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The real reason girls are gushier than guys


It seems girls are much more open about their opinions of guys. If a girl likes someone, she tells him. But guys either keep it to themselves or don’t have any opinions at all. Almost every guy in my class has had a girl tell him she likes him, but very few girls have. Is my class full of shy guys?


Dave: Your class is full of normal guys. Maybe it’s the girls who have mucked things up in this case. I’m assuming your class is pretty evenly split between guys and girls. If every girl in your class has told a guy she likes him, that doesn’t leave a guy with much choice about which girl to pursue since they’ve all expressed their opinions. So what’s a guy to do? Keep his mouth shut, something that’s pretty easy for most guys.


Bill: There are two theories of male emotional development: Evolution and Creation. The Evolution Theory says guys are actually very evolved emotionally, so evolved that they take rejection much harder than girls. The Creation Theory holds that guys were created like a lump of clay, and that’s about it. Emotional thoughts just don’t occur to them. Either way, you get a species that doesn’t deal openly with feelings. Best bet is to feed them regularly, keep them in front of a sports channel or video game, and lower your expectations.

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by Bill and Dave | 2/1/2016
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