God damn that's the dream. This chick at the store smiles at me a lot and giggles when I'm nearby. I like hearing her laugh and seeing her smile and don't want things to get awkward, so I'm not saying anything :/

:(

just fucking ask and get your answer

but it's in the context of husband and wife, not even dating. I can understand dating, but married? long term? what?

damn I think it's worse now, just boomer humor wife/husband bad. aw damn.

I get the dating side of the joke.

Just give her your phone number.

Quadruple the caution if it's a coworker. Hello HR violation.

I told a girl who told me she likes me that she is bluffing... 🤦‍♂️

This makes me think of a conversation between my wife and daughter a while back.

Daughter is angry with her BF and frustrated that he seems oblivious to that

Wife: "Oh honey, no. It doesn't work like that. If I'm mad at your dad for something I just have to tell him. If he asks if I'm OK and I say, 'I'm fine', he takes that at face value. He's very literal."

Daughter: "Ugh. Doesn't that frustrate you?"

Wife: "It was weird at first but once you get used to it it's actually really nice. You just have to learn to talk to him."

Me: "Wait, I did something right?"

Wife: "You do lots of things right babe."

Yeah, I think she likes me.

Same here. The guy speaks truth.

Or it means they've had a long term crush on you, and are very interested. Sometimes you get little context.

Good communication is important.

"if they had done xyz when we were dating we would have broken up on the spot" is also a fun thought to have, especially when it is true. relationships can be hard work.

Damn, I got here too late, I wanted to make this reference too!

Y'know I'm glad I am aromantic, emotionally insular, and paranoid as fuck. Makes my dumbass not even have to factor this shit together, was she flirting with me quickly turns into I don't care. Though I will say having sex would probably be nice, but I'm also hypersexual and autistic so it's almost guaranteed id probably fuck it up and go too far.

Yeah communication is key. Even if you are too literal at least you are clear and not obscuring your thoughts.

To quote Amos Burton, "I don't shit where I eat"

She's Canadian.

Don't, "butter your bread where you earn it."

Oki Doki Boomer

No man knows what she means.

One rejection in college had me pegged as a creep to the point many of my own friends stopped talking to me. All I did was ask someone to get some tea once but I guess I didn't do the mating dance right or something idk.

Was a pretty powerful lesson in seeing how people will believe what they want to believe. I guess it's the same for many of the "creeps" and "sluts" out there.

Haha women stupid

Reminds me of an interaction my friend had with a girl that he usually just had casual sex with.
She asked him if they could do some rougher stuff, things that definitely would leave a physical mark. He said OK, but ONLY if she wrote up a statement beforehand explaining that this is in fact something she wanted to have done to her.

There isn't a single iota he could have said or done if she decided after the fact that it wasn't for her and just reported it to the police. Most decent guys are very cautious about being wrongly accused, as the fallout entails the same thing as actually having violated someone.

I'd say most guys are as afraid of being accused of violence as most women are afraid of being exposed to it.

This happens to women too. The embarrasement is real and the societal pressure to not be seen as a slut is everpresent. Playing it safe is a popular strategy no matter the gender.

2 things:

1. It has provoked a lot of great conversation, if you haven't come back to read it.

2. I'm approaching 20 years and very much still need my wife to tell me how she's feeling. My wife appears to be in tune emotionally and often is right, but from my perspective sometimes she seem to be overreaching.

Why are women even taught/expected to behave like sneaky spies when it comes to romance? "Ok, time to do my personal hair signal that I'm interested and want him to approach"

Aw yeah. There was this beauty at the store that, in hindsight, obviously gave me the eye, repeatedly. I wanted to ask her to a coffee the next time, but then she already wasn't around anymore. Don't be too late.

In the context of marriage??

Like, we can assume there were years of intimacy involved, followed by formal proceedings.

In the sense of "...if she likes me still" or "... if she ever liked me"?

Being clear about your desire also means that rejection is clear, and that hurts.

This is a selfmade problem, don't try to pin it on anyone but women.

plausible deniability. if you don't actually try, you can't actually be rejected.

This is a selfmade problem, don’t try to pin it on anyone but women.

If that were true, they'd say it. Don't be that creepy guy who thinks a girl likes them just because they're nice. - What guys believe.

I have dated women who expect me to read their minds and think if I am not Professor X I don't care about them.

One breakup the reason was "I shouldn't have to ask you for anything, you should already know what I want before I want it. That is what love is!"

Then I asked her if she does that for me and she made a face and said "No, you're a man you don't deserve that."

That's called Spanglish 'round these parts.

It's called codependency, and it's running rampant amongst my peers.

My highschool buddy has been "dating" (they're basically married at this point) his girl for over 15 years, and they can't stand each other. No kids, not married, no real obligations. Hate each other most days, and terrified of the idea of breaking up. It's fucking surreal at a bbq.

if romance is a type of shit to you then i'm sorry for all your relationships

something something equal rights

We can, we just don't want to reveal our telepathic abilities. Shhhhh

head on over to the womens stuff community and see how many posts boil down to “all men are rapists”.

basically online feminism is super toxic. don't take it serious. women in real life are not like that, at least most aren't.

in fact i even suggest that these people are online because they can't deal with real life.

i don't click the link but i know which video it is

Edit: Is she into you? - Casually Explained

https://youtu.be/xa-4IAR_9Yw

As a dude in my 20s, actively trying to find some random 20 year old woman to date for a long term relationship is such a bad decision. I've stopped trying to date people (for now) because it's just so draining as a man to have to deal with all the expectations and stereotypes placed on us.

Women and men are ableist because society as a whole is ableist.

No, like, a merchant at the bazar will typically charge higher prices when a customer is specially interested.

The issue many women face is that they fear they get a worse deal if they show too much interest.

I think the best solution might be a liberalization of the market, i.e. ending monogamy.

Hint all you want, the decent among us will still be terrified of looking creepy. Just tell us!

Oh yeah most definitely.

I just wrote this because these memes are rampant and funny, but they do make light of a bad circumstance on our society. And that trope usually targets men, so here's some context.

Pascal's Wager but for pussy

"therefore I must say 10.4, dinosaur" 💀

men are discouraged from approaching women and women dont want to show their interest in clear way. How have we not gone extinct yet?

Are you me?