36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married

It is no secret that despite our similarities, men and women also have quite a few differences. While essentially, we are very much alike, it is how we go about daily tasks that separate us the most, and one can rarely learn about the opposite gender’s habits without being close to someone representing them.

Sharing these revelations is always fun. That’s why when someone asked people online to share what habits of girls they learned only after getting a girlfriend or a wife, netizens were eager to pitch in the answers and join the discussion. Scroll down to see what they said!

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Women have a million black hair ties and also none.

HoboBaggins008 , Patricia H. Report

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Wily little jerks, they love to fall off of nightstands! I found about a dozen of them under mine the other day.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married When they tell you about a problem, they don’t want a logical solution, they want emotional support.

samgag94 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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116points

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Jessica SpeLangm 7 months ago (edited)

OR just someone to listen and not try to solve the problem. (For those needing clarification about what I mean.....for me and my point of view, emotional support is not listening only. It's still trying to fix the problem, just a different way).

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married How tricky it is to find a well-fitting bra, and how darn expensive they are.

LaoBa , Pablo Heimplatz Report

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109points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Not to mention just how poor your selection is if you're not a typical size...

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Many of us want to be individuals, yet we all do some things similarly. Some of those things apply to humans in general, while others might be more relevant for a specific gender, but it would be really challenging to find anyone who is absolutely and completely different from everyone else. And learning these things is almost always fun.

It may appear that this topic was first and foremost targeted at men. After all, women should be aware of their own habits already, right? But one can’t really be sure if some habit they have is widespread or rather unusual if they don’t get to compare it.

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married She takes her bra off at the end of the day the same way I take my belt off my jeans when I get home. With the force of a thousand suns and a sigh of relief.

EngineeringVirgin , Kristen Plastique Report

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106points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Try wearing a bra for 12 hours straight some time, even if you don't have breasts. Even without the flesh grapefruits to restrain, you're still wearing a 3-point harness all day long!

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They dont use a 4 in 1 shampoo, body wash, tooth paste and dog shampoo blend.

No_Monk_9263 , Sarah Chai Report

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82points

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That tiny x on the pop up add 7 months ago

That can also clean your car and windows.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married The squeezing and plucking thing, as in the compulsive need to squeeze black heads and tweeze rogue hairs.

Sometimes, she will be scratching my back or scalp and I think hey this is wonderful, I wonder what I did to deserve this and then seemingly out of no where I feel like I've fell victim to the attack of 1000 fire ants.

It doesn't stop there, she watches videos of popping and squeezing blackheads on her phone as if the assault on my back, chest, face and arms wasn't enough to feed her sick lust for squeezing, plucking and torture of my tormented body.

ReasonableExplorer , Anna Nekrashevich Report

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77points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 7 months ago

This one made me laugh loudly.

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As Bored Panda found out when we reached out to the OP, u/PerceptionMain7258, they were just as curious about these things as everyone else has been, at least at some point in their lives. The poster was very surprised by the amount of attention their post received, as they definitely did not expect it to be so successful, but they were more than glad that it turned out the way it did.

The OP revealed that they’re currently a high school student. They have only had one relationship in the past and are currently single. While there is nothing at all unusual about their situation, their natural curiosity drove them to look for an edge that could be useful in preparing them for what’s yet to come. “I made the post because I wanted to know some decent things for the future,” shared the author, revealing their inspiration for the question.

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married When you first start dating a woman and you are living in separate spaces: Taking off her bra means sexy time.

When you live with said woman: she just never wears a bra at home.

Usual_Ad_730 , Isaac Ramirez Report

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Again, try wearing a bra all day some time. You'll understand.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Common areas which can be seen by guests: SPOTLESS

Their personal space that closes that cannot be seen by guests: F*****G DISASTER.

bigkutta , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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71points

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Rosie 7 months ago

Clutter gives me anxiety. Once I'm done with something, it gets put in its spot.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married **Belief:** Women are tidy, organized, and keep everything clean.

This belief was implanted in my head because whenever I was invited to a girlfriend's home, it was always immaculate, and she fussed over every detail.

**Married:** She's my beautiful ADHAD disaster. Everything is everywhere and nowhere all at once, and can never find that thing that she just had her hand a few moments ago, but that's ok because she just found a shiny state quarter in the laundry and is now looking up it's potential collector's value on Google.

### Update:
Hindsight 20-20; thinking back when we were dating and all the times her home was reorganized perfectly before inviting me over to (reorganize her) perfectly, is nothing short of an astonishing amount of sheer will and determination.

