My boys will do things to annoy the heck out of me. Just the everyday nonsense and I’ll get mad. They seem to shrug off my anger but the few times my husband and I have told them we were disappointed in their behavior, they just went to pieces. Though it is not politically correct, I believe in the boys will be boys mindset, they are going to do things and behave sometimes in ways a girl never will. I grew up with brothers so my boy tolerance is high. I think my boys would throw themselves under the bus than to outright disappoint us.
I would like to add one thing, my children know they are loved and they are blessed to have so many fine male role models involved in their lives, so I think that probably makes it easier. Unfortunately all of these super smart scientists now think that fathers and men are irrelevent.
I think most honest people will admit that there are some significant differences between boys and girls. Some are good, some not so good.
I say vive le difference...it is part of what makes us so interesting to each other.