The Nine Fastest Ways to Get on a Woman's Bad Side

In the 21-century of establishing a good relationship with your wife, girlfriend, or significant other, man will sometimes "step up to the plate", to help with the daily or weekly chores to show his worth. Sometimes we will explore new possibilities around the house to help out, or better yet, do something that we usually don't do just to show our "better half", how much we love them by adding on that extra chore. With this in mind, we will establish a mission, tackle it, and wait for the approval and credit, just to find out you are in more hot water after the fact, then if you would've just played couch potato and not touched the mission to begin with.

The opportunities to establish "good kudos" will simply fly out the door on the simple fact that although you had good intentions, situations around the house soon become much worse when you find out it wasn't done "her way". Yes, there is such a thing as doing it "her way", and with this little cheat sheet, you can avoid the friction you created when you actually had the good intentions of only wanting to "do your part. The list is truely massive, but for the sake of readers everywhere, I edited the list and picked the top ten reasons why man gets into so much trouble just trying to help around the house.

1. Skillets- If you don't know this by now, you don't know your partner as much as you should. There are actually two separate warnings here, and both are just as important. Skillets to a woman are like her jewerly. Some have wear and tear from an almost daily use, some only come out on certain occasions and are cleaned by guidelines. The first Warning: Do NOT let a woman see you scratching up a non-skid skillet. This is a one-way ticket to an arguement that"ll last for hours. Want to see a woman go into a slight heart attack? Pick up a metal scrub pad and start scrubbing on her non-skid skillet. Women, unlike men, want to keep this type of skillet scratch-free, which also means it would be very wise not to use a fork or other hard utensil to whip either.

The second warning: Know which skillet to use to prepare your food. Example: Do not use a wok skillet to fry hamburgers. "Her" skillets have different usages, and for you to think like a man, grab any skillet to cook anything is a set up for a bad day. Women's skillets have different jobs for different types of not only just food, but different ways you cook. If man could get away with it, we would just put the skillet in the oven and let the food cook, women are more complicated, so do yourself a favor; watch what she uses, then do the same.

2. Blankets- Another essential item that you probably don't know about. a man will come home from a hard days work, set himself up for the evening, then starts watching T.V. He gets tired, grabs any ole' blanket, and covers himself for a nap. five minutes later, you're being yelled at for using the "couch" blanket. Just like skillets, blankets also have certain uses, and using her grandma's quilt to levitate your feet for that perfect nap will surely dissolve the option of not having an opportunity to nap at all. Find out what blankets you can use and not use. Giving the dog a blanket to lie on in his doghouse shows love for our loving pet; but giving him the wrong blanket will assure one thing, neither you or the dog are gonna sleep well that night. in fact, you might end up in the dog house.

3. Vaccuums- Another two-version warning here. One: ALWAYS pick up the bigger debris on the floor before you sweep with a vaccuum! If something gets stuck in the vaccuum and it's bigger then a half inch, it's no one's fault but yours, and you will be made to fix that belt that just broke. man will try to sweep anything, toys, hairbrets, paper, food, etc.. Women, on the other half, pick up debris everywhere they sweep, prolonging the vaccuum and hose. Two: Women have a certain way of sweeping. Some prefer to see lines going vertical, cross-stitched, horizonal, or no lines at all. As men, we don't care, the floor is clean. Women, they are a different breed, so do yourself another favor. next time she sweeps, watch HOW she sweeps. This stops her from going behind you and re-sweeping a floor that's already clean.

4. Shoes- Definitely an issue. don't believe me/ Throw your shoes in the middle of the floor. she will pick them up, look at you funny, then put them whee they are supposed to go. Apparently, shoes we wear on a daily basis have a certain life somewhere in the corner or closet that she already established. find out where it is, before your shoes come up missing.

5. Washing-During my lifetime, I have rarely met a man who does the laundry. Equal opportunity I say. you both wear the clothes, there should be a system to where both wash, right?

Wrong. Most women do NOT trust a man washing their clothes. I know, i've heard the horror stories associated with men in the past turning their four-year-old's purple socks pink. I understand you don't want your underwear three sizes smaller then what they were before you threw them in the laundry, but I don't understand how I can be trusted to use prcise oils and solvents in a multi-thousand dollar car, but not trusted to do laundry. This is one thing a man must ask his significant other. Don't do the laundry before she knows about it. Damages could incur, and i'm not talking about laundry wise.

6. His-and-her vehicles- A man's vehicle is his work machine. it doesn't have a nickname, It gets us back and forth to work, takes us to the ball game, etc...

A woman's car is different. It smells pretty, the floor board is clean. Even if she smokes, the ashtrays are clean. Two different cars, two differnet worlds. If you borrow "her" car, those muddy shoes your wearing could start world war three. The butts you left in the ashtray? This is the fastest way to find out she isn't even using it for an ashtray. this is where she puts her change, (didn't see the money before you started smoking, eh)?

Take care of her car if you use it. this is her friend, just like a man's dog. this is her transportation, whether she's just going to the store, or going out with the girls. She doesn't want to see that Hardee's bag on the floor, (and what man would leave evidence that he went out to eat)?

7. Bathroom(s)- On a more personal level, I am fortunate enough to have separate bathrooms. I have mine, she has hers. My bathroom is basic. You have shaving cream, razors, soap, toilet paper, and shampoo. In the other bathroom, the brest way to describe this is comparing her bathroom to a kiosk in the middle of a mall somewhere that sells perfumes and soaps as well as accessories. I use my stuff and she uses hers. If I run out of shampoo, two things usually happen that I determine fun, but risky. 1. I"ll try to use her shampoo and NOT say anything. This doesn't work. 2. I usually grab a bottle of shampoo to find out later, it wasn't shampoo. it's usually something weird like highlighter or conditioner for horses or something similar, in which case, closes my staement about getting busted by rule number one. One looks pretty stupid explaining to our loved-one why our hair went three shades lighter, or better yet, why our straight hair starts curling up. The rule to #7; always ask to use something from her bathroom. it's not a good thing getting caught using her "roll-on for women". It's just not good.

8. Closet space- Don't get is good rule mixed-up with someone who just doesn't share space. This is not the story. your other half does love you, and wants you to have space also. they know men have to have a place to put their things also. This is about men intruding in a woman's closet space she ALREADY acquired. Don't start moving her things around to make space for that Evinrude motor you got for your boat, or skoot her stuff over to store your baseball equipment. If this brave experiment is tried, you have just done two things: 1. You proved to her that her space in the house is not precious. 2. You also showed her that her stuff has smaller value than yours. Bad move on your part.

A woman puts things in certain places so she can find them later. Men put things away so we can get it out of the way and off the floor. move a woman's things to acquire space and you have just started an arguement which will probably not end soon. we're talking several days perhaps. Stay away from the invisible lines she already drawed in her head and don't cross them. These are places she staked and it's planted in her brain where they are. This also applies to drwers and cabinets.

9. NEVER compare your chores to hers. She has you beat.... hands down. Hard to admit at times, but the average woman, (or mate), does more behind your back when it comes to chores then you could write down. Running a clean house is a part-time job, if not a full-time. Women are not mean, they just have a different train of thought. Why are these nine bits of advise Important? We were not put on this earth for trivial argueing, which would build up over time. Soon, you will despise and even hate the one you're with, and for the will of just paying attention to these nine primary walk-throughs, you can save an otherwise great relationship with the one you love. As a man, you could sit her down and try to compromise some of this list, (but forget #1, this won't fly), but in all honesty, I would rather follow this list, rather then trying to change it. Show the one your with that you do care, and love them unconditionally.