What men really mean?
# "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 beer 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."
ยท "Have you lost weight?" Really means.... "I've just spent our last 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."
# "Hey, I've read all the classics." Really means.... "I've been subscribing to Playboy since 1972."
# "You cook just like my mother used to." Really means.... "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." Really means.... "I was wondering if that red-head over there is wearing a bra."
# "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."