Beware of men who engage in avoidance, intimidation, infantilisation, or emotionally abusive manipulations when you bring up a concern. The very moment he displays any of the following (& more), DROP him! Do not let men damage your health.

super_thinker_ · 2021-12-02T18:17:26+00:00

"Pick her up, swing her around" I swear if anyone tried to do this I'd walk out and never look back. The audacity is astounding.

LonchuraStriata · 2021-12-02T18:22:55+00:00

A long time ex once tried this with me. We were having a fight about something and I turned around and started walking away a few steps when he suddenly grabs my waist from behind and tries to hold and tickle me for whatever fucked up reason. I was so startled in that moment I kind of lashed out with my arm and hit him in the nose. It (unfortunately) wasn't broken, but bleeding and he had the audacity to be mad at me.

"Are you crazy? I just wanted to cheer you up! I didn't mean to scare you!"

Well you fucking did, you idiot. Suddenly grabbing people who are walking away from behind tends to scare them.

I'm the "crazy ex who even hit him once for no reason at all when he was just trying to be cute" in his stories, by the way.

I wonder how many "women physically abuse their male partners, too" were really situations like this or other occasions of plain self defense.

queenofswordsxxx · 2021-12-02T19:18:52+00:00

Also avoid the guys that kiss you on the lips so that you stop talking. Disrespectful f**ckers

halebaIe · 2021-12-02T17:26:29+00:00

“She is like a child” well at least they’re finally admitting they’re pedophiles and like childlike characteristics.

whiskey_and_oreos · 2021-12-02T17:31:49+00:00

They forgot "tell her she's cute when she's mad"

Angeli_33 · 2021-12-02T18:48:28+00:00

Or men who act like we are dogs and they can use certain tricks on us.

Especially those pickup artist losers. Like there's a fucking code or something. It's not like we are individuals with individual personalities or anything. No we are dogs and all they have to do is learn the tricks that will hack into our system and they are guaranteed a lifetime supply of coochie. /S

herbivorouscarnivore · 2021-12-02T18:46:48+00:00

One and three sound like assault. I will defend myself.

Don’t get me started on two.

Four will result in me acting like a mom addressing a dumbass child who thinks his five year old brain came up with something ingenious. This will precede me dumping him.

machiavella_89 · 2021-12-02T21:52:34+00:00

These idiots will refuse to take a woman seriously until she's furious, exhausted, and ready to bounce. Then it's "She just left me/threw all my shit on the lawn/swore never to fuck me again, and I don't even know why!"

__kamikaze__ · 2021-12-02T18:56:47+00:00

What is this horseshit? Tickling or kissing her is not a pragmatic solution and does not solve any problems. Just more supporting evidence demonstrating how toxic and manipulative LVM are.

ellaykim · 2021-12-02T21:33:38+00:00

Tickling is such a violation of boundaries. Years ago I broke up with someone who wouldn’t stop tickling me after I repeatedly told him I didn’t like it. Thinking it’s entertaining to pin someone down and poke their body while they scream “stop” and try to escape….?? 🚩

shoesfromparis135 · 2021-12-02T17:44:29+00:00

Did my ex write this? Because he used to speak down to me this way whenever I confronted him about his rampant community dick problem. He’s looooooooong gone now, thank god. Never again.

scorchedsouI · 2021-12-02T18:08:28+00:00

"She" is not like a child though. "She" will think you're either crazy, or a moron, and "she" will break up with you.

What do men get out of writing fiction like this? A brief feeling of satisfaction at the thought of "besting" women through...doing ridiculous, immature shit? I don't even know.

onceuponasea · 2021-12-02T18:54:34+00:00

Omg my ex. I used to think he was doing this to try to make me feel better. Now I know it’s bc he was subtly gaslighting me. Wtf!!!!!

