Breaking It Down: What Men Think of Things Women Do

Crying

Once the male brain figures something out, it uses the predictable outcome as a way to validate the source of the result. This is a result of systematizng, or looking for the underlying structure behind a thing. When this brain learns that rain comes when there are clouds in the sky it has a hard time dealing with a downpour from a blue sky. This is why men generally need a good reason to cry (sufficient cloud coverage).

Socially and psychologically, women are more liberal with tears and cry without warning as far as men are concerned. A moment before, everything is right with the world, but when the tears start, he thinks something is horribly wrong and in his mind, there had better be.

If a man thinks your crying is unjustified, he is initially amused at your “girl” moment. A nice guy will console you in an otherwise isolated incident, but if he’s affronted by weeping on a weekly or monthly basis, it easily becomes his least favorite thing about you.

You get three passes: on special occasions, the passage of loved ones and after orgasms.