do all the men have this peculiar habit?

My husband is the same way. He cannot see for looking. They can find the things they really want though, like the remote. It gets on my nerves too because my husband will look for something or ask me where something is and I tell him that it is where it belongs or it is still in the same place we decided to put it ten years ago when moving here.

Oh, yeah. Its a man thing I guess. I have two teenage sons and a husband. So I go through this everyday. They will ask "where is.....?" I tell them where to find it. Then I have to go and get it from where I told them it was. Then they will say well it wasn't there when I looked. Blind in one eye and can't see out if the other......LOL

My husband does this to me all of the time. The best thing I've found that works for this is to set a good exacmple, and show him how I am able to find things. I pay attention to every details, and now that he is seeing how well this works, he's beginning to understand.

Yes Yes yes and Yes. It is the common habit. DH will always say that he is searching that particular thing for the past 15 to 30 mins he is not getting it. He tells that I have moved it from the place where he have kept it. But you will not beleive when I go and open the cupboard it will be just in front. Infact, even if my daughter searches for her father, she will be able to find it at the instant where as he will not be able to.

Oh My God my husband does this all the time. Its gotten to the point where I do not ask him to get anything unless I have an hour to wait. What really, really aggravates me is when I tell him exactly where it is and then he can't find it and then I go to exactly where I said it was and there it is. I'm guessing that a little miniature wizard with a sick sense of humor lives in my house and puts invisibility spells on items my husband is looking for so that he can't find them, and then quickly takes them off again before I go to look for them. Either that or men are just not observant at all.

Yes I believe it is a habit of men. My dad is the same way too. My husband is also like that. I'll go and look and sure enough it's right there. It happens with just about anything he is looking for, I usually am the one to find it.

I think its a man thing!LOL I dont look anymore when my husband says he cant find it. When I know darn well I put it in that spot. I think sometimes they like us to stop what we are doing and look for it.LOL Not happening anymore.hahahahah

My sons can all find things in the cupboard, but my husband cannot, could this be a habit of older men haha? I am at the point where I just make him look and won't get up to find it. No point in us both looking right? Actually, I'll find it for him some of the time because I have to verbally guide him where to look otherwise and it's easier to just do it myself. Also, something has to practically jump out of the refrigerator at him if he's looking for something to eat in there!

Yes it has to be something that only pertains to men lol. My husband is HORRIBLE about this. he's so bad that I don't even ask him to get anything for me because I know he will say he "couldn't find it", when it was right in front of his face. It's so frustrating.

This doesnt happens to my husband.But i have heard about this by many people.& also seen in tv serials & movies.

I wouldn't say all do BUT most of the guys I know have been. I lived with a guy and he was the same, he'd moan so much about it, and i'd have to keep going finding things for him. This guy was also quite tidy but the way he tidies up was useless as he didn't put things in logical places so when it came to finding things they were nowhere to be seen and everything had to be messed up again looking for things! Maybe that's it, men can't find things as they don't put (in their head and when tidying) items in logical places.

Yes I think it is a common habit I think because my husband also could not find anything. Always I have to find all his things - his spectacles too!! And those are somewhere there only! I think they just don't give proper attention at it.

oh yeah its like right there!

Not all men are this way but i do believe that to be a form of laziness because alot of men expect there women ot do quite a bit for them and they really just want the women to do it.

Yes. I think it happens all the time. They have always been like that for some reasons they only know. he he I guess men are just always not the type of person who you think you can ask to get you something... i mean they are not really looking for those things you ask them too though they can easily find them if they will just "look" at it.

Hello dear comfort. I have to say that it is the same with me. Often I cannot find the thing that I need even after I have tried to. I always ask my wife for help and she is always that great to be able to find what I cannot find in the house. I just do not know why it is so. So I think that your husband is not alone there.

It's not my husband but it's me attitude. He knows almost everything inside our house. Most of the time I would even tell him that I will be putting this thing in a particular place and he must remember it incase I will need it LOL MAybe its not just husbands' habit but also to wives who are so depented to their hubbies.

Yes, My hubby cannot see for looking, or its right under his nose or the other one I say to him is that he has tunnel vision. He looks in cupboards for things and says I cannot see it, I come in and oh surprise surprise it is right under his nose. I wonder if it is just a man thing, because I never have this problem, my hubby does and so do my children who are boys!!

hi! I happened to read "Why Men Don't Listen & Women Can't Read Maps" back then. I didn't buy the book, just had a brief reading and found interesting point about why men sometimes didn't find what they were looking for. the book said that the men actually searched the real word for the things they searched. for example, if the husband was seeking for strawberry jam in refrigerator, he really looked for the word "strawberry jam" and he didn't find it, he assumed that it was not there. LOL. he didn't even feel bothered to check the jar or whatever they used to store the jam. perhaps it explains a lot. :P because it happens with some men I know too. they looked the things from their 'reading' map.

I hate to admit.. it is lol