10 things guaranteed men will overact to.

We all know that Men can be immature! Generally, men don’t grow up till they are 43! But do men ever really reach maturity?

Acting out and turning into a tantrum toddler, throwing all the toys out the pram is something some men do and clearly a sign of immaturity! Is it because their Ego and Pride is bruised? Could they just not like it that things haven’t gone their way? Who knows!

But we all know there are things that are guaranteed to tip our loving blokes over the edge, to witness this first hand is quite funny! Especially because as females were twice as likely to feel we are the “grown up” ones in these scenarios, somethings that are so simple we don’t overact to at all! (maybe one or two!)

Don’t mistake my list for any study that has been done or any scientific research behind it! Generally, if you’ve ever been around men when any of the bottom things below happens, you know all too well how men will overact and get all stroppy.

So enjoy my top 10 list of things men overact to.

1. Getting a common Colds Aka Man Flu

Soft kitty, warm kitty......Little ball of fur

Have you ever seen a man who gets ill, they are dying, can’t move and the whole world has to stop? If you watched The Big Bang Theory all men turn into Sheldon, and we need to sing “soft kitty” to them!

When we get ill, we still have to function and get on with everyday life, however, in their defence a study shown in 2017 did state that men will suffer more than women. (Not sure on this one, men couldn’t handle birth if they had to)

Anyway, we all know that a man getting a common cold is guaranteed for them to overact.

2. Building IKEA furniture

Who designs this!!!

Some men having to build Ikea furniture will result in some overreaction, also we will get equally the same response, if we drag our men to Ikea!

I try to be supportive and not laugh when my hubby is trying to build furniture, he gets annoyed if it doesn't go exactly to plan when building, there is lots of whining and swearing, blaming the engineer who designed it!

He never thinks to read the instructions!

I love how the thought of reading the instructions is a taboo, what man needs instructions!

Then you also have the men that take building Ikea furniture a personal challenge, to show their skills and abilities. They equally overact and expect praise and endless thanks for their expertise.

3. Driving

Whether its getting a speeding fine, some fuckwit behind the wheel of a car, being stuck in a traffic jam! Men will overact.

My Uncle once got breathalysed in Australia, he took it as a personal offence, arguing that he has never drunk and drove, he has been driving for over 30 years. It upset him that much, he got out of the car and walked for a while, even today he states it was the worst holiday, because he got breathalysed. (He passed as he doesn’t drink, but as he said, it was the principle)

Watching the hubby get annoyed at Sunday Drivers is amausing! It’s that bad, he actually refuses to drive anywhere on Sunday because to quote him “All the fucking Morons who can’t drive are on the road”.

I guess the great thing about GPS now, is the traffic jam report, my best mate will not travel anywhere unless his GPS will redirect him away from traffic, even if that journey will take a longer route.

4. Someone actually going the speed limit

A personal favourite of mine when I witness my male friends overact to. I’m all for people driving a respectful speed and speed limit, I love seeing every one of my male friends and Hubby get annoyed if someone in front is going 20 miles per hour.

The only exception to this rule is if someone has a black box fitted, they all then feel very sorry for the poor driver of that car who has no control over what they can do.

5. Changing the thermostat or leave the heating on all day!

When I ask for the heating to be put on, his response is, “Put a jumper on”, when I still demand for the heating, he moans “Put warmer clothes on then”.

I could literally be dressed as an Eskimo and the heating will still be argued to be put on!

Heaven help me, if he comes home from work and finds out I’ve had the heating on all day! The moaning, followed by his reasoning for the cost of heating.

6. Lists of things to do or reminders of jobs they haven’t done.

Now I have a Honey Do list, a list I give my Hubby when I need some jobs doing around the house etc. My Hubby says it’s the magic word “We Just need to… there is no WE, it’s just ME, it’s work I have to do.”

If I leave him a list, it’s like I’m asking him to go off to war!

I once dated a guy who hated being asked to do anything, it took him 2 years! 2 years to hang up picture frames in my hallway, when he eventually got round to it, he moaned and sulked the whole day.

Watching the hubby get annoyed at Sunday Drivers is amusing! It’s that bad, he actually refuses to drive anywhere on Sunday because to quote him “All the fucking Morons who can’t drive are on the road”.

We shouldn’t have to tell them to clean their shit stains off the toilet or clean their beard trimming in the sink. I’m happy to hang up a picture or shelf, but don’t moan if it isn’t done the way you do it! lol

7. Favourite team losing

If the men in your life are into their sports, it’s amazing how much they overact to their favourite team losing. When they watch the game, anyone would think they are professionals and the coaches. They seem to know exactly what the player or person should be doing and how they can improve!

It’s fascinating to see just how upset they get if their team loses, however, we can be equally as bad if someone deletes our favourite TV show.

8. The price of items

I have never seen so many blokes moan about the cost of everyday living, Heaven forbid I buy Fairy washing up liquid, instead of the basic supermarket version.

They never seem to complain at the cost of things when it comes to their latest favourite hobby and no computer game console is too expensive. Not to mention you can’t put a price on a good tool. But if a women was to spend more than £2 on make-up, or over £60 on our hair, guaranteed we will get a lecture from Professor don’t spend too much money.

9. Waiting in for a delivery that doesn't turn up

This one I guess we are all guilty of overacting to this one, we take time out of our day, sit in, we live in fear if we head to the toilet or do something, we might miss the delivery.

It’s even worse when they deliver an item and put it in a safe place! My sister once had an item thrown on her garage roof, it was safe because she needed to use a ladder to get it down!

Or like Ladbaby its awful when you get a package and the packaging is damaged. Check out Ladbabys vlog on his awards from YouTube, classic example of how annoying getting a bad package or delivery packages in general can be.

10. When they have to choose the restaurant or food to cook, and you don’t like any of the ten options!

I can understand why men will overact to this one, I guess it’s frustrating for them, but what they don’t understand is the time it takes for them to actually think of restaurants or places to eat that doesn’t cost too much money. By the time they have selected we are in the Hangry stages, no matter what you do we will not be happy.

We may not want to eat at Mc Donald’s or Whether spoon, we might want an Indian or we fancy that quirky café we pointed out to you a few weeks ago, hoping you listened to us telling you how nice it would be to go there, but you forgotten all about it! Now you’re giving us options of places we don’t want to go to because the menu isn’t that good, the service is awful, the food isn’t very nice.

If you’ve ever witnessed any of the men in your lives overact to any of the above, post me your stories.

Lilly xox