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For guys and clever women.... help
meg_evonne:
Men should come with a tag attached when they begin to co-habitate with a female. Women are ALWAYS behind the learning curve on this until they've lived with a man. A man doesn't understand that a woman doesn't have a clue about this problem. A woman can use the same blasted razor for a week or two and if she forgets to shop when she runs out, she can make that same razor go a month. We have no concept of the pain this causes a man, after even one secretive leg shaving.
So, we aren't doing it to be mean. We just don't understand until we see your red, scraped face and then we feel awful. I'm divorced and I still would say I was sorry for doing that to the X....
JustinGD:
I think that this should be filed under the, first year of marriage syndrome, I think that if you are really learning about a partner you work through the removal of hair issue. I bought a safety razor...the old fashioned kind that you have to put a straight razor blade into. My wife never borrowed it, it takes a lot more control use one of those on your legs. I also usually have a bag of disposable razors around the house for emergencies, now of course I use an electric razor, so she could use it and I would never know. I think that setting your partner up for success is the best way to deal with it. if you can accept who they are and apply that to every thing not just razors, you can deal with a scraped up face every now and again
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on February 03, 2008, 04:35:33 PM ---Men should come with a tag attached when they begin to co-habitate with a female. Women are ALWAYS behind the learning curve on this until they've lived with a man. A man doesn't understand that a woman doesn't have a clue about this problem. A woman can use the same blasted razor for a week or two and if she forgets to shop when she runs out, she can make that same razor go a month. We have no concept of the pain this causes a man, after even one secretive leg shaving.
So, we aren't doing it to be mean. We just don't understand until we see your red, scraped face and then we feel awful. I'm divorced and I still would say I was sorry for doing that to the X....
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Ah but they don't, that's the problem!!
When my ex did it, if I got upset, she'd just say 'I only used it once, what's the problem' or 'Just use a new one'.
Not once did she say 'oh sorry, I didn't know' or 'jeez, that looks really painful.'
JustinGD:
One thing my wife has taught me, is that when a woman says something, it usually means that the words are not as important as the situation that they are said in and the body language that she is using while saying them...I have also learned not to get my feelings hurt so easily
MonaLS:
--- Quote from: Oscar Diggs on February 03, 2008, 07:45:23 AM ---The expectation that the man should be able to read his girlfriend/spouse's mind is probably the one I find most annoying. Yes this works both ways but I find the expectation much more common among females.
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The problem with this is that my boyfriend says: "You should have said something" or "You should have mentioned it before." AND I HAVE. I don't expect mind reading but I do expect consideration when I HAVE said something.
The razor thing is something else, he doesn't shave and I don't shave, so I never understood the "borrowed my razor" thing.
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