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Sep 12, 2020 6:25 AM
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worldsokayestspeler
Yeah im a dude and ive definitely been burned by this mistake before, wont make it again
secretoaster
Just need a written and notorized statement of flirtation and intentional sexual innuendo then we can go from there.
DontSayRepeat
Stop being so agressive with 5be friend zone bs....
VivaToblerone
This template always makes me think he's giving himself a weirdly in-depth pep talk
3Davideo
Rule of life: If they aren't picking up on hints, be more obvious. They might just be oblivious.
BuyMeBonestormOrGoToHell
I dunno, either I really am that dense or no women actually send me any signals. Most likely the latter.
valkrez
Y'all still dating organically? That's cool. Cuz online dating solves this....
GlutenfreeBootsInPuss
Or, listen to me, the man is not interested and trying to be nice about it just like women do.
leavingdrunk
Here’s an idea, say what you really mean and stop playing fucking mind games and you don’t have to worry about hints being detected
gargoylenipples
People. Literally just fucking speak to each other.
discitus
no
gargoylenipples
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Dude, its not that easy. There are literally no words to convey the meaning of ”I like you” in an understandable way
gargoylenipples
..."hey. I like you and I'm not great with signals. Do you feel the same way?" Accept if it's no. Saves a lot of stress and pining. Not hard
gargoylenipples
Unless you're being sarcastic in which case lmao
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Yeah sarcastic, though tbh those are some scary words to say ?
P0rkch0psandwiches
She's been texting me "good morning" with smiley faces for the past 2 months & giving me compliments, she's a really nice friend- me
TisIChenoir
Her hints : "I like apples, what about you?
dontrike
Or the man doesn't want to risk reading it wrong and suddenly he's the creep. Been there.
jungleofthesenses
ChickenMcflury
I dont pick up on hints or have any friends.
kaymon
I've said it before: some women pursue men by making themselves "clearly available" in a way that only their girl friends can recognize.
IsupposeIam
Can confirm
NotWelcomehere
We're not a different species. Just talk to each other you numb nuts!
perpetuallyhavinganexistentialcrisis
Am I the only man on Imgur that has no problem understanding social cues or picking up women? No brag, just saying. It's weird.
Ornithocheirus
Most of us are socially stunted and only some of us understand why subtlety is important. Too many men complain about women playing games
Ornithocheirus
but go on to express a desire for life to be more like a fallout RPG with limited and clear responses to set social stimuli.
Ilverus
People advertise themselves as clear and self-assured whether that's true or not. Can you truly blame others for believing a force-fed lie?
BigYellowFish
This. This. This. Yes, I’m picking up what you’re putting down, I’m just choosing to ignore it because the repercussions are too great.
RoboGumbo
Yep. We aren't blind or dumb or emotionally out of touch. We're just not taking that risk. Be more clear with your intentions.
RRRIV
Its kinda sad how this is. If you have a bad read, boom, sexual predator and your rep is gone. Unless shes a Karen, then you go to court
DontCallMeNoKnee
LOL. Don’t you have any moves between doing nothing and sticking your dick in her? Use your words, man.
RRRIV
You dont know me. Assuming makes an ass out of you and me.
Flatian
Either you live in a terrible society or you overestimate the amount of terrible, life-destroying women. From my experience it’s often nr. 2
dannishadow
Why not just say, "Hey, it feels like there's something here?" No one is going to call you a sexual predator for asking a polite question.
RRRIV
Low self confidence/worth tbh. I always feel like I'm too niche or somthing. That and I have the romantic prowess of a potato
RRRIV
Bonus to online dating like tinder and shit making the issues worse. Extra round to covid and social distancing
TheEuphinator
I feel this, but I definitely don't pick up on hints either.
goldensnapper
So how DO you start a relationship then?
RobErtE87
Easy, visit her, sit on the beach together, ask her if it would be a problem if you kissed her, kiss her.