I should thank her for her hard work and dedication, then apologize for not noticing it sooner. I owe her a romantic dinner and a day at the spa.

I love my beautiful disaster.

BitBucket404 , NastyaSensei Report

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66points

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Hey! 7 months ago

OMG. This is me. People keep telling me I should get checked for ADHAD or something similar.

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We have all heard the saying, “Opposites attract.” Seeing all these habits of women listed in this thread, it might at first appear as true, at least for men. After all, you’ll rarely find a guy who, among other things, owns lots of hair ties that are accidentally hidden around the house or who spends a lot of time doing fancy makeup.

However, the further we investigate, all these differences can start looking rather small when observing the big picture because, as Ian Sample of The Guardian wrote, people tend to choose quite similar partners with whom to build their lives.

#10

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They need so much stuff just to sleep. That special pillow, a fan, sub arctic temperatures, and a huge blanket.

I just need to stop moving for about 5 minutes.

woohhaa , Somnox Sleep Report

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64points

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Ken Beattie 7 months ago

I get some people have different internal thermostats. Some people still feel cold in warm weather or vice versa. That's fine. What bugs me are people who complain that it's too cold, but will leave windows open and have a fan, or worse airconditioning on, all while wearing shorts and a tank top.

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#11

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They shed hair like cats.

tintedhokage , Yoann Boyer Report

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Sky Render 7 months ago

You do that whether you have long hair or not. It's just more obvious with long hair!

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#12

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married My wife pulls on the toilet paper like she's trying to start a lawn mower.

deadbass72 , Magda Ehlers Report

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53points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

The DMZ between the two sides is only about half an inch, can you blame us for being thorough?

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A recent study found that among the partners analyzed, over 80% of their traits were quite alike, ranging from things like political views to the use of substances or even the age at which they started engaging in sexual activities.

Moreover, only 3% of those traits were significantly different, but there was nothing out of the ordinary, like differences in height, weight, medical problems, and even some personality traits, like extroverts pairing up with introverts.

#13

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Blankets. Blankets. and MOAR BLANKETS.

wetshowerrug , Kelly Sikkema Report

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52points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Well excuse me for having cold toes!

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#14

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Anything that comes in a mini size is called cute.

Mini bullet = cute

Mini Machete = cute

Doesn’t matter what it is as long as it’s mini.

Thementalistt , Sora Shimazaki Report

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46points

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JennyH 7 months ago

Big thing made mini and small things made gargantuan are my jam 110%

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#15

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married How much time and effort they spend curating style. The reason they call “shopping” a whole hobby is bc half the time they aren’t even buying anything. They’re spending hours just browsing (online or at a store) just concocting aesthetics in their heads and brainstorming new looks or ideas.

Meanwhile I’ve been wearing the same 8 shirts and 8 pairs of pants for the last ten years.

INtoCT2015 , Sam Lion Report

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46points

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Hey! 7 months ago

Good for you, I'm the same. I can get a huge amount of different appearance with just a small amount of clothing.

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In the end, no two humans are ever the same, regardless of our age, gender, or anything else. Even though, when it comes to choosing a partner, we will still most likely go with someone who is not so different after all, we all still have our differences. That’s what makes getting to know others interesting, whether it be in person or online.

What did you think about these habits? Is there anything you’d add to this list? Tell us all about it in the comments below!

#16

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married First time I moved in with a partner I certainly wasn't ready for the transformation my bathroom counter was about to go through.

borb86 , lindyi Report

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Hey! 7 months ago

As a woman, my counters in the bathrooms are super clean. I have soap and hand lotion. The rest is kept in drawers and cupboards. My husband also keeps them clean.

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#17

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They always need to feel warm.

PrestigiousData768 , David Izquierdo Report

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42points

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Hey! 7 months ago

Before they were teens, when my daughter was cold, she'd go sleep with one of her brothers. They both run like a furnace.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They put their hair that comes out on their hands when in the shower on the wall and sometimes forget to throw it away afterwards.

Positive_Bug_5744 , viviandnguyen_ Report

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41points

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Chez2202 7 months ago

I have done this. It’s no different to a man shaving and not rinsing the sink afterwards.

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#19

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They can be fascinated by a piece of cheese.

truman_chu , NastyaSensei Report

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Like you've never craved a nice slice of Gouda...

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#20

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married SCALDING HOT SHOWERS.

