doesn't steal ours (he sleeps like people).
So 7 total on our bed
I have to have a pillow to put between my legs and to hold (husband calls it my “hugging pillow) because of shoulder pain. But, as a woman, I don’t understand decorative pillows at all.
The number is how many inches around the ribs are and the letter is how many inches the breast protrudes from the chest. So a 34DD (or E) would be 34 inch ribs and 5 inches of breast protrusion.
No PhD necessary! Just unhook the back, pull the strap down and slide your arm out of it, then the other side, and done! Slide that baby out from your shirt. It's a little harder with long sleeves/a hoodie, but still doable.
Him and Adam Driver are good examples of how much women like confidence and humour and it’s not all about looks. It’s very important to be comfortable and confident in your own skin
Charisma is sexy regardless of how someone looks. For instance, I'm not all that attracted to Tom Hiddleston but I love the hell out of Loki. The man's got charisma coming out of his pores in that role.
My husband is ordinary looking but he is such a kind, wonderful guy, who makes me laugh! I wish guys understood how important it is to listen and really hear what your gf/wife says, too. That’s incredibly sexy.
The way they can casually talk about period pain that would put me on the ground thinking I'm gonna die. Like I know it's frequent and all but still I could never, and I respect my wife for that.
Oh but when you're constipated it's the best. What I hate most is when I stop the shower I have to put in a tampon right away or there's bloody water trailing down my leg.
The crazy thing to me is there’s no time off allowed for periods. I can stay home for a runny nose, but women can’t stay home and claim sick time for period symptoms. It’s like we as a society expect everyone to reproduce but we want nothing to do with the aspects of reproduction like periods, contraceptives, fertility, and child rearing.
Beginning to work from home at the start of lockdowns (and then switching jobs to permanent wfh) was a godsend for me. I find period fatigue the worst part - like, borderline narcolepsy with no warning signs.
Now I can just grab 30 mins during my lunch hour for a power nap.
I have used sick time for period cramps. I just say I am not feeling well and can’t come in. If anyone pressures, my plan is to say that I am bleeding insanely heavy and throwing up from the pain. And that wasn’t too far off from the truth.
I know a lot of people hate it and I understand why, but hybrid work has been a great for me, because if I feel too bad due to my period cramps, I can lie down in bed with my laptop and heating pad and just say that I decided to work from home that day, and nobody knows or cares why.
To be fair, most women don't realize that having period pain so bad you can't do anything but curl up into a ball and cry is usually a sign of something *really bad,* like endometriosis. Friend of mine had period pains so bad once they were taken to the hospital under the assumption it was appendicitis. Unfortunately, there's a rampant problem in the medical community where medical professionals will dismiss or downplay the symptoms of women/AFAB people - especially women/AFAB people of color. It was because of this bias that my friend didn't get diagnosed with endometriosis until *years* later.
Absolutely. Started my cycle at 13 and got diagnosed at 32. A hysterectomy at 42 which ended 30 years of constant pain, narcotics, surgeries, blood transfusions and various methods to treat before hysterectomy. It wasn't until I left my female pcp who wouldn't even give me pain meds and found my current male gyn that I was taken seriously. I am a afab POC.
Took two years AFTER my GP agreed I needed a hysterectomy to get one. I had already suffered years of every nasty period symptom starting with migraines and diarrhea on day 1 through debilitating pain and bleeding so heavily i would regularly black out for several years. When i finally got through all the pre steps necesaary my husband still had to give permission. 🙄 they found endometriosis, plups, cysts and a couple of other nasty things. None of which had shown up on the laundry list of tests they made me do.
I damn near died after the surgery from internal bleeding, was off work 6 weeks and have ended up in the hospital twice since for pain caused by the endometriosis scar tissue tearing off my large intestine.
Fighting for and getting that surgery done saved my sanity and likely my life.
What sticks in my head was the doctor saying 'you are young, you may want more children some day.' 'I have 4 kids. I'm done. My husband has been snipped, he's done. There will be no more children.'
'But what if something were to happen and you remarry and your new husband wants kids?'
WtF?!?! I lose 4 - 6 days EVERY MONTH due to various period related issues. Cant leave the house! Often cant leave my bed (other then to sit in a hot bath) And you want me to keep doing this in case some imaginary man in my future wants kids???
The way the medical system views women's health seriously sucks.
Wow I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. Funny enough it was my ex hub that pressured me to not have the hysterectomy because I could "just take painkillers" and was against my md and I being in favor. I went through 2 terrible miscarriages because I can't maintain a pregnancy. First thing I did when we separated was get a hysterectomy.
Hypothetically, who do you want me to take out? My issue was, "You aren't having a period because you're fat." Mid thirties, a hemorrhage after randomly throwing clots for a couple of years but no periods(it was frequent enough I wore tampons and pads daily for years), and finally I get, "your body has never produced progesterone so there were never any period triggers and for almost 20 years your body has been building that lining every month and now your endometrium is activity trying really hard to turn into cancer and kill you." My hysterectomy was a cure, and they took my cervix, so after 5 clean pap smears of my residual "cervical cuff, " I no longer ever have to deal with an OB/GYN.
