A recent Reddit thread is blowing up with spicy revelations from men about what they didn't know about women until they started dating them. From shocking interests to complex emotions, some of these guys had no idea what they were getting into!
Men's Eye-Opening Realizations About Women While Dating - Shocking!
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On 27th March 2023
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#1
Redditor u/Ubemin asked, "Boys, what is something you didn't know about girls until you got with one?"
Here are 20 things men revealed that they didn't know about women before being in a relationship with one.
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#2
"How expensive bras are. Growing up, I assumed they were like underwear: $7.99 for a four-pack at Target."
"Oh, you can get bras (almost) that cheap, but then they are evil and try to eat you alive by chewing through both sides of your rib cage and your sternum at the same time, while also climbing up your back in an attempt to break your neck. Good bras also do these things, but much more slowly, increasing your chances of daily survival."
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#3
"The amount of hair that's just everywhere."
"One time my toe was hurting, so I took off my shoe and sock and noticed that a strand of my girlfriend’s hair had wrapped itself TIGHTLY around my toe and had cut off the circulation."
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#4
"That eyelash curlers exist. I grew up with sisters but never saw them use one. My girlfriend at the time pulled one out as we were looking to go out, and I was perplexed and horrified."
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#5
"They share way more details with their friends than we do."
"My best friend moved four states away and has three kids. I don't even know his kids' names. We'll talk every once in a while for an hour-ish, and my wife will ask how his kids are. I'll respond, ‘Oh, uh...they’re good.’ She’ll ask, ‘How do you know? You didn’t ask him.’
"‘He didn’t mention anything bad about them, so they must be good...’
Blows her mind.”
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#6
"That cis women have a second hole that they pee from."
"I learned that, surprisingly, late in life, and only because I asked a girl whether it's inefficient that she needs to take out her tampon every time she goes to take a piss. She was a bit shocked."
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#7
"When they tell you their problems, they don't always want you to solve them — even if you think you have a quick and easy solution. Sometimes they just want you to listen and sympathize."
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#8
"That hair washing is something that needs planning for and has consequences if missed or overdone."
"I was just telling my husband that I basically have to go through the five stages of grief before washing my hair.
* Denial: It’s not even that dirty.
* Anger: I just fucking washed it the day before yesterday!
* Bargaining: Maybe I can get away with dry shampoo until tomorrow?
* Depression: Now my hair smells like I Febrezed it and it still doesn’t look clean. I am gross and lazy.
* Acceptance: Fuck it, I guess I’ll just wash it."
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#9
"I thought that the sticky side of menstrual pads had to stick to the body to stay attached, not to the underwear."
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#10
"I didn't know just how bad the unprompted sexts women get are. I mean, I'm a gay dude where that's not uncommon either, but that's usually, like, unsolicited dick pics on Grindr or something. My girlfriends will randomly get super-aggressive texts from, like, the Realtor who showed them open rental properties last year, or a guy in their lab class they've literally never spoken to. And, like, frequently."
#11
"They shower in hell. I take my shower first and turn it up until it’s painful, and I yelp as I jump out of the way. And she’s like, 'It’s kinda cold.'"
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#12
"Before I was in a long-term relationship, I had no idea just how often women get public, unwanted attention from male strangers. I'm not around people who do that (that I know of), and it's never occurred to me to do something like that, so anytime I heard about that kind of thing or saw it depicted in the media, I thought of it as an outlier or an old trope. Nope, it's an everyday thing, and it's kinda fucked up."
#13
"Their underwear is not universal. Certain kinds of underwear suit certain types of clothes."
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#14
"I didn't know that birth control had so many (often prevalent) side effects."
"I just stopped taking birth control because the progestin-only pill made me break out terribly, and the combo pill made me feel unhinged."
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#15
"That doctors just do not listen to women about their own bodies. My girlfriend (and ex) have both had me go into doctor's appointments with them so I could verify what they're saying about their own bodies. It is mind-blowing to experience."
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#16
"That discharge is normal and natural. In the beginning, I thought my girlfriend had a problem with bladder control."
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#17
"Their pockets are fake!!!!"
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#18
"That a 5-foot-tall, 100-pound woman is capable of taking up an entire king-size bed."
"Yep. My fiancé is 5 feet 2. We upgraded to a king-size bed, and she still takes up the whole bed. She likes to sleep in the middle of it, but also diagonally."
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#19
"That endometriosis is a lot worse than whatever they describe in textbooks."
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#20
"Those mini hair clip things that look like paper clips are not just a fashion accessory; they're also a territorial marker. See how many you find around the house after your girl stays for a night or two."
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