Are all Men Proud?
By TTucker3
@TTucker3 (145)
United States
September 26, 2007 1:54pm CST
My husband seems to have this flaw of even when he knows he's wrong, he will never apologize, are all men this way?
He yelled at me one day, and my daughter told him..say your sorry Daddy..tell mommy your sorry, and she kept repeating herslef until he actually did it!
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9 responses
@moira725 (49)
• Philippines
27 Sep 07
most men are proud and it's really hard for them to admit they're wrong. my husband was exactly like that during the early years of our marriage. we will be celebrating our 21st anniversary soon and i'm proud to say that he has changed a lot. i guess, i learned how not to put him on the spot whenever there were situations that he was proven wrong, specially in front of other people. of course, most of the time i had to grit my teeth to prevent myself from blurting out "I told you so!" but then these are the little compromises in our marriage that i had to do. now, with 6 kids and many obligations to fulfill as a spouse and father, my husband has mellowed down and SORRY is now part of his vocabulary.:)
@shy_gal (235)
• Malaysia
27 Sep 07
I don't think all the men are pround.
For me, my boyfriend will say sorry to me when he make me angry. He will look at my eye and apologise it sincerely. But i do not know whether he will do so after we marry. Difficult to predict.
It is good that your daughter will ask her dad apologise to you when she knew her dad really did something wrong on you.
maybe some men will think that they will be right in all them time, henca make them feel shy and difficulties when say sorry to someone.
You maybe try to speak out this topic before both of you go to sleep. try talk to him in softly voice. Just tell him you have some ideas want to share with him.
Don't sad, cheer up. ;)
@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
• United States
27 Sep 07
YES!!! my husband will never admit when he is wrong NEVER... i have a sister who is the same way and get the two of them into a discussion and man i just want to crawel into a hole!! LOL when i go to correct him on someting he will give me this big grin and kind of a hiss noise and then say i knew tht i was just making sure you were paying attention... or anyting else to get out of being wrong!! its so funny... its in there genes.. men what can we say?
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
27 Sep 07
I think I have more of a pride problem than my husband does. It takes some severe arm twisting to make me apologize. I do know that he is very proud as well and just as hard headed as me. So, it is difficult for him to admit when he is wrong. So you can just imagine the arguments we've had! LOL
@TTucker3 (145)
• United States
27 Sep 07
I can imagine, and they are probably a lot like ours, except i am not too proud to apologize, I just get to the point where I want to treat him as he has treated me, So there are time sthat I won't apologize for it!
I know that's wrong, don't act liek children, I just get so tired of it. There are times when I just look at him and say o.k. I have big shoulders I can take it..I'm sorry I will take the blame!
@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
26 Sep 07
I think in the 15 years I have been with my man I could count the sorrys on my hands! I think it is a man thing. Then again when he does say he is sorry it is usually when he means it cause he really did something stupid. They do stupid things too, these men of ours, but what can you do but accept them the way they are and laugh at the stupid things they say and do.
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
I know some other men who is like your husband. It seemed so hard for them to say "I'm sorry". I don't understand why,too. It is a common gesture that when you hurt someone- physically or verbally, you should say how sorry you are. You will even do things just to show how sorry you are. But these men are really not cut that way. Their tongue seemed to be tied everytime they harm soemone else.
@Akeela (2078)
• Trinidad And Tobago
26 Sep 07
Well not all actually im more proud my husband apologises somethime when he don't even know why. Like you daughter spunk she reminds me of my niece. She sometimes tell her mother to igonore her father.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
27 Sep 07
Oh boy does that sound familiar to me.LOL My husband never ever says hes sorry. I can only remember him saying he was sorry once and that was 15 years ago. LOL Thats pretty bad.
@kishusia (1066)
• India
28 Sep 07
No all men are not this way. Being proud is bad but one should not be egoistic. Moreover yelling at others is bad. Accepting self mistakes takes a lot but any person who has mastered it is a great person. But forcing such a person to say sorry is not the solution. It only satisfies our ego and that too is not desirable.