Men's Rules (that women should know) 1. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it! 2. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. 3. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. 4. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor. 5. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys. 6. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one. 7. Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic. 8. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. 9. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends. 10. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. 11. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that. 12. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you. 13. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle. 14. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as soccer, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks. 15. Men use restrooms for biological reasons. Women use them as social lounges. Men in restrooms will never speak a word to each other. Women who've never met will leave a restroom giggling together like old friends. And never in the history of the world has a man excused himself by saying, "Hey, Tom, I was just about to take a leak. Do you want to join me?