Man language:-
"IT'S A GUY THING"
Translated
BY FEMALE: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical."
ACTUAL MEANING:" FEMALE MIND IS SO ALIEN TO EARTH, I WOULD DIE OF OLD AGE BEFORE YOU UNDERSTAND.
"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?"
Translated
BY FEMALE: "Why isn't it already on the table?"
aCTUAL MEANING: "I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT DON'T WANT TO BE YELLED AT FOR BEING IN THE WAY"
"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR"
Translated
BY FEMALE : Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.
ACTUAL MEANING: A) I ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, B)I AGREE WITH YOU, C) CONDITIONED RESPONSE
"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN"
Translated
BY FEMALE : "I have no idea how it works."
ACTUAL MEANING:
YOUR EYES WILL GLAZE OVER BEFORE THE END OF MY FIRST SENTENCE. YOU WILL LOSE ALL INTEREST IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SECOND SENTENCE, AND BEFORE MY THIRD SENTENCE YOU WILL WALK AWAY TOSSING OVER YOUR SHOULDER A DISMISSIVE 'WHATEVER...' WHY BOTHER?
"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "That girl standing on the corner is a real babe."
ACTUAL MEANING: A) "IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HOT ENGINE OIL POURING DOWN MY SHIRT",
"YOU ARE REPEATING IT FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN ONE HOUR", C) "I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF THAT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH", D) SEE FEMALE TRANSLATION ABOVE.
"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
ACTUAL MEANING: A) "IF YOU WAIT 5 MINUTES I'LL DO IT FOR YOU",
SEE A AND TRANSLATION BY FEMALE ABOVE
"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "Are you still talking?"
ACTUAL MEANING: SEE FEMALE TRANSLATION ABOVE
"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "I remember the theme song to 'F Troop', the address of the first girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned, but I forgot our anniversary."
ACTUAL MEANING: " I WORKED MY BUTT OFF DURING ANOTHER 14-HOUR DAY AT THIS STINKING JOB - WHAT DID YOU DO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY (ALTERNATIVE - SEE FEMALE TRANSLATION).
"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe."
ACTUAL MEANING: A) "I KNOW HOW YOU GIRLS SWOON OVER THOSE EFFEMINATE GUYS DOING IT FOR YOUR BEST FRIENDS, SO I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL BAD"
SEE FEMALE TRANSLATION ABOVE)
"OH, DON'T FUSS - I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG DEAL."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit that I'm hurt."
ACTUAL MEANING: " I HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE THIS STRONG MACHO MAN, BUT HURRY UP WITH THAT BANDAGE BEFORE I FAINT."
"I CAN'T FIND IT."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."
ACTUAL MEANING: "IF YOU CLEAN UP MY STUFF, AT LEAST TELL ME WHICH DARK CORNER OF THE HOUSE YOU DECIDED TO PUT IT."
"WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?"
Translated BY FEMALE: "What did you catch me at?" (my personal favourite! so true!!)
ACTUAL MEANING: "IT COULD BE 3000 DIFFERENT THINGS (INCLUDING ME BREATHING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH YOU) DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF MONTH. I KNOW I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT. WHAT'S RELEVANT IS YOUR PERCEPTION - UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT A MIND READER.
"I HEARD YOU."
Translated
BY FEMALE : "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next three days yelling at me."
ACTUAL MEANING: "JUST BECAUSE I HEARD YOU DOES NOT REQUIRE ME TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW."
"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse."
ACTUAL MEANING: NO, THIS ONE IS SPOT ON...
"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "Oh, please don't try on one more outfit, I'm starving."
ACTUAL MEANING: [SEE FEMALE TRANSLATION] + "IF I SAY ANYTHING ELSE WE'LL NEVER LEAVE AND I' WILL NOT GET IT FOR WEEKS..."
"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE."
Translated
BY FEMALE: "No one will ever see us alive again."
ACTUAL MEANING: " AND IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP, NOBODY WILL EVER SEE YOU ALIVE AGAIN..."