WoTLert
By actually saying what you mean / want / are interested in, instead of giving 'cute' hints. Imagine that, actually being straightforward.
RedBeard747
with $20 on the steet corner in the bad part of town.
jasari
"hey I like you and think your cute, would you like to go on a date?" Usually gets a clear answer.
mastikator
I found my spouse by asking her to marry me.
RobErtE87
Like, right away? As.in.. run into each other fir the first time in the store: "marry meeeeh*drool*" ?
mastikator
Yes to the first question, no to the second question.
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Well thats different
TheLookAndFeelMUSIC
"Hey, would you like to get coffee with me (or "together") sometime?" Not to be confused with "Let's get coffee" etc. Emphasis on "together"
SailorJimmy
Louis CK had it down. "May I masturbate in front of you? No? Well that's alright." And if they say yes, you still shouldn't do it.
TheLookAndFeelMUSIC
Exactly. He should have said, "would you like to masturbate TOGETHER sometime... at a place that sells coffee.
l009
I slapped my mate around the face, she laughed, we've been together for over 4 years now.
l009
So it was my 30th birthday, had been out drinking for the previous 48 hours but none of it hit. Visited my local, The Gryphon, Bristol 1/*
l009
Where I proceeded to drink a damn fine ale which made sure all the alcohol I had drank, hit me in one go. After which headed to a club. 2/*
l009
Old buddy of mine turned up later and drunk me just said Hello while I swung a solid slap across his face. He took it solid, 3/*
l009
Bought him a pint to square it off, but while this was happening I saw this women, laughing at what had just happened. So I went for it. 4/*
METROlD
You say, "Hey, I think you're pretty. Can I call you sometime?"
SailorJimmy
This legit happened to me and she thought I was gay because I complimented her brows and lashes. (I'm Bi, but still.)
METROlD
I'm a little bi too just never fucked a guy. But married for a few years and have a super cute baby!! Godspeed my man!!!
kletskoek
Opening with a comment about appearance probably not the best. Better “We have a lot in common” or “I’d love to get to know you better”
METROlD
Sure, I'm older though. I'm about 42. Telling a girl you liked her cause she looked nice didn't used to mean you were a pretator.
OneOfTheDaddiesPig
I've found the best way is "20 years ago."
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Give their dad your largest pig.
METROlD
Rape her father to assert dominance?
Canofminus
Jesus! If you do that then what are you going to do when you spend your first Christmas w/her family. Think, McFly, think!
METROlD
As I read this I literally felt two MCFLY seats to my head.
METROlD
Swats
RobErtE87
Goat*
Fairemont
Why would I give their goat my pig? This doesn't add up!
NurgleErik
True story: Before kids me and my wife went salsa classes. Big events where we switched partners. One moment was dancing girls and boys..
NurgleErik
lined up in front of each other. My wife smiled and winked when she saw me. An older man stood just in front of me. My wife saw he picked up
NurgleErik
the signal, misinterpreted it was for him. She looks good and was astonishing at that time, so he started smiling like a small kid. When he
NurgleErik
realized she actually did it directed to me, he fell through the floor. So devastating. I guess the poor guy’s confidence suffer to this day
NurgleErik
I know I would definitely remember it.
graehall
I see this meme a lot, but I rarely ever see the women given the punchline or the insightful role. Feels like they're written for & by men.
LychFinderGeneral
I'm pretty sure the whole point of the meme (not this particular one but the meme itself) is "Haha men are smarter than women"
Nihilarious
i think the earliest version of this meme has the guy bluntly saying 'yes'? which might explain why he is the punchline
deamhan
Congrats, you've managed to be victimized by a stupid meme.
graehall
No. It's just criticism, labeling it as being victimised is lazy bs. But on the other hand yes, it is a stupid meme.
deamhan
Your statement wasn't 'this is a dumb meme' though. It was directly pointing out that it was biased against women.
