those women do

We understand that men don't always completely follow us when we look at the list below. We remain fun, but also strange beings.

Music softer when reversing

Bet you do it too? You just have nice Sublime FM or for my part Nick & Simon playing, but the moment you start reversing to park, you turn it down. Men don't understand anything about it. I find this super logical. Boom is ho, remember?

Making a different face in the mirror

We usually only notice it when we see our friends looking next to us in the mirror. They suddenly look very different. Chin goes forward, nose in the air, eyes are raised, and in a nanosecond the ‘situation face’ is checked. And then suddenly you see, I'm doing exactly the same.

No supplies (especially tampons)

Men stock up big time. Twenty tubes of toothpaste (because they're on sale), we find it a hassle. First of all, our tidy cabinets suddenly become overcrowded, and secondly, it can all be on sale, you still spend much more money than you would otherwise during this shopping round. And that affects your shopping budget negatively again. Not a good idea.

So we don't do it, resulting in a constant screaming tampon shortage. For us in the editorial office, this is a pressing problem every month. Decisive Jet now has a Chanel bag filled with OBs, but I'm holding my breath for the moment that runs out. Then we start all over again.

Moving your hand back and forth while blow-drying

What it is, is what it is, but we always semi-professionally wiggle our hand back and forth with the hairdryer while drying our hair. Why? No one knows.

Never have a charger on hand

The first question when I arrive at the editorial office: “Does anyone have a charger?” And every day the answer is; ‘no.’ A good intern sometimes manages to pull one out, but that's never enough to supply us all. Luckily, our men's department is nearby because there’s a neat extra cord on every desk. We really can't do without you.

Acrobatics on the scale

A bit of a man just steps on the scale scale and rounds the result up. We first have to pee, have dry hair, remove rings and tampons, and we all have our stepping ritual (I always hang on the bathroom cabinet above me first and only let go at the last moment) which best influences the outcome.

Not ordering dessert, but spooning from someone else's plate

Also something like that. “No, I don't need it, just give me a mint tea.” To continue with: “Well, alright, just a bite then.” After which we empty all the surrounding plates. And the next day be angry at that scale because we didn't have dessert, right?

Is there a doctor in the house?