Here is the woman’s guide to what a man is really saying:

"I’m hungry" = I'm hungry "I’m sleepy" = I'm sleepy. "I'm tired" = I'm tired. "I've gotta pee" = Get out of the way. "I've gotta GO" = Get out of the way and stay away until it clears "Can I call you sometime?" = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "Do you want to go to a movie?" = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "Can I take you out to dinner?" = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "Can I get your coat?" = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "Let me get your door." = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "May I have this dance?" = I'd eventually like to have sex with you. "Nice dress!" = Nice cleavage! "You look tense, let me give you a massage." = I want to fondle you. "What's wrong?" = I don't see why are you making such a big deal out of this. "What's wrong?" = What meaningless self-inflicted psychological trauma are you going through now? "What's wrong?" = I guess sex tonight is out of the question. "I'm bored." = Do you want to have sex? "I love you." = Let's have sex now. "I love you too." = Okay, I said it...we'd better have sex now! "Good morning." = That was great sex......let's have more! "See you later." = That was great sex......let's have more! "Yes, I like the way you cut your hair." = I liked it better before. "Yes, I like the way you cut your hair." = $50 and it doesn't look that much different! "Yes, I like the way you cut your hair." = For $50 they should have GIVEN you hair! "Let's talk." = I am trying to impress you by showing that I am a deep person and maybe then you'd like to have sex with me. "Will you marry me?" = I want to make it illegal for you to have sex with other guys. "Will you marry me?" = I might as well get tax benefits for going through these "talks" "Will you marry me?" = Both my roommates have moved out, I can't find the washer, and there is no more peanut butter "It's a guy thing" = 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? = Why isn't it already on the table? "I'm going fishing" = 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" = Mine is full of beer cans, burger wrappers and completely out of gas "Woman driver" = 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" = As long as it's not blue, green, pink, red, yellow, lavender, gray, mauve, black, turquoise or any other color "Uh huh," "Sure, honey," or "Yes, dear" = Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response like Pavlov's dog drooling. "Good idea" = It'll never work. And I'll spend the rest of the day gloating "Have you lost weight?" = I've just spent our last $30 on a cordless drill "My wife doesn't understand me" = She's heard all my stories before, and is tired of them "It would take too long to explain" = I have no idea how it works "I'm getting more exercise lately" = The batteries in the remote are dead "I got a lot done" = I found ’Waldo’ in almost every picture "We’re going to be late" = Now I have a legitimate excuse to drive like a maniac "Hey, I've read all the classics" = I've been subscribing to Playboy since 1972 "You cook just like my mother used to" = She used the smoke detector as a meal timer, too "I was listening to you. It's just that I have things on my mind" = I was wondering if that red-head over there is wearing a bra "Take a break, honey, you're working too hard" = I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner "That's interesting, dear" = Are you still talking? "Honey, we don't need material things to prove our love" = I forgot our anniversary again "You expect too much of me" = You want me to stay awake "It's a really good movie" = It's got guns, knives, fast cars, and Heather Locklear "That's women's work" = It's difficult, dirty, and thankless "Go ask your mother" = I am incapable of making a decision "You know how bad my memory is" = 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" = The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe "Football is a man's game" = Women are generally too smart to play it "Oh, don't fuss. I just cut myself, it's no big deal" = I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit I'm hurt "I do help around the house" = I once put a dirty towel in the laundry basket "Hey, I've got my reasons for what I'm doing" = And I sure hope I think of some pretty soon "I can't find it" = It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless "What did I do this time?" = What did you catch me at? "She's one of those rabid feminists" = She refused to make my coffee "No, I left plenty of gas in the car" = You may actually get it to start "I'm going to stop off for a quick one with the guys" = I am planning on drinking myself into a vegetative stupor with my chest pounding, mouth breathing, pre-evolutionary companions "I heard you" = 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" = I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse "I brought you a present" = It was free ice scraper night at the ball game "I missed you" = 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" = No one will ever see us alive again "We share the housework" = I make the messes, she cleans them up "This relationship is getting too serious" = I like you more than my truck "I recycle" = We could pay the rent with the money from my empties "Of course I like it, honey, you look beautiful" = Oh, man, what have you done to yourself? "It sure snowed last night" = I suppose you're going to nag me about shoveling the walk now "It's good beer" = It was on sale "I don't need to read the instructions" = I am perfectly capable of screwing it up without printed help "I'll fix the garbage disposal later" = If I wait long enough you'll get frustrated and buy a new one "I'll take you to a fancy restaurant" = Someplace that doesn't have a drive-thru window "I broke up with her" = She dumped me While shopping: "What do you mean, you need new clothes?" = You just bought new clothes 3 years ago "But I hate to go shopping" = Because I always wind up outside the dressing room holding your purse "Yes, that one's nice" = Why do you ask when you aren't going to listen anyway? "That one looks great on you" = Pick any freakin' dress and let's go home! "I like that one better." = Pick any freakin' dress and let's go home! "Uh huh" = Pick any freakin' dress and let's go home! "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" = Pick any freakin' dress and let's go home! "You look terrific." = Oh, God, please don't try on one more outfit. I'm starving "I don't think that blouse and that skirt go well together." = I am gay. "It makes you look fat" = I'm really stupid!


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