25 Things Guys Do That Make Girls Cringe
25 Things Guys Do That Make Girls Cringe
A (sort of) definitive list.
A (sort of) definitive list.
Inappropriate catcalling...
"Some guy asked if he could holler at me a few weeks ago. While I was walking home from work. Alone. Around midnight. Please don't do this to women - it's terrifying, even if you mean no harm. ESPECIALLY at night. There's a time and place to attempt to pick up women (think social gathering! Bar, party, etc.) but not when she's just walking home, minding her own business."
Send "accidental wrong number texts".
"The day after a second date I got a MASSIVE text which was a very very poorly disguised 'oops wrong number' fake text. It started out "Oh hey Matt I missed your call, blah blah blah something something something, then went: 'by the way, I met this amazing girl...' and went into extreme detail about how wonderful I was (I'd spent about 5 hours total in his company in my life) and how he couldn't tell me because he 'didn't speak girl' and maybe next time he should hold my hand because I might like that? He was 25. I almost threw my phone across the room out of cringe. To this day I haven't read the whole text, it was too painful."
Pushing physical boundaries.
"If I am kissing you for the first time, or we are not in the stage of a relationship to be having sex just yet, please don't guide my hand to your penis. It's super awkward. That's like something a 15 year old would do. I have had someone in their 30's do that the very first time I kissed them. Dude, I know how to touch a penis and I will touch yours when I feel like it!!!"
Saying "you'd look prettier if you smiled."
"Look, I'm a person too, which means sometimes I have bad days. Also, thanks for implying that on top of having a terrible day I also look unattractive. If you are truly concerned, then ask me if there's anything you can do, but don't pressure me to force a smile when that's just not how I'm feeling."
Having any opinion on makeup.
"Also women don't do their make up because they think men will like it. I wear a lot of heavy black eyeliner when I do my day-to-day makeup and I have no idea whether even my boyfriend likes it, I've never asked or considered it because it's not for him, I just like how it looks."
Assume interests/hobbies are geared towards attracting them.
"I once made the mistake of telling a guy I was into Batman, and had him grill me on everything related to it. Turns out he barely knew anything about the franchise save for the Nolan movies and a few famous plot lines from the comics. So then I flipped the trivia fest on him and let's just say it ended exactly how you'd expect."