Boys are beyond the range of anyone's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
-James Thurber
One of us Girls in the Hall posted this quote on Facebook the other day, and we have to agree. Why is it that guys are so incredibly difficult to understand? Also, why is it so hard for them to understand us?
We want them to get us... We talk with them in detail about our problems, feelings, and thoughts on life. In return, we are sometimes greeted with a blank stare. Sound familiar? When asked, "What are you thinking?", we sometimes say, "Nothing." Despite the fact that, at any one instant, we may be simultaneously thinking about our math homework, after school practice and needing to finish chores before our parents yell at us. When we ask them what they are thinking, they say "Nothing," and actually mean it (how is that possible?!). Guys can be INFURIATING.
On the flip side, some of my favorite memories are with my high school guy friends. One taught me how to drive stick shift in his Volvo station wagon. Another challenged me to a pizza slice eating contest (I won, for those who care). Homecoming my freshman year rocked because one of my good guy pals took me. Sometimes the grounding and simplicity of a solid friendship with a guy who makes us laugh or just listens is exactly what we need. Guys might not always be able to decode our feelings, or say the right things--just like we can't do that for them some of the time.
Besides, isn't not getting them part of the fun? We think so.
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Perhaps we would understand girls better if they didn't say "nothing" when asked if anything is up.
I don't think that guys are complicated, I think we're surprisingly simple. All we want is the simple things - fun, food, love and sex.
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