oh yes. this is me

haha. i pout for my boyfriend sometimes to get what I want. Or if we're wrestling and he kinda hurts me, I pout so that he showers me with kisses and cuddles me to make me feel better

That was a terrible article! All they ever do is talk down to women... If anyone threw the tantrums in my last relationship it was him! It was scary to watch a big child throw a huge fit. Guess I'm searching for a partner who acts more like an adult and doesn't carry any of these child-like traits around with him.

I read that article on Askmen too, and I thought it painted a really nasty picture of girls. As if every tear we shed is meant to manipulate our men!

I genuinely pout and cry with my boyfriend, but it's only to ask for his undivided attention, not to 'get something I want' (like getting something in materials, getting him to do something etc.)

Not a fan of baby-talk though; sounds unsexy.

I'm with Lovely. I will occasionally pout and purse my lips to my boyfriend so that I can get what I want. But, not every single tear is meant to manipulate.

oh yea definatly not every one!

My bf thinks it's cute anyways, as long as I don't ALWAYS do it

Wow. Do any grown women actually act like that (as portrayed in the article)? That really sounds as if it were written about high schoolers, not adults.
Makes me glad to be a grown-up in a grown-up relationship. I wouldn't put up with that behavior from a partner or a friend.

I'm with Lovely too, but usually when I act like a child it's because I'm joking around or throwing a fake tantrum. My husband knows I'm joking around and he'll make some sarcastic comment about me being a baby, we stick our tongues out at each other and we laugh and move on! We're big kids at heart and we play like kids sometimes!

I think my boyfriend has more tantrums than I do. I do get quiet sometimes when I'm mad, but not to manipulate, only to think of what I say before I say something I'll regret (I wish he did that sometimes!). I definitely don't cry to get what I want, and I do NOT do the baby talk!

Also I thought that article was horrible! (1) I have never met anyone who acts like that, and (2) there's no way you can "change" anyone who acts that way!

If I'm pouting I'm joking around with him. He's a good guy and I usually get what I want anyway.

ha! I am so immature its not even funny. It would take forever to list all of the childlike things I do on here. I am more or less still a baby.

no....i just go straight for the sex if i want something......

Geesh, I didn't exhibit any of those bratty behaviors as a child, let alone now!

I definitely pout. I can't help it.

I'm most definitely a pouter, it works like a charm

I would hope that if I did any of this I would get slapped in the face!

I may have to try the pouting thing. I don't think I ever do that! I usually always give him "the eye" or I playfully punch him if I'm acting childish. I usually just try to act "super adorable" and give him the "puppy eyes" if I'm trying to get away with something, though!

I am a pouter and a crier. The crying part isn't to manipulate him, but I just get so frustrated I can't control it. The pouting doesn't work... crying does. Probably because he knows it is real and not a manipulation tactic.

I think the only childlike antics I do are getting cranky when I'm sleepy or hungry.

Oh and I found puppy dog eyes only work on men I'm not dating. Not sure why...

I do sometimes, but in a totally joking way. Like if I'm not getting my way I will playfully stamp my foot, or stick out my bottom lip and bat my lashes. I dont think Ive thrown a serious tantrum since I was 4....I usually dont have to do this with him though, becuase I almost always get my way anyway. We were out for my sisters birthday a few weekends ago. We were at a club and all the girls were dancing and we didnt want to stop so he kept going to the bar to get drinks for everyone. One of my sisters friends came up to me and was like "Hes so cute, how do you get him to do whatever you want!?" It wasnt until then that I realized that I really do get my way alot.

No..... I can get whatever I want by acting like an adult without the kiddie tactics.

My husband pouts and tantrums more than anyone I have ever met. If he doesn't get his way, he can make my life hell. Then I guilt trip him for ruining the entire day!

My avatar is My Little Pony. Do you think I indulge in child-like behavior? You bet.

I certainly have a child-like side. It's ONE of my sides. It's also the side that has remained innocent and optimistic. It's where I draw a lot of positive-thinking, and the reason I believe, I'm quick to smile.

I try to keep the good parts of the child-like side. The negative parts such as tantrum-throwing, self-absorption, etc, I deliberately matured. I just kept (and nurtured) the good parts.

I do end up pouting sometimes, but it's not a strategy; it's usually because he a) has said something so bad to me that I can't think of a rational way to tell him what's wrong (all I want to do is explode on him!), and am just trying to stay quiet until I can calm down, or b) we are in front of other people, and it would be really inappropriate for me to tell him how I feel about it at that moment. I NEVER cancel plans or "refuse to leave the house" as a way to "manipulate" him. And when he is angry at me and I do start crying, it's usually because I can see things from his perspective at that point and feel so bad about what I did that the tears just come, and it's not like I don't try to stop them. It's not some deliberate "manipulation tactic". Dear God! I feel so bad for any man who actually has someone that acts like that, if they exist. That article painted a terrible picture of women. I'm concerned for any guy who reads it, seriously. It's gonna terribly warp his perception of us.

"Women, like children, use tantrums to get their way"

LMAO.

My boyfriend acts more like a child then I ever have in our relationship.

Who ever wrote that is an idiot.

That article was the stupidest thing I have ever read. But I guess the thing I do is just be stubborn? I don't really pout or cry just to 'get my way'.

The article is so not true. The person who wrote the article should be shot, or maybe it was from a personal experience?

Yeah, well, I'm guilty of pouting and I'm not even going to try defend myself because I know he always give in to me, with or without pouting. Baby talk is just such a turn-off though. I would never do that.

I currently have no interest in reading articles from that site. They're usually degrading toward women and virtually always condescending. Some featured writers barely even attempt to mask their misogyny.

To be frank, most of the columnists I've read from that site kinda seem like losers. (Maybe *that's* why they have problems with women!)

**I have poor grammar in the previous post. Hope it didn't make your eyes twitch too badly.**

Jude! Yes, I get cranky when I'm sleepy or hungry. Lol. Other than that, I might pout. It's the one thing I actually didn't start doing until I got older b/c I didn't as a kid so I do it when I really want attention. No pouting for anything materialist.

Oh and baby talk is reserved for BABIES! Yeah, I think any guys I have dated or will date wouldn't have or won't put up with that lol. Besides, I think that's weird.

My husband will do most things I ask him to do so I don't usually have to revert to acting like a brat. Sometimes I do tell him to do something when I'd rather he not and then look sad but it's because I know he'd rather spend time doing that than spend time with me. Sometimes he picks me.

i like to think that i don't have any of those tendancies - at least not with my fiance. i think that with my mom i do try to do some of those things and it's still somewhat successful. we should also try to grow up and be more mature about the tactics that we use to get the things that we want.

This article is so stupid... It tells men that if they're angry at the girl, and she starts crying, she's just doing it to make him feel bad, and he shouldn't apologize for making her cry.

Wtf, I'm a very sensitive person, and can cry easily, not because I'm "acting" but because my feelings are easily hurt, ESPECIALLY if I'm on my week.

If a man treated me like that, they'd be out of my life.

I wonder if the author of the article even has a girlfriend.