deamhan
Which is esp funny cause usually its used to show the women talking about something normal and the men something really stupid
kitamuramiike
Yeah. I think it highlights the differences between them, but at least this one shows men as thoughtful, rather than simple or stupid
Nihilarious
this meme works with the women saying something thoughtful and the men saying something dumb, the men are always the punch line tho
kitamuramiike
Yeah. That's why this one is a nice subversion.
otiumCatulli
It's entry level to incels whoop are entry level white supremacists
graehall
Reading the comments on this post, yep. I see that.
otiumCatulli
It's a real problem society is going to need to deal with, a generation of boys raised on porn and incel memes.
graehall
Agreed. But progress is real. 3 years ago if you said "Toxic masculinity" here you'd be buried. We're figuring out the BS & how to be better
TallgeeseIV
"That woman appeared to show interest in me..." "Wow, how starved for attention am I, she's just being polite."
TheStrongValkyrja
Annoys that shit out of me when my gf goes to game stores alone and the guys think her being nice is flirting. Like, how starved are you?
rockhydra
I am in this comment and I don’t like it.
Magnus810
I'm in the previous comment and in this and I don't like it
HamburgersExclamationPointTardigradeIsAlreadyTaken
This.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
... Relatable
fingobaggins
And then your like "Next time I'm going to be a man and make a move!" ...and the next person is just being nice :(
SilkyAvenger
HypnoChanger
It's astonishing how much flirting is subtext. Almost like it'd deliberately intended to have a level of deniability built into it.
Tomohane
this. exactly this. and then you go down a daydream spiral to the point you dont recognize the person next time you see them.
CloudberryMoose
That's me. My mom and niece once stopped me and checked if I was dense because a woman had spent a few minutes flirting without me noticing.
CloudberryMoose
"Cloudberry, you realize she was flirting right?" "Nah she was just being polite." "You think people talk that long to be nice?"
dyxj
I mean... Yeah? I do.
SideBoobsWillGetYouBanned
My wife has pointed out that I never notices hints. I take for granted they are just being polite. Wife's hint to me was 1/2
Howdoilife
Better to be wrong and miss out than go to prison. This is how I think a lot of guys feel.
SideBoobsWillGetYouBanned
having sex with me on the first date. She invited herself to my place. 2/2
AxelBeingCivil
She could've just been looking to have fun? Doesn't mean she wants to be more than close friends.
Danishlmgurian
That's a pretty strong hint. Then again, maybe she felt sorry for you and was just being polite? /s
SideBoobsWillGetYouBanned
That's what I thought. But she kept inviting herself over, and I didn't want to be impolite
Danishlmgurian
And now look at you! Two people stuck together, just being extra polite to each other. Good lord!
RRRIV
Oof.jpg
timneilson
So polite she married him
johnnyboy1996
My gf grabbed my head and French kissed me and i was like "pft she did it as a joke"
Itcanbedone
You have underlying issues if you can't see the facts in front of you...
Itcanbedone
Love how broken people are that they would rather not see facts and think they are ok. Sad world
DebauchedSloth
A girl I had a crush on at uni literally invited me to stay the night and sleep in her bed so I wouldn't have to drive home. I said, /1
DebauchedSloth
'Oh! I'm not tired. Don't worry!' A year later she got me drunk, pushed me up against a wall and kissed me. Been together 17 years now.
TrojanGiraffe
My friend invited me over at 12 pm for wine and music and told me to sleep over. I thought she was just being polite. Fuck.
TrojanGiraffe
12 am*. Pm? Whatever night is.
DorthLous
If you want 12 to make sense, realize it's actually 0, then it's all good...
