Six Annoying Things Women Do ...
...according to men. Yes. It's hard to believe, but we can be annoying too.


Updated on May 18, 2011, 5:17 pm ET
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An annoyed man

It’s hard to imagine, we know. But rumor has it women aren’t always as charming as we’d like to believe. Men adore us for many reasons – our soft skin, our clever minds, our fascinatingly complex layers of underthings. But there are some teeny tiny, itty bitty, eenie weenie things we do that men find – ¿Como se dice? – ANNOYING.

We asked guys from all over the country to divulge the lady behavior that drives them loco. Here are the irksome answers we heard most frequently…and fervently.

1. We use a lot of cell phone minutes.
Are phone skills secondary sex characteristics unique to women, like breasts that lactate? Just a theory. Because almost every guy we talked to mentioned how perturbed he gets chatting with women on the phone.

“It’s annoying when [women] try and end a call three or four times after they know I need to get going, and way after the conversation has clearly ended,” says V. from Beverly Hills. “Oh, and women always decide to start a conversation with five seconds left on the clock in a tie game.”

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2. We can’t make up our minds. Maybe. Maybe not…
“Women equivocate unnecessarily,” says one New York guy. Translation: we hem and haw and hedge our bets instead of committing to a single plan of action.

V. from Beverly Hills concurs, claiming women “don’t believe I meant what I said, just because it was brief and to the point and not vague and contemplative.”

The New York guy explains his annoyance using this example, which may or may not refer to a conversation he had with the author of this article:

HIM: "Would you (A) prefer to drive to Boston on Friday night or (B) attend the party in New York? We can then drive to Boston early on Saturday morning."

HER: (sniffling) "You cruel, cold-hearted bastard! Don't you know that it's all about the decision-making process? Don't you understand that I can't make a Pyrrhic decision like that without knowing what you would prefer to do?"

HIM: "I'm sorry; I think I misheard you. Did you say (A) or (B)?"

HER: (sobbing) "This is madness, madness! Why are you so thick-skulled?"

Excellent question.

3. We don’t fight fair.
Guys say women put them in an impossible position when we refuse to tell them why we’re upset.

Eric from Portland tells Betty his biggest pet peeve is the “‘What's wrong? Nothing,’ routine. [Because] there's obviously something wrong.”

Apparently men really DO want to know how we’re feeling. They just prefer we don’t express those feelings with “overdramatic waterworks.” (As if our tears come with a pause button.)

“Why, why must you cry?” asks an exasperated fellow from Minnesota. “Has that ever, in the history of the world, made things better?”

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bellavita
#1. bellavita on 11/02/2009 - 9:16 am (EST)
The most annoying thing men do...wear clothes over and over again without washing them...eww ratty sweatpants!
Fern
#2. Fern on 11/02/2009 - 10:36 am (EST)
How about that after a guy thinks he's "got" you, he stops trying to woo you and just wants to hang out at home all the time
RedAJG
#3. RedAJG on 11/02/2009 - 12:18 pm (EST)
I agree with Fern completely!! Low-maintenance doesn't mean NO maintenance! Even the most laid back, one-of-the-guys kind of girls still likes to be romanced and treated like a girly girl once in while.
danggirl
#4. danggirl on 11/02/2009 - 5:27 pm (EST)
Amen sisters!
amber_gurl
#5. amber_gurl on 11/02/2009 - 7:15 pm (EST)
So right Fern!
bandijacks
#6. bandijacks on 11/02/2009 - 10:41 pm (EST)
The most annoying thing for me is when they almost put something away, but not quite. Like putting the dirty dishes beside the sink rather than inside, or putting dirty clothes on top of the hamper rather than opening it and putting them inside. Grrr...
lisa_b
#7. lisa_b on 11/03/2009 - 12:56 am (EST)
Women should spend less time complaining about men, and more time praying for Holy grace and guidance, while constantly working at self-improvement. It's a hard pill to swallow ladies, BUT--When a man, or someone else for that matter, does "annoying" things, the reason usually lies in one of the following areas: 1. Your expectations of the behavior of others is too high, and you are not understanding or flexible enough to stop throwing stones in glass houses. 2. You may be the problem, and they are reacting to your "annoying" behavior. I would be happy to share some ways to dramatically reduce so many "annoying" male acts, for those who are truly interested. Unfortunately, I feel like most of you just want to b!^@# instead.
liquidlove22
#8. liquidlove22 on 11/03/2009 - 1:25 am (EST)
my problem with this article is that men say all the things above but when they find a mature women who doesn't act like the women they describe they become frightened because they are immature. They leave a good woman for women who act like this so they have something to complain about. It makes them feel important. More men spend their time b!*$#ing than the do tryin to be a man. if they had a women who wasn't like this they wouldn't know how to respond.
vuLady
#9. vuLady on 11/03/2009 - 1:53 am (EST)
Hey Lisa, sounds like you need to grow a backbone, cause you come off sounding like one of those subserviant women who lets a man control what she does, says, and thinks! I agree with liquidlove, though- many men say they want a strong independent woman, but can't handle it when they find one.
avesidoj
#10. avesidoj on 11/03/2009 - 8:24 am (EST)
Hehehe Im so guilty of no. 2... I HATE when my bf gives me two options and expects me to just choose without discussion... I NEED to know what he thinks because although I know he'll do what I want, I simply dont enjoy doing things he hates and would much rather find a happy medium...

 


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