4 Simple Things Men I Know Wish More Women Understood
#3 — they hate the term “alpha male.”
Her dad invited them up to his cabin that weekend to watch the game. He didn’t want to go. She made him. She cracked jokes in the car. “Sometimes I can’t believe you’re a guy.”
“At least I’m driving,” he said. “Is this going to take all night? Because I have a ton of work to do.”
“Just relax,” she said. “Have a few beers.”
“So many calories…”
My friend didn’t have a good time. His girlfriend and her dad spent the entire night making fun of him. He didn’t understand the first thing about football, except maybe what the word “touchdown” meant. A few beers in, her dad challenged him to a pull-up contest.
My friend won. He could do 12.
Her dad laughed. “Well, you’re not a complete wimp.”
As you can imagine, that relationship only lasted about nine months. He dumped her, mainly because she kept pressuring him to perform a persona that didn’t suit him. There was a constant state of tension and discomfort that permeated their time together. He couldn’t articulate any of this until years later, but he was feeling something women are all too familiar with — the pressure to conform to gender stereotypes. Low and behold, it…
