Why are women so weird? [Archive]

Barkatthemoon

10-21-2005, 03:50 PM

Lately, I seem to catching the eyes of a lot of women while I'm at the store.
They seem to time entering an isle the same time as me, staying fairly close,
needing items in my vicinity.

They make sure to stroke their hair behind their ears as much as possible, and when reaching for items on the top shelf, they make sure their shirt goes up as high as possible, to show as much skin as they can. Are they flirting with me? I'm not sure. You see, they never say a word, and rarly even make eye contact. What's that all about? It's not really a turn-on, in fact, it's kind of creepy.

Why can't women just talk to a guy if they feel a connection? Do women enjoy slinking around stores as if they're in a Playboy video, only to go home and eat macaroni and cheese alone? I don't get it.

Joe LeFors

10-21-2005, 04:05 PM

Dude, you're over-thinking this. Just say hello to the next one that does it.

Agent Back Smith

10-21-2005, 04:22 PM

Why? Because other women will call them whores if they see them not using their Stasi tactics while trying to bag a guy.

Neal

10-21-2005, 04:30 PM

Dude, you're over-thinking this. Just say hello to the next one that does it.

Better yet, just comment on the movie they're looking at. Make some conversation. I could only wish this were happening to me. How are you catching their eye? That's what I need to know. I seem to be mostly invisible in public.

Doug

10-21-2005, 04:31 PM

This thread brought to you by Travis Bickle.

Kevin Matchstick

10-21-2005, 04:32 PM

This does sound like a problem though.

Suttytx

10-21-2005, 04:53 PM

Could it be possible they are just reaching for items on the top shelf because they want the item? And they're stroking their hair behind their ears because the hair is long and they want it out of their eyes?

Sorry...crazy talk.

Barkatthemoon

10-21-2005, 04:58 PM

Dude, you're over-thinking this. Just say hello to the next one that does it.

That's just the point, I'm not trying got get THEIR attention. They are trying to get mine. So why the hell don't they say HI to me first? Is it a rule the male must make first contact?

The only reason I can think of why this is happening to me is because I live in a small town, and I'd say at least 90% of the males my age have gotten fat and ugly. The fact that I am of an average build has become my strong suit. Hooray.

Neal

10-21-2005, 05:02 PM

Suttytx

10-21-2005, 05:05 PM

I was always horrible at reading the signs. A girl had to fall in my lap for me to realize she was interested.

I'm sure the dynamics of dating are different in a small town setting. Sounds like it may be easier than in a large metro area.

Geoff Foster

10-21-2005, 05:07 PM

That's just the point, I'm not trying got get THEIR attention. They are trying to get mine. So why the hell don't they say HI to me first?

Maybe they're scared of blowing the catch of the decade.

Joe LeFors

10-21-2005, 06:16 PM

That's just the point, I'm not trying got get THEIR attention. They are trying to get mine. So why the hell don't they say HI to me first? Is it a rule the male must make first contact?

Yes, it's a rule. A shitty rule, but that's the way it goes.

Eileen

10-21-2005, 06:33 PM

Bark never EVER get a negative attitude about women noticing you and just take it all in stride.

If you notice a woman doing that again just smile and say hello. Most women are shy and are hoping their glances will catch the attention of a man. If not, oh well on to the next aisle.

devincf

10-21-2005, 06:34 PM

This thread brought to you by Travis Bickle.

hahahaha

I say rape 'em.

devincf

10-21-2005, 06:35 PM

Also, how old are you? Serious question, not a putdown.

Atomic Dan

10-21-2005, 06:48 PM

Lately, I seem to catching the eyes of a lot of women while I'm at the store.
They seem to time entering an isle the same time as me, staying fairly close,
needing items in my vicinity.

Maybe they're store security and you're wearing a baggy overcoat...

Rylander

10-21-2005, 07:08 PM

I think I figured it out. Bark must have an exceptionally large wallet that is attracting this attention.

donde

10-21-2005, 07:20 PM

sounds like someone's wearing axe bodyspray!

JuddL

10-21-2005, 07:30 PM

And the winner is...

sounds like someone's wearing axe bodyspray!

Barkatthemoon

10-21-2005, 08:08 PM

Ok, I'm 33.

