4 Tiny Little Secrets Men Often Hide From Women

Although men are fairly simple creatures, there is still a side of us we try to keep to ourselves. While it may seem we are hiding something in an effort to increase our mystique, we are simply concealing a number of dirty little secrets that we don’t particularly want you to know.

However, I will divulge a few of these hidden truths so that you might have a better understanding of what’s really going on inside a man’s head (an area you may have erroneously thought was a barren wasteland.)

Here are 4 tiny little secrets men often hide from women:

1. We're imagining what you look like under your clothes

Your brother, your dentist, your uncle, your clergyman, your father, your son, and your 85-year old grandfather have all pictured you in the buff at one time or another. And whether you find it gross, disgusting, inappropriate, or downright despicable, it is still the way we’re hardwired, and like it or not, it’s not going to change.

On the plus side, since we don’t actually know what you look like under your clothing, our image of you is almost always quite flattering. We men are an optimistic bunch, and therefore endow you with the best possible, most flawless features we can reasonably imagine you might possess. So regardless of what you really look like, in our mind, your body is as smokin’ hot as your relative frame allows.

2. We don't need romance

That is not to say we don’t do romantic things on occasion. Many of us do, with varying degrees of frequency. But for the most part, we do those things completely for you. It helps us get you in an amorous mood. And we’re all for that.

But men don’t need anything, including romance, to get us in the mood for love. We’re almost perpetually “ready for action.” Soft music, low lighting, scented candles, and chocolate-dipped strawberries do little to enhance our passion.

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We’re kind of no-frills when it comes to getting down and getting funky. Just say you want to jump our bones and that’s about as much romance as it takes to get us to shuck our clothes and get down to business.

3. If we're under the age of 29, we generally have no relationship goals

I am sure that many of you have found yourself at some point in your past, asking your boyfriend where your relationship was going. And it seemed like a fair question, given that you had perhaps been dating for quite a while.

@thematthewhussey I’ve been on 5 dates with someone over the course of a month and a half, when should I ask: “Where is this going?” #dating ♬ original sound - thematthewhussey

But you may have noticed that your guy seemed particularly uncomfortable when you posed this question to him. The reason for this is because they know they like spending time with you, enjoy being intimate with you, and would like to continue doing both, but that’s as far as it goes. They have no idea “where this is going,” and more importantly, don’t particularly care.

It’s not until they reach their late twenties and have what some sociologists have referred to as “the dawning” that men think much past tomorrow when it comes to the trajectory of their intimate relationships. Apparently, studies have shown that it just takes men longer to mature than it does women. Big surprise there, huh?

4. We don't know how to properly use a condom

While it’s no secret that a large percentage of males consider them a somewhat necessary pain, it might surprise you to know that most men have no idea how to properly use one. Oh sure, they know where it goes, but that’s about the extent of their knowledge.

They are blissfully unaware that just “rolling on a raincoat” only marginally reduces the possibility of pregnancy and protects against venereal disease. Knowing exactly how and when a condom should be put on and taken off is key to their effectiveness, and most guys are clueless about this. And while I won’t go into specifics about the actual protocol for this, condom usage is not particularly intuitive.

So, since guys have generally not read anything on “the proper care and feeding of your condom” and men loathe swapping helpful hints on prophylactic etiquette, ignorance and thus accidental impregnation and disease dissemination proliferate. But ask a guy how to play the latest Xbox 360 game and he’ll be able to give you explicitly accurate instructions.