17 Things Women Love, But Men Hate

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If you think men bond over beer and sports, flatulence, and the ability to work two curse words into every sentence, you're off the mark. The ties that really bind men are the varied idiosyncrasies belonging to their girlfriends and wives. The habits we struggle to comprehend are what make women, women.

Here's a list of 17 of the most annoying and endearing of them all. And don't kid yourself: When she gets together with her friends to compare bikini waxes, a good chunk of that time is spent talking smack about little old you.

1. Bathroom crap

Loofahs, potpourri and peppermint foot scrub exfoliant spiked with Shea butter are among the products the fairer sex like to stick in their bathrooms to the detriment of the world's water supply. Give us a toothbrush and some soap and we're good. It's a woman's need for excess that drives us to the brink.

2. Shopping

If you are a frequent flier of AskMen.com's Fashion section, I can safely assume you like to shop just as much as she does. But being dragged along on one of her sprees just so she can try on every garment in the store and solicit your input on whether or not they make her as look like oatmeal is one hell of a tedious proposition.

3. Talking

Women are constantly prodding men for affirmation. Because most guys are comparatively aloof, holding little gab sessions allows women to ascertain "where things are going." This might not be so bad if it weren't for the fact that women pick the most inopportune moments to pry open your mental safe (i.e. directly following sex and/or during something obscure and interesting on the History Channel).

4. Sleepovers

Nothing puts a smile on her face quite like the prospect of warming your bed like a Dutch oven. They snore, squirm and generally rob you of an otherwise perfectly good night's sleep. Love's so not the point when they wake up rested and you wake up red-eyed and groggy.

5. Crying

Guys prefer not to cry, the exception being a broken bone or downed satellite dish. But women know something we don't; crying makes you feel better. So good , in fact, that they do it all the time. Like strung-out addicts, they need that feel-good fix and will cry three, four, five times a day just to get it. And dare I mention the ability of tears to guilt men into jumping through hoops of fire...

6. Cosmo quizzes

Ever pick up a copy of your girlfriend's Cosmopolitan ? That publication is racy enough to rival Hustler . Doing its quizzes about oral sex and menstruation, or some other sordid topic, is, mystifyingly, a guilty pleasure for many women. Maybe it's because we fancy our women pristine that their lewd magazine quizzes make us squirm.

7. Shoes

Women place so much stock in footwear, but with so much else to look at, when was the last time you took a gander at a woman's feet? In fact, unless you're ready for your big debut on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , the first time you'll notice her Manolo Blahniks is when they're at the foot of your bed. Sneakers and dress shoes have always done us right, so why do women have to go and complicate things?

8. Family get-togethers

They can be okay as long as it's your family that's getting together. We seem to have a natural aversion to spending time with her family tree. Man versus in-law is a theme as old as time. No sense trying to explain it: we're just wired that way.

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