Containing The Lady Dragon From Within: Things Men Should Never Tell A Woman Women can often over react. We complex creatures are known for being feisty, impulsive, and emotional. You can say something you consider harmless, or even kind, only to discover that you have offended, infuriated or annoyed us. The problem that men all have is the feelings of attraction they have toward women—a very complicated group of people, that are not going anywhere. Men need to understand that certain comments and remarks should never be spoken to a woman. Doing so, will result in the bleeding of our ears and explosive behavior. In order to counter act these results, removing these words from your vocabulary would be significantly wise. This would definitely be useful by taking whatever means possible to keep these words from entering your mouth for the sake of containing the she-beast inside every woman as she rips off your head, and watches as you weep in terror. As a fair warning, some of these absolute no-no words and phrases may seem incredibly harmless. You may think that we are kidding, but sadly we are not. These are six things that you should never, ever say to a woman.
“ Have you lost/put on some weight?” When in doubt, shut your mouth. These words could do a world of damage and you would never know. Never discuss a woman’s weight, whether it be a positive way or a negative. Whether you are trying to give a compliment, it can always backfire and blow up in your face as they ask themselves, “Was I fat before?!”. The subtext of the question is that you are basically telling them that they looked like crap before and then they start to feel like they must have looked worse than they thought. It makes them feel scrutinized and a bit self-conscious. No woman needs to feel like that. There is the slight chance that some of the people making the remarks have no idea how hurtful it really is to them, so we could surely cut those few some slack. Always keep in mind to use your brain, exercise a little restraint, and keeping your mouth closed.
“Is that what you’re going to wear? Offering a woman fashion advice is asking for blood. No matter how open-minded your mother/friend/girlfriend can be the one thing that all of them likely obsess over, is their clothes. Your opinion is not valid when it comes to these situation, because admit it what do men really know about fashion? Your opinion is valid in itself, but never let it become a critical observation. Yes, compliments like, “you look beautiful” will suffice, but nothing more. Fashion for most women, is a way of expressing themselves. The clothes that we put on our bodies expresses who we are as a person. Women like to know that the effort they have created into making the perfect outfit was worth the time, otherwise what was the point? This question can also make you seem controlling, no woman ever wants that. If she wants to dress a little risqué, let her. If she wants to dress a bit funky and weird, let her. Just appreciate our style and effort to look attractive and pleasant. Men, restrain the enthusiastic critique and it will probably save you at least a dozen ugly arguments.
“Calm Down” I assure you, this will have the opposite of the intended effect. This can also be related to the universally despised phrase “relax”. Given the appropriate situation, it would seem logical to tell a women that is either freaking out, having a break down, losing their mind, or overreacting to relax. Whether or not aware of the fact that your “logic” to them ,would seem to be equivalent to the “stupidest idea ever”. A woman expressing anger or frustration would think that screaming would be a perfectly fitting response. The fact that you bothered to calm her down only built up more of the rage inside, making the situation worse. When you tell a woman to relax you are adding to her temper. She thinks that you are denying that there is a reason to be angry and assuming you think she is crazy. An accusation of being crazy will be far from helpful. Even if it were true, you do not ever want to say this to a woman’s face. Do it and you will see a whole new level of crazy, that I promise you.
“You look fine…” This will probably result in the question, “Fine? What in the hell does that mean?”. This comment is probably referring to a woman’s appearance. Telling a woman she looks fine is like telling her you are sweet and kind reminding her of a brother, unless you are her brother. Women expect a charming response and not something pathetic like “fine”. We want praise and approval, knowledge that putting effort into making ourselves look nice, made an impact big enough for you men to put thoughtful meaning into words. In which case, we are more expectant of higher admiration and appreciation. If you are not ready to deal with the questions, and debate the meaning of the simple words, then avoid this at all costs.
“Why can’t you be like…so and so…?” Assholes would only say this. It is extremely rude and you should probably punch yourself immediately after saying it. Women never want to be compared, especially to other women. This does nothing for you, but accomplishes making her feel incredibly insecure about herself. Do not do this, ever.
“Are you on your period?/Is it that time of the month?” If anyone ever got away with saying this, they probably didn’t live long enough to tell the tale, because you just called a woman, a hormonal lunatic. This question comes from when men think their woman is upset at them, for no apparent reason. The fact is, we get more angry because you are accusing us for being hormonal, when we are not. Instead of asking us why we feel a certain way about something, men come to the conclusion that “we must be on our periods”. Admit it, men use this as a secret tactic for intentionally making us look bad to “prove a point” knowing that we will get inevitably mad when someone assumes this. Men take pleasure from this because then you do look like the crazy person…like “Ha! You got all crazy because I said that. See, you are on your period!”, which then will drive women insane. Some woman who are asked this feel like it is none of your concern. Whatever is happening under their clothes should not affect or matter to you. Women do not ask men which side their balls are hanging from, do we? This is a total double standard, because men think they can blame all of their problems of us like moodiness on our periods, but what can women blame men for? If this is the case, women should be able to say things like, I think your a bit testosterone-y today. If you know what is good for you, refrain from this question, or suffer the consequences. You will not regret it.

If you know how to treat a lady, and act like a gentleman, these do not apply to you. Hopefully, there are enough men in this world that are decent and well-mannered to know and follow these rules. I am sure that not all men have the indecency to say these things, but if you are one of them take this advice in mind and cherish it indefinitely. This advice will save you from torture that you could possibly endure and will save you from any female wrath you could perhaps encounter. You, my friend, are welcome.