And in a similar vein (guy here), yes I need all those guitars, even if I can only play one at a time.
This made me chuckle. But I’m talking more about the clean space I just made on the counter or the table. That you immediately put your toolkit on.
I really like this one, if only because it’s extremely common for men on the Internet to lie and say we’re not multitaskers. According to men of Internet message boards we are basically literally retarded and can barely function. We can’t understand anything but the simplest most direct communication and absolutely cannot focus on more than one thing at a time. So I appreciate another man telling the truth. 
Female:
Just because my opinion is influenced by emotion doesn’t mean I’m not right.
And its corollary: Your notion that your opinion is not influenced by emotion is complete BS.
Shoes can be an attractive accessory instead of just a utilitarian item. Think of it as the near-equivalent of a tie - some guys are happy with a few, while others use ties to express themselves, and certain ties are Just Not Appropriate for formal situations.
For instance, women have issues with heel height, for starters. If the fashionable hem length this year is long, you may opt to go with that and have a high heel to avoid trodding on said hem. If it’s cut at ankle length or higher, you might not wear a high heel because that would just emphasize a lot of bare foot in the process.
Women also have different standards of “dress shoe.” A shoe worn to the office would probably look stodgy and blah when paired with a nice dress for a formal event. If a “little black dress” is the expected attire, a woman can use a colorful shoe for a “pop” of color and to stand out a bit even when essentially “in uniform.” (Guys have tuxes as the equivalent, but a colorful tie in that situation isn’t considered as acceptable!)
Even in a more formal office, a colored shoe may be an acceptable way to express a woman’s fashion sense, and to bring some variety to bland, boring, staid corporate wear.
FH’s post reminds me:
No, I don’t think it’s odd to wear basically the same thing every day.
No, I don’t find it boring.
I do not derive amusement value from my own clothes.
ETA: If I want to express myself, I fortunately have been gifted with vocal cords.
Take out “guitars” and insert “light sabres” and it could be my husband posting.
No, I will never understand why he needs every light sabre model that comes out; I do, however, accept that he does.
It’s not that we don’t believe you aren’t multitaskers. We are just annoyed that we aren’t the most important task at hand and getting the majority of your attention.
Sometimes, we want to be unitasked.
unitask me. oh, baby, oh, sooooo good.
Fire trucks and the Three Stooges, women do not understand our fascination with them.
Guys:
You know all those sweet little things that we do for you, without you having to ask for it? We pay attention to what you usually want, and do it before you need it done, not because we necessarily want to but because it makes you happy. We do this because, to us, that is how love is expressed.
This is why we sometimes get upset when you have to ask us what we want for birthday, xmas, anniversary, whatever. We know what you want because we have been paying attention to you and your likes and dislikes and needs, which we do because we love you. The fact that you have not similarly been paying attention to our likes and dislikes and needs, therefore, feels an awful lot like you don’t love us.
Burps and farts ARE funny. Yes, they are gross, that makes them funnier. Do i really need to post my gender?
Guys: you don’t understand what it’s like to be considered a minority. (And I know we’re actually a majority but read on.)
I was playing one of the newer Pokémon games yesterday, and I was excited because it finally let me play as a girl character. I expressed my excitement to my brother, and he said “that’s good for you, but it’s not like I would play as a girl anyway.”
I looked him in the eye and said, “but you don’t have to. Every time I’ve picked up a Pokémon game, or almost any other video game for that matter, for the last ten years, I’ve had to play as a male character.”
Stories about men are classic stories for both men and women to enjoy. Stories about women are women’s stories. The most generic image of ‘person’ you can think of is the same icon that’s on the men’s bathroom door.
We’ve gotten a little better about not having poets and poetesses or doctors and lady doctors, but this is still a pretty big deal when it happens in subtle ways, and it’s very annoying for us women.
I’m sorry if I dragged down a lighthearted thread, but this anecdote immediately came to mind when I saw the thread title.
Why not? 
I’m afraid if you have to ask, you’ll never understand.
However, if you would like the primer I gave my husband, imagine a woman you’re digging on putting on a sexy, high-heeled shoe in the store while wearing a short dress.
Now imagine that woman pokes her rather appealing leg and foot out at you and says, “But honey - don’t these shoes make my legs look good?” while batting her eyelashes.
Honestly, that was the only explanation hubby needed. Now he just jumps straight to the ‘Wow, you’re legs look great in those shoes, honey!’ as he pulls out his wallet.
Like I said, he’s an enabler.
I have absolutely no problem with women wanting to be unitasked. I guess I’m really violating the spirit of this thread. My post would have fit better in a thread called “things members of your own sex say about you that obviously aren’t true, even on average”.
Male here. Men are not multitaskers. If you talk to me while I’m concentrating on something else, I don’t hear you, and I honestly don’t remember the conversation.
Hence the confusion. It’s an empty space, on a surface whose (thats?:dubious:) existence is only justified as a place to hold things. Seems counterintuitive to put effort in attempting to keep it empty… and a bit cruel towards the counter; I’m sure it just wants to be useful.
Putting books in a bookshelf is still ok, right? Or do they also need to be denied fulfilling their purpose in life? And I’m assuming placing the lawnmower on top of the lawn is also allowed?
sigh
…women, you are a mystery to me… one that I’m going to crack one day, no matter how many pictures from the net I have to research. 
Female.
Motorboating or jiggling my chest is NOT an endearing sign of affection, especially now that I’m breastfeeding.
And I know that you don’t understand why I have to rip my eyebrows out by the roots, but just accept that I do. Trust me, you wouldn’t want to see what I look like without a good waxing.
This is debateable. Your guy would like what you look like without the waxing, but more because he probably wouldn’t notice anything was different. Unless your body grows an eyebrow equivalent of The ZZ Top Beard. That might catch his eye and he’d probably think it was awesome.
You’re probably right about the ZZ Top Beard. My husband would find that hilarious.