What's the funniest experience of mansplaining you have experienced

[bjjgirl]

Please to help me keep my sanity and give me some light relief can you tell me the best examples of mansplaining you have experienced?

I have had a long day of this at work and it's just exhausting

I briefly dated an idiot at uni who had all sorts of ridiculous outdated notions about women and relationships, most of which had come from his upbringing and culture but he was very entrenched in them and an arch mansplainer who would regularly tell me what I thought, what I felt, and what my motivations were for doing certain things. (He was never right.)

The most entertaining example was when he told me women only ever wear short skirts to attract a man. When I told him that I sometimes wore short skirts to female-only gatherings in someone's house i.e. no men anywhere in the picture, he sagely informed me that I did that 'in case I saw a man on the way there.'

He was completely incapable of understanding that women could do or think anything that wasn't connected to men in some way. I often wonder how he has fared in relationships over the years.

When DD was born, she had a nasty nappy rash that wouldn't go down with sudocreme or Vaseline. I took her to the local chemist since the doctors were busy with lockdown 1. An older man in there (whilst showing a lovely chemist my daughter's bum) poked his nose in and told me I should be using sudocreme, it's the only thing available, and I should know that.

I came away with metanium, emolient, and a dear wish to smack him.

And the bl**dy plumbers who refused to listen to me when they turned up to give me a quote. Even through I clearly explained exactly what we needed done ( especially as this was the third plumber and it was my idea to make the changes so I knew exactly what we needed) and he came back an hour later when my DH got home from the school run !

27 years ago I purchased a very pale stone coloured carpet from the carpet department at John Lewis. The man selling it to me refused to accept the order until I had permission from my husband because, as he explained, it was a really impractical carpet because it was such a pale coulour, and it was also one of their most expensive. Once the order had been placed there would be no opportunity to change it and he wasn't prepared to face an angry husband furious that his wife had been permitted to purchase such an expensive mistake. I didn't have a husband. He seemed to find that difficult to get his head around.

My 15 year old son mansplaining mansplaining. Apparently I dont know what it is and he had to tell me.

@MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig

I had a lovely elderly gentleman enthusiastically congratulate me on my superb reverse parking. I’m not sure whether he was genuinely pleased to see it done so well or surprised that it was done by a woman. He was so sweet that I just said thanks.

I do that I admire good parking. I love seeing a car manoeuvred confidently, accurately and efficiently into a space. There's something so satisfying about it. And I have commented from time to time if I happen to be within speaking distance when the driver gets out - to both men and women. (I'm a woman)

I have a couple of fabulous memories:

1. The man in a DIY store, (when I went to buy a replacement thermostat and timer for my immersion heater) very carefully pointing his pen under the words on the back of the packaging and reading them to me. (For information, I can actually read for myself, it added nothing to my experience and didn't inform me any further.)

2. Dd2 and I visited a well-known GAMEing shop so I could buy a refurbished iPhone....
   We were treated to a male member of staff telling us (when I enquired about would all of my contacts etc be transferred) that yes, they would, through the power of THE CLOUD, complete with overhead gestures. We both struggled to contain ourselves at how absurd it was.
   As it turns out, the contacts didn't transfer, so I sorted it out myself.

Some people can't contain themselves, I suppose!

@PyongyangKipperbang

My 15 year old son mansplaining mansplaining. Apparently I dont know what it is and he had to tell me.

I think we have a winner.

These medical ones are absolutely fucking horrendous 😳

My FIL has many, many (unflattering) opinions about the sector I work in. I've worked in it for twenty years. He has never worked in it. Obviously he's still allowed his views, but why would he think he knows more than I do about how that sector works?

Recently I bought a garden shredder secondhand, from an elderly couple. The man told me how to get it to my car, said I'd need to put the seats down and when we got to my car, he fucking put the seats down for me even though I told him I'd rather do it myself.

On lifting the thing in, he commented on how heavy it was and said "I hope you have a strong man at home to help you get it out again!"

I was annoyed by this time so I breezily said "No, I have a strong woman though!" just to hear him splutter. Which he did. Quite a bit. I do actually have a DH rather than a DW, but fuck him and his patronising assumptions.

The best bit was, his wife was there throughout and she kept pointing out when he was saying something stupid, or contradicting something he'd said ten seconds beforehand, or telling her off because she'd done the exact thing he'd just asked her to do.

I concluded that she was selling the shredder in order to eliminate the understandable temptation to put him through the damn thing, piece by piece.

DH rang an ambulance and based on symptoms alone A&E provisionally diagnosed retained placenta within minutes of me arriving there, confirmed by a scan around ten minutes after that. Mr Mansplainer caused a delay that led to sepsis, secondary haemorrhage, ten days in hospital, and a raging case of PTSD. Cunt.

@BlatantlyNameChanged I'm speechless! That's absolutely appalling. Did you complain? I think I'd have had to be deterred from suing the hospital!!

Had a consultant gynaecologist tell me about csections and that they’re not so bad.
I’d already had 2 and he hadn’t read my notes properly.

Don't know if it's mansplaining as such, but I had a serious wtf moment during a practice coaching session recently. We were working in small groups, practicing careful questioning, listening and asking more questions to help our subject find their own resolution. There was a coach, coachee and observer for each session.

I spoke at length about my issue, delved into some solutions with my (female) trainee coach and felt quite good about moving forward. I had been having minor panic attacks that were getting worse and was genuinely worried about how to cope with this situation.

