What Men Really Mean (Humor)

  • “I’m going fishing.” Really means… “I’m going to drink myself dangerously stupid, and stand by a stream with a stick in my hand, while the fish swim by in complete safety.”
  • “Let’s take your car.” Really means…. “Mine is full of soda cans, burger wrappers and completely out of gas.”
  • “Woman driver.” Really means…. “Someone who doesn’t speed, tailgate, swear, make obscene gestures and has a better driving record than me.”

  • “I don’t care what color you paint the kitchen.” Really means…. “As long as it’s not blue, green, pink, red, yellow, lavender, gray, mauve, black, turquoise or any other color besides white.”
  • “It’s a guy thing.” Really means…. “There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical.”
  • “Can I help with dinner?” Really means…. “Why isn’t it already on the table?”
  • “Uh huh,” “Sure, honey,” or “Yes, dear.” Really mean…. Absolutely nothing. It’s a conditioned response like Pavlov’s dog drooling.
  • “Good idea.” Really means…. “It’ll never work. And I’ll spend the rest of the day gloating.”
  • “Have you lost weight?” Really means…. “I’ve just spent our last $30 on a cordless drill.”
  • “My wife doesn’t understand me.” Really means…. “She’s heard all my stories before, and is tired of them.”
  • “It would take too long to explain.” Really means…. “I have no idea how it works.”
  • “I’m getting more exercise lately.” Really means…. “The batteries in the remote are dead.”
  • “I got a lot done.” Really means…. “I found ‘Waldo’ in almost every picture.”
  • “We’re going to be late.” Really means…. “Now I have a legitimate excuse to drive like a maniac.”
  • “You cook just like my mother used to.” Really means…. “She used the smoke detector as a meal timer, too.”
  • “Take a break, honey, you’re working too hard.” Really means…. “I can’t hear the game over the vacuum cleaner.”
  • “That’s interesting, dear.” Really means…. “Are you still talking?”
  • “Honey, we don’t need material things to prove our love.” Really means…. “I forgot our anniversary again.”
  • “You expect too much of me.” Really means…. “You want me to stay awake.”
  • “It’s a really good movie.” Really means…. “It’s got guns, knives, fast cars, and Heather Locklear.”
  • “That’s women’s work.” Really means…. “It’s difficult, dirty, and thankless.”
  • “Will you marry me?” Really means…. “Both my roommates have moved out, I can’t find the washer, and there is no more peanut butter.”
  • “Go ask your mother.” Really means…. “I am incapable of making a decision.”
  • “You know how bad my memory is.” Really means…. “I remember the theme song to ‘F Troop’, the address of the first girl I ever kissed and the Vehicle Identification Numbers of every car I’ve ever owned, but I forgot your birthday.”
  • “I was just thinking about you, and got you these roses.” Really means…. “The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe.”
  • “Football is a man’s game.” Really means…. “Women are generally too smart to play it.”
  • “Oh, don’t fuss. I just cut myself, it’s no big deal.” Really means…. “I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit I’m hurt.”
  • “I do help around the house.” Really means…. “I once put a dirty towel in the laundry basket.”
  • “Hey, I’ve got my reasons for what I’m doing.” Really means…. “And I sure hope I think of some pretty soon.”
  • “I can’t find it.” Really means…. “It didn’t fall into my outstretched hands, so I’m completely clueless.”
  • “What did I do this time?” Really means…. “What did you catch me at?”
  • “What do you mean, you need new clothes?” Really means…. “You just bought new clothes 3 years ago.”
  • “She’s one of those rabid feminists.” Really means…. “She refused to make my coffee.”
  • “But I hate to go shopping.” Really means…. “Because I always wind up outside the dressing room holding your purse.”
  • “No, I left plenty of gas in the car.” Really means…. “You may actually get it to start.”
  • “I’m going to stop off for a quick one with the guys.” Really means…. “I am planning on drinking myself into a vegetative stupor with my chest pounding, mouth breathing, pre-evolutionary companions.”
  • “I heard you.” Really means…. “I haven’t the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don’t spend the next 3 days yelling at me.”
  • “You know I could never love anyone else.” Really means…. “I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse.”
  • “You look terrific.” Really means…. “Oh, God, please don’t try on one more outfit. I’m starving.”
  • “I brought you a present.” Really means…. “It was free ice scraper night at the ball game.”
  • “I missed you.” Really means…. “I can’t find my sock drawer, the kids are hungry and we are out of toilet paper.”
  • “I’m not lost. I know exactly where we are.” Really means…. “No one will ever see us alive again.”
  • “We share the housework.” Really means…. “I make the messes, she cleans them up.”
  • “This relationship is getting too serious.” Really means…. “I like you more than my truck.”
  • “I recycle.” Really means…. “We could pay the rent with the money from my empties.”
  • “Of course I like it, honey, you look beautiful.” Really means…. “Oh, man, what have you done to yourself?”
  • “It sure snowed last night.” Really means…. “I suppose you’re going to nag me about shoveling the walk now.”
  • “It’s good beer.” Really means…. “It was on sale.”
  • “I don’t need to read the instructions.” Really means…. “I am perfectly capable of screwing it up without printed help.”
  • “I’ll fix the garbage disposal later.” Really means…. “If I wait long enough you’ll get frustated and buy a new one.”
  • “I broke up with her.” Really means…. “She dumped me.”
  • “I’ll take you to a fancy restaurant.” Really means…. “Someplace that doesn’t have a drive-thru window.”

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