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Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Male Mind

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A friend of mine recently received a semi-panicked phone call from her ex. Apparently, he'd made a pork tenderloin, and, not wanting to throw the juice or the remaining, inedible pieces of meat into the trash, threw the remnants down the toilet, flushed, and—SURPRISE—clogged it.

He tried using water to unclog the pipes. He tried using a plunger. He even tried using a coat hanger to fish the pieces of meat out (and keep in mind that this is a man who lives in an apartment that has a sink, we're not talking about someone living in a remote cabin in the woods!) and then finally, he called his ex. Who told him to call a plumber.

We love men, but—admit it—sometimes, in their quest to get things taken care of with as little fuss as possible, they can go overboard.  I once dated a guy who, instead  of using pillowcases, put t-shirts on his pillows. All of his pillows had little sleeves—that way, he didn't have to worry about cleaning his bed linens. Another friend of mine once dated a man who didn't have ANY sheets or blankets—he just slept in a sleeping bag on his bare mattress. And a third dated a guy who used to turn his socks inside out, so he could get a second wear out of them. "Practically new!" he'd say with a smile.

What about you? Any lazy guy "I can't believe it" tricks you've seen? And, in the interest of gender equality, any ones that you'll 'fess up to?

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  • Rowdygirl's Avatar
    Posted by Rowdygirl Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:41pm PDT

    This makes me appreciate my clean, orderly and mostly normal man hottie. His major issue is an intense hatred ofshopping, especially the grocery store. He will go without food in the house to avoid shopping. He would rather stop at the dollar store and buy a can of soup for dinner, than shop like a normal person once a week. It's not because he can't cook; he's actually very skilled in the kitchen. He does all the other domestic things, but he just despises grocery shopping.

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  • KittyKat's Avatar
    Posted by KittyKat Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:52pm PDT

    My boyfriend doesnt mind shopping but he dispises cleaning the house.

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  • littlebitty's Avatar
    Posted by littlebitty Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:57pm PDT

    I love my man, But there are things that he just can't pull off.

    1) Laundry. He does not understand the concept of separating clothing By color and or temperature used...

    2) Dishes. I have seen him toss a dish in the trash to avoid cleaning it??? Right?

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  • Ginger's Avatar
    Posted by Ginger Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:05pm PDT

    My husband hates shopping too! Anyway, my husband refuses to be the book keeper, but also uses his debit card like I'm going to magicly know where he's spent $! We have a fight about it once a month, then the next day I see him with starbucks in hand... And once again no receipt! Arg!

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  • Sabrina's Avatar
    Posted by Sabrina Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:15pm PDT

    My boyfriend and I sit down together to do the bills once a month, that way we both know how much is left over and can decide whether we need to be frugal, or if we have enough cushion in the account to get what we want. There's no bookkeeper and no receipts :)

    Oh, and he'll throw away a dish to avoid cleaning it too!

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  • wildchild's Avatar
    Posted by wildchild Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:25pm PDT

    MY HUBBY LOVE'S TO GROCERY SHOP. NO CLOTHE SHOPPING BUT GROCERY ALL THE WAY. HE'S SO GOOD ABOUT GETTING THE BEST DEAL'S AND COMPARING AND HE LOVE'S TO COOK! NOW I'VE GOT HIM SO THAT HE CLEAN'S AS HE COOK'S SO HE DOES NOT HAVE ALL THAT MESS AFTERWARD'S. WE BOTH ENJOY IT SO I ALWAY'S HAVE A FUN TIME SHOPPING AND COOKING. MIGHT ADD THAT WE ARE VERY GOOD COOK'S ALSO. LOL.

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  • ladybella04's Avatar
    Posted by ladybella04 Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:12pm PDT

    I dated a guy who kept extra pillows under his bed and didn't use a top sheet- he had a light weight comforter and that was it. The pillows off the floor were dusty, of course, and so they set off my allergies. And somehow it was my duty to fish out the dust bunny encrusted extra pillows from under the bed. I kept wondering why he didn't just keep his freaking pillows on the bed and free of dust-mites. Then again, this was the guy who had to have his diet orange soda on hand at all times. I suppose I should have known there was something seriously wrong with the picture.

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  • tin-tin's Avatar
    Posted by tin-tin Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:20pm PDT

    my husband like to shop with me grocery goods or clothes and is very responsible about money and bills. we don't collects receipts of what we spend because every transactions will show on our bank account online but one thing i don't like about him is "the leaving his underwear and socks either in the bedroom floor or in the bathroom floor" which we really have basket for dirty clothes, arg!

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  • marina's Avatar
    Posted by marina Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:34pm PDT

    my boyfriend said that when he was 15 his friend took about 5 days to beat this one game, and my silly boyfriend stood up for three nights straight just to beat the game in a less amount of time when he simply could have just kept an hours log and count them up in the end instead of loosing three nights of sleep. What sounds creepyer? an hours log? or three nights no sleep to beat a stupid videogame(and I like video games)?

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  • Heidi's Avatar
    Posted by Heidi Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:03pm PDT

    Ha Ha!! Throwing away dishes to avoid cleaning them, that's hilarious, and sooo man-like! My man's prob is forgetting stuff he's supposed to do. I take care of the bills and the money and he is always saying, "Why don't you ever trust me with anything?" And it's like, if I trusted him with the bills, nothing would ever get paid on time, if at all. I don't mind taking care of the finances, I just hate it when he whines about me not trusting him. I swear, I don't know how he ever lived by himself!

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