Okay, double-posting.
My sister was reading her magazine and she found this to share. Heh. I'm putting it here.
Guy Truths They'd Tell You if They Had the Guts
1. Anything bedazzled is bad news.
2. We're not fans of your-hamster sized dog. It's high-maintenance, temperamental and embarrassing to be seen with. If we wanted that we'd date a high school Sophomore or a mime.
3. We don't enjoy listening to your sing. Why? Because it means watching you voluntarily bomb your one-woman talent show for what feels like an eternity. Then, adding insult to injury, we have to tell you how great you were.
4. Calling just to ask, "Wathca' thinkin' about?" is never cute.
5. We absolutely care about your opinions and want to know what you're thinking about. Just not when it comes to our clothes, our "dumb" friends or anything else we're irrationally attached to.
6. You're Dad's not as nice to us as you think he is.
7. We never, EVER, want to hear these four words. "We. Need. To. Talk." The instant they leave your mouth they register in our brain as, "I'm pregnant." "We're breaking up." or, "I've been kidnapped." In any case it sends us into a mental tailspin that leaves up miserable until you explain the situation, which invariably ends up being far less condemning that fatherhood or kidnapping.
8. Wedding talk isn't scary; marrying someone we don't want to spend the rest of our life with is. If we cringe at the "E" word or anything shiny with a circular shape, it's a good indicator that we're not thinking long-term.
9. We don't mind cute pet names. However, they must never be used in public domain, especially within earshot of friends and coworkers. There is no amount of therapy that will repair the damage our friends will inflict when they find out we respond to, "Sugar Num-nums."
10. You look hot in our clothes; we don't look hot in yours. Please don't buy us skinny jeans, capri-pants or shirts that are the color of Easter eggs.
11. We don't want to know about your bathroom business. We have a lovely image of you that does not include toilets. Sharing that info with us is like telling a child that Santa isn't real. Don't kill the dream.
12. We know we suck at dancing. Yet we still groove with you at weddings and clubs. Our attempts of dancing are a form of social self-sacrifice for the sake of appeasing you. Therefore curb the cutting remarks and say something nice. After all, we tell you that you have a great voice, don't we?
- Robert Buckly.