Now let me make two things clear:

This thread is NOT about the fact that women, for some reason, have started to notice me. It is NOT about why I don't speak first.

It IS about why is the hell do women spend so much time and money to look good, go out half-naked, flirt their asses off, and go home and set all alone watching TV.

Men flirt because their horny, women flirt because they think it's cute, and are born addicted to attention.

If women flirted only when they were horny, world peace would reign forever.

Hewlett

10-21-2005, 08:20 PM

Now let me make two things clear:

This thread is NOT about the fact that women, for some reason, have started to notice me.

Then why start your post explaining how often you seem to catch women's attention when you're out in a store?

You make a lot of assumptions. Tucking their hair behind their ear or wearing skimpy clothing doesn't mean they're flirting with you. They might be, but if they're not even making eye contact with you then I doubt it. And how do you know what these women are doing when they go home, or who they go home to?

If you honestly think they're flirting with you, then talk to them. A lot of women do still wait for the man to make the first move.

Brad Millette

10-21-2005, 09:09 PM

This is another one of those creepy "chicks WANT us to rape them!" things, isn't it.

Barkatthemoon

10-21-2005, 09:36 PM

This is another one of those creepy "chicks WANT us to rape them!" things, isn't it.

God no. Far from it. Actually, it's more a why the hell do women put themselves in that position in the first place things.

As I said, I'm 33. I have a daughter that turns 7 on Nov. 21.
I've never had a problem with getting dates. It just seems I get more attention from women sometimes more than others. Right now seems to be one of those times. I just wish I know if the cute blonde I seem to run into 20 times while I'm at the store likes the same food as me, or wants to jump my bones.

A woman should treat her ass like a loaded gun, don't point it at someone if you don't mean business.

Brad Millette

10-21-2005, 09:41 PM

So this is another one of those creepy "chicks WANT us to rape them!" things, then.

Atomic Dan

10-21-2005, 10:43 PM

I have a daughter that turns 7 on Nov. 21.

Hope she doesn't need anything from any shelves in your vicinity.

Ron Vogel

10-21-2005, 10:54 PM

This does sound like a problem though.
True that. It creeped me out and I'm not even a chick.

But sure, as others have noted, put a lil' rape in her day.

Neal

10-21-2005, 11:09 PM

Is your daughter with you at these times? Maybe she's looking for Insta-Family®. Just add woman and stir!

Andrew O.

10-22-2005, 01:34 AM

Men flirt because their horny, women flirt because they think it's cute, and are born addicted to attention.

If women flirted only when they were horny, world peace would reign forever.

Well it sounds like you have all the answers you need, then.

Johnny Daywalker

10-22-2005, 02:29 AM

Yikes. I must be doing something wrong I flirt even when i'm not horny.

I'm ripe for a woman to rape me I guess.

Adam Warren

10-22-2005, 02:38 AM

What would Margaret Atwood say?

Seahawk

10-22-2005, 02:44 AM

You know what you do need need though. Go out and get a moderatly expensive engagement ring and carry it with you. At those times when they pull the hair back and give you that, "How you doin..." eye, quickly drop a knee and confess your undying love to her in a voice much like Kenneth Brannagh with a tinge of Leo and George Cloony.

She'll be yours forever.

Werewolf Girl

10-22-2005, 06:05 AM

Men flirt because their horny, women flirt because they think it's cute, and are born addicted to attention.

Ummmm, no.

Do you find it easy to start conversations with strangers? Especially strangers you are interested in? Because most people don't, it takes an incredibly confident person to just go up to someone and start chatting away. That's why most of us resort to using body language and praying the other person will make the first move.

If you think a girl's cute and think she's interested just say something, you'll probably get good results.

Matt Ocallaghan

10-22-2005, 06:55 PM

If you think that women are weird because of what you described, jesus man...you should meet more women.
They're fucking nuts!
Oh yeah..and they want us to rape them.

Angelo Mike

10-23-2005, 01:19 PM

This is another one of those creepy "chicks WANT us to rape them!" things, isn't it.

If a woman raped me, that would be cool.

As for why women do this, don't analyze it too much. There's two possibilities I can think of. Well, a third is simply that these girls are minding their own business and don't care, but I guess that would be included in the first possibility.

One is that some of them are pretty open or uninhibited about being friendly. That may sound really name, but I've known girls to be like that. One girl I was friends with (though I was really in love with her) was very open with others, hugged, rubbed my back, pushed me when she saw me, but she just considered that all being friendly (which drove me nuts, of course). I could tell she just did that to people she liked.

Now, as for the other possibility, perhaps some are trying to hit on you. Of course, being a guy, you wouldn't really know, since most guys (and I'd put myself at the front of this list) need to be hit over the head before we realize a girl is hitting on us. A girl even gave me her number shortly after we met, invited me to her apartment, and I was still not sure of whether she was just trying to go out as "friends" or not. I later found out that she was trying to hit on me from her coworkers, but every time she was trying to I thought she was just acting really goofy.

In cases like these, girls can be shy as well. In her case, it was really obvious. She had the nerve to slip me her number (I was her boss at the time), and when I called her, she seemed almost squeamish about asking me out, as if I had to bait her just to get the words out.

These kind of stories are really endless. Women are nuts.

Adam Warren

10-23-2005, 03:20 PM

Yeah, it's the women who are nuts — shithead.

Werbal_Kint

10-23-2005, 03:24 PM

Women wouldn't be so nuts if they were better drivers!!! LOLROTLFMAO

Doug

10-24-2005, 08:35 AM

God, I swear it's like sometimes I think women are, like, from Venus and I'm from Mars!

Werewolf Girl

10-24-2005, 03:26 PM

If a woman raped me, that would be cool.

It probably wouldn't be cool if she tied you up and raped you with a greased up wine bottle.

Brad Millette

10-24-2005, 03:33 PM

It probably wouldn't be cool if she tied you up and raped you with a greased up wine bottle.

You've been reading my diary!!!

Suttytx

10-24-2005, 04:32 PM

It probably wouldn't be cool if she tied you up and raped you with a greased up wine bottle.

Which end?

It's just like the girl who stuck a coke bottle in her Virginia and the vaccuum sucked all of her insides into the bottle. Women are crazy!

Capt. Eucalyptus

10-24-2005, 04:36 PM

You've been reading my diary!!!

Well you put the thing on the 'net and folks will read it.

Ray Abed

10-24-2005, 05:27 PM

Women are weird, unpredictable, and moody.

My problem seems to be that the women after me I have no interest in whatsoever. The attraction just ain't there.

There's this one chick who I met in my senior year of highschool that had a crush on me (even sent me flowers during Valentine's Day). During the last few years, I have run into her in three completely different places: a movie theater, Target store, and hospital. Two of those times I gave her a phony phone number hoping I'd never see her again. My luck. Oh, and she happens to have had two kids since graduating. Just not my cup of tea: obsessive and loose.

Suttytx

10-24-2005, 05:40 PM

Ray Abed

10-24-2005, 06:32 PM

Those are some random places to keep running into her. I think it's Fate's way of saying "This is the best you're gonna get...trust me."

That certainly crossed my mind, but I'm hoping Fate is only playing tricks on me.

dudalb

10-24-2005, 07:15 PM

God, Henry Higgins would love this thread.
"Why Can't A Women Be More Like A Man".....

becky

10-24-2005, 08:05 PM

you might be shocked at how women see men as weird.

Andrew O.

10-24-2005, 09:49 PM

Ha, ha, doubtful.

Belethedheliel

10-24-2005, 11:40 PM

Two of those times I gave her a phony phone number hoping I'd never see her again.

Or you could decline to give her your number.... naw, then she might be able to figure out you aren't interested.

Momotaro

10-25-2005, 12:14 AM

I find what works best for getting a woman's attention is semiphore.

Ray Abed

10-25-2005, 02:35 AM

Or you could decline to give her your number.... naw, then she might be able to figure out you aren't interested.

Or I could've just told her that I wasn't available after she asked me if I was dating anyone. But that would've made sense. And, I'll admit, a part of me wanted to see her face glow when I gave her my number. Not that I tend to be purposely hurtful and deceitful, but it just felt like the right thing to do at the time.

Straxboy - An Anthony Hickox Film

10-25-2005, 07:46 AM

CHUD needs some kind of new filter for when folk sign up to weed out the misogynists, the potential rapists and the clueless.

I bet you've also seen/followed-them-around-until their hipster jeans have crept down whilst they crouched to get something on a low shelf and thought they put on their most alluring thong...just for you.. Right ?

Doug

10-25-2005, 08:19 AM

And, I'll admit, a part of me wanted to see her face glow when I gave her my number. Not that I tend to be purposely hurtful and deceitful, but it just felt like the right thing to do at the time.
Assuming you're not bullshitting, that's a supremely awful thing to do.

kingcujoI

10-25-2005, 08:58 AM

CHUD needs some kind of new filter for when folk sign up to weed out the misogynists, the potential rapists and the clueless.

The population for this messageboard would be somewhere around 257 people.

I bet you've also seen/followed-them-around-until their hipster jeans have crept down whilst they crouched to get something on a low shelf and thought they put on their most alluring thong...just for you.. Right ?

That's why I bought my DVX Camera! I'm going to send the footage to National Geographic.

Ray Abed

10-25-2005, 09:31 AM

Assuming you're not bullshitting, that's a supremely awful thing to do.

Not from my point-of-view.

My intentions were ultimately for her best well-being. Rejection seemed to be a common theme in her life, and I didn't want to be apart of it. I'd rather have her think that the number I gave her was misheard than her to really know for sure that I wasn't interested. Though if she really were aware of body language and the obvious signs the first two times around, I wouldn't have even been put in that awkward situation.

Straxboy - An Anthony Hickox Film

10-25-2005, 09:51 AM

I bet you're a bit ugly/self-conscious.

No other reason to post such a presumtuous and ego-self felching statement as this, sans irony at that, on a message board. I hope you come across it again in a couple years and blush with deep, unfettered embarrassment and shame.

That's so, so low.

Unless you have delusions of Patrick Bateman or something. In which case it's pretty pathetic as well.

Good luck in your make believe world.

Doug

10-25-2005, 09:54 AM

So it was her fault? She made you lie to her?
You got her hopes up and strung her along simply because you didn't have the balls to tell her the truth. Or perhaps because, as you said, you enjoyed the attention.
Either way that's a shitty thing to do. Don't be an asshole.

kingcujoI

10-25-2005, 10:09 AM

I bet you're a bit ugly/self-conscious.

No other reason to post such a presumtuous and ego-self felching statement as this, sans irony at that, on a message board. I hope you come across it again in a couple years and blush with deep, unfettered embarrassment and shame.

I was thinking such things....This all reminded me a bit of the AOL Chatroom speak circa 1995. You know where the guy logs on and tries to impress everyone by talking about how he is the shit.

I dont think this type of "confidence" translates well onto a web populace that has been trained well in cynicism.

Brad Millette

10-25-2005, 10:23 AM

Not from my point-of-view.

My intentions were ultimately for her best well-being. Rejection seemed to be a common theme in her life, and I didn't want to be apart of it. I'd rather have her think that the number I gave her was misheard than her to really know for sure that I wasn't interested. Though if she really were aware of body language and the obvious signs the first two times around, I wouldn't have even been put in that awkward situation.

Phase Two : Pretend to be gay.

Ray Abed

10-25-2005, 10:33 AM

You guys can think whatever you want.

I don't need to brag on a message board (and how is anything I've said been bragging? I know I'm not the only one that's been put in these kinda situations). Nor will I continue to defend myself for something that seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

I'm not necessarily putting the blame on her. But if I was really gonna be honest, I would've told her that I'd rather jackoff at home all day than have anything to do with her. If that makes me a prick or a low-life, so be it.

Doug

10-25-2005, 10:35 AM

At least we agree on that, prick.

kingcujoI

10-25-2005, 10:37 AM

To paraphrase Jason Patric...."Sometimes...its just the way you say things."

OhioJones

10-25-2005, 10:39 AM

Dude...you're 33 years old, and you're basically asking why a woman won't simply throw herself onto you in the store. I'm surprised you have a kid.
Was that the first and last time you had sex?

Ray Abed

10-25-2005, 10:42 AM

Brad Millette

10-25-2005, 10:43 AM

Just don't be surprised when the number she gave you doesn't work.

Ray Abed

10-25-2005, 10:46 AM

Just don't be surprised when the number she gave you doesn't work.

Touche.

kingcujoI

10-25-2005, 10:47 AM

If we were having this conversation in person, I'd think you'd be a bit more generous and less judgmental. I'm a pretty nice guy, but sometimes my best intentions don't always come off so well.

I'm far LESS generous and judgemental in person.

If we were having this conversation in person you'd be wearing a Winger shirt and quoting Voltaire. I would also only be wearing underwear.

But yes I see what you're saying.

And I do think a lengthy discussion on the social norms of dating would be interesting if more people here weren't married to their Tera Patrick Vagina Replicas (TM).

I'm kidding! That was a joke.

Wankers!

Samurai Mike

10-25-2005, 05:37 PM

At the video store I work at, the nice girls always seem to come in just as I'm exiting the adult room after putting some returns back.

Its impossible to recover from that.

Hewlett

10-25-2005, 07:45 PM

I'm not necessarily putting the blame on her.

You don't necessarily blame her for being interested in you, asking you for your phone number, and expecting you to a.) either give your actual number to her, or b.) politely decline without being an asshole about it? How generous of you.

Belethedheliel

10-25-2005, 10:07 PM

At the video store I work at, the nice girls always seem to come in just as I'm exiting the adult room after putting some returns back.

Its impossible to recover from that.

Well, you can always work at a video store that doesn't have an adult room (unless it's a requirement to have videos of all ratings in NZ; here most places don't).

Unless she's into porn.... or is that not what you meant by "nice girls"?

Samurai Mike

10-25-2005, 11:10 PM

Well, you can always work at a video store that doesn't have an adult room (unless it's a requirement to have videos of all ratings in NZ; here most places don't).

Unless she's into porn.... or is that not what you meant by "nice girls"?
When I started working there I was surprised it had an adult section - which is quite popular. I hate going in there though, there's some DODGY stuff on those shelves. The stories I've heard from the other staff would freeze your blood.

And a girl who likes porn? I don't think they exist, except in legend...

Ray Abed

10-26-2005, 01:09 AM

You don't necessarily blame her for being interested in you, asking you for your phone number, and expecting you to a.) either give your actual number to her, or b.) politely decline without being an asshole about it? How generous of you.

We've already established that I'm a prick. Can we change the topic to, say, why women are so weird?

Nexus-6

10-26-2005, 02:17 AM

And a girl who likes porn? I don't think they exist, except in legend...
They may be more secretive about it than men, but trust me, they're out there.

Ray Abed

10-26-2005, 03:10 AM

They may be more secretive about it than men, but trust me, they're out there.

A female friend of mine told me she loves porn. I told her there was nothing wrong with that.

kingcujoI

10-26-2005, 10:50 AM

And a girl who likes porn? I don't think they exist, except in legend...

If you would actually talk to girls instead of cowering behind the kids section shelves you might learn all kinds of things. :-p

It's crazy guys check this out...these are other things women do that you might not know about...

1.breathe oxygen
2.take shites
3.watch sports
4. Enjoy sex (well not with you)
5. Orgasm (well again...not with you)
6. Watch action films

Its all true....except for number 2....women have feces magically removed by the ghost of a young Dean Martin.

Mad Man Mundt

10-26-2005, 06:30 PM

I happen to hear from very reliable sources (female friends of mine) that girls poop Skittles.

Belethedheliel

10-28-2005, 10:02 PM

Is that like "ladies don't sweat, they glisten"?

Atomic Dan

10-30-2005, 08:20 PM

On the women and porn thing: I used to go to the Tower Books magazine section late at night and buy stuff. At one point I got in the habit of buying this British porno mag "Mayfair" ... fairly tame stuff, but I was fairly nervous about buying it from the punk/alterno chicks who worked at the cash register, and always assumed they were thinking I was a male chauvinist jerk for making them look at this stuff. Well, one time I was buying that mag and nothing else and the gal at the counter was extremely friendly and chatty with me, kept me in a conversation long after I paid. (It was a slow night, not many customers.) I ended up asking her out and we went out a couple of times. It didn't work out, but it did teach me not to presume that women are anti porn. In fact it almost seemed like it sparked this gal's interest, because as a fairly introverted fellow, that was one of only two or three experiences I've had with a retail gal strongly hitting on me.