Ya see... women always CLAIM they want an honest man... but they just want one that knows when the heck to shut up!
They just test us from time to time...
"Does my butt look big?"
"Do you want to go shopping with me, or just watch the game?"
"Is it OK if my mother stays with us for a month..."
These are the questions that have cornered men for centuries.
As well as the classic... "if you really cared, you'd know why I'm upset"....
As to the whole rub thing... isn't that rube? Not being sarcastic, I just thought it was spelled rube.
My favorite line relating to this is, "Women don't want to hear what you're thinking. They want to hear what THEY'RE thinking, in a deeper voice!"