What is it that you can't stand about the opposite gender?
@InspirationStation (188)
United States
January 26, 2007 5:41pm CST
Drama! That's what I can't stand about women. Love 'em a lot, but sometimes they're a handful...
Women - what do you hate about men?
Men - what bugs you about women?
This should open up some interesting dialogue! Please try to keep comments above the belt.
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9 responses
@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
27 Jan 07
This doesn't count toward all men, but I can't stand the arrogant, control freak, underminding male. Get off your pedestal already.....I can't stand when men don't ever accept the fact that they were wrong and that they can't be a little more receptive to the emotions of a female.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Shelly,
I can't stand those type of men either! I also hear you about men being insensitive. Sometimes men lack a real sense of true compassion, myself included. It is difficult sometimes for both genders to understand one another because they are so very different!
Thanks for the input!
@pooksywooksy (1006)
• Indonesia
27 Jan 07
What I can't stand about women are:
- sometimes they tend to keep repeating stuffs, they nag nag nag nag. They like to make 2 sentence of stories in to 20 paragraphs. They are bossy sometimes.
What I can't stand about men are:
- ... they thought they are perfect. Most of the time, they think they know everything. They are childish sometimes.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I hear that! So I'm curious - are you a man or a woman? - lol! Thank you for your response!
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@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
27 Jan 07
What drives me crazy about men is everything needs to be spelled out for them. They just can't read between the lines sometimes.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
True enough. I think that echoes how the genders are so very different - men being quite linear in thought, and women being quite circular and emotion-ladened in thought. It is trying to have to bridge that gap in any relationship.
@peaceful (3294)
• United States
28 Jan 07
The fact that some women will pass on starting a ralationship with a powerfully intelligent and sensitive, thoughtful man, and go running off with the first handsome "bad boy" she sees...
I've seen this many, many times and I've had to sit and listen to many a broken-hearted guy tell this tale.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Oh, man I hear that one! I don't know how many times that happended to me when I was single. Some women really like A$$holes! I've always thought that that's just odd. Must have something to do with some Freudian concept. Maybe their fathers were a$$holes too and so they think that that's how all men should behave. There's plenty of them out there, that's for sure. It's probably a lot easier for those kinds of women, atleast in the short-term.
Thank you, peaceful, for your insight.
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
28 Jan 07
Ok Im a woman and your right im all about drama lol..But what i cant stand about men sometimes is t his, They hate to ask for directions when were so lost its rediculous and they just know we wil find it EVENTUALLY! HA!! And that most men are so homophobic,where if they gave them a chance they would see they are just as great friends as there best buddy..And what is with the poop stains? Seriously? does it take that much time to wipe it all off?? they are in the bathroom long enough why not wipe it all??? lol..And this power trip they have? Like the remote? They have to have it in there hand,if they are using it or not. I dont get it?And whats with having speakers the size of your car put in and cranked so loud that they will eventually go deaf? no one needs music that loud.lol!! These are a few of my questions to ponder about men:)
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Your power trip comment goes along way towards what we men have thought the way society should be run for thousands of years. I mean, it wasn't too long ago that a woman had not even a voice to vote. In other words, men held all the power and a woman's place was at home with child. It's good that that is changing now, but I think that there is still some residual left for many generations to come, even down to having control of the remote control or not showing weakness and therefore never asking for help. Interesting observations indeed! Thank you, Cloud Kicker!
@hitzphillygirl (1235)
• United States
28 Jan 07
They're clueless. Men are simply clueless.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Not all men are clueless, my friend, but definitely a whole bunch of them! I would like to think that I, as a man, have atleast an inkling of a clue. lol
Thank you for your opinion!
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
I hate how men have problems and bottle them up. Then when they erupt they either blame us or expect us to know how to handle them, or wonder why the heck we didn't see them coming....or they blame us for something we obviously didn't do....hey guys, not our problem.
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@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
True enough. But I can see this going both ways. I think women do the same thing, atleast my wife does from time to time. I can sense that something is amiss and when I ask her what's up, she plays it off, until later when she rams it down my throat. I think both genders have been in this situation.
Interesting debate either way.
Thank you for writing about this topic, dc!
@freesoul (3021)
• Egypt
29 Jan 07
I don't like generalizing and I haven't seen two women who are identical but the thing that annoys me in many women that they tend to think very highly of things that I wouldn't even notice and they make an issue of it .. but again they may say the same thing about me lol
@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Yes, generalizations are unfair, but some can't be helped, right? It is true that it's a two-way street between men and women. It is a never ending battle, where sometimes it seems that both genders would be perfectly happy without the other, but that's just not the way things are...lol!
Thank you freesoul for your input!
@InspirationStation (188)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I agree with you fully! See my comments above about power struggles and ingrained gender patterns - for some reason, pride gets in the way and men rarely ask for help. I know that if I show weakness, my wife doesn't really know how to react. Her rock is momentarily not solid and so perhaps she actually feels threatened. I don't know. Regardless, this is a very interesting topic developing here!
Thank you for your addition to this discussion, Opinder!
