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A woman talks down to a man like he’s a confused toddler who just spilled pudding on his shoes.
'You don’t even know what a verb is,' she said, like I had never taken a math test in my life.
'I’m explaining this to you like you’re in third grade,' he muttered, still wearing his pajamas at 10 a. m.
She gave me a look like I’d just asked her how to tie her shoes and she had to explain it to me again.
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When a woman gives a man a lesson he didn’t ask for, just because he looked confused.
‘You didn’t even read the instructions,’ she said, like I was a kid who forgot how to tie his shoes.
He asked for directions, and she turned it into a five-minute lecture on why he should’ve known where he was going.
She explained the plot of the movie like I’d never seen a movie before.
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A woman tries to make a man feel dumb by explaining things he already knew, just because she’s trying to feel superior.
‘I’m explaining this to you like you’re a kindergartener who just got a sticker,’ she said, while I was already halfway done with my coffee.
He asked a question, and she turned it into a full-blown rant about why he was so clueless.
She explained the difference between ‘they’re’ and ‘there’ like I had never been to school.
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A woman talks to a man like he’s a lost puppy who just got hit by a car, and she’s trying to fix him.
‘You didn’t even understand the basics,’ she said, like I’d never taken a math class in my life.
He asked for help, and she turned it into a ten-minute speech on why he was so clueless.
She explained the plot of the movie like he had never watched a movie before.
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When a woman explains something so basic, it’s like she’s trying to teach a baby how to walk.
‘You didn’t even get the first part,’ she said, like I had never taken a single class in my life.
He asked a simple question, and she turned it into a full-blown lecture on why he was so clueless.
She explained the difference between ‘their’ and ‘there’ like I was a kindergartener who just got a sticker.
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