YinzerBiker , Pixabay Report

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38points

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LadyRougarou 7 months ago

Ewww no thanks I prefer nearly frozen water to shower in whereas my hubby acts like he is a demon that escaped hells fire lakes 🤣 we rarely shower together bc either I freeze him or he makes me go into a major hot flash 🤣

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#21

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Just a cute little show I noticed after we were married. My wife holds her breath when she applies mascara.

buckwheats Report

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37points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

The last thing you want is to suddenly have your position shift even slightly when handling a little wand covered in semi-toxic dust mere millimeters from your eye!

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#22

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Having panties specific for periods.

marrewerre , 🐴chuanyu2015 Report

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36points

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Sky Render 7 months ago

Bloodstains are not an "in" fashion, see. And you can't always predict the timing or intensity of the flow to ensure that there's always a pad/tampon at the ready! Better to have a pair destined for discharge than to risk it with a nice pair.

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#23

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Just got married and surprised with....

How messy she is but clean - takes showers every day

How everyday she makes coffee with 80% creamer only to drink 1/3 of it and forget about it

How often she gets close to dying with small accidents like bumping her head or knee or stuff like that

How often she farts

HOW MESSY HER MAKEUP AREA IS. My garage with tons of tools and stuff is so neatly organized. Like how???

How she is a wreckless speed demon w her 2010 toyota rav4 playing songs she knows 100% of the lyrics to

Yup, but still love her for her. Wouldn't change it...well, besides the driving habits, we're working on that.

hestolethatguyspiza , Jenny Ueberberg Report

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36points

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Chez2202 7 months ago

Did this guy only meet his wife 2 months before marrying her? Or is it the guy from Sister Wives and he’s describing 5 of them?

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married I always thought, " I can't that night, I'm washing my hair" was a really lazy excuse some women used to get out of unimportant things (by the way, I think the media is partially to blame about this because the trope does seem to imply it's an excuse a la 'the dog ate my homework'). But after living with my wife, I realize that "washing my hair" is truly close to a 2 hour+ event that needs to be scheduled around for some. Although the hair washing and drying is long enough, "washing my hair" also means running through a full beauty routine - for my wife at least.

I grew up with women in my family, but their schedule didn't impact mine often, so I guess I never paid attention to the length of their routine.

HeyItsMau , bruce mars Report

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35points

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Hey! 7 months ago

I'm not like this at all but this one is funny. The last time I heard someone saying "I'm washing my hair tonight" was to push back on a colleague who wanted her to go out with him.

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#25

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married How much work going to bed is, and how sometimes staying up later to avoid it is a reasonable alternative.

Shabang , cottonbro studio Report

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34points

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Cathy Mcgee 7 months ago

Nobody nentioned yet. Clearing up the living room. Clearing up the kitchen, cannot stand to wake up to a dirty kitchen. Clearing up the bedroom, clothes to the wash. Checking tomorrow's weather & choosing & putting out an outfit to wear. But I'm a night owl still buzzing around at night. In the mornings i can't function so need everything done & ready to roll.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married Make up, as a little bloke never really saw my Mum putting it on, she’d be up and ready to go to work before I got up. Sure I’d see her do touch ups etc.

First SO I lived with, watching her put it on fascinated me. When she went full in for an event though I lost track of time!

Chewiesbro , Adrienn Report

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33points

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Miranda Tittles 7 months ago

This is so sweet

5points

#27

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They plan things way more than I do, and much further out as well. I have no clue what tomorrow will bring, but my wife has the next 5+ years of our life together planned out.

QuiteBusyAtWork , Vlada Karpovich Report

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33points

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Mary Kelly 7 months ago

yes, many doctors schedule non-emergency appts. out a year in advance...my OBGYNE does...plus, dentist twice a year...if you want to have a nice vacation, you cannot wait until the last minute...holiday travel plans/meals/gifts all have to be planned...you probably thought your mine made all that s**t happen instantly and by magic...it doesn't...a woman is working very hard and planning heind the scenes

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#28

My girlfriend is a walking ball of nervous anxiety.

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Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover 7 months ago

Aren't we all??

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#29

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married The bathroom drain has to be cleaned daily due to the amount of hair.

chosethisrandomly , Ksenia Chernaya Report

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28points

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That tiny x on the pop up add 7 months ago

Unless it's all on the wall.

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36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married That skincare was such a big deal.

I think before I met my wife, I used to just use soap on my face, which almost gave her an aneurysm.

Meanwhile, she is using about 5000 products in the morning and night on her face (snail something was the strangest one).

After 7 years together she managed to get me using cleanser and moisturiser. I still can't tell the difference.

