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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 49 points 1 week ago (22 children)

"obvious signs"

Some girls need to learn to talk. Why is it that some people go back to kindergarten level communication skills when it comes to sexual and romantic relationships?

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Explicitly asking comes with the possibility of being explicitly rejected, and some women never learned to deal with romantic rejection, thus making them afraid of even the possibility of it. For most of them, this is subconcious.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hmm yes, that’s definitely a women only problem that doesn’t also affect me because I’m a man.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"This is a problem some women have."

"BUT WHAT ABOUT MEN?!?!?"

Yes, by not explicitly stating that some men also have this problem, I implicitly meant that this was a women-only issue. You're one of the few who managed to see through my subtle deception, bravo.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah no worries, I was just being silly by intentionally reading your comment in an overly literal way. I don’t think anyone actually believed you were implying it was a women-only issue.

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

This is the internet, someone absolutely would do exactly that.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I actually took the bait lol, all good.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

It kinda is. Obviously it doesn't start that way, rejection is naturally unpleasant for everyone, but culturally, men are expected to initiate courtship. Unless you're an absolutely gorgeous man, your romantic experience will almost certainly involve at least a few rejections.

The average adult man generally has enough experience with rejection to be somewhat desensitized, while the average adult woman has quite possibly never actually asked anyone out, much less been rejected.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

That's unfortunate

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