For men: Which question asked by your SO freaks you out the most?

[prolesunited]

Since the thread on women going for dysfunctional men (My theory is that it has to do with self-esteem and need for drama in your life. I RUN, do not walk to the nearest exit.) seems to be going well, I thought I would start one about men just so we're being fair and balanced here.

The poll is based on this article.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/love/content.jsp?file=love/fun/8questions.jsp&floc=LV_4-T

[MrSlayer]

1. Just about anything. There is never a right answer.

A noncommittal grunt is always the best answer.

[prolesunited]

2. OK

Who voted other and didn't specify? <-- Unless you want to add this question to the list. :P

[Burma Jones]

3. My wife has NEVER asked me any of these questions

I am a VERY fortunate man, she already knows the answers....

[theorist]

4. She never asks any of those questions.

I've asked her several of those....

I think "How many times have you had sex?" should be "How many sexual partners have you had?" It would be hard to keep track of each individual sexual act with each long term partner, wouldn't it? "Ummm...well, we've had sex about 500 times, so that makes...." (I didn't mean for this to be a sex post, by the way.)

I think the "Have you been smoking?" one is the worst, and that one isn't so bad. (It's been 5 years and going strong.)

[Wonco_the_Sane]

5. Meet the parents...yikes

Always post-sex for some reason.?. Hi, I'm the guy that's, uhhh, my what a lovely home....

[Another Bill C.]

6. Any question

that begins with, "How did you feel when ...." or "What would you do if ...." The worst might be "Do you love me more than your (late) first wife?"

[ulysses]

7. "are you on DU again?"

;-)

[prolesunited]

8. LOL!

Should I add that one? I think I'm within the editable time frame.

[pmbryant]

9. I voted for the Valentine's Day question

Only two of the others are even relevant, and those don't trouble me at all.

:-)

--Peter

[prolesunited]

11. So, Peter

What ARE you doing for Valentine's Day? :P

[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. All of the above, except the weight one n/t

[KG]

12. ahhh, one of the many pleasures of being eternally single

avoiding 'those questions' :)

[Blue-Jay]

13. Not so much a question.....

but the following dialog:

Him: What's wrong?
Her: NOTHING.
Him: Are you sure? You're acting like something's wrong.
Her: NO.
Him: Well.....OK, then. If you say so.....

<three days later>

Her: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T _________________ (fill in the blank)
Him: What the hell are you talking about?
Her: REMEMBER THREE DAYS AGO WHEN YOU _________________?
Him: Aw, jeez. Why didn't you say something then?
Her: YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN!!

Not that that's ever happened to me, of course.

[prolesunited]

14. Bbbbbut, I thought ALL men

could read minds. Isn't it in your genetic programming. You know, just like women can zero in and find any object that men have misplaced. ;-)

[Nikia]

15. My husband can read my mind and find my stuff

He usually makes me tell him anyway but he is pretty good at reading my mind. He actually has been tested by parapsychologists several times and always scores much above chance in those card guessing exercises. I can't read his mind which he says that he purposely blocks from everyone including me. I always misplace stuff and get frustrated but luckily he finds it.

[prolesunited]

16. Cool! Great catch

Does he cook and clean as well?

[truthspeaker]

17. "What are you thinking?" at ANY time, not just post-coital

If it were any of your business, I'd be saying it out loud!

Post-coital is the worst though. We're not thinking after sex! That's the whole damn point!

[Braden]

18. Can we talk?

I moved three states from the last one who would ask that. Followed in machine gun repitition with, are we both headed in the same direction? Are we getting married? can we brainwash our never to be born children in my religion?

no no and no.

and I'm gone!

[priller]

36. "We need to talk"

Same thing as yours, I guess. I hated that.

[XNASA]

19. It's the unasked questions that freak me out the most.

But since we're only talking about "asked" then I would have to say it would be something along the lines of....

"Guess what I'm cooking?"

(Mrs. XNASA, bless her heart, is the world's worst cook. It would be better if she just burnt everything, then it would go immediately into the trash. Instead, whatever it is, sits in a Tupperware container in the basement fridge, for months.....ignored.)

But that's not why I married her, thank god. She has plenty of wonderful attributes that more than make up for her lack of culinary skills.

[mac56]

20. When something isn't working: "What did you do?"

Translation: "What did you do to f*ck this up?" It's always an accusation.

Similar in tone: "What were you thinking when you (took a particular course of action)?" Again, never a benign inquiry.

[catmandu57]

21. Do you want to go to my mother's?

Mom's okay I don't mind her, but my sil who smokes like a chimney lives there and it takes days to get rid of the tobacco stench. I usually find some way to wuss out.

[camero]

22. "What are you thinking?"

I am thinking I want to go to sleep now. :)

[freestatevet]

23. "Ok then, what did I just say?"

Usually asked right after I say, "Yes, I was," right after she asks "are you listening to me?"

[populistmom]

24. I just asked and was told this:

"When you ask those questions that you already know the answer to and are nothing more than a trap."
:shrug:

[jimbo fett]

25. I'm more scared when I can tell she's pissed about something but won't

tell me.

So, then I gotta beg for her to tell me what's bothering her so that she can rip me a new one.

It's kinda like poking an angry dog with a stick, knowing it will bite you sooner or later, but you keep on poking because you know you can't live with an angry dog.

[prolesunited]

28. I don't understand why some people do that

If I'm upset or mad about something, just say it, talk about it and clear the air. I'll admit, though, if it starts getting too tense, I simply clear the room.

If I get too wound up in a situation, I won't be rational or I'll start yelling things I'll regret. I would rather walk away and come back with a cooler head.

[geniph]

26. "What are those bumps?"

is something one NEVER wants to hear under those circumstances, or "you DID have a vasectomy, right?"

[GOPisEvil]

31. Hey...I don't recall that rash...

Not something you want to hear from someone after having sex with them...

[geniph]

35. "Does it hurt when YOU pee, too?"

another less-than-thrilling post-coital question.

[GOPisEvil]

37. Two words you don't want to hear from an SO: burning sensation.

Never a good thing.

[SOteric]

27. How about: Honey could you pick up an EPT kit on the way home?

[prolesunited]

Oooh, that's a good one!

Especially if that's not the kind of surprise you were hoping for.

[ronnykmarshall]

29. Who's jock strap is this?

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[sangh0]

38. Stop complaining about me in public

dear. I know I say it too often, but it's not something to freak out about.

[MAlibdem]

32. Are we "together"?

Haha.

[phillybri]

33. "What's wrong?"

n/t

[FlaGranny]

34. I have never asked any of those questions,

neither has my husband! They just don't seem to be the kind of questions that should be asked.

[sendero]

39. The post-coital "What are you thinking?"??????

If you get asked this, you are not doing a very good job :)