and as a woman, it was super interesting to see the replies.
Which all in all can lead to greater friendship."
u/Homely_Bonfire
“I grew up playing pick up ball with close friends.
If you ever saw us playing, you would think we all hated each other.
The cursing, the yelling, even sometimes fists being thrown.
u/jawndell
2.
“Being treated as a danger regardless of what you do.”
u/MarsNirgal
“If you are not attractive enough, you must be a creep.”
a woman crossing the street to avoid you).
u/Xeynon
3.
She thought I was lying because I knew them for over a decade.
Their actual names never came up and werent necessary.”
We had both been there about a year.
He was standing right next to us.
I talked to him every day….I said, ‘Who the hell is Dave?’
I was happy when he used this as an opportunity to ask me what my name was."
Doesnt even matter."
And then one day one of his old friends came along and called him John.
I stopped and flat out asked him what his name was, and he told me it was John.
u/improbablydrunknlw
4.Relatedly…“I don’t remember the birthday of my best friend of 12 years.
i just know it’s in January.”
u/Coolstashio
5. u/cen-texan
“Your old college friend Jason met the love of his life.
Your wife/girlfriend asks you what she does for a living.
Apparently theyd been together for about two years and she was also six months pregnant.”
u/DuckyLeaf01634
6.So what do they talk about?
“My friends who I haven’t seen in YEARS went camping with me recently for four days.
I got back and my wife asked me what’s been going on in their lives.
One night we had ended up making a tier list of dipping sauces over three hours.”
Dumb jokes or bits of historical trivia.
What we think of the latest Marvel movie.
This is absolutely unfathomable to my wife."
u/accountofyawaworht
7.
“I’m 39.
I started down an entirely new career path in mid-January.
I’ve had horrible imposter syndrome since day 1 but the new job feels good.
I sent it to my dad when he asked me how the new job was going.
Even HE cried out of pride.
Men don’t get compliments, and when we do, we really feel it.”
u/GWindborn
“Had a cute coworker tell me I smelled good several years ago.
I went home and bought four more of them.”
grichardson526
8.
“Struggling to do something in public and no one coming over to assist you.”
u/i-need-blinker-fluid
“I went for a long run on a day that got hot and humid REALLY fast.
I overheated a mile from my house and started staggering a quarter mile from my house.
I thought I was going to collapse when an older woman ran up to me.
I seriously thought she saw that I was in distress, until she urgently asked.
‘My orange cat escaped my house.
Have you seen it?’
I replied that I hadnt and she shuffled away.
I thought that her lack of awareness was so absurd that I started laughing to myself.
That rush of emotion gave me the energy to get home and into a cold shower.”
u/fjellt
9.Relatedly, “The expectation to help in certain situations, especially as a big guy.
I don’t mind helping.
On some level it’s nice (?)
knowing that I look strong enough to help people do things they physically can’t.
But this happens ALL.
Which also surprised her.”
u/bigguy14433
10. u/Impossible_Bear5263
11.
“My wife continually asks me, ‘did anyone say anything about your shirt/hair/shoes/etc?’
No, no one says anything about my appearance.”
u/lollerkeet
12.
“Being single means no physical contact for extended periods.
I haven’t been hugged in over four years.
The last time I touched someone else was a handshake five months ago.”
u/ridethroughlife
“I was single for 10+ years in my late 20s to early 30s.
No physical drop a line to the entire time from anyone, family included.
I didn’t realize how touch-starved I was.
Started dating someone and broke down after the first time she hugged me.”
u/Crabapple_Goblin
13.
“The concept of being alone seems different for women than men.
u/shroomenheimer
14.
“Going a long period of time without sex or a relationship.
For some reason, women think it’s easy for men to find someone.
I can’t remember the last time I spoke to a woman on a night out.
Women are paying absolutely zero attention to a couple of out of shape guys in our mid-thirties.”
u/Hank_Wankplank
15.
“The complete fucking mystery that is flirting.
The anxiety of approaching someone you’re interested in and making the first move.
It makes it hard as hell to unravel the whole thing.”
u/Crayshack
16.
“I cried recently at the funeral of a close relative.
It was the first time Id cried since June 6, 2009.”
u/TheSuperSax
17.
“Saying that you are … sad and being completely ignored.
Getting zero likes on social media for a post.”
I post about a teacher that had a significant influence on me who passed away from cancer last week.
The teacher was 26 at the time, giving life advice to a kid.
I was pretty sad for a couple of days when she passed away.
Nobody gave a shit.
u/League-Weird
18.
“That we dont socialize/talk/bond with other guys in the bathroom.
No talking in the bathroom.
You go in, take care of business, wash your hands, and get out.
No standing next to another dude at the urinal unless you have no choice.
Womens behavior in the bathroom is considerably different than mens behavior, or so Ive been told.”
In the men’s, it was silent.
My wife described the ladies' as the opening scene ofCarrie.
Clothes were flying up and down and being traded as half the girls changed.
A leader-looking girl was doing knocking rounds of the stalls and passing through sanitary products.
Another girl gave my wife a quick bow and apologized for the bustle.
I suddenly want to see a YouTube video of men acting that out in the men’s room.
It sounds amazing.”
u/mrminutehand
19.
“Apparently just thinking of ‘nothing.’
Total zoning out.”
‘What are you thinking, babe?’
‘Yeah, but like, what thoughts are running through your head?’
‘Yeah no, nothing at all.
Absolutely nothing.'"
u/Geofferz
20.
“My female friends dont roast each other like I do with my friends.
u/SorryWorldliness5296
“Oof I have a story about this.
I was the asshole.
I had a female friend who would tease me occasionally, all in good fun.
She laughed at the time, but about a week later she got surgery to correct her eyelid.
I felt so fucking bad.”
u/DrumBxyThing
21. u/Classic-Economy2273
22. u/Portman88
23.
“At least for the women in my life, doing something stupid for the sake of being stupid.
I know its stupid.
It doesnt make me a stupid person (depending on what it is).
Im taking a calculated risk for fun.”
u/Spoony_bard909
24.
“Men just naturally have a level of strength that surprises women.
Testosterone is a hell of a drug.
For example: my wife has been going to the gym for a while now.
She’s noticeably stronger now and it’s awesome for her.
I actually commented and complimented it the other night.
u/cbftw
“That shit blew MY mind once.
I was practicing some takedown moves with a woman.
Shes serious about her fitness and is pretty strong.
… Granted so am I, but I still expected to have to put up a little fight.
I had to give myself up entirely and then some to allow her to practice the move.
I knew there was a difference, but that was the moment I truly understood it.
Its a little terrifying.”
u/AbsoluteZero_
25.
“Erection == Aroused.
It boggles their mind that just cause a guy gets hard doesnt mean he is ready to go.
Sometimes it just…happens.”
u/PastPriority-771
26.
“The first time my wife showered with me she stops and says, ‘Its moving!
Are you doing that?
Why is it moving?’
Particularly in an environment where the temperature is getting either hot or cold, like a shower.
Balls move and balls itch.
Its what they do.
And dicks have a mind of their own.
Dont ask me why its hard, Ive been asking it that since I hit puberty.”
u/DeaddyRuxpin
27. u/baltinerdist
28.
She seemed quite surprised the first time she saw me go from flaccid to hard.”
u/SleepWouldBeNice
29.“Urinals.
We just go to the stall and do them both at the same time.”
u/guitarguy109
30.
“We clean off shit stuck to the inside of the toilet bowl when we piss.
It aint much but its honest work.”
u/Outrageous-Mail-1267
