How do guys signal interest?
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To everyone else who replied, thank you. A lot to think about.
My obsession is human behaviour I guess. I like observing people. I like learning what they do in different situations and why, dating and courting included.
I wasn't very clear with my question it seems.
How do guys signal interest that goes beyond sexual attraction?
How do I know when a guy is interested in me and not only my body?
Get fat and see if the guy is still interested in you.
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I think I do notice when men have a little interest in me, but I'm not good at cultivating that interest. I feel like I'm always the one that messes it up by my confusing reactions. Well that's my assumption. Going by rdos comment they didn't persist so it must have been a shirt lived sexual attraction.
Random thing. I work with a gay guy who is really easy to talk to. I wish all men were that easy to talk to. Just easy to get to know with no nerves or feeling of being judged.
It's easier when they are not at all interested it seems.
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To everyone else who replied, thank you. A lot to think about.
My obsession is human behaviour I guess. I like observing people. I like learning what they do in different situations and why, dating and courting included.
I wasn't very clear with my question it seems.
How do guys signal interest that goes beyond sexual attraction?
How do I know when a guy is interested in me and not only my body?
They're take a interest in you and your hobbies. They're want to talk to you a lot.
At least for me that's how I show it. Also just cause they talk about sex a lot doesn't mean they only want sex. I have a high sex drive, I'm horny a lot. I want a relationship and love, my body wants sex, i dont know if I actually want it thug. Women have taken advantage of this and used me for sexting then throw me away
Random thing. I work with a gay guy who is really easy to talk to. I wish all men were that easy to talk to. Just easy to get to know with no nerves or feeling of being judged.
It's easier when they are not at all interested it seems.
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We humans are like penguins. The males sacrifice something of value to show the female that she is worth the sacrifice. Penguins spend time collecting rocks, when they could be hunting fish. Humans buy flowers, candy, and like those penguins we also buy girls rocks . . . but they are pretty rocks.
Effort is the key. Investing time and effort into the relationship and courtship is important.
Guys . . . well we like food. Teenage boys are ravenous, and could eat many out of house-and-home. I imagine this continues into the early and mid 20's. The hunger seems to perter off later. Make a guy a batch of cookies, and he will be quite happy.
I am sure that courtships can be easier for men when they can trade goats for a bride, but modern stuff is cooler.
Try asking a girl out with this like “How many goats do I need to donate in your fathers name for you to agree to go on a date with me?” When she looks shocked, tell her you are old fashioned. I think it is funny, and you may get a date out of it. Deliver it a joke.
At any rate it sucks to be everyone. From what I understand about this anti-feminism stuff is that girls get paid less, and guys get killed in war. Women are viewed as important, and men are meat for the grinder. No woman is going to argue men don’t die in war by the truckloads. This does not mean that they need to accept the lower pay. You would be all “hell no” if you were a girl.
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Me I'm more along women's way of showing interest. I do quick glances or spshort stares. I show interest by trying to sway hi every time I see them, always trying to talk to them, doing nice things for them.
Yes, that is kind of where our culture has brought us. It's assumed that guys can magically sense if a girl is interested, and girls basically have no means at all to know if a guy is interested (unless he breaks cultural taboos), so she doesn't know if she should flirt with him or not to attract his interest. Our culture has completely misunderstood what "courtship" is. It is not something you do when you already have "asked out". It's something you do to judge potential interest.
Then we have a growing sexual industry that is profiting on what should have been solved with natural courtship instead of generating money for the industry. Not to mention all the dating sites that typically are biased with excerpts of natural courtship, but that doesn't work online anyway.
Men were once more useful, with our 13% more strength and whatnot. Now we have chairs made of aluminium, and engendered doors a 5-year-old could open. Imagine how much things sucked for girls when they really-kinda-often-needed help to move a damned chair or push open a door.
Men were once more useful, with our 13% more strength and whatnot. Now we have chairs made of aluminium, and engendered doors a 5-year-old could open. Imagine how much things sucked for girls when they really-kinda-often-needed help to move a damned chair or push open a door.
You're hilarious.
Men were once more useful, with our 13% more strength and whatnot. Now we have chairs made of aluminium, and engendered doors a 5-year-old could open. Imagine how much things sucked for girls when they really-kinda-often-needed help to move a damned chair or push open a door.