WhereIsMyAppleQuava
It would be am in this context, my dude.
leahatard
Midnight is the word you’re looking for.
chinaPieCreator
PM or AM it doesn’t matter 12 Noon is the Meridian, so it’s either 12 hours Post Meridian or 12 hours Anti Meridian, both would be Midnight
Benki6wbh
You want a guy to notice you touch them touch them a lot. Most guys don't get physical contact after they hit puberty. 1/2
Benki6wbh
I've gone to Hell and back for girls who have hugged me when I was sad.
graehall
That second sentence is all sorts of depressing for those who think it's true. Most guys don't? This ain't a healthy perspective mate.
philosoraptor1000
I would say it's fairly accurate.
graehall
You'd say "Most guys don't get physical contact after they hit puberty" is fairly accurate? For real?
SailorJimmy
Not like we have a choice. If I would say I need a hug, I would be looked as creepy or weird. But also, I'm not a hugger.
graehall
I'm a guy. If I said I needed a hug, I'd get one from my buds. It's not about "being a guy", it's about the type of guy you choose to be.
Promethianfire
It's not a perspective, its a fact. Once a boy hits adolescence, Parents, teachers, friends (male or female) hug them less or not at all.
Promethianfire
Look how rarely male friends hug conpared to female friends. It's stupid and unhealthy.
graehall
Damn. This makes me want to give you a hug mate. Props on the confidence in your perspective. But damn. Your experience sounds depressing.
chinaPieCreator
But it even happens before, I was about 6-7 and got shouted at and told to stop being a baby by my Dad for sitting on my Grandmothers lap
chinaPieCreator
he didn’t get it that I missed having a Mother, it was only him who made the sacrifice and felt the pain, had problems with women ever since
Promethianfire
Fortunately for me I have a wife and child and cuddly dogs. But in general, boys and men don't get many hugs.
AkemiZ
Too much risk. Men have had their lives DESTROYED by women with meer accusation even with no proof.
TinFoilKat
#metoo
ilikehornets
You might want to reconsider the way you handle social situations if they might lead to prosecution
kitamuramiike
Risk of rejection? Sure. Heartache? Sure. Awkwardness? Sure. Destroyed lives? The fuck is your approach? Helicopter dick?
AkemiZ
you can loose your job because "he looked at me funny" You can be fired for saying "your hair looks nice" It's CRAZY
OverMyDadBody
Wait this post is not about physically jumping her, just to risk friendship for a faint chance for a relationship.
AkemiZ
I know a man who lost his job for "looking" at a woman. He was gay.
SesshouFan22
You don't even have to have ever been in the same room with a woman, for an accusation from her to ruin your life
Mercury365
Hah look at all the downvotes. Holy shit I hate the imgur community. What toxic cunts.
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
what strikes me as toxic is going through life assuming one tiny misstep is going to get you accused and every woman is out to get you.
kitamuramiike
This. Jesus fucking christ people are paranoid.
OverMyDadBody
that's a weird country
RobErtE87
Funnily enough, this is only a problem in the developed countries. In iran, women get killed for claiming to having been raped
OverMyDadBody
I'm talking about the US
Callmehank
I'm gonna preface this by saying that I believe this can be a reasonable conversation and I'm not speaking from a place of judgement. (1/?)
Callmehank
What you're saying is technically true, but in the vast majority of cases of reported assault, women with real concerns aren't given (2/?)
Callmehank
the benefit of the doubt or the support they need. Believe it or not, the cases you're referencing are an infinitesimally small (3/?)
parasztarcal
If I can avoid an infinitely small chance to get chucked into prison and get my butthole redesigned, I sure as hell will try.
Afewflowers
By your logic no woman should date ever, the risk of something really bad happening to us is much much higher.
LordPics
Not having the boys in "D" block turn your colon into a cocksleeve sure seems like a worthwhile life goal!
Gorgrim
Do you take the same approach to being killed? How about catching Covid-19? Cos if so, you must not get out much.
Callmehank
fraction of the total, let alone the cases that don't get reported because of feelings of shame or fear or frustration. (4/4)
DebauchedSloth
Absolutely true, but that is no reassurance for a guy. These things don't balance out like that and the phenomena aren't connected.
