Before I dive in, my experiences have been anecdotal and I admit this myself.

I have the very stereotypical interest of a man. I like my sports, Marvel movies, and my video games. I even like the occasional comic book.

The brutal truth is, most women don’t really care for these things. Not denying they exist, but are clearly in the minority. It does make me think what their interests are. And yeah, what do you even do in your free time?

Some of the most influential people in my family have been women and I admittedly can’t really relate to them.

I’ve only seen the women in my family as authority figures. And if we weren’t family, I don’t think I’d like them. Are they bad people? No. But overbearing? Yeah. They’re very my way or highway. I’ve learned over the years that you can’t win over them in any argument. I feel the only woman in my family I can like is my own mother, and that’s not even great at times.

I know I’ll be dismissed. I’ll be the first to admit I view a lot of my elder cousins who are Xers as just moms who live a very different world. Same for the dads too.

Finally, I’ve struggled with communicating with women my whole life. I can be blunt and I find the subtle signals girls tend to do frankly, annoying and irritating.

Women speak a whole different language to me. Every interaction, I have to be careful in what I say.

And even though I don’t care for overly bro men, I’m more annoyed by bratty women.

It makes me think how successful couples work.

How can you relate to someone who tends to be so fundamentally different than you? And normally communicates so differently from you. Finally, who tends to not have the same interests as you.

Please educate me. Rip me.