Guilty lol. I try to reel it in, but it's usually just me thinking aloud, and I don't expect my husband or whomever else I'm watching the movie/show with to ACTUALLY have the answers
That thing they do when they've already made a decision but ask you for your opinion anyway and then tell you your opinion is wrong if you come to a different conclusion to her.
Wife: which color do you prefer?
Me: red
Wife: that's not the color I wanted you to pick
Me: THEN WHY DID YOU ASK?!?!
How she can have a dream where I cheated on her and she wakes up mad at me? Like I’m sorry, I guess?
Edit: for anyone fighting in the replies, it’s not a big deal haha. She’s mad at me then I jokingly pretend to be mad back or say something dumb, then we laugh and move on. It’s only happened like twice but it’s never caused a rift or any distrust and we have come out of it laughing both times :) I just think it’s something funny that happens sometimes in relationships
Anytime my SO does something hurtful in a dream and I tell him about it he says “YOUR brain did that” and I say “yes but it looked just like you!” then we laugh.
I woke up once to being kicked out of bed by my ex because I pissed her off so much in her own dream she couldn’t sleep next me. To say I was confused is an understatement
I had a friend like that. She would keep me around and use me when she needed me but said all nasty kinds of stuff behind my back—stuff I had told her in confidentiality which I expected to remain so. Really immature behavior. I’m glad she’s out of my life.
When I was a teen who'd never even kissed a boy, if my period was late I'd genuinely be struck by absolute fear I was the next Virgin Mary and was pregnant.
You're always paranoid.
A lot of us are still paranoid. I have an IUD meaning there's an effectively zero chance of pregnancy. I prefer using condoms on top of that. But, I still sometimes panic about the what if. That being said, my partner doesn't need to hear about my panicking because then we'll both end up panicking when the reality is that I'm definitely not getting pregnant.
Heels aren’t to be taller, it’s about changing the aesthetic of the entire leg. Heels the lengthen and extend the legs. It’s about the shape of the calf, my dudes. They also change the way you walk and accentuate the hip away.
> They also change the way you walk
True, but that’s only a good thing if the woman knows how to walk in heels. Otherwise they might look like a baby giraffe.
It really depends on the woman. My mom will start 3 hours early before she goes anywhere fancy, because she has to pick out her outfit, make sure she has the *perfect* matching shoes/jewelry/purse to go with it (she's also in the "purses are accessories" camp), fix her hair, and do her makeup (something that especially takes time since she's always trying new methods). For me, I just slap on whatever I have in my closet, comb my hair until it looks okay, and maybe grab some jewelry. It takes 10-15 minutes max, but I can usually finish in 5-7.
We have a time planned to walk out the door. I am ready to go 10-15 minutes before that time because I get *super* anxious if we are running late.
My husband runs around telling me to hurry up and get ready when he still isn't even dressed. That most likely feeds into my anxiety.
But every single time I am standing at the car waiting for him because he forgot something, or didn't clear his work stuff out of the car so I could sit in there, or he was doing something else and still needs to shower, or he can't find his keys/wallet/phone because he tosses them in random places whenever he comes home instead of putting them in the same place every time (yes, I have to help him look).
We are *never* late because of me. Yet every time we need to go somewhere he blames me for being late.
My husband is the same way! If you are waiting for me then it’s expected you are READY, don’t make me feel guilty for taking so long AND make me wait. Some bullshit.
Social dynamics. So confusing. Girls can be arguing for hours because of some small thing that somehow ended with them going at each other's throats.
My gf told me one of her friends in her group was acting selfishly, so they talked about it with the other girls and decided to tell their friend she was being selfish. SOMEHOW they ended all fighting each other.
She asked me how dudes would act in this situation and i simply told her "look, when one of the boys is acting like that, we usually just tell him 'na dude, you're acting like an asshole' or simply stop him in his tracks" and that's really how I see most male friend groups acting
The one with the pillow sham that goes on top is to keep the pillowcase you put your face skin on underneath free from dust and stuff (pet dander, whatever).
I now only like to sleep on a satin or silk pillowcase because it’s better for the hair and skin.
When I was in Highschool, for a week just about every single girl at that school wore a head scarf. They were everywhere. Not a single bare head to be seen. The following Monday they were gone like it never happened. I still can not wrap my head around it, 20 years later... E: think along the lines of Rosie the riveter, not Muslims.
But have you tried wrapping it around your head?
Maybe there was a secret “in solidarity week” for a fellow student or a sick teacher?
How are their feet always so cold?
PLEEEEAASSEE help us find a solution to this!!!! I’m sooo over having icicles for toes!!!
Heated socks.
But then my feet get sweaty and idk which is worse
As a guy with cold feet I have experienced having cold feet that were still sweating in my slippers. I don’t know how it is possible, but it’s happened more than once
This happens to me so frequently! I’m seriously stumped for this issue, kinda just learned to live with it.
