Why do women do this? Part 5

Gunny_J said
I'm lucky on the food thing. My wife orders the same exact meal based on the place we are at. If it's a new place, she will order as close as possible something she has had somewhere else. LOL. At home, I know she doesn't cook, so I don't ever get disappointed in that.

As far as the other stuff goes, I told my wife long ago that I don't like being tested and I don't read minds. I really started to get annoyed by it. I told her if you want something from me, ask for it. It really has worked out. If you tolerate the behavior, it will continue.

I also learned to stop trying to make things right when she is upset. I would follow her around like a dumba$$. It gets her more upset. If I just leave her alone and go do something for awhile, it just goes away. It's weird, but it works.

The only thing she does that still is a bit annoying is try to redirect a conversation if she is losing an argument and bring up some other BS to try and "win?" I am totally onto it now and I just keep saying, "What does 'X' have to do with 'Y'?" Sometimes it works, other times I just end the conversation cause its not worth the brain drain.

LOL. Good point on just letting them be upset and waiting it out. Smart. I have also learned that women are creatures of emotion. If you are winning an argument, it makes her emotionally feel bad and she will have to bring up something else to deflect that bad feeling. Sticking to facts, they usually HATE that.

Even definitions, if they don't like the way a word makes them feel, they will actually try to change the definition of the word. This was an actual argument I had.

Me: The majority of those puppies are black.
Her: No they aren't.

Me: There are 15 puppies, 12 of them are black, 3 of them are white.
Her: Yeah, but you are trying to make it seem like all of them are black.

Me: Huh? I didn't say all, I said majority.
Her: Yeah, but all of them are not black.

Me: Do you know what majority means?
Her: Everything is not always so black and white.

Me: Except in this case, it LITERALLY is black and white.
Her: Stop being so literal.