I also think that's what's made me somewhat off-putting to guys, as well. I don't think that they realize that I think, and expect, more along the lines of another "guy," and they either think I'm playing a game (pretending to understand them, as some female passive-aggressive mindplay) or something else.
Anyhoo... sadly, because I'm not actually a man, there are still some aspects of the masculine mind that baffle me.
So can someone please "translate" for me?
1) Pulling pig tail behavior. Also known as the "Come here, come here, come here.... Get away, get away, get away" tactic... tactic to achieve what? I don't know. What's the deal? Pull the pig tail, disappear, don't explain, but continue the behavior. When directly asked, "what do you want?", you get nothing in return. WHY DO YOU DO THAT? I'm not just venting here, I'd earnestly like to know the answer. Please?
2) Guy and a girl are in a relationship. There is a tremendous amount of love between them, but for various reasons, it can't be. Both parties accept that, so the "elephant in the room" is rarely discussed - particularly by the guy - because everyone knows the answer. So the topic is avoided. No exchange of "I love yous" ever take place. Out of the blue, upon goodbye, guy gives girl a CD, and says, "Listen to this. Now. On your way home." Girl puts in CD, and it is FILLED with love songs, some nearly quoting every thought in her mind, others with what she has suspected he's felt this whole time, but was never voiced. Very moving stuff. Is this somehow a declaration? Or a coincidence and a case of girl trying to read into it? And if girl approaches guy about it, will he bullshit his way out of it or be honest? And, if he bullshits his way out of it, is it because he wanted to say all that, but then realizes his hand was caught in the cookie jar? Or what?
3) Why is it that good guys always feel that they finish last, so they entertain the notion of swinging to the polar opposite, instead of just toughening up a tad bit without venturing into the a-hole arena?
4) Why be ashamed of being a good guy in the first place? And why don't you understand that women are turned on by confidence - and you can be a confident good guy without being cocky?
5) Why is it that you guys, seriously, can never remember to put down the toilet seat?
I'm sure this won't be the last ponderance of male behavior that I'll post, but I had to get that out of my system. Some of these questions have been stuck in my head for years, some for minutes.
2) Guy and a girl are in a relationship. There is a tremendous amount of love between them, but for various reasons, it can't be. Both parties accept that, so the "elephant in the room" is rarely discussed - particularly by the guy - because everyone knows the answer. So the topic is avoided. No exchange of "I love yous" ever take place. Out of the blue, upon goodbye, guy gives girl a CD, and says, "Listen to this. Now. On your way home." Girl puts in CD, and it is FILLED with love songs, some nearly quoting every thought in her mind, others with what she has suspected he's felt this whole time, but was never voiced. Very moving stuff. Is this somehow a declaration? Or a coincidence and a case of girl trying to read into it? And if girl approaches guy about it, will he bullshit his way out of it or be honest? And, if he bullshits his way out of it, is it because he wanted to say all that, but then realizes his hand was caught in the cookie jar? Or what?
3) Why is it that good guys always feel that they finish last, so they entertain the notion of swinging to the polar opposite, instead of just toughening up a tad bit without venturing into the a-hole arena?
4) Why be ashamed of being a good guy in the first place? And why don't you understand that women are turned on by confidence - and you can be a confident good guy without being cocky?
5) Why is it that you guys, seriously, can never remember to put down the toilet seat?
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