5 Lies Women Tell Men | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Friday Field Notes, Ryan dives into five common phrases women say that often don't match what they actually mean. This isn't about deception or manipulation - it's about understanding human nature, attraction dynamics, emotional safety, and relationship leadership.
If men build relationships on what's said instead of what's actually happening beneath the surface, they risk frustration, confusion, and disconnection.
Ryan breaks down:
- Why "I'm fine" rarely means fine
- The truth behind "He's just a friend"
- Why women don't actually want a "nice guy"
- The myth of the "dad bod" preference
- What's really behind "I don't need a man"
The goal? Stronger relationships, better discernment, and healthier dynamics between men and women.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Why This Conversation Matters
01:00 - Lie #1: "I'm Fine"
05:10 - Lie #2: "He's Just a Friend"
09:58 - Lie #3: "I Want a Nice Guy"
14:39 - Lie #4: "I Like Dad Bods"
17:55 - Lie #5: "I Don't Need a Man"
23:37 - What This Is Really About
25:05 - The Men's Forge Event
26:02 - Final Thoughts & Outro
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| 0:00.0 | He's not just a friend. She may think it's the case. You know better. Have those conversations |
| 0:05.0 | frequently, often. Bring it up before you start getting into serious relationships with a woman. |
| 0:10.0 | And you'll be better off. I promise. In your relationship will be much more likely to survive. |
| 0:14.7 | All right. Number three is I want a nice guy. No, ladies, you don't. You don't want a nice guy. You want a guy who can be nice. |
| 0:25.5 | I'll give you that. You want a guy who can be nice, but you don't want a nice guy. Men, today I want to |
| 0:32.4 | talk with you about five lies that women tell men. Now, I know this one's going to ruffle some feathers, but it's |
| 0:39.3 | important that we talk about the difference between what women often say they want and what they |
| 0:45.7 | actually want. Because if we attempt to build relationships or stabilize relationships, |
| 0:51.5 | based on faulty information, we're bound to do more harm than good. Now, I will say, |
| 0:57.0 | this is not about women being deceptive. This is not about them being malicious in any way. |
| 1:04.1 | This is about human nature. And that's what we're going to talk about today. Oftentimes, |
| 1:08.1 | it's about self-protection and even attraction dynamics. And again, it's important |
| 1:12.9 | that we know this so that we can lead our family as well. We can lead in the relationship. We can have |
| 1:18.1 | good partnerships with the women in our lives. And we need to be honest and accurate and have an |
| 1:24.2 | accurate assessment of what women are thinking, which can be very difficult at times, |
| 1:29.0 | versus what they're saying. So I'm going to jump right into it today. These are the most common |
| 1:34.0 | lies or untruths, if you want to make it a little softer that I often hear from the men |
| 1:42.2 | that I work with when it comes to the relationships they have and |
| 1:45.6 | from women in general. So number one on the list, and this is something that every one of us |
| 1:50.3 | has heard is the famous, I'm fine. I'm fine. What's wrong, babe? Nothing. I'm fine. And you know |
| 1:57.2 | good and well that she isn't fine. But the question is not whether or not she's fine, |
| 2:02.4 | you know, she isn't. The question is, why isn't she telling you what's actually going on? |
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