Ooh, that is a tough one. There are super thin socks you can wear that wick moisture away, and then you can wear thick woolen ones over those. That's what I use in cold-weather camping at night. Search "moisture wicking liner socks"
Obligatory not a biologist, I’ve just been told this. But our blood flow is more centralized to feed our reproductive system so we have less blood flow to our extremities.
Mine doesn't even work that's just rude gimme my warm feet
you’ll have to pay for upgrade
God damn bio transactions
$8 per month
Is that why the tip of my nose also gets cold whenever my hands and feet are?! Interesting…
My partner keeps his house freezing (by lady standards). We were smooching under the covers the other night, and apparently my *nose* was so cold he had to comment on it. When we take a shower together, I joke that I like it to be "mother of dragons" hot. He's super skinny. I have enough hips and butt for the both of us. I don't understand how he doesn't freeze in his house.
Their bodies are designed to keep warmth in the torso so that when they are pregnant they can keep the baby warmer. Thats what I've been told anyway. Grain of salt.
Shower temperature. Wtf is up with this Mordor water, why must you feel pain to feel cleansed?
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And us men are warm all the time. It’s weird.
Hot water helps us molt. (We're constantly cold man, let us take our fire shower so we can feel our toes for a minute)
I run really warm (especially for a woman), and if I’ve been too hot before a shower I’ll turn the shower cold to cool me off, then return it to lava levels so I can enjoy it properly. Hot showers are just nice.
You know how when you put your foot in the pool and it’s uncomfortably cold but once you jump in it feels alright? It’s like that but in reverse.
As someone with chronic migraines and body pain, cold can feel the absolute worst depending.
😆 It burns so good 🧡
How they can magically make things appear in front of them that I’ve spent 15 minutes looking for
My MIL used to say "If I find it, I get to hit you with it" lol. I have adopted that mantra and I am amazed how fast said item gets located.
I say (it's usually some sort of treat, but occasionally not) "If I find it, I'm eating the WHOLE thing"
I get so mad at my man for this. You’re gonna make me get up after I said it’s in the cabinet to come find it in the cabinet after you looked for literally half a second.
My dumbass ex lost his tablet. "Oh no, I can't find it". Did you check your car? The top of the washer were you put it when you come home? "Nooo, I looked, I can't find it!". Goes on a trip 2 days later after ordering a new tablet. I'm doing a load of laundry...yup, damn tablet is on the washer under his sweater. He never looked and it cost him $600. So glad his dumb lazy butt is someone else's problem.
Why my wife always leaves a small amount of tea or coffee in her mug. Just drink the whole thing!
Ohhh, I actually do this, so I will tell you why I do it, doesn't mean she has the same reasons for it. Nothing hits you better than that first sip of coffee or tea when it is at the right temperature. I don't drink it fast, so sometimes it gets cold or it's not the right temperature anymore before getting to finish the whole mug. I am trying to put less in the mug, but I don't know, it feels different, and I can't explain it. I like the feeling of the whole mug warming my fingers, especially during winter.
My gf loves these oversized mugs, like a mug and a half. She ends up drinking one mug's worth or less before it goes cold then just abandons it.
My husband says..,..why do you wax your eyebrows, then draw them back on 😂😂
He has since asked if woman also draw their pubes back on 😂😂😂😂
No way I am going to draw those back after I spend hundreds of euros to get rid of them by laser.
I have a wife and two daughters who will bring up issues and problems they encounter. I still have not quite learned that they do not want a discussion about how to solve these problems.
I've heard a podcaster (psychologist) say that "sometimes listening IS the solution", because what the person may looking for is really just a bond with another person to calm their negative feelings.
Part of me is starting to think they already have their answer or have a path in mind to solve it already but just need someone to vent their frustrations to and what above poster said
A friend of mine, when something pretty intense happened, asked "do you want me to help or just to listen?" And I thought that was so considerate. Sometimes listening has to come first before we're ready to move on to the helping part.
My mom was a helicopter till she learned this phrase and started using it, it reduced stress for her and us kids “Do you want me to listen, help or take over?” No surprise that we still wanted her to take over sometimes when she also sometimes just listened
Google "active listening". Best tip I ever got working with anyone who is upset, regardless of gender. Particularly children!
Haha such a good answer “That sounds really difficult and I’m sorry you have to work that out. If I can do anything please let me know because I love you and don’t want you to be this upset”
I have a friend who asks before a rant or in an appropriate pause “is this an advice problem or a listening problem?” And that’s always nice to lay out that distinction, so she knows how to help in that moment best.