When our male peer gave his observations on the session, he told me that in his opinion, the issue I described in detail wasn't actually the real issue and there was something else stressing me out. I was actually gobsmacked. And said very directly that he was wrong, and no matter what he thought about this issue (with zero experience of it) it was genuinely very challenging for me.

He has since said he could see himself moving into a coaching career - I'm

“MostTacticalNameChange”

What a horrific experience. What arrogance -and evident stupidity-on the part of that surgeon.

I have a PhD in philosophy. I was at a dinner party speaking to a guy who has a BA in history. He has never studied philosophy in his life. He was interested in my thesis, so asked what it was about. I told him. He then proceeded, on the basis of first principles, to explain my own thesis to me. Literally, he launched into "So I imagine you said this and this, and this...and you must have included this." When I told him that I hadn't included his points he frowned and said "Your thesis really doesn't seem that interesting or controversial to me, then. It's trivial." I then thanked him for saying it seemed so intuitive, because I disagree with 99% of philosophers in my field and my ideas are seen as a bit out there. I was more amused than anything, but it was extraordinary.The hubris of that guy was seriously impressive.

@AmandaHoldensLips

Male doctor explaining to me how I shouldn't be in pain 24 hrs after c-section because c-sections are not particularly painful.

I mean, what the FUCK? I can only begin to imagine the depths of his arseholeness and wankery.

He must be a complete idiot if he thinks they are not that painful. Makes you wonder if he understands it involves, or does he think any other major operation isn't painful either.

@MonkeyPuddle

DP recently went for his covid jab, he was telling all about it ‘they give it in the deltoid muscle, did you know that?’

I’m a bloody covid vaccinator and have given thousands of immunisations over the years.

That is truly awful! Can you come home with huge ,long needles - tell him after talking to him you realise you need some more practice and ask him to till up his sleeve.

A man I was interviewing who I used to work with claimed credit for one of my projects.

A car dealership one. I am the one handling money in our marriage and I am better with people so asking questions and negotiating. We went to a local Scoda showroom, they suggested a car and I mentioned to the salesperson that it was a bit out of our price range and so it would depend on if he could offer a good deal. He said "absolutely, we have many options" and gave me the breakdown which basically came to paying £20k over 4 years and then handing the car back. The cash price was £25k. I repeated to him the figures he had just given me and asked how on Earth could this HP be seen as a good or even a reasonable deal. He wasn't sure what to answer and then mumbled "but you are getting the car for 4 years, and the service is included". Yes, when for 5k more I could actually own it. Did he think I was stupid or do people actually go for it?

Following our visit, he would call back, several times, each times on my husband's number and asked him whether we "had any further thoughts about the car". DH had barely opened his mouth when we were in that dealership.

A few years ago DH & I decided to have a conservatory built, fairly large with much variety possible as the site is pretty flexible.
DH hates dealing with sales, so I contacted 10 different companies, large, small, national, local, etc, to come and measure up, give suggestions and quote.
A few asked if DH would be joining us, assuming he existed, but Everest were particularly stellar, initially refused to make an appointment until I could guarantee he'd be here.
So I made appointment, then when they arrived and he wasn't here, they VERY reluctantly continued with the appointment but refused to send a quote afterwards.

Their 25k loss

I’m an ICU dr. Very very common for male relatives to explain medicine to me. Or the nature of injuries. Quite often with a side-serving of ‘my cousin works in health and suggests xyz nonsense’ which usually ends with the revelation that the cousin is a chiropractor or holds a first aid certificate.

They tend to request second opinions too, and then third opinions if the second opinion is a fellow female dr.

At a board meeting recently and was incorrectly mansplained the premise of standard accounting practices and amortisation by a director.
He then suggested that I'm wrong and we should change our financial management to fit our partner, who doesn't recognise standard accounting practices and not the ATO (Australia) and our auditors. This would also cost the company $1000's extra each half year in audit and accounting costs and the auditors also follow standard accounting practices.
I'm the Finance Manager.

Unspectacular but memorable one.
A special subjects trainer spent quite a bit of time at our first session recommending we (I was the only woman present) be careful at initial meetings as 'you meet all types' and there are some 'old fashioned men' out there. I smiled tightly; I am not young and did he think I needed him to tell me that? At the first break he commented on the sunny deep window full of my collection of plants. Who's the gardener here? Oh they're mine there's so much sun here it would be a shame to waste it. THEN he told me...in his training voice...those are SUCCULENTS. They do great in sun, and don't need much water at all. I couldn't say what I thought because we had two more days of training with him and I was brought up to be kind to fools.

A male student Physio who came to me for the day to find out more about my job roll, proceeded to tell me all about Paediatric postural management. I looked at him as he clapped on then asked him if he was quite finished! Its been my speciality since 2011.

Not so much a mansplain as a patronising git. Was on a work course, the only woman in the room, and to illustrate a point about marketing, the male instructor was using the example of magazine subscriptions and asked me did I perhaps subscribe to Cosmopolitan or Good Housekeeping. “No,” I said. “But I do read The Economist every week.”

In 1992 we bought our first flat and went to the building society for a mortgage. I'd been working part time whilst at school and college and had always saved, my DH, whilst not a huge spender, never saved. I'd done the graft of saving a deposit over years and years and wanted to put as much into the property as possible. I left home at 18, managed my own rent and bought second hand furniture. I'd also done a lot of research into the best mortgage deals etc and earned slightly more than DH.

Male mortgage advisor directs all the technical info to DH, completely ignoring me until he turns to me and says "Now it's better put your money into the deposit rather than spending it on new carpets and curtains which is just a waste of money."

Nearly 30 years later if we meet a mansplainer, DH or I will declare "Mortgage advisor!"