ChittyShrimp , Anna Shvets Report

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27points

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mindblank 7 months ago

Some women do that, but some are different an will only wash their face in the shower. It depends on which women

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#31

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married She won't drive if there is someone else to drive her.

in-a-microbus , cottonbro studio Report

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26points

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Hey! 7 months ago

Me neither. It's going to be my husband or my kids. We always check the backseats when we have a new car to make sure they are comfortable too. To be fair, I do drive when we're going somewhere far and everyone drives, or when my husband needs a driver like after an eye testing or something.

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#32

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married The "everything" shower.

DavesGroovyWaves , Armin Rimoldi Report

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24points

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Ace 7 months ago

???

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#33

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married They never finish their drinks, I find most of the time 2 cups of half drunken coffee around the house at multiple times a week till we ran out of coffee cups.

Sipplenucker , Ewen Roberts Report

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19points

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Hey! 7 months ago

I need those coffees; there is no way I'm going to forget about them somewhere in the house.

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#34

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married 3 foot tall piles of clothes on the ground I’d assume are dirty but apparently they’re not? But at the same time some are dirty? I guess? Idfk.

shmehh123 , Ron Lach Report

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18points

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Hey! 7 months ago

I bought my husband an elaborate coat rack for exactly this reason. It has plenty of hooks and it's not in the way either; way better than a chair.

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#35

36 Feminine Habits Guys Had No Clue About Until They Started Dating Or Even Got Married You find make up and hair related s**t all over the place. When you try and clean you don't know where half their s**t goes.

KangarooPort , Emily Cox Report

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14points

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Chez2202 7 months ago

So learn. It’s no different from the kitchen. If you can figure out where the plates go you can figure out where the mascara goes. No rocket science involved.

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#36

Stuff, so much stuff, and we have to move it **all** every time we move, and when you get rid of stuff, **HERE COMES MORE STUFF**.

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14points

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Bec 7 months ago

My husband is much more of a hoarder than I am. Sports memorabilia, comics, records... Stuff stuff stuff

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What do you think ?

Seems that around half of these are just to do with long hair and could equally apply to men. In our household it's easy to see which is which, blond (me) vs brunette, and although neither of us leaves hair stuck to the shower wall it does seem to me that whenever I clear the drain/plughole, which is every time I use it, there's also a lot of dark hair stuck down there...

Ephemera Image 7 months ago

Well, maybe. I have a mixture of salt & pepper hair - my white hairs are almost invisible, my dark hairs are much coarser and easily seen, so maybe your blonde hair is just not visible?

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Lady Miss Pie Premium 7 months ago

This isn’t like….not all women do all these things. I don’t need 900 things to help me sleep. I don’t do 99% of this list. I think this is what THESE PARTICULAR WOMEN DO.

Nina 7 months ago

I'm starting to doubt my gender because I only recognize a few of these.. 😬

Auntriarch 7 months ago

Absolutely. According to this, Mr Auntriarch is a woman, but he wasn't last time I checked

6points

Nah, these are stupid.

3points

Queeqec 7 months ago

Same her. Short hair, no makeup ever, no skin routines except having a shower and get back in clothes after a nice towel rub. My products in the bathroom are: toothbrush, shower gel and shared toothpaste. Thats it.

Julie S 7 months ago

I've come to the conclusion I'm not a woman a lot of these don't apply to me.

7points

LokisLilButterknife 7 months ago

I’m come to the conclusion that this is just stereotypical s**t about women and it’s perfectly alright if most of these don’t apply to you. BoredPanda really loves putting people against each other .

2points

Jaya 7 months ago

"My wife/girlfriend has a different habit than me, that means that WOMEN in general do this... It couldn't just be a difference between us as 2 individuals, no, it has to be a gender thing." Some of these have nothing to do with being a woman, just with personality and personal habits. I can't stand all the "They...." statements in this article.

weatherwitch 7 months ago

Oh this one really got on my wick. I don't even understand what half of them are on about! Bed routines? WTF? Just get into bed, chill, sleep, done. I have never worn makeup, never wasted my time on hair care or skin care and couldn't care less about handbags and shoes. I have much better things to spend my time on. This thread really wound me up 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

Ha, I guess I just found my identical twin sister in you!

Marnie 7 months ago

A large percentage of the ones I read (top couple dozen or so) is just about certain people's quirks and nothing to do with women.

1point

Andrea C 7 months ago

Hair goes on the shower wall, so it goes in the bin rather than down the drain. Hair is a huge cause of blockages in public drains.

censorshipsucks 7 months ago

hmm. I don't currently have these issues except the tidiness one... she's a mess everywhere.

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