25 “Straight Male” Quirks That Make Gay Men Say, “Really?”

That's because men (especially older men) are brainwashed from their very early years with 'ball-and-chain,' 'marriage is like a prison,' 'once you're married, your life is practically over,' 'being married = being trapped' b******t. Most of those men don't even hate their wives, but they will NEVER admit it because that would make them 'sissies' and 'unmanly.'

When I was young, I'd sometimes hear female relatives and their friends laughing and having what I called a "stupidest husband" contest. "Oh, you won't believe what Bill did! He's so stupid, I swear!" "Oh really? Ken thinks (x)!" It was literally a contest to see who could outdo the other in having a stupid, clueless husband.

I got a theory : They need to vent about their relationship, like any other, but are unable to nuance it. So instead of expressing their feelings to feel better on the moment, they just keep building up venom and make it a personality.

I think that it’s more of an old school thing, from when marriages didn’t work out but divorce was still kind of looked down upon. Also the mindset of “marriage is like prison” which is still kinda encouraged today. Praising your wife can still be looked down upon as “soft” or “unmanly,” which I think is dumb.

I'm still head over heels in love with my wife after 13 years. I don't get it either.

I worked at a hotel that had fresh flowers all around the public areas, we had a florist who refreshed them every few days and she did most of the flowers / decorations for weddings, parties etc. My job required me to coordinate with her for arrangements and timings, whenever we met we’d walk round the hotel and chat about flowers, styles and the likes. I always enjoyed our walk rounds and often tidied up displays if she wasn’t available, had more than one guest comment that I must be gay when I helped out with flowers or wedding set ups. 1. It’s my job. 2. How is admiring one of natures greatest works gay? FFS are only gay people allowed to admire a field of sunflowers or a smattering of snowdrops underneath a tree.

I've known enough gay bikers in my life to know that gays can be pretty manly......

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Who says this? Teenage kids, perhaps, who feel the need to compete with each other and try to find anything to use as an insult to make themselves feel like they're superior. OK, some of them never grow up and may take such insecurities with them into adulthood, but to assume that this sort of attitude is true of most straight men is ludicrous.

It's called fragile masculinity.

How emotionally insecure do you have to be to question your clothes, your food, your choice of music or movies, sports, or personal habits (walking, standing, speaking) for fear of "being thought of as gay"? I'm queer AF, can be "straight" talking and "macho" or soft depending on my mood, and not the slightest bit worried about what others think.

Married men live longer than single men. Single women live longer that married (cis/het) women. Figure it out.

This type of man fears women because he secretly knows how much power they could excert over them. Be it for real or just in his mind.

To WAY too many men, a woman is a bangmaid. They don't want a partner. They don't want an equal. They actually don't respect women at all. They want a fucktoy that also does all the housework.

Fun fact, testosterone makes men age faster, so there's that

A lot of stereotypical hate in this post against cisgender people... Imagine if someone talk like that about gay men?

I guess that's the same men who think that if a woman is bi = she wants a threesome with him.

Men that see being gay as a sexual perversion are the ones that think all gay men are just looking for sex. They just can't get that some people are attracted to people of the same sex for a romantic relationship not just a sexual relationship. And just for perspective, I'm a straight male.

“At least”. Are we somehow less?

I live in a Catholic country where gays are embraced now but older women would be shocked to find out how many of their husbands are in the closet

I get this ALOT.. Every bloke at my work thinks I (and all the Women) want to get with them.. I'd rather date a women than most of the blokes I see everyday...

I'm straight and I prefer small dogs. But you know what I do hate.....ignorant stereotyping.

I don't mind dog being big or small, it's all about the behavior. If it keeps barking or growling at me just because I exist, I don't like it.

It's true though. Once, there was a guy (Pete) who acted abysmally around tiny dogs. Not only would he not chase those creatures around just so he could manly kick them, but he'd pet them and sometimes even FEED them!! His gayness level was rising so high, y'all... It almost flooded the entire town. Thank God, Brother Ieronimus managed to talk some sense into him thus preventing the catastrophe! The guy bought an alligator, which immediately made gayness levels drop down so quickly, it split the ground and opened up an oil well. I should stop by his house tomorrow with a bucket of raw steaks, just so I can thank him properly. While there, I'll ask him about all the teeth-gnashing sounds & blood-curdling screams that have been going on for almost two days now. Come to think of it, I don't remember seeing Pete around the last couple of days. Weird.

I love big dogs but my next dog will be one I can wash in the sink.

I had a little dog when I was a kid, half chihuahua, half dachshund. We loved that dog.

I was talking with my wife about that this morning. I just was never into sports. Neither was my Dad, and neither was HIS Dad. When my kids were little, I played sports with them, but not because I liked sports. They liked sports, and I was nice being out together and playing together. I learned a lot about sports playing with my kids.