Serious_Papaya8615 · 2021-12-02T17:43:45+00:00

This and also garbage like “you look so cute when you’re mad”, starting to laugh etc. I’d punch a man in the face if he did some stupid shit like that to me NOW. Past me felt invalidated as hell but couldn’t quite pinpoint why a guy doing this to me made me feel so bad. I just thought I was crazy for bringing up his disrespect. NEVER AGAIN!

fds_throwaway_4_u · 2021-12-02T17:44:13+00:00

I was just thinking about this earlier today. The way men use humor and shit to deflect from issues. Very sickening and manipulative.

barbedwiredaisycrown · 2021-12-02T17:52:28+00:00

You try to pick my ass up and swing me around and you'll be the first body hitting the ground, baby. And if you pick me up with no warning I'll do it with no warning too 💅

ThrowRA_lantern · 2021-12-02T23:18:07+00:00

Girlfriend: “Hey!!! I can’t believe you still haven’t paid rent!! You are unbelievably lazy! The landlord is going to kick us out!!”

Him: (picks her up and swings her around) “Did my little girl just say she wants to play aeroplane??”

What?!?! 🤡 Sounds like any man who uses this tactic is the real child here.

Softrito · 2021-12-02T18:08:07+00:00

This reminds me: I was watching 10 Things I Hate About You a couple weeks ago and I recall feeling icky when in the ending the female lead was trying to warn the guy that if he ever did what he did again there would be consequences, but she wasn't allowed to finish what she had to say cause he forced a make out session on her. And she was ok with that? Like he was essentially telling her that what she was saying didn't matter to him.

xfelugirlx · 2021-12-02T21:11:12+00:00

That’s fucking disgusting. “She’s like a child” fuck no

_nilya · 2021-12-02T19:29:47+00:00

Just recently I firsthand witnessed the second tactic. I was in a bus and a young couple sat in the seat in front of me. The woman was clearly upset with the guy about something. At first he tried to dismiss her by kissing and cuddling her. She then burst into tears and the guy started negging her for it. I too have endured this shitty behaviour but I never understood the scope of it. Witnessing this from observational point of view made me clearly see the crazy making this guy was using against this poor girl.

Eventually the girl disconnected from herself and calmed down not pursuing further.

The guy assured to comfort her whilst getting out of the bus by patting her on the bum.

I was horrified.

BlueSkiesOverLondon · 2021-12-02T22:53:15+00:00

Apart from being infuriating, this list is also stupid, for one very simple reason: it won’t work. (Because we’re not actually children…)

Like men are always complaining that women “never let shit go” and “bring up old arguments” and yet they think a 10 second distraction will allow them to instantly win arguments? Please.

I don’t know a single woman dumb enough to fall for any of these. At least not permanently—she’ll just bring it up again 10 min later.

BlueSkiesOverLondon · 2021-12-02T22:54:32+00:00

Bold of them to assume they are using logic when they argue.

dontfwkoalas · 2021-12-02T19:04:23+00:00

Let them think these are good ideas so that their wives and girlfriends can free themselves sooner.

TieDieEye · 2021-12-02T22:04:57+00:00

This sounds like my ex holy shit

ItsFreezen · 2021-12-02T22:29:24+00:00

Same Scrote "Why did she dump me I'm a nice guy?"

Optimal_Grapefruit_5 · 2021-12-02T23:38:32+00:00

Dare you to do 1 or 4 to any man and see how well he takes it.

AdministrationBorn80 · 2021-12-02T18:30:27+00:00

This happened to me last week in a conversation with my boss. I brought up a genuine concern and he just laughed kind of like in a ‘aww she’s cute when she’s mad’ sort of way. I was not expecting that. I told him it wasn’t funny and that it wasn’t easy for me to say these things. He stopped after a bit but I felt so weird and I still think about it.

albus247 · 2021-12-02T20:22:05+00:00

If a man tickled me while I was trying to have a serious conversation with him, it would be a straight taser to his scrote.

usernamewhichiafree · 2021-12-02T22:41:25+00:00

That would make me so extremely angry. Anyone would get angry. Is that an advice to end your relationship fast or what??

Donttellmehow2feel · 2021-12-03T01:38:22+00:00

Oh, el famoso logical sex.

HermiticalyKermit · 2021-12-03T14:07:10+00:00

"She is like a child"

Hold up, is that a pedophilia reference? Why the fuck? If she is trying to explain to you that the rent is behind by 4 months due to your reckless spending habit of video games, alcohol and weed, your reaction to the very real threat of homelessness is to act like she is a child? Sure, have fun and enjoy your housing status as long as it lasts, but don't come crying to her when you are kicked to the curb and have no place to stay.

