"It's Baffling To Me": 14 Common Things Women Do That Men Can't Wrap Their Minds Around

As a woman, even with an older brother, there are plenty of things about men that I'm still confused about and will never fully understand. Obviously, that works both ways because this Reddit thread asks, "What are some things about women you don't fully understand?" and the MANY responses showed just how confused men are about women. Here is what some shared:

1. "How do they sleep comfortably with boobs?"

2. "The impacts of the menstrual cycle on the entire body. I know enough to be very glad I don't have to go through it, but not enough to fully understand what women go through."

— u/waterloograd

3. "How can they drop so much hair in my house but not be bald?

4. "For women in groups, why don't you call your friends out for bad behavior when they are obviously in the wrong? Why is there a need to always justify their actions?"

— u/Mountain-Jicama-3207

5. "'He should just know,' my mother always said about my father. Pissed me off, and I would text him stuff like 'Mom wants you to take her out on a picnic' or whatever she was complaining about. But I’ve heard of other women complaining about their men not being able to read their minds."

— u/Rytonic

6. "The fact that women want you more when you have a girlfriend."

7. "The contradiction between their urge to control and their dissatisfaction with actually being in control (of people, situations, etc.)"

— u/mediocre__map_maker

8. "I'll admit, what gets me is the 'always aware and hyper-vigilant' of their surroundings, and yet, women are so bad at it! Walking in front of people, blocking doorways, cutting people off, banging into walls and corners, not hearing a horrific noise or seeing an emergency vehicle ahead — it's like, what exactly are you aware of?"

— u/J-no-AY

9. "Decorative pillows and hand towels. Why?"

— u/V-Right_In_2-V

10. "Why do you ask your S.O. to pick a restaurant/food/ travel destination, then shoot his idea down? If you want or don’t want certain things, why can’t you make the decision yourself? To men, this is very frustrating."

11. "The fact that they apparently find gossip interesting. It's baffling to me. I find few things as mind-numbingly, soul-crushingly boring as talking about other people's dating drama. And, I mean, it's rude, too. Talking about other people's dating drama is rude when they're not in the room. But mostly, what baffles me about it is that it's so boring. Women can prattle on and on for hours about the most granular imaginable detail of other people's dating lives, and I'm like, 'How the fuck is this even interesting?' And it's not that I don't care. If so-and-so is dating someone, and it's going well, that's great. I'm happy for them! But I don't need to hear the details. That'll just bore me to tears. And if so-and-so's dating life isn't going well, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope their future attempts go better. But I still don't need to hear the details. That'll still just bore me to tears."

— u/full_of_ghosts

12. "Why they can't tell us what's wrong without having to be asked multiple times?"

— u/Rollin_Soul_O

13. "My wife will envision the worst possible outcome to a situation that has not even happened yet. Then, when I do not immediately agree that that is what is going to happen 100%, I am told I do not back her up and support her. And then when the worst thing does not happen, I am told, 'Well, it could have.' Honestly.. wtf."

— u/whydatyou

14. And finally, "How they watch horror movies and true crime podcasts all the time, then wonder why their anxiety goes haywire all the time."

— u/JackOfScales

Is there anything else you could add to this list? If so, share it with me in the comments below.