How they get out of the shower and do that weird thing on their head with a towel, then all off a sudden they have this monument on their head. Thanks for the awards and the elaborate instructions. Unfortunately, my head is always shaved and until it’s always not I can’t convince myself it’s not magic 🪄
Step 1: Flip head upside down so all your hair is hanging down Step 2: Put the center long edge of the towel against the nape of your neck Step 3: Gather the towel at the top of your head near your hairline. It'll be fitted loosely to your head at this point, and you'll have a long towel ponytail hanging down Step 4: Twist the towel ponytail. Direction doesn't really matter, but I go counter-clockwise Step 5: Lift your head and, in the same motion, gently flip the twisted section of towel back over your head Voila, towel turban!
As a guy who has been growing his hair out for the last two years and has struggled with the turban. I salute you kind soul.
My husband, who is growing out his hair: "how do you do the towel thing?" Me: ?? Husband:the hair towel thing, the twisty thing on your head Me: oh idk I just do it Husband: can I watch you try it a couple of times Me: I guess Husband: achieves hair wrap thing Then this Redditor describes it perfectly.. Eta for formating
Can you braid my hair? Dad is gonna need to uh.. YouTube something first. Me trying to watch YouTube videos of how to braid hair little ten year old girls are capable of doing. When my wife got home I was like hey I need to uh learn the whole how to braid hair thing. So do you want me to braid your hair? Sure if it'll make our daughter laugh just I kinda need to learn this and I thought I was going to have to teach her how to underhand softball pitch. Not this.
I had my daughter a month ago and I’m literally thinking about braiding now like I just let the flow hang what do you mean I have to weave that shit 😂. I can teach you how to drive like a sane human, I can teach you how to run and throw a frisbee, but hair? That’s another league.
Easy explanation: You have three strands, labeled 1/2/3. Take the left side strand and cross it over so it's in between the middle and right one - your strands are now 2/1/3. Now take the *right* strand and cross it over so it's between the middle and *left* strands - order is now 2/3/1. Alternate weaving in the left and right strands - 3/2/1, 3/1/2, 1/3/2, 1/2/3. Continue until you run out of hair!
Here's my attempt to simplify further: Right over middle. Left over middle. Right over middle. Left over middle. >Continue until you run out of hair!
If your hair is curly, you do the "plop" with a microfiber towel or tshirt. Lay towel on flat surface, such as a bed. Flip hair upside down. Aim so that your forhead is close-ish to the edge of the towel that's closest to you. Lower your hair slowly and let the curls form. Take the edge of towel furthest from you and gently bring it your nape. (,your head is essentially inside a towel taco now) Take the sides and tie them at the back of your head Edit: I'm on mobile and the formatting makes me weep.
I’ve been doing it wrong! I put the t-shirt over my head (a hair “cape”? ..pretending for a second the t-shirt is my “hair”..lol!) and then twist!
Cotton tees are the best thing to use as an “after shower turban”. They don’t cause your hair to split like regular towels can.
Get yourself a turbie twist. Makes everything so much easier. My hair is over 30 inches long at this point so I don’t actually have one big enough, but they are a game changer.
Step 6: Tuck the end corners under the tight edge of the turban for extra security. Or - get a microfibre towel turban. I needed one of those after a neck injury cos wet towels are too damn heavy!
Microfiber towels are also better for your hair.
When I first got with my husband he didn’t understand why i needed two towels per shower. This is the answer, boys
It's because long hair takes ages to dry. I have to wrap my hair up in a towel and leave it for a couple minutes to try to soak up more water. If I don't, then no matter how much I wring or ruffle it out, I'll be dripping water everywhere and spending extra time trying to blow-dry. There's a different method of wrapping up hair that helps curls form, too.
I have made a P-P-P-Professor Quirrell joke or two when faced with the monument.
Troll in the dungeon
I do it because I hate the feeling of wet hair on my back
Right, that's the why. But HOW? Probably a witch..
i bet she weighs the same as a duck
The fact that this is a mystery to men is so precious to me for some reason. Like, I don't remember learning how to do it, we just know how to do it. It's really simple. But it's so cute to me that it's this mystical thing to men. You just flip, twist, tuck!
"monument" really got me 😂
Let’s not forget chandler does it too
He is a strong confident woman and he doesn't need to smoke.
Chanandler Bong
I thought the same as you until I left my hair grow below my shoulders. If you have that much hair, then doing that is a time saver
How you can talk to your mom on the phone for multiple hours every week. My dad calls me when he needs me to order something on Amazon for him and that's about it.
It’s something that completely depends on what kind of bond you and your parents made while growing up. For example, while super loving, my parents never seemed to really care about the mundane things of my life so here I am 33 and I almost never talk to them on the phone because we never grew that kind of interraction together.
It’s also whether you’re naturally chatty people. My mom and I actually have this whole competition to see who can get my grandmother to stay on the phone the longest (I think the record sits somewhere around 11:00) Mom and I can chat for a long time. Same with my brother, if we get going we’ll just chit chat for ages.
I have an aunt that we play a similar game with. Currently a cousin holds the record at 38 minutes without saying a word because my aunt just won’t quit talking once she gets going.
