Arrrgghh...why can't men see what's in front of their face?

barbiedoll

I don't know if that's the book that states that our brains are still in "caveman" mode and that men have evolved to scan the horizon for predators/prey, which is why they can see things a long way away (a hot girl in a miniskirt walking down the road, for example), whilst women have evolved to keep an eye on their offspring running around and so are better at seeing things up close (like missing documents, ID cards, socks etc)?

It would explain a lot!

I can read maps if I turn them around!

seven-day-weekend

Errata wrote: »

Stock answer: In the fruit bowl next to your socks.

Are you married to my husband or mother to my son??:rotfl::rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

valk_scot wrote: »

My OH used to work away from hime part of the week, he rented a room in a shared flat to live in. I'd never seen the place, not even a photograph. I STILL used to get the panic stricken phone calls at 7am asking me where his wallet was. "Did you have it last night when you arrived?" I'd ask. "Yes? Then how the bleepity heck would I know where you put it in your flat? I'm 200 miles away!"

When we lived in Spain we used to get phone calls from 1600 miles away from our son asking where something was. :rotfl::rotfl:

When our son was 17 he rang us up and said 'I don't know where I am'. He'd got off the bus at the wrong stop. My husband said 'well how do you expect me to know where you are?!'

Gloomendoom

Spendless wrote: »

Sorry, I should have said .....without turning it around.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/380468/Why-women-can-t-read-maps

My wife is perfectly capable of reading a map any way up and using it to navigate from A to B, via C,D and E, if necessary.

However, she can't multi-task to save her life. I can do both.

Doesn't help me find my keys, wallet, hat, head etc though. Although I can (fruitlessly) search for them all at the same time.

warmhands.coldheart

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. excuse me, this is not just a condition the male population have, it can cross the gender divide...... my wife is a prime example !!

seven-day-weekend

You will not believe this. My husband has just found his keys, in the fruit bowl, next to his socks. Really!

trailingspouse

I think most of us can find examples of our menfolk not being able to find things that were actually easy to find.

I also think most of us can find examples of our womenfolk not being able to find things that were actually easy to find.

It really isn't a gender specific thing - and trying to make out that it is doesn't really achieve anything. Just imagine if a man had posted this with the title 'Aaaargh.... why can't women see what's in front of their face?'

I couldn't find my mobile the other day - searched everywhere, all the usual places. Up two flights of stairs, back down again, out to the car, back in again. Eventually had to ring OH (who is working away), to see if he had any ideas of where it might be. It was, in fact, in the pocket of the jacket that I'd taken off because I'd got hot from running up and down the stairs looking for my mobile...

peachyprice

bylromarha wrote: »

I am just like your OH.

I am a woman.

My husband has the terrible habit of just opening the cupboard/drawer/box, looking around, then saying he can't find what he is looking for - try moving stuff you fool!

Sadly my daughter has the same trait.

The pair of them drive me mad.

mgdavid

trailingspouse wrote: »

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I couldn't find my mobile the other day - searched everywhere, all the usual places. Up two flights of stairs, back down again, out to the car, back in again. Eventually had to ring OH (who is working away), to see if he had any ideas of where it might be. It was, in fact, in the pocket of the jacket that I'd taken off because I'd got hot from running up and down the stairs looking for my mobile...

an alternative strategy would have been to ring the phone and listen out for it....

Gra76

We're the opposite way around in our house, I know where all the important things like keys are, my wife forgets where she's put them down within a minute of doing so.

As she's out the door to work an hour before me I was woken up regularly by her in a panic asking where her keys were. I'd nearly always be right (unless our 3 yr old daughter had moved them, which sometimes happened).

I ended up buying a little device to tag onto her keyring which she could press a button on a remote control and it'd beep for 5 seconds to help her find them. I hear it going off most mornings!