Why are women the worst storytellers?

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

 

[ChicagoTiger85]

There's that, and then if you actually know what happened in the story they're telling, there's all the stuff that's only true in an impressionistic way.

 

[Jwilliamsiii]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

Agreed. And tell Mary Frances I said hello.

 

[chassc]

They’re really bad at a lot of stuff. Telling stories is certainly one of them.

 

[SDTiger9]

They don’t read the room well. Cannot tell a 15min story in the required 2 or 5min options.

 

[JTJohnston]

 

[iceheart08]

My wife gets paid a lot of money as a writer, telling stories. But if she sits down to tell me a story, you better believe it's going to take her 20 minutes to tell me that the dog peed on someones foot.

 

[athigpe]

My little sister is especially horrible at storytelling, but, to her credit, she is pretty self aware. So a couple of years ago we told her she’s an awful storyteller, and now it’s hysterical seeing her start a story, realize she’s bombing, and then abort. We all die laughing and call it an Annie story.

 

[Hammerdawg.NEAR]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

My late grandmother’s name is Mary Frances, watch yo mouf

 

[Hammerdawg.NEAR]

Agreed. And tell Mary Frances I said hello.

Bout to fill this whole ass room full of uppercut

 

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

My late grandmother’s name is Mary Frances, watch yo mouf

Sorry my friend. Im sure she told rousing tales of her traverses to and fro at the grocery store.

 

[clemsonu0219]

Y’all remember Borat (original) going to the Feminists in New York City and telling them women have smaller brains? 😂

 

[southerncaltiger]

“Babe, please land the plane.”

 

[TigerDentGuy]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

Wow you nailed this. My wife is the absolute worst. About 2 minutes in to her story that needed 18 seconds tops to spit out. I always say babe this story is lame. You lost everyone’s attention about 30 seconds in.

make your points….. boom boom boom start middle end. 30 seconds.

 

[Hammerdawg.NEAR]

Y’all remember Borat (original) going to the Feminists in New York City and telling them women have smaller brains? 😂

One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history IMO

 

[clemsontiger02]

It's the unnecessary details.

Time. Suck.

 

[Cabotiger]

 

[Cabotiger]

 

[Esso Porch]

When my wife starts a story in front of a group of people, she talks for 30 seconds, looks at me and says “you tell it better than me, go ahead”

 

[TMcGrady1]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

They love reading articles word for word in the car for example…..instead of just a quick summary of what the article was about.

 

[Clem'sSon]

Okay, this would qualify as my perfect response to this question.

The inability to stay on topic, to not give me the back-story of everyone involved etc., drives me nuts when my wife (who I love dearly) launches into one of her thirty minute dissertations that should take two minutes.......tops.

 

[BHSRebels89]

My wife sometimes says “to make a long story short” and I have to say “honey, it’s already long.”

 

[harristeeter]

I laughed........

 

[Overwatch]

Well, in general, they lack wit and imagination. Not all, mind you, but most in my experience.

They make up for it in other ways: for example, with their reasoning skills and common sense. Not to mention they are handy navigators.

 

[JRBB]

I don’t mind when my wife tells stories. She’s actually pretty good at it.

It’s when she interrupts one of MY stories to set the facts straight…….


I mean I got ‘em right where I want em an she’s all “that’s not how it happened.”

If I wasn’t sleeping with her on the regular, I’d have to cut a bitch.

 

[okclem]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

Okay, here's one I will agree with you on 100%. And I know the answer too. Women think that a story must include every single, minute detail of what happened. Imo it's a technicality they've figured out...how to shoehorn another 500,000 words into their goddamn daily quota of spoken words.

 

[SMS]

Whenever I ask my wife a question I have to remind her 30 seconds into her answer that I asked her what time it is, not how to make a clock.

 

[castlesl]

They love reading articles word for word in the car for example…..instead of just a quick summary of what the article was about.

So True.

 

[purple2]

I don’t mind when my wife tells stories. She’s actually pretty good at it.

It’s when she interrupts one of MY stories to set the facts straight…….


I mean I got ‘em right where I want em an she’s all “that’s not how it happened.”

If I wasn’t sleeping with her on the regular, I’d have to cut a bitch.

 

[stigers91]

SQUIRREL

 

[hillf02]

 

[CUFam98]

I figure if she’s telling a story then I’m not expected to respond. Since I’m not listening anyway it’s almost like 20 minutes of silence.

 

[EarlyBombs]

Or is it just the women around me in my work and family life?

Good Lord Mary Frances, get to the point, and stop talking. Stop asking questions and adding unnecessary context in the middle.

Every time you reference your wife, I get closer to believing she is also my wife.

 

[SMS]

I figure if she’s telling a story then I’m not expected to respond. Since I’m not listening anyway it’s almost like 20 minutes of silence.

I love when they ask, “Are you listening?”

 

[yaden2007]

I have a theory. Women are bad story tellers because they don’t have to good at that kind of stuff. You’ll notice there aren’t a lot of good female comics either

Men need to be funny and good story tellers to attract women. We need to be interesting and entertaining. For a woman to attract a man she just needs to be female. Men are simple creatures. If a woman is pretty, the rest is just a bonus

 

[harristeeter]

I have a theory. Women are bad story tellers because they don’t have to good at that kind of stuff. You’ll notice there aren’t a lot of good female comics either

Men need to be funny and good story tellers to attract women. We need to be interesting and entertaining. For a woman to attract a man she just needs to be female. Men are simple creatures. If a woman is pretty, the rest is just a bonus

.........This.........

Saw a video the other day and it was spot on. Voice said "for a man to win a woman, he has to:
love her, tell her how pretty she is, wine her, dine her, go to the end of the world for her, talk with her, walk with her, write to her, do things for her, buy her things, listen to her" There were more.....

For a woman to win a man:

"Show up naked and bring food"