I found this today. Some of it made me giggle... These are THE RULES, if you're a man in a relationship. These are the male's rules! Please note... these are apparently all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!
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.
1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. 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!
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit or a vegetable or whatever. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. 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.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.
1. If I say I am cooking, I know what I am doing, so please stop looking over my shoulder and GET OUT of the kitchen!
The man who wrote out these rules also noted he doesn’t mind sleeping on the couch if his significant other reads this list. Because, did you know that men really don’t mind that? It’s like camping.
Are boys really like this?
Category: The World We Live InThey sound alright for me. Sleeping on the coach is fun. especially if you get another blanket and throw it over the top of the couch so it leaves a gap like a fort or tent.
Posted by: Lachy at March 28, 2005 01:18 PMCouches are usually comfy, but I have my own bed and I have no idea who would kick me out.
Those rules made me laugh. Probably because most of them are true.
I'd say guys are like that.
Posted by: Tom at March 28, 2005 01:57 PMi agree with most.
sleeping on the couch is fun.
THe couch was my bed here for a few wekks when ivfirst started living here
Most are pretty true... the "hints"/Just Say It defintly resonates with me!!!!
Posted by: patrick at March 29, 2005 12:12 AMabsolutly true
I disagree with pretty much every one of those rules, but then i'm not particularly the masculine type.
However, I am in total agreeance with Lachie's idea of making a "couch-fort". Only thing is that couches are tiring to move, so you normally get a girl to do it for you.
Posted by: will at March 30, 2005 01:23 PM