HypnoChanger
The issue is, "benefit of the doubt" isn't a legal standard. Investigators have to collect evidence and put together a case, and this 1/
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Kudos, for expressing this sentiment in a reasoned and non-confrontational way. I wouldn't be able to do so myself.
AkemiZ
It depends on the situation. While you are mostly correct "listen and believe" is FAR more common than it used to be.
AkemiZ
I personally know 4 people this happened to. One of them was /gay/. It's a real thing that happens more than you think.
TwoFlower68
Wait, this opinion doesn't divide groups in us & them, like, at all! Boo!
doomedlord656
I would like to engage in some civil discourse. From a statistical stand point only 15-20% of cases of rape are ever proven true, my issue
SonderingStrike
The vast majority of cases men are found innocent of the crimes, or in a single digit percentage, "not guilty", means lives are ruined anywa
Melonfish
No, fuck this game shit. TALK.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Reproduction IS a game. Evolutionary game theory is an entire field of research. For humans, part of the game is to select for excellent ...
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
social skills, incl. nonverbal communication. We are, after all, a highly social species. And since women tend to have better social skills…
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
on average, it falls to them to judge the social skills of the opposite sex in the game of sexual selection. Sucks, but that's how it works
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
You might as well tell men to overcome their preference for a certain waist to hip ratio. A small part of this is cultural, but there are...
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
also deep-seated, instinctive preferences at work that have evolved over a quarter-million years and can't just be switched off.
ParanoidCarrot
yeah no, you could not do that, you might actually get somewhere or things might get serious
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
Coworker does this with all her male friends. HIIIIINTS!!!!! HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINTTS! No, AS A FRIEND, YOU PERV. I could punch her.
CheesecakePi
Eh. First, people don't like being vulnerable. Because rejection usually sucks. Second, knowing one of your friends is into you, but not /1
CheesecakePi
feeling the same tends to drastically alter the dynamics of that friendship. And friendships don't usually last very long like that. 2/2
TiddyMcGillicuddy
Be direct!
Youhavinagiraffe
It's not about being a game. It's about one person needing to be brave and taking a risk. Neither men nor women like being vulnerable
StenYngve
Aye, let the person know you dtf or down to spend life paying off mortgage together
sgtwhiskeyjack
dtpomagapt (down to pay off a mortgage and get a pet together)?
StenYngve
Elequently put old chap
SwagOnTheHunnies
chicagochick
I once invited my crush over at 10pm. We watched movies on me bed it was 1am and I said, "just spend the night" he said no and went home..
Youhavinagiraffe
I have been this guy on multiple occassions
chicagochick
It's not all one sided. I'm sure I've missed my share of signals. It's just so much subtly in human behavior that isn't verbalize :(
chicagochick
Subetly*
TairyHesticals
Let's try that one more time.
chicagochick
Months later after we had gone cold, and I was dating someone else, he tells me he really liked me.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
I mean did you literally ask "do you want to have sex" or did you say "spend the night" b/c I've literally just slept over at a girl's house
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Even in the same bed, and we cuddled, but there was nothing sexual about it. This is what we're talking about... It must be obvious w/o any
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Doubt or we're not even gonna attempt it out of the respect for the relationship or whatever. You must literally say the words thay you mean
ConfettiPanda
verdenvidia
Happened to me, and it was mostly "nah we're just friends, what could she see in me?" Now we havent spoken in a year and I fuckin miss her.
CulculLaPraline
Was it painful and/or necessary for you to move on? Is there still hope?
fennecbutt
Would y'all be saying stuff like this if the genders were reversed? No, I don't think so.
chicagochick
It was super painful to move on but I couldn't understand why Id throw myself at him and kept getting rejected..
StenYngve
You did right
chicagochick
No hope, he's happily married with a kid. We used to run into each other on the train, the pain in both of us was palpable
CulculLaPraline
Really sorry for you, only time will heal this heartache... Another chapter starts for you, your own story keeps on evolving. Be strong!!!