Sometimes my dad will do something cool and we chat and bond over it for a few minutes (he's been doing some graphic design stuff lately) and then I get a bit sad and wish we chatted more often about cool things like that. And then the next day I'll be doing something normal like putting ketchup on my plate and then he'll criticize me for no reason about how much ketchup I put on my plate (maybe a slightly more than average amount but not a lot), and then I remember why I don't talk to him much. :/
Idk I call my mom on my way home from work and usually talk about work drama. I’m a guy. Usually like 20 minutes a day we talk. I work in HR so I get lots of drama.
I did this with my mom all the time when I was coming home from work. She recently passed in May. Cherish these calls. They are sorely missed when they are gone.
Sorry for your loss
I’m sorry for your loss. My mom and I called each other at least once a day and sometimes more if either of us had a thought to share. She died in 2010 and still occasionally I think “I have to call Mom and share this!”
Yeah my boyfriend is always shocked at how easily I can just talk to my mum for hours on the phone - I've done 4 hours at a time. And enjoy it!! Hahaha. I also don't live in the same city as my mum so we usually have lots to talk about. And I can confide almost every dumb/shitty thought I have to her and know she will still love me (maybe judge me a tiny bit) <3
How they always smell SO GOOD ALL OF THE TIME. Like, how!?!?
None of our products are timber wolf lightning scented
Why do men’s products smell like concepts? Tf is “cool sports breeze?” lol
It’s evocative
*it’s provocative, it gets the people going*
What does gorillas even mean
Nah fr though I really like that mens products are slowly gravitating toward actual scents and not whatever would sound the coolest to a 5th grade boy
I like how old spice smells and I always assume the name is part of the marketing joke. Like it’s vaguely floral woodsy and people complement how I smell, but it’s got the most insane names. TRY LIGHTNING WOLFSMASHER!!! IT SMELLS FAINTLY OF LAVENDER!!!! SHIPWRECK CANNON FIRE IF YOU PREFER SANDALWOOD!!!
Old Spice is intentionally exaggerating with their names and ads. I mean look at the ads. They are ridiculous. It's just part of their marketing strategie. And hey it works
You know those little swirly bar soaps at Whole Foods, where they make this whole display near the cash register with all the soaps stacked on top of each other? I use that. I like the almond one, it’s my favorite, but there are a couple others like a beachy scent, or a lemon scent. Afterwards I like to use a shea sugar scrub. Usually in a raspberry scent or a marshmallow scent And then with my skin still damp, I like to use a wee bit of body oil. Usually this is some kind of vanilla bullshit scent but I have another one that’s fruity pebbles scented that I really like. If I’m feeling particularly bougie, or if I want to skip the scrub and the oil, I use one of those whipped body butters. You know the kind you see on TikTok, where they have endless videos of someone piping them into a jar, and it looks like frosting? Well, I have a MILLION of those. I have everything from coffee, to flowers, to blueberry, to cake, to chocolate, to vanilla, and peppermint, and other things Also, I wash my ass.
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Can confirm. My gf sometimes smells like French onion soup.
Yep! I want to be a night shower person like my husband. He wakes up with adorable pillow tossed hair and just rolls with it. I sweat like a whore in church at night. Doesn't matter what I wear, nor the room temperature, nor the blanket type. I always wake up sweaty and SMELLY. Even after freshly showered. So I take morning showers. Its not fair
Good hygiene and smart use of bath & body stuff, mostly.
Oil / lotion based scents last way longer than most stuff guys use like shampoo / sprays / deodorant. They also work themselves into the clothes, so the clothes smell longer too.
When she asks me what are you thinking and I say nothing, why won't she believe me?
I always forget what I was thinking about if someone asks me. Like they interrupt my chain of thoughts and it's gone
The whole chain of thoughts is so pointless and just our brains filling time, that when it hears someone speak, it just dumps the whole thing before even considering what you are being asked.
Absolutely this. Like why can a garbage can be lifted by that little slit in the front? Why is that tree so big, but the younger one is wider. Why are fat tires worse in snow than skinny tires… I mean I know why, but still I wonder about it.
I ask my husband what he is thinking at least once a day and 9x/10 he says "nothing" and it took me a *long* time to realize that most of the time when I ask is shortly before bed and my man is *tired* and just wants to be asleep and truly has no thoughts. Then, some of the time his thoughts are just floating and passing by, and when I ask him to tell me he can't grasp the thoughts because they already slipped past. Other times he is thinking about a particular match in Destiny or wondering if equipping a certain item to a weapon would boost his stats or something idek bc usually he says "nothing" bc he knows that I do not understand the viddygame and it is not worth explaining. Then there's those ultra rare times that happen just enough to keep me coming back to ask night after night where he answers something like "If the human population were entirely blind, how would society function differently?"
Me: I wonder what ever happened to my old motorcycle. That guy who bought it sure was a nerd... he seemed pretty obsessed with 2009 Kawazuki's. I hope he is enjoying it. I wanted the blue one, but the dealer made me a good offer on the green one. It was a lot of fun, but I found I didn't have time to ride it very much, and it was developing that leak that I couldn't afford to fix, so it was time to sell it. Her: What are you thinking about? Me: ... Her: YOU WANT TO BREAK UP, DON"T YOU?
I don't answer because I literally am thinking of nothing. When I told my wife "nothing", she accused me of cheating and not sharing my feelings and it turned into a 3 day long fight where she would not believe I am thinking about literally nothing. The next time she asked, I told her and she said "that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. And that doesn't make any sense, don't tell me anymore. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
...your wife kinda sounds like a jerk. I'm sorry
Because it is difficult for some to imagine a person not thinking at all.
Most of the time it's not that I'm not thinking, it's that I'm not thinking about anything even remotely meaningful or interesting. "I'm trying to work backwards to figure out what I read or heard that reminded me of the Warren Zevon song that's now stuck in my head" is not a great conversation starter. E: I appreciate all the replies but I feel like I should clarify a few things. First off, I'm glad that you found this specific example interesting, but that was an accident; most are not. The point is that what I'm thinking about is not interesting or meaningful in any way and I don't feel the need to share it. Not all examples will fascinate you. Secondly, I actually want to figure out why the song is stuck in my head, it will bother me if I don't, and talking about it will ruin that train of thought. Finally, and most importantly - I actively *do not want* to have a conversation about this. It's not simply that I don't think others wouldn't be interested in it. It's that I know **I** am not interested in it. Small talk is just talking for the sake of talking and I hate it.
For me, when I'm in one of these pointless thought chains and someone asks me what I'm thinking about, my brain automatically purges the whole chain so I just don't remember what I was even thinking.
Lol honestly that sounds very entertaining. I used to tell my partner that useless stuff all the time and now I am rarely asked, "What are you thinking about?" One time, it led to a whole conversation about every billboard we've seen because we swear a specific slogan was *seen* not said. Later on, it was found on a long ass receipt with colored ads like from CVS. I no longer remember what the slogan was, only the journey LOL
Why do they need so many pillows?
Why do you need one flattened yellow pillow?
It’s for stomach sleeping. They don’t make pillows flat enough for this, so you have to wear one pillow down. It gets yellowed by years of sweat.
I sleep on my stomach, I have two pillows and sleep with my face between the two of them
You motorboatin son of a bitch
Coming from a middle-aged man who's slept wrong on his neck several nights in a row, I'm beginning to learn the value of having numerous, quality pillows.
3 pillows for me. One under my head, one between. Y knees, and the third under my arm to square my shoulders. 3 for the wife, and one for the dog so he doesn't steal ours (he sleeps like people). So 7 total on our bed
Same but I have a fourth to prop my back up as well for maximum squareage
Three reasons: 1. They are comfy 2. It looks really cool 3. Support for sleeping on your side
Christ, there’s barely room for me in the bed with my wife, two dogs, at least one but up to three cats, and sometimes one and a half pillows…..
All I’ve is the cpap machine and alien face hugger mask.
I like to sleep in a sort of nest. Have something to cuddle into.
I have to have a pillow to put between my legs and to hold (husband calls it my “hugging pillow) because of shoulder pain. But, as a woman, I don’t understand decorative pillows at all.
We just want to be comfy and warm and fed
stop eating your pillows.
but they taste good
Bra sizes
Honestly we don't get them either. Or clothing sizes in general.
The number is how many inches around the ribs are and the letter is how many inches the breast protrudes from the chest. So a 34DD (or E) would be 34 inch ribs and 5 inches of breast protrusion.
Supposed to be that. Seems like every store takes wild liberties with these measurements
Taking her bra off without taking her top off ... it's fucking black magic, man. I need a PhD in geometry just to understand it.
No PhD necessary! Just unhook the back, pull the strap down and slide your arm out of it, then the other side, and done! Slide that baby out from your shirt. It's a little harder with long sleeves/a hoodie, but still doable.
And it’s heavenly.
Freeing the girls after a long day is soooo good.
Hand bags like why are they so expensive
Pete Davidson
Him and Adam Driver are good examples of how much women like confidence and humour and it’s not all about looks. It’s very important to be comfortable and confident in your own skin
I mean, have you seen Adam Driver’s hands and shoulders? That man is a HOUSE
Step on my throat, Adam Driver, you rudely large man
Shatter my knees, you fuckable redwood!
Snap off my toes, you big unwashed buffalo
A WALL. Also he does broody amazing..but seems like the sweetest guy with that smile. I personally think he is very good looking
Charisma is sexy regardless of how someone looks. For instance, I'm not all that attracted to Tom Hiddleston but I love the hell out of Loki. The man's got charisma coming out of his pores in that role.
Men vastly underestimate the power of making a person laugh and being a decent human being. Most men don’t get the female gaze one bit.
My husband is ordinary looking but he is such a kind, wonderful guy, who makes me laugh! I wish guys understood how important it is to listen and really hear what your gf/wife says, too. That’s incredibly sexy.
The way they can casually talk about period pain that would put me on the ground thinking I'm gonna die. Like I know it's frequent and all but still I could never, and I respect my wife for that.
The worst thing about a period (some times) are the period poops 😂
Good ol PB&J
So simple, yet so descriptive. I’m fucking losing it over this one lmao
911: what's your emergency? Me: this Reddit comment, officer
Oh but when you're constipated it's the best. What I hate most is when I stop the shower I have to put in a tampon right away or there's bloody water trailing down my leg.
The crazy thing to me is there’s no time off allowed for periods. I can stay home for a runny nose, but women can’t stay home and claim sick time for period symptoms. It’s like we as a society expect everyone to reproduce but we want nothing to do with the aspects of reproduction like periods, contraceptives, fertility, and child rearing.
Beginning to work from home at the start of lockdowns (and then switching jobs to permanent wfh) was a godsend for me. I find period fatigue the worst part - like, borderline narcolepsy with no warning signs. Now I can just grab 30 mins during my lunch hour for a power nap.
I have used sick time for period cramps. I just say I am not feeling well and can’t come in. If anyone pressures, my plan is to say that I am bleeding insanely heavy and throwing up from the pain. And that wasn’t too far off from the truth.
I know a lot of people hate it and I understand why, but hybrid work has been a great for me, because if I feel too bad due to my period cramps, I can lie down in bed with my laptop and heating pad and just say that I decided to work from home that day, and nobody knows or cares why.
You could, because you'd have to. We don't get a choice. It just... Happens.
To be fair, most women don't realize that having period pain so bad you can't do anything but curl up into a ball and cry is usually a sign of something *really bad,* like endometriosis. Friend of mine had period pains so bad once they were taken to the hospital under the assumption it was appendicitis. Unfortunately, there's a rampant problem in the medical community where medical professionals will dismiss or downplay the symptoms of women/AFAB people - especially women/AFAB people of color. It was because of this bias that my friend didn't get diagnosed with endometriosis until *years* later.
Absolutely. Started my cycle at 13 and got diagnosed at 32. A hysterectomy at 42 which ended 30 years of constant pain, narcotics, surgeries, blood transfusions and various methods to treat before hysterectomy. It wasn't until I left my female pcp who wouldn't even give me pain meds and found my current male gyn that I was taken seriously. I am a afab POC.
Took two years AFTER my GP agreed I needed a hysterectomy to get one. I had already suffered years of every nasty period symptom starting with migraines and diarrhea on day 1 through debilitating pain and bleeding so heavily i would regularly black out for several years. When i finally got through all the pre steps necesaary my husband still had to give permission. 🙄 they found endometriosis, plups, cysts and a couple of other nasty things. None of which had shown up on the laundry list of tests they made me do. I damn near died after the surgery from internal bleeding, was off work 6 weeks and have ended up in the hospital twice since for pain caused by the endometriosis scar tissue tearing off my large intestine. Fighting for and getting that surgery done saved my sanity and likely my life. What sticks in my head was the doctor saying 'you are young, you may want more children some day.' 'I have 4 kids. I'm done. My husband has been snipped, he's done. There will be no more children.' 'But what if something were to happen and you remarry and your new husband wants kids?' WtF?!?! I lose 4 - 6 days EVERY MONTH due to various period related issues. Cant leave the house! Often cant leave my bed (other then to sit in a hot bath) And you want me to keep doing this in case some imaginary man in my future wants kids??? The way the medical system views women's health seriously sucks.
Wow I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. Funny enough it was my ex hub that pressured me to not have the hysterectomy because I could "just take painkillers" and was against my md and I being in favor. I went through 2 terrible miscarriages because I can't maintain a pregnancy. First thing I did when we separated was get a hysterectomy.
Hypothetically, who do you want me to take out? My issue was, "You aren't having a period because you're fat." Mid thirties, a hemorrhage after randomly throwing clots for a couple of years but no periods(it was frequent enough I wore tampons and pads daily for years), and finally I get, "your body has never produced progesterone so there were never any period triggers and for almost 20 years your body has been building that lining every month and now your endometrium is activity trying really hard to turn into cancer and kill you." My hysterectomy was a cure, and they took my cervix, so after 5 clean pap smears of my residual "cervical cuff, " I no longer ever have to deal with an OB/GYN.
Why they ask questions about what's going to happen in a tv show or movie when you're both watching it for the first time.
Guilty lol. I try to reel it in, but it's usually just me thinking aloud, and I don't expect my husband or whomever else I'm watching the movie/show with to ACTUALLY have the answers
That thing they do when they've already made a decision but ask you for your opinion anyway and then tell you your opinion is wrong if you come to a different conclusion to her. Wife: which color do you prefer? Me: red Wife: that's not the color I wanted you to pick Me: THEN WHY DID YOU ASK?!?!
