She wants fried ice.

Any more questions why we’re MGTOW?

How about a nice big cup of STFU?

1) “It doesn’t make any difference to me”. When presented with a decision between multiple options, consider A) What does a disagreement with a wife cost in terms of time and emotional energy? B) What is the value of the decision she is presenting me with? If A>B, then the decision between whatever the options are doesn’t make any difference to me. Sometimes the question is just a set up for an argument whose purpose is to get attention for herself and the decision among the given options doesn’t matter to her either. But she’ll disagree with whatever choice you make in order to have the argument and get the attention.

2) “That’s not my problem” Use this when being asked for an opinion about something the wife wants you to take an opinion about. Per the Pops: If you take a position and state an opinion agreeing with her, she will then demand that you take some action that she already wanted you to take, but didn’t want to ask you for openly. The invitation to state an opinion is not because she cares what you think. It’s because once you state the opinion (that you believe will agree with hers and satisfy her) you’ve made it more difficult to refuse to take whatever action she’ll demand you to take as a result of that opinion.

3) “I don’t know” He was careful to explain that when you use this, you must do it convincingly. You cannot just blurt out “I don’t know” and then continue to ignore her while doing whatever you were already doing, because she will figure out quickly that you are just stepping back from the trap. She’ll get mad about this, and that will cause a distraction from whatever more important thing you need to be doing, and that defeats the whole purpose of not giving her an specific answer. According to Pops, You have frown and squint your eyes, look up at the ceiling, scratch your head and pause for just a moment or two like you’re really making an effort to figure out the correct answer for her. Then shake your head side to side, look at the floor as if in defeat and say “Wow, I really don’t know…” as though you are surprised that she has a problem so complex that you couldn’t figure it out. But you made the effort and with any luck, that will satisfy her for a while and they’ll leave you alone and you can get back to whatever (more important thing) it was that you were doing or thinking about.

“But dad, doesn’t that still burn the time that you spent pretending to think about it?”.

“Yeah son, but you ain’t getting away from this for free, and it’s a lot less time than it will take for you to pretend to listen to her give you all the reasons your answer was wrong… if you were dumb enough to actually give her one…”.

Thanks to Doc and BP for pointing out the obvious fact that I failed to get before:  She probably knows the answer and/or doesn’t give a s~~~, it is about the attention. DOH! This is actually very helpful to me in dealing with my current situation.

she asked for her friends for help. Who gave her the same recommendation as I did. Then having the brain capacity of a toothbrush, she has the nerve to ask me “Why didn’t you say this is what I needed?” F~~~ This. F~~~ WOMEN. I swear to god, and I don’t take his name in vain, this is every F~~~ING EXPERIENCE I have ever had with women. Anybody else have seen these f~~~ing Varmint anywhere else, since this vermin is not gender restricted?

Your not alone there ANG, My ex would do exactly the same thing, not just about weight, but which phone to buy, how to deal with problem people, you name it she asked me, I’d give her my advice, and she would promptly igonore it. Without fail she would eventually get the same advice from someone else and follow it, when I would ask her why she finally chose to follow my advice, I would get the old “not yours, so an so’s advice”. eventually  just stopped giving the advice.

she asked for her friends for help. Who gave her the same recommendation as I did. Then having the brain capacity of a toothbrush, she has the nerve to ask me “Why didn’t you say this is what I needed?” F~~~ This. F~~~ WOMEN. I swear to god, and I don’t take his name in vain, this is every F~~~ING EXPERIENCE I have ever had with women. Anybody else have seen these f~~~ing Varmint anywhere else, since this vermin is not gender restricted?

Your not alone there ANG, My ex would do exactly the same thing, not just about weight, but which phone to buy, how to deal with problem people, you name it she asked me, I’d give her my advice, and she would promptly ignore it. Without fail she would eventually get the same advice from someone else and follow it, when I would ask her why she finally chose to follow my advice, I would get the old “not yours, so an so’s advice”. eventually  just stopped giving the advice.

The “Opinion Shopper” routine is the most irksome and usually occurs in situations where there are multiple options.

XXer: “Fang, should I buy a, b, c, or d?”

Fang: “C is the most reasonable choice.”

XXer on phone to mom: “Mom, should I buy a, b, c, or d?”

XXer on phone to sister: “Sis, should I buy….”

In this scenario, she already knew exactly which one she wanted, and she will continue to call people until she gets the answer that supports her already determined decision, even though her choice might be the worst one for her.

The next scenario is the “Anybody But You” routine. She really don’t know what she wants so she asks you. You tell her “a.” She gets on the phone to mom who concurs with your decision of “a.” So she gets the tuskless mastodon that is her best friend on the phone and is again told “a.” Does everyone see where this is going? She will continue to contact her hive mates until she hears an opinion different from yours even though your input is the appropriate answer.

The next scene is the “Why didn’t you tell me?” routine. XXer asks for input and you tell her “a.” A day or two goes by and she asks you again. Same response. She calls for advice. Another day goes by and she lets it be known she called someone else for advice. Finally she will make the purchase or otherwise close the deal and then tell you “You know I really could have used your input!”

Also realize that this can end in disaster! Shoes on sale, she can’t decide on the color. You give her your input. A few days later she asks for your opinion again and you give it to her. Of course she’s waiting for you to tell her to buy both pair. When she finally goes to buy the shoes, one color is sold out in her size. It doesn’t matter which one, it is now your fault that she didn’t get the ones she really wanted.

You know, even writing about this seems almost degrading. Well, to lower oneself that far into the chasm of stupidity that is female really is degrading so I suppose I shouldn’t complain. My bad.