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title: What Guys Want Girls To Know
date: 2007-09-27 19:30:58
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2007/09/27/what-guys-want-girls-to-know/
author: Lester Chan
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  - Blog
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This came through to my email:

> We always hear “the rules” from the female side.  
> Now here are the rules from the male side.  
> Please note:
> 
> \# 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down.  
> We need it up, you need it down.  
> You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
> 
> \# 2. Sometimes we are not thinking about you.  
> Live with it.
> 
> \# 3. Sunday = sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides.  
> Let it be.
> 
> \# 4. Shopping is NOT a sport.  
> And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
> 
> \# 5. Crying is blackmail.
> 
> \# 6. Ask for what you want.  
> Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work!  
> Strong hints do not work!  
> Obvious hints do not work!  
> Just say it!  
> We’ll get it for you, but just LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!!!
> 
> \# 7. We don’t remember dates.  
> Mark birthdays and anniversaries on the calendar.  
> Remind us frequently beforehand.
> 
> \# 8. Most guys own three pairs of shoes.  
> What makes you think we’d be any good at choosing which pair,  
> out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
> 
> \# 9. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.  
> Please pick one.
> 
> \# 10. Come to us with a problem only if you want us to help solving it. That’s what we do.  
> Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
> 
> \# 11. A headache that lasts for seventeen months is a problem.  
> See a doctor.
> 
> \# 12. Let us know about that funny noise in your car engine as soon as you hear it.
> 
> \# 13. Anything we said six months ago is inadmissible in an argument.  
> In fact, all comments become null and void after seven days.
> 
> \# 14. If you won’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls,  
> don’t expect us to act like soap opera guys.
> 
> \# 15. If you think you’re fat, you probably are.  
> Don’t ask us.  
> We refuse to answer, but still love you.
> 
> \# 16. If something we said can be interpreted two ways,  
> and one of the ways makes you sad or angry,  
> we meant the other one.
> 
> \# 17. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
> 
> \# 18. Christopher Columbus did not need directions,  
> and neither do we.
> 
> \# 19. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out.  
> Get over it.  
> And quit whining to your girlfriends.
> 
> \# 20. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.  
> Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color.  
> Pumpkin is also a fruit.  
> We have no idea what Mauve is
> 
> \# 21. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
> 
> \# 22. We are not mind readers and we never will be.  
> Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
> 
> \# 23. If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” we will act like nothing’s wrong.  
> We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
> 
> \# 24. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to,  
> expect an answer you don’t want to hear.
> 
> \# 25. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.  
> Really, you look fine!!!
> 
> \# 26. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together.  
> No, it doesn’t matter which quiz
> 
> \# 27. Football is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.
> 
> \# 28. I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape