Why can't women give a simple answer to a simple question?
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toddygti said:
Storrsy24 said:
He always makes me out to be worse than what I am.
No he doesn't and my Mrs is no better! All I get is "I don't mind" or "I don't know"... then when i make a choice, it's the wrong one
by the way my wife is wonderful and a fabulous person, just sometimes a typical dizzy blond like her daughter. although the wifes brunette, we think she's a spiritual blond sometimes
Here you go guys, open the 'what colour is this dress' thread and ask your OH what colour it is, here's how it went for me:
Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
Me: because the internet has been talking about it all day, what colour is it?
Her: why are people talking about it?
Me: because to some people it looks white and gold, to others it looks black and blue. What colour do you think it is?
Her: what dress is it?
Me: who cares? That's not the point, what colour is it?
Her: well why would i care if i don't know what the dress is?
Me: who gives a flying f
k what dress it is, all that matters is what colour it is
Her: but why does that matter?
Me: because to some fking people it looks white and gold, to other people it looks fking black and blue. What fking colour do you think it is?
Her: grey
Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
Me: because the internet has been talking about it all day, what colour is it?
Her: why are people talking about it?
Me: because to some people it looks white and gold, to others it looks black and blue. What colour do you think it is?
Her: what dress is it?
Me: who cares? That's not the point, what colour is it?
Her: well why would i care if i don't know what the dress is?
Me: who gives a flying f
k what dress it is, all that matters is what colour it isHer: but why does that matter?
Me: because to some f
king people it looks white and gold, to other people it looks fking black and blue. What fking colour do you think it is?Her: grey
Viz sexist book of records:
"Talking about Nothing
Mrs. Mary Caterham (GB) and Mrs. Marjorie Steele (GB) sat in a kitchen in Blackburn, Lancs. and talked about nothing whatsoever for four and a half months from 1st May to the 17th August 1978, pausing only for coffee, cakes & toilet visits. Throughout the whole time, no information was exchanged and neither woman gained any new knowledge whatsoever.
The outdoor record for talking about nothing is held by Mrs. Vera Etherington (GB) and her neighbour Mrs. Dolly Booth (GB) of Ipswich, who between 11th November 1983 and 12th January 1984 chundered on over their fence in an unenlightening dialogue lasting 62 days until Mrs. Booth remembered she'd left the bath running."
I may have married one of these women, the other is my sister in law.
"Talking about Nothing
Mrs. Mary Caterham (GB) and Mrs. Marjorie Steele (GB) sat in a kitchen in Blackburn, Lancs. and talked about nothing whatsoever for four and a half months from 1st May to the 17th August 1978, pausing only for coffee, cakes & toilet visits. Throughout the whole time, no information was exchanged and neither woman gained any new knowledge whatsoever.
The outdoor record for talking about nothing is held by Mrs. Vera Etherington (GB) and her neighbour Mrs. Dolly Booth (GB) of Ipswich, who between 11th November 1983 and 12th January 1984 chundered on over their fence in an unenlightening dialogue lasting 62 days until Mrs. Booth remembered she'd left the bath running."
I may have married one of these women, the other is my sister in law.
hornetrider said:
I'm an engineer. I find problems with stuff and fix things. It's how I'm wired.
She tells me her problems. I offer practical solutions and alternatives. She never listens.
I think it is how they're wired.
Oh. And don't get me started on randomly talking about the shopping while I'm engrossed in a TV programme.
Did smile quite a lot at this. So So trueShe tells me her problems. I offer practical solutions and alternatives. She never listens.
I think it is how they're wired.
Oh. And don't get me started on randomly talking about the shopping while I'm engrossed in a TV programme.
Oakey said:
Here you go guys, open the 'what colour is this dress' thread and ask your OH what colour it is, here's how it went for me:
Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
That seems to be a recurring theme. When asked a question the person/lady will ask why, im wondering if its a conditioned reflex. I know a guy who will answer every question with "ehh" so you have to repeat the question. I have stopped repeating the question and he will answer after a few seconds, so he has heard the question but just says "ehh" to everything.Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
Perhaps just give it a few seconds, if you don't get an answer, repeat the question. Otherwise it sounds like one of those never ending conversations people have with children, where every answer is answered by "why".
Cotty said:
Oakey said:
Here you go guys, open the 'what colour is this dress' thread and ask your OH what colour it is, here's how it went for me:
Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
That seems to be a recurring theme. When asked a question the person/lady will ask why, im wondering if its a conditioned reflex. I know a guy who will answer every question with "ehh" so you have to repeat the question. I have stopped repeating the question and he will answer after a few seconds, so he has heard the question but just says "ehh" to everything.Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
Perhaps just give it a few seconds, if you don't get an answer, repeat the question. Otherwise it sounds like one of those never ending conversations people have with children, where every answer is answered by "why".
King Herald said:
Cotty said:
Oakey said:
Here you go guys, open the 'what colour is this dress' thread and ask your OH what colour it is, here's how it went for me:
Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
That seems to be a recurring theme. When asked a question the person/lady will ask why, im wondering if its a conditioned reflex. I know a guy who will answer every question with "ehh" so you have to repeat the question. I have stopped repeating the question and he will answer after a few seconds, so he has heard the question but just says "ehh" to everything.Me: does this dress look white and gold or black and blue to you?
Her: why?
Perhaps just give it a few seconds, if you don't get an answer, repeat the question. Otherwise it sounds like one of those never ending conversations people have with children, where every answer is answered by "why".
I was working in sales at the time (very awkward) but often people would answer their own questions correctly if you left a longish pause.
I have found myself nodding to almost all of the posts in this thread....
Something else that I've noticed is that "factual correctness" does not necessarily appear to be important in a "female talking session". Gossip, hearsay, endless speculation and ambiguous, incomplete sentences are the main drivers of the non-communication of information, with many/all parties speaking, but few/none of the parties listening. The result being that some/all parties leaving the "talking session" with a very distorted version of "truth"/events and a belief that all other parties agreed with their own view, apart from one party to whom all other parties had taken (apparently telepathically) a dislike to, and who will be talked about in subsequent "fringe-talking sessions" during which the disliked party may change to another party and allegiances switch.
The intervention of a male trying to offer points of information (in a vain attempt to prevent future misunderstandings) or solutions (to remove the "problem") will not be welcomed and said male will instantly become the disliked party.
As a male with technical and questioning tendencies, with a wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunties and female friends, I am often baffled by the above, and will probably always be so.
The revered anthropologist, Les Dawson, also observed these phenomena in his great works of TV.
Something else that I've noticed is that "factual correctness" does not necessarily appear to be important in a "female talking session". Gossip, hearsay, endless speculation and ambiguous, incomplete sentences are the main drivers of the non-communication of information, with many/all parties speaking, but few/none of the parties listening. The result being that some/all parties leaving the "talking session" with a very distorted version of "truth"/events and a belief that all other parties agreed with their own view, apart from one party to whom all other parties had taken (apparently telepathically) a dislike to, and who will be talked about in subsequent "fringe-talking sessions" during which the disliked party may change to another party and allegiances switch.
The intervention of a male trying to offer points of information (in a vain attempt to prevent future misunderstandings) or solutions (to remove the "problem") will not be welcomed and said male will instantly become the disliked party.
As a male with technical and questioning tendencies, with a wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunties and female friends, I am often baffled by the above, and will probably always be so.
The revered anthropologist, Les Dawson, also observed these phenomena in his great works of TV.
Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 28th February 10:28
MC Bodge said:
I have found myself nodding to almost all of the posts in this thread....
Something else that I've noticed is that "factual correctness" does not necessarily appear to be important in a "female talking session". Gossip, hearsay, endless speculation and ambiguous, incomplete sentences are the main drivers of the non-communication of information, with many/all parties speaking, but few/none of the parties listening. The result being that some/all parties leaving the "talking session" with a very distorted version of "truth"/events and a belief that all other parties agreed with their own view, apart from one party to whom all other parties had taken (apparently telepathically) a dislike to, and who will be talked about in subsequent "fringe-talking sessions" during which the disliked party may change to another party and allegiances switch.
The intervention of a male trying to offer points of information (in a vain attempt to prevent future misunderstandings) or solutions (to remove the "problem") will not be welcomed and said male will instantly become the disliked party.
As a male with technical and questioning tendencies, with a wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunties and female friends, I am often baffled by the above, and will probably always be so.
The revered anthropologist, Les Dawson, also observed these phenomena in his great works of TV.
Surely you're not suggesting women never let the truth get in the way of a good story?? Something else that I've noticed is that "factual correctness" does not necessarily appear to be important in a "female talking session". Gossip, hearsay, endless speculation and ambiguous, incomplete sentences are the main drivers of the non-communication of information, with many/all parties speaking, but few/none of the parties listening. The result being that some/all parties leaving the "talking session" with a very distorted version of "truth"/events and a belief that all other parties agreed with their own view, apart from one party to whom all other parties had taken (apparently telepathically) a dislike to, and who will be talked about in subsequent "fringe-talking sessions" during which the disliked party may change to another party and allegiances switch.
The intervention of a male trying to offer points of information (in a vain attempt to prevent future misunderstandings) or solutions (to remove the "problem") will not be welcomed and said male will instantly become the disliked party.
As a male with technical and questioning tendencies, with a wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunties and female friends, I am often baffled by the above, and will probably always be so.
The revered anthropologist, Les Dawson, also observed these phenomena in his great works of TV.
Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 28th February 10:28
Just a moment ago I asked the wife if she wanted to come up to the M&S local with me to get dinner, she is tired and would rather just flop and could I go by myself; well that is what I would have said.
She came out with how busy she had been since this morning, what she had done, where she had driven, what prep for work she had done, who she had been with, timings and even what she has to do tomorrow morning before we go out to a family thing; half way through all this I told her that I didn't care and just wanted to know if she wanted to go to the shop with me; a simple yes or no as I'm tired, would have sufficed; didn't stop her carrying on telling me though; ffs!!
She came out with how busy she had been since this morning, what she had done, where she had driven, what prep for work she had done, who she had been with, timings and even what she has to do tomorrow morning before we go out to a family thing; half way through all this I told her that I didn't care and just wanted to know if she wanted to go to the shop with me; a simple yes or no as I'm tired, would have sufficed; didn't stop her carrying on telling me though; ffs!!
MC Bodge said:
The almost random, seamless change of subject mid-conversation/mid-sentence is also a trap often set to catch out the unwary, logical man.
My wife goes off on a tangent halfway through telling me something; usually juicy gossip and then completely forgets what she was originally telling me; drives me absolutely fking nuts. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff