Innocent things that can mistakeenly seen as creepy?
The_Face_of_Boo
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Why are you disagreeing with us? We're just saying that is sucks when douches get success. What's wrong with that? Are you saying douchbags don't exist or that they never have success with women? Because there are and they do. One thing about being a guy is that you hear the unvarnished opinions from other guys and they can be quite appalling. And the whole culture thing makes it less likely that girls will approach. It's a hold over from the past but it's still the way it is.
What I'm saying is the vast swathes of guys you seem to write off as douches -- whom you consider yourself vastly superior to, whom you think girls are totally stupid for being with instead of the vastly superior, supposedly non-douche-y you and your Aspie berethen -- might not actually be douches. That the guys you see as douches might have redeeming qualities that you are oblivious to and, conversely, that something in the way you approach women is off-putting or creepy to women.
Your starting point is that what you're doing is "right", what all the you-think-douches are wrong and thus somehow "wrecking" your chances with women. By extension, that it's unfair that women might interpret your advances as creepy because of what those other dudes did. That you are helpless, destined to be single because of what you think other guys, supposedly-douche-y-guys did to women and you're mad mad mad at the supposed injustice of it all.
"Your starting point is that what you're doing is "right","
so... trying to embody all the things that women claim they value and while trying NOT to be anything on the along laundry list of bad things is NOT the "right" thing to do. while men who are no where near that balance or infact are counter to that balance are now the new "right?"
lets just do our best to not whole sale LIE to next generation shall we?
I am waiting for someone to approach but I've waiting for years so maybe it doesn't really work that way for guys. Also the reason I know they are douche bags is because I've known a lot of these people, and not just from ten minute conversations. I grew up around these people went to school with them so I got a fairly good insight into their douchiness. It's it a snap judgement. I'm not saying that most girls have bad judgement, not in the least. What I am saying is that the girls who continually get used and abused by men and complain to everyone about how they can't find a nice guy are the ones with bad judgement.
You can elect to wait to be approached or not. That's your, not "culture"'s call.
Knowing a guy well enough to know he *has* been a douche in previous relationships doesn't mean he's a douche in his *current* relationship (though he could well be)... but people tend to grow up. And those with terrific insight into people tend not to be on the spectrum. So you thinking a guy you don't know's a douche may or may not be an accurate assessment of his behavior.
The girls who continually pick and put up with men who treat them badly are the ones with the judgement probs (though men can be equally-judgement-challenged). I have had the occasional close friend b***h about how he/she picks awful partners or stays with or keeps going back to an awful* partner and after the 10th or 15th go-round my go-to line is "this is not new information. How about those Mets?". There are other things to talk about.
* not physically/psychologically abusive. That's a whole different ball game, requiring a different approach.
"the girls who continually pick and put up with men who treat them badly are the ones with the judgement probs "
yeah, that may in fact be the entire problem right there.
That's the "entire problem" for the minority of women who have broken pickers and continually choose to date jerks.
That leaves the vast majority of women who don't have terrible taste in men for you to potentially date.
"That leaves the vast majority of women who don't have terrible taste in men for you to potentially date."
who are never single.... you are seeing the problem here?
MissZahara
I think you read too much into what I was saying. For one thing I didn't specify how many people I think are douchy. I don't think it's the majority or anything close. But the are very visible and seeing it sucks. I'm not blaming them for my problems either, I never said anything close to that. I'm really confused as to why you seem offended by this. You even said there are certain girls who have judgement problems. That's who I was referring to. And when I call a guy a douche it means that he cheats, or abuses (verbally or physically), or is lying to get girls to sleep with them. That is not a large swath as you put it, but those people do exist. Again what's wrong with not enjoying seeing that?
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I hoped that we were done in this subforum with the whole "women are evil 'cause I am super good but they don't want me".
The very fact that good guys can get girlfriends too means that the whole douche thing is not true. What is more likely is that you don't know how to approach women, how to interact with them, how to socialize with them, you have low self-confidence and/or you are boring. Stop thinking so highly of yourself and try to get better in these regards, and it could help you.
I think I read it enough so no need to reread, but thanks. I agree that we should get back to the original topic, anyway.
I think I read it enough so no need to reread, but thanks. I agree that we should get back to the original topic, anyway.
No I think you should. By what you posted you badly misunderstood what was being said. It might help you understand our position a little better and help you give more constructive advice.
If you mean your posts I didn't read them much. I was mostly referring to someone else.
If you mean your posts I didn't read them much. I was mostly referring to someone else.
Oh ok, sorry then. I must have missed the post you're referring to.
So far I haven't heard anything here that I don't already know. Which is good because that means my chances of creeping someone out are actually pretty low. Now I just need to learn how to know this instinctively as well as intellectually. That's the hard part.
Why are you disagreeing with us? We're just saying that is sucks when douches get success. What's wrong with that? Are you saying douchbags don't exist or that they never have success with women? Because there are and they do. One thing about being a guy is that you hear the unvarnished opinions from other guys and they can be quite appalling. And the whole culture thing makes it less likely that girls will approach. It's a hold over from the past but it's still the way it is.
What I'm saying is the vast swathes of guys you seem to write off as douches -- whom you consider yourself vastly superior to, whom you think girls are totally stupid for being with instead of the vastly superior, supposedly non-douche-y you and your Aspie berethen -- might not actually be douches. That the guys you see as douches might have redeeming qualities that you are oblivious to and, conversely, that something in the way you approach women is off-putting or creepy to women.
Your starting point is that what you're doing is "right", what all the you-think-douches are wrong and thus somehow "wrecking" your chances with women. By extension, that it's unfair that women might interpret your advances as creepy because of what those other dudes did. That you are helpless, destined to be single because of what you think other guys, supposedly-douche-y-guys did to women and you're mad mad mad at the supposed injustice of it all.
"Your starting point is that what you're doing is "right","
so... trying to embody all the things that women claim they value and while trying NOT to be anything on the along laundry list of bad things is NOT the "right" thing to do. while men who are no where near that balance or infact are counter to that balance are now the new "right?"
lets just do our best to not whole sale LIE to next generation shall we?
You don't know enough about the dudes you're deeming "skeevy" or "bad" based on seeing them with a girl in public for a few minutes -- there's not enough info to know what he's doing wrong, or right for that matter. Nobody could from that snippet of observation (unless the dude was beating her at the time or something).
How are you doing "everything right"?
How, exactly, are you the "embodiment of all the things women claim to value"?
(And very much hope you've got an answer better than "standing around existing" while "never ever having cheated despite never having had the opportunity to do so" and "not using a cheesy pick up line" and "being livid the women of the world don't see how WONDERFUL and non-skeevy I am").
My point is that you are convinced you're doing everything right... and you might not be. Or might not be perceived as doing the right things by girls which is translating into your lack of success with women. You can rage at the universe or take a long hard look at your actions.
I think you read too much into what I was saying. For one thing I didn't specify how many people I think are douchy. I don't think it's the majority or anything close. But the are very visible and seeing it sucks. I'm not blaming them for my problems either, I never said anything close to that. I'm really confused as to why you seem offended by this. You even said there are certain girls who have judgement problems. That's who I was referring to. And when I call a guy a douche it means that he cheats, or abuses (verbally or physically), or is lying to get girls to sleep with them. That is not a large swath as you put it, but those people do exist. Again what's wrong with not enjoying seeing that?
There's nothing wrong with being unhappy about seeing men who physically abuse or routinely cheat on women succeed with women, while your non-physically abusing, non-cheating self has no luck with women.
I was simply pointing out that your writing off men you don't know, have only seen interacting with a woman you don't know either as douches (when you don't actually know if they're douches or not by your own personal standard) and railing against that is weird. Blaming your lack of luck with all women on other men's douche-y behavior is weird. It's a sort of learned helplessness + bitterness attitude towards all women that's baffling.
That's not an innocent thing nurseangela- we are talking about innocent things that can be mistakenly seen as creepy.
I'm pretty sure that's more of an NT trait as well(just like her). Despite trying to imply otherwise with the "other aspie website" reference.
What do you mean by this NT comment? It's on Aspie Central - look it up. I don't just pull this crap out of my ass.
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