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One that always annoyed me is when it is around the holidays, when stores advertise gifts for men. They always assume a guy is into toilet humor, beer humor, assuming they're a lumberjack who needs to survive out in the wilderness, are into bbq-ing all of the time so gotta have those available all year around for some reason.

Even when I used to have identified myself as a guy, I never once fit into any of those traits. Just because guys grow beards, doesn't always mean they're chopping wood somewhere and always wearing plaid.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 31 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I get annoyed when I order a cocktail or a vegetarian dish at a restaurant and they put it in front of my wife.

Sometimes I want a veggie filled meal, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to pass up a cocktail because it’s not “manly”.

I have scotch at home, and if I’m buying a steak it’s going to be from a high quality restaurant. I hate overpaying for steak that I can cook better at home.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago

I can sort of relate. I'm fat as fuck, but I really like salads and veggies. When I go out to eat, my (much smaller) partner will order like a steak and potatoes, and I might order like a chicken cobb salad, not because I'm dieting, but I because I really wanted a dinner salad. And like half the time they give the salad to my partner and give me the steak.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 16 hours ago

Lol happens to me all the time, I only drink fruity or sweet alcoholic beverages and my wife loves beer and whiskey.

Couple weeks ago we were out with some work friends and I ordered a "Trophy Wife" and it came with a flower in it and everything lmao (tasted fantastic) and one of the guys we were with (who is gay even) made a comment about my prissy drink lmao. He was doing it in jest but like... Why shouldn't I like things that taste good? XD

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

So I had a similar experience. I was a vegetarian, I don't like coffee, I don't drink alcohol.

First the waiter put the wine in front of me and the soda in front of my wife.

Then I got the meat and she the veggie dish.

Then finally she got the white tea and I the coffee.