(Not Quite)27 Things Not Nearly Enough Men Know About Women (This one is actually logical and funny)

[Quoth]

Nothing wrong with the initial post apart from the fact it wasn't obvious enough that it was supposed to be satirical. Satirically it wasn't overly stimulating or original but none the less doesn't really require quite so much criticism.

On to the discussion over men and woman..

There's lots of stereotypes and prejudices that everyone has built up over time and the reality is that we all think fairly alike and we all think differently all the same time. It's easy to make a balls up somewhere along the path. My stereotype for Escapist forum dwellers is that given the average age demographic of the posters most of you will learn that for yourselves some sooner than others.

Hell, in my experience whats wrong for someone one day might be right for them two weeks later. You never can tell.

 

[Quoth]

The last two guys I've gone out with have both practically stalked me with the amount of texts and calls. And even when I tried to suggest nicely that they give me a bit of space, were unable to take the hint. So that brings me to the biggest bit of advice missing from that list:

I'm almost always guilty of this even at my age (mid 30's). I know I'm doing it and can't help myself. I love the "getting to know you" stage so much that I find it a real challenge to stay away.

Coupled with my overwhelming impatience I'm my own worst nightmare.

But oddly enough (and if you read the long post on page 1 it supports this) what I will say to you is that you're probably not being direct enough. If I'm flat out told to stop then it's usually what I need to hear. I'm just not that good at taking "hints"

 

[JanatUrlich]

It's not funny but it's true enough I guess

 

[Rolling Thunder]

The man's offering some slightly ironic, touch-amusing advice and it would seem that a deluge of relationship councillors have descended onto this fine forum and gone about offering insult to all and sundry. Either that or we need to start our annual troll-hunting a bit earlier.

Also, if you're going to post TLR....please don't. It really does advertise just how pathetic you are, that you can't read a fistful of words but you're too obsessed with your post count to not type some asinine gibberish into the reply box and hit 'post'. In short, it's sad, pitiful and abjectly unworthy of this forum, and if you don't like that fact, go tell 4Chan.

 

[high_castle]

The last two guys I've gone out with have both practically stalked me with the amount of texts and calls. And even when I tried to suggest nicely that they give me a bit of space, were unable to take the hint. So that brings me to the biggest bit of advice missing from that list:

I'm almost always guilty of this even at my age (mid 30's). I know I'm doing it and can't help myself. I love the "getting to know you" stage so much that I find it a real challenge to stay away.

Coupled with my overwhelming impatience I'm my own worst nightmare.

But oddly enough (and if you read the long post on page 1 it supports this) what I will say to you is that you're probably not being direct enough. If I'm flat out told to stop then it's usually what I need to hear. I'm just not that good at taking "hints"

Oh believe me, I can be direct. The last guy I dated, we only went out for about 2 weeks because he would call/text me non-stop. I'm talking 20+ times in a day, including when I was working. I told him my hours, he knew I was working, and I told him he would get me in trouble with all the calls. He persisted. I told him to please stop, that if he calls once I'll get back to him. He kept going. It's such a turn-off because not only was he unable to give me my space (something I crave, as I value my independence highly), he wasn't listening to me. I finally broke it off and told him that he needed to stop, because it was bordering on obsessive and it was freaking me out. In this day and age, you just can't take chances.

 

[Quoth]

The last two guys I've gone out with have both practically stalked me with the amount of texts and calls. And even when I tried to suggest nicely that they give me a bit of space, were unable to take the hint. So that brings me to the biggest bit of advice missing from that list:

I'm almost always guilty of this even at my age (mid 30's). I know I'm doing it and can't help myself. I love the "getting to know you" stage so much that I find it a real challenge to stay away.

Coupled with my overwhelming impatience I'm my own worst nightmare.

But oddly enough (and if you read the long post on page 1 it supports this) what I will say to you is that you're probably not being direct enough. If I'm flat out told to stop then it's usually what I need to hear. I'm just not that good at taking "hints"

Oh believe me, I can be direct. The last guy I dated, we only went out for about 2 weeks because he would call/text me non-stop. I'm talking 20+ times in a day, including when I was working. I told him my hours, he knew I was working, and I told him he would get me in trouble with all the calls. He persisted. I told him to please stop, that if he calls once I'll get back to him. He kept going. It's such a turn-off because not only was he unable to give me my space (something I crave, as I value my independence highly), he wasn't listening to me. I finally broke it off and told him that he needed to stop, because it was bordering on obsessive and it was freaking me out. In this day and age, you just can't take chances.

Ok you found yourself a bona fide nut job.. I don't think I'm that bad

 

[Jiggabyte]

What's with the man-hate on the Escapist today?

 

[sky14kemea]

I don't understand girls these days. So you don't all want the same thing? Why do you have to be so complex?

Because we're all secretly planning against you v(-w-)^

 

[Sevre]

I don't understand girls these days. So you don't all want the same thing? Why do you have to be so complex?

Because we're all secretly planning against you v(-w-)^

Join the club Sky, you can make a user group about it! There's probably a few anyway.

 

[funguy2121]

As a woman, I agree with many of the points you make, but especially this one:

#4 - A trap that many in this generation of men without father figures falls into is playing the role that women used to play: the whiny, lovelorn, lovesick puppy. Blech. That's only attractive to the most opportunistic of women. Don't do that. I believe that damned near everyone does at one point, though, so if you must, do it only once, and thereafter always remember that there are more female fish than male fish in the sea. Would you rather be branded a stalker by the girl you can't get over and miss out on opportunities because you can't stop talking about her, or would you rather move on with your life and be your own person, a person who's much more likable and date-able?

The last two guys I've gone out with have both practically stalked me with the amount of texts and calls. And even when I tried to suggest nicely that they give me a bit of space, were unable to take the hint. So that brings me to the biggest bit of advice missing from that list:

LISTEN. All women are different just like all men are different. Don't take advice from a list, any list, if it contradicts something your girlfriend says. Listen to her. Ask her about her opinion. Get a sense of her beliefs. And then remember what she says.

Ninja'd you with #1. I would take what you said and add to it the "fish" anachronism, esp. since you outnumber us.