TheKarenFromHell · 2021-12-02T18:29:27+00:00

I honestly think it’s beneficial to us how dumb they think we are. My bf is high value and even he slips up and underestimates me fairly frequently. It’s really easy for us to take over and run the show when they think we’re that dumb. I know so many couples like that.

KaleAndKittys · 2021-12-02T18:43:54+00:00

I’ll add if he acts childish on a regular basis, drop him.

My ex does this. Acts childish as part of his charm. Calls things cutesy names. Almost to the point of baby talk in regular conversations.

Example: he used to look for his glasses around the house by wandering around and saying “My glasseth, my glasseth”

Funny at first. It quickly gets old and they start applying it to many situations which gets infuriating. It got to the point where we had a child and I asked him to start calling things normal names because I didn’t want our child to grow up calling things absolutely ridiculous names. He was seriously offended by it. Said he has been doing it forever and he wasn’t about to stop now.

So the man exhibiting childish talk = a person incapable of talking about situations like an adult.

modernmedusaa · 2021-12-03T04:51:20+00:00

Lol these are the bitter butthurt men that say

‘She doesn’t know what she wants - she’s a child’

The fragile male ego has to shield itself at all costs - even to the point of sheer delusion

This is after they got ditched for their boring lifeless emotionally constipated personality’s…or their abusive, stingy, selfish, incompetent behaviour - they pushed too far & antagonised her too much…or just didn’t put in enough effort to themselves or her

Mmm no scrotey I just think you’re salty she recognised you’re a lost cause & walked away

The vibe was dead or else she would of stayed duh

modern-medusa · 2021-12-02T18:41:32+00:00

Imagine being such a maladjusted rabid incel that you think discussion = argument and that it's remotely normal to pull this shit. This level of infanatalization is deeply unsettling - if you want to date a child just say that (so we can remove you from the earth). The only thing you can pick up is your gaming control you sick pathetic loser. 🤡

Jaelismyhomegirl · 2021-12-03T05:38:30+00:00

Gross. I almost downvoted out of reflex

Shot_Presence_8382 · 2021-12-03T22:00:07+00:00

"She is like a child" um excuse me, sicko? Sounds like the guy is with a teenager, or a much younger woman. Maybe they should tell THEMSELVES "she is like a child" before they go after 18 year old girls or younger women!! Also, how fucking insulting. Diminishing a woman's emotions to nothing but "she's childlike, so treat her like one--" we all know men are the most braindead and immature creatures on the planet...

Vivid-Creampuff · 2021-12-02T19:41:55+00:00

Great advice! This makes tons of sense because I assume the only women who would date him are vulnerable and underaged, ie literal children.

Iiawgiwbi · 2021-12-02T20:59:11+00:00

God, I wretched a bit reading this. So gross.

Yassss-Queen · 2021-12-03T00:40:10+00:00

This unlocked a memory for me… my ex used to infantilize me sooo much! Even if it was in a “nice” way, it always bothered me and I even told him I didn’t like it. He “didn’t understand” what I was talking about 🤪

Optical_Optimus · 2021-12-02T21:34:55+00:00

to that's disgusting and so inappropriate, i really don't understand why men believe such bs..

Oldespruce · 2021-12-02T22:19:35+00:00

It’s exhausting. I had one once shout “I love you” for the first time when I was cross with him having a disgusting codependancy with his ex/being an alcoholic.

blondhoney0402 · 2021-12-03T03:40:06+00:00

“ I got to go baby.”

fak_beauty_standards · 2021-12-04T19:33:35+00:00

Shit, the forhead kisses, I dread those. Dafuq, that's how my parents kissed me when I was a girl? GROSSEST thing ever from a man.

bioqueen53 · 2021-12-05T02:31:50+00:00

Men will do this when they are wrong about something and you point it out. They will do this after being called out on mansplaining.

It's an enormous red flag. It means his ego can't handle a woman knowing more about something than he does.