You're hilarious.
Try asking a girl out with this like “How many goats do I need to donate in your fathers name for you to agree to go on a date with me?” When she looks shocked, tell her you are old fashioned. I think it is funny, and you may get a date out of it. Deliver it a joke.
At any rate it sucks to be everyone. From what I understand about this anti-feminism stuff is that girls get paid less, and guys get killed in war. Women are viewed as important, and men are meat for the grinder. No woman is going to argue men don’t die in war by the truckloads. This does not mean that they need to accept the lower pay. You would be all “hell no” if you were a girl.
There's no real wage gap. It fails to take into account women work less then men cause baby's, women tend to take more emotional and jobs they like that help people(nursing,teaching, day care etc) men. Tend to do hard labor jobs, more dangerous jobs, doctors etc which brings higher income along with working more hours then most women. If guy works 80 hours and lady works 60 should her yearly income be the same? Then there's experience differences, areas(pay varies depending on location) etc taking all women's pay and averaging it then taking men's pay and averaging it and saying there's a difference doesn't take into account all the variables. Where you might see actual pay gaps is in higher level stuff like ceos or executives . All who make way more then a lot of people so i dont know care that some lady making 1 mill a year makes 200k less then a male in the same job. Yeah if it's based off gender it's wrong and bad but there's more important things then helping the wealthy make more money. Men and women in the middle class and poor get paid the same. Lots of women get paid more then guys in retail and other customer service jobs. Most my bosses were women. Most pay is based off experience and how long ones been with the company. But simply saying women get paid less is false. Now if people want to work to get wealthy women more money go ahead but I won't I'd rather help poor people like myself get a livable income.
Me I'm more along women's way of showing interest. I do quick glances or spshort stares. I show interest by trying to sway hi every time I see them, always trying to talk to them, doing nice things for them.
Yes, that is kind of where our culture has brought us. It's assumed that guys can magically sense if a girl is interested, and girls basically have no means at all to know if a guy is interested (unless he breaks cultural taboos), so she doesn't know if she should flirt with him or not to attract his interest. Our culture has completely misunderstood what "courtship" is. It is not something you do when you already have "asked out". It's something you do to judge potential interest.
Then we have a growing sexual industry that is profiting on what should have been solved with natural courtship instead of generating money for the industry. Not to mention all the dating sites that typically are biased with excerpts of natural courtship, but that doesn't work online anyway.
Men were once more useful, with our 13% more strength and whatnot. Now we have chairs made of aluminium, and engendered doors a 5-year-old could open. Imagine how much things sucked for girls when they really-kinda-often-needed help to move a damned chair or push open a door.
Especially if one isn't a real man and is as weak or weaker then a lot of women.
I doubt women ever needed help opening doors that's more a she shouldn't have to touch a door if your a gentleman thing. Putting women on a pedestal and all that.
Reclining chairs are quite hevary I always have to move them and change light bulbs
But I'm weaker then most men. I'm expected to move bunch of heavy furniture it's going hurt my back bad
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At least for me that's how I show it. Also just cause they talk about sex a lot doesn't mean they only want sex. I have a high sex drive, I'm horny a lot. I want a relationship and love, my body wants sex, i dont know if I actually want it thug. Women have taken advantage of this and used me for sexting then throw me away
I'm not sure they genuinely intended on using you, having been through this before (usually on the hurt side, although I've come to realize at least occasionally on the other side), both online and in person. Sometimes all they wanted was a fling, just like sometimes all guys want is a fling. Unfortunately society frowns upon explicit honesty in this regard, meaning both parties communicate ambiguously - and it bloody well hurts when you misread and assume they wanted a continuing, intimate relationship when all they wanted was someone to talk dirty with online, or hook up with. It's pretty awkward and unpleasant when things go the opposite way as well and suddenly no matter how fun it was it ceases to be worth the drama that unfolds. Coming to accept that evil motives aren't usually behind the deep sense of hurt your left with helps greatly though. They're usually not plotting to hurt you and often feel pretty bad about it when they realize it (even if their feelings of guilt don't make them willing to alter the nature of their relationship with you).
It's something that practice does improve one's ability to read cues, although at the same time we'll probably always be subpar due to deficient theory of mind.
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