Women Are Sharing The Moment They Learned The Man They Were Dating Was An Idiot, And It's Too Freaking Funny
Ajani Bazile-Dutes
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We've asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the things their boyfriends or husbands said that revealed how dumb they were. And it turns out a lot of these men were totally clueless about women's bodies. Here's the dumbest things men said about them:
1. "My husband thought that women wear white when they are on their period because that’s what they do in feminine hygiene commercials."
—Anonymous
2. "He told me that a woman's spine splits when she has a baby."
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3. "I knew a guy who thought a woman could just take a shower after *** to prevent pregnancy."
4. "My husband thinks you can catch cancer from having ***."
—Anonymous, 72, Female, United States
5. "My ex-husband saw a Tampax commercial on TV and said, 'They’re advertising those when they know women are having their periods.' I had to explain that we were not all on the same schedule."
—Anonymous, 74, Female, Oregon
6. "My first boyfriend thought that a woman's breasts inflated during *** like a man's ***** does."
—Anonymous
7. "I dated a guy who once asked me why I 'use so much toilet paper' every time I come over to his apartment. I asked him to elaborate on what he meant by that, and he said there was no need to wipe every time and wanted to know if I was just wasteful. I had to inform him that women do indeed have to wipe every single time we pee."
—Anonymous
8. "An ex-boyfriend of mine, when we were together, seemed profoundly confused when I informed him that, no, a woman can’t get pregnant from ********. He was 27 or 28 at the time."
—Anonymous
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9. "He thought an egg came out when someone finished their period. Like…a chicken egg."
10. "I started my period and went into the store and reached over to grab a box of large tampons. He swatted my hand away and said, 'You don't need that size.' I was stunned that he was trying to tell me what type of tampon I needed based on size. The tampon size you get is based on the amount of flow you have. I did marry him, and it was the biggest mistake of my life."
—Anonymous
11. "My ex-boyfriend was concerned about having periodic night sweats, so he Googled it. He proceeded to tell me he has menopause."
—Anonymous
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12. "My husband and I were discussing our neighbor, who just got diagnosed with prostate cancer, and my husband said that he should probably get his prostate examined. Then he looked at me and said, 'Hon, you should probably get your prostate checked too!' I told him that women don't have prostates."
13. "My ex in college thought all women could just secrete breast milk on demand. He asked to try some of mine, and was shocked when I informed him that, in fact, I needed to have a baby first."
—Anonymous
14. "I took my boyfriend (who is cisgender) at the time to the doctor over some stomach issues he was having, and when the doctor asked him what kind of problems he was having, he very seriously answered, 'I’m not sure. All I know is I’m hurting really bad, I think it’s my ovaries.'"
—Anonymous
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15. "He asked, 'Does it feel good when you put a tampon in?' He was seriously equating putting a tampon in and penetrative ***."
—Anonymous
16. "I dated a guy who thought you only took a birth control pill right before you had ***. He didn't understand that you had to take it at the same time every day in order to actually prevent pregnancy."
—Anonymous
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17. "My ex was with me when I was shopping for bras. He didn’t understand why I couldn’t just pick one and go. I explained to him that I needed the correct size, cup size, and needed to try it on. We’re not all the same. He still didn’t see what the big deal was. I asked him if he’d like a jock strap to be too tight and squeeze his bits. He said no and then helped me look. He had two sisters."
—Anonymous
18. "When my husband and I were trying to have a baby, I told him, 'I got my period, but we’ll keep trying.' He said, 'How do you know you’re not pregnant? Did you take a test?'"
—Anonymous, 30, Female, Georgia
19. "My high school boyfriend didn’t know that tampons are left inside. He thought you just swirled them around to clean up, then tossed them out."
—Anonymous
20. "In college I came back from spring break with bangs. A guy said, 'What did you do to your hair?' I said, 'I got bangs.' He said, 'What do you mean?' We stood there in silence as he realized girls’ hair doesn’t just grow shorter in the front like a genetic trait."
—Anonymous, 40, Female, Colorado
21. And finally, "I had to tell an ex that women pooped."
—Anonymous, 55, Female, USA
What's the dumbest thing you heard a man say about women's bodies? Tell us in the comments or use the anonymous form below:
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