Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?
(I am so surprised this song didn't make it into
Joker 2019 somewhere)
She doesn't want to choose the restaurant. She wants
you to choose the restaurant.
Don't say "We are going to X," in most cases that is too demanding. "Does X sound good?" That is the best of both worlds. You are taking charge, but she you are not ordering her around.
Lets say she says no. Then she turns down Y and Z, and that point it is now time to lay down the law. That's when you start making macoroni and cheese or a peanut butter jelly sandwich or whatever quick and easy food you have on standby at home.
Stand your ground. If she doesn't immediately come up with a reasonable restaurant. Eat your sandwich and go to bed. The next time you say "Does X sound good?" I bet you'll get a different response.
The same goes for "What do you want to do tonight?" If she won't suggest an activity and she turns down three suggestions you make, start doing something by yourself.
Of course I'm single, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but most of my friends are coupled and I noticed that the relationships where the man gently takes charge tend to be longer lasting than those that do not.
As funny as it is to post "Women are weird" memes, most dilemas like this are pretty easy to understand. You might not like the answer, but the answer is there.
the poorly phrased joke was the Roman and Greek tradition of calling Germanic languages barbarian
I think there was also a reference to them bleating like sheep. Probably some poor beastiality jokes, it's amazing how common it is around the world and throughout history of people accusing the Other Guys of doing that.