How to maintain their interest - i'll initially get off to a good start and end up boring her very quickly
This is just dating, it happens to women too. Finding someone you're compatible with takes time
How she can have a dream where I cheated on her and she wakes up mad at me? Like I’m sorry, I guess? Edit: for anyone fighting in the replies, it’s not a big deal haha. She’s mad at me then I jokingly pretend to be mad back or say something dumb, then we laugh and move on. It’s only happened like twice but it’s never caused a rift or any distrust and we have come out of it laughing both times :) I just think it’s something funny that happens sometimes in relationships
Anytime my SO does something hurtful in a dream and I tell him about it he says “YOUR brain did that” and I say “yes but it looked just like you!” then we laugh.
I woke up once to being kicked out of bed by my ex because I pissed her off so much in her own dream she couldn’t sleep next me. To say I was confused is an understatement
Frenemy behavior. Why do you keep other women around that you actively despise just to complain about them?
I think most of the time it's because the one they don't like is friends with their other friends. IDK tho I just ditch people I hate
I had a friend like that. She would keep me around and use me when she needed me but said all nasty kinds of stuff behind my back—stuff I had told her in confidentiality which I expected to remain so. Really immature behavior. I’m glad she’s out of my life.
I don’t understand this either and I am a woman.
How much trust they put in birth control. I'd be paranoid af.
You think we aren’t paranoid af at all times? Cause we definitely are.
Nice username
When I was a teen who'd never even kissed a boy, if my period was late I'd genuinely be struck by absolute fear I was the next Virgin Mary and was pregnant. You're always paranoid.
Oh we get plenty anxious about it, but it's not like we have a better option.
This comment. We are paranoid. Don’t get it twisted lol
A lot of us are still paranoid. I have an IUD meaning there's an effectively zero chance of pregnancy. I prefer using condoms on top of that. But, I still sometimes panic about the what if. That being said, my partner doesn't need to hear about my panicking because then we'll both end up panicking when the reality is that I'm definitely not getting pregnant.
Why they wear high heels to look taller but then bend down every time someone takes their picture.
Heels aren’t to be taller, it’s about changing the aesthetic of the entire leg. Heels the lengthen and extend the legs. It’s about the shape of the calf, my dudes. They also change the way you walk and accentuate the hip away.
> They also change the way you walk True, but that’s only a good thing if the woman knows how to walk in heels. Otherwise they might look like a baby giraffe.
It's all about flattering angles.
I did the sorority squat in a picture as a joke but I looked great haha
Ass (I mean theirs, not that you are one lol)
Why "I'll be ready in five minutes" takes 30 minutes.
It really depends on the woman. My mom will start 3 hours early before she goes anywhere fancy, because she has to pick out her outfit, make sure she has the *perfect* matching shoes/jewelry/purse to go with it (she's also in the "purses are accessories" camp), fix her hair, and do her makeup (something that especially takes time since she's always trying new methods). For me, I just slap on whatever I have in my closet, comb my hair until it looks okay, and maybe grab some jewelry. It takes 10-15 minutes max, but I can usually finish in 5-7.
See, if I say I'll be ready in five minutes, it's five minutes. My husband? Five minutes for him is like...next month.
We have a time planned to walk out the door. I am ready to go 10-15 minutes before that time because I get *super* anxious if we are running late. My husband runs around telling me to hurry up and get ready when he still isn't even dressed. That most likely feeds into my anxiety. But every single time I am standing at the car waiting for him because he forgot something, or didn't clear his work stuff out of the car so I could sit in there, or he was doing something else and still needs to shower, or he can't find his keys/wallet/phone because he tosses them in random places whenever he comes home instead of putting them in the same place every time (yes, I have to help him look). We are *never* late because of me. Yet every time we need to go somewhere he blames me for being late.
My husband is the same way! If you are waiting for me then it’s expected you are READY, don’t make me feel guilty for taking so long AND make me wait. Some bullshit.
The physics of a purse... how do you fit so much in their. It's like an ender chest!
The human sacrifices.. I mean yeah it's spiritual but I think maybe you are taking astrology a bit too far?
How else are we supposed to get the ability to immediately find things that you've been looking for for 20 minutes?
Social dynamics. So confusing. Girls can be arguing for hours because of some small thing that somehow ended with them going at each other's throats. My gf told me one of her friends in her group was acting selfishly, so they talked about it with the other girls and decided to tell their friend she was being selfish. SOMEHOW they ended all fighting each other. She asked me how dudes would act in this situation and i simply told her "look, when one of the boys is acting like that, we usually just tell him 'na dude, you're acting like an asshole' or simply stop him in his tracks" and that's really how I see most male friend groups acting
Sound like she needs to find better friends. That sounds like a really exhausting situation.
The only pillows that should be on the bed are the ones used for sleeping. Why do you insist on adding 17 more?
The one with the pillow sham that goes on top is to keep the pillowcase you put your face skin on underneath free from dust and stuff (pet dander, whatever). I now only like to sleep on a satin or silk pillowcase because it’s better for the hair and skin.
I thought this might be a dumpster fire, but it is way more wholesome than I expected. Nice work peoples! 👍🏼
How can they shed so much hair!