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10 Things ALL Guys Do But Won’t Admit

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Ten habits men swear they don’t have — until TheThings puts them on the list.

TheThings Celebrity’s YouTube channel has built a whole series around one simple bit: calling out the stuff people do in private and pretending they don’t. Their video “10 Things ALL Guys Do But Won’t Admit” turns that bit on men specifically, running through ten small, relatable confessions that most guys will recognize in themselves even as they deny it to anyone asking. It’s not an exposé — it’s a rundown of the quiet, low-stakes habits that never make it into a first-date conversation.

• The video counts down ten specific habits men rarely admit to, from checking their reflection in store windows to manscaping in private.
• It’s part of TheThings’ recurring gender-listicle format, sitting alongside companion videos like “10 Things ALL Girls Do But Won’t Admit” and “10 Things Guys WISH Girls Knew.”
• The list frames modern masculinity as more flexible than the stereotype suggests — grooming, emotional openness, and vanity show up as common, even if peer pressure keeps guys quiet about them.

The Vanity Nobody Owns Up To

The countdown opens on something almost everyone’s caught a friend doing: sneaking a glance at their own reflection in a store window or a mirror while walking by. TheThings frames it as universal — “no matter how modest they may seem,” every guy checks himself out at some point. The list also calls out how long men actually spend getting dressed, despite performing indifference about their outfits, and closes out the grooming category with manscaping, the trimming and shaving habits guys keep quiet about even from close friends.

None of these are treated as embarrassing so much as inevitable. The throughline is that self-care and self-image, long coded as “girly” concerns, have quietly become part of how men present themselves without anyone announcing it.

The Softer Side Men Hide

Crying makes the list too, and TheThings doesn’t dodge the social pressure behind it — men do cry, the video notes, just typically alone or in front of close family rather than in public, because “societal norms have led men to think shedding tears is a sign of weakness.” The same goes for secretly watching romantic comedies or teen dramas, a habit guys will binge through privately but rarely cop to at a bar. Thinking obsessively about a crush rounds out this half of the list, painted as something every guy does far more than he lets on.

Guys cry, but typically only when they’re alone or around close family and friends — and unfortunately, societal norms have led men to think shedding tears is a sign of weakness.

The Competitive and Social Instincts

The back half of the countdown turns to social behavior. Men compete with other men constantly — sports, work, or otherwise — but avoid admitting it outright so they don’t come across as arrogant. Pretending to know the answer to everything in a group setting gets its own entry, chalked up to a need for respect rather than actual expertise. And then there’s the habit of quietly following an ex-girlfriend’s social media long after a breakup, which the video insists isn’t always about jealousy; sometimes it’s just curiosity, the same instinct that fuels public fascination with any messy relationship history, the kind fans still pore over in Inside Megan Fox’s Relationship History.

Even the less flattering entries — the discreet scratch or adjustment guys will do only when no one’s watching — get treated the same way as everything else on the list: normal, common, and rarely admitted out loud. It’s a reminder that the gap between how men present themselves and what they actually do in private is smaller and sillier than the stereotypes suggest, not unlike the disconnect explored in Musicians That Are Nothing Like They Seem.

TheThings built this format to run both directions — the guys list pairs directly with “10 Things ALL Girls Do But Won’t Admit,” and neither one lets its subject off easy. If the pattern holds, the next installment in the series just flips the lens back around and makes someone else squirm.