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The Mancode: Exposed The Mancode: Exposed by Rachel Thompson
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“not telling us and thinking they have, which is a trait I refer to as Manesia).”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“See, he’d be different from RENT-A-HUSBAND ‘cause he’d be there to cater to my physical needs (if you’ve ever lived with a woman, you know that chocolate counts as a physical need), like sore muscles and stress. Whereas, the rental husband is more like the Honey-Do guy, who grocery shops and fixes stuff.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“Men are fixers. They see women crying so they bring in their toolbox and follow Steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 to make it better. Yet they can’t understand why there are no directions on the Internet for Dealing with a Crying Female and even if there were, why they’re not working, dammit! And, finally, why scratching their balls while staring at us helplessly isn’t helping matters.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“But here’s my secret, what I think has gotten my husband and I through over twenty years, my sister through almost thirty, and my folks through almost over fifty: humor. We laugh at ourselves, each other, at pretty much everything.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“The flowers your sweet, thoughtful man bought for you have not only died but are now covered in fruit flies. Fruit flies? They’re not fruit. They’re flowers. What the hell? This whole “flowers are romantic” thing is bullshit. Who came up with this stuff? You buy them, they die.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“If you like biking or running, food or movies, bare-naked horseback riding while listening to Phil Collins (questionable, but I knew someone who knew someone),”
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“It’s also where I keep my secret stash of milk chocolate bars that nobody knows about.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“Well, don’t forget the flowers.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“Manesia! (Ya know, where they swore they told you something they never told you—which”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed
“How do we make the lime in the coconut happy?”
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“poor Andy Dick.”
Rachel Thompson, The Mancode: Exposed