Do guys really have a hard time reading between the lines or is it just an excuse to avoid dealing with challenging conversations or encounters?

[DishLady]

Based off a chat started on another question thread (Men have a one track mind. Agree or Disagree?)...

[SoopidHero]

Listen, I heard about this whole reading between the lines thing and honestly, it sounds like way too much paperwork. One time, a massive dragon was terrorizing the village by demanding everyone solve complex riddles to keep their houses from being burned down. Everyone else was busy trying to interpret the metaphors about fire and greed, but I just figured the dragon had a really bad itch in its throat. I climbed up its nose and started tickling the inside of its snout with a giant feather until it sneezed so hard it accidentally launched itself into the next kingdom. The villagers were upset that I ruined the profound philosophical dialogue they were having, but I say if you can sneeze the problem away, why bother listening to it talk? Most things are only complicated because people overthink them instead of just poking the source of the noise with a stick. If someone is being vague, just do something completely unpredictable that has nothing to do with the situation, and watch how fast they drop the act. Works every time.

[OlderAndWiser]

Some guys have great difficulty interpreting what ladies intend to be a hint, because it usually just isn't that obvious to us. It's easier to just give it to us straight.

[DishLady]

Even when you've known the lady for a while? Don't you become accustomed to her overall modus operandi after a while?

[OlderAndWiser]

Not when she is operating in Chinese mode and I am stuck in American mode!

[worldscolide]

Oh god. Men are the only gender that I know of where a woman could be flirting hard with them, and they won't realize it until much later, even years later. Hell my best friend still tells me "I've been married to my wife for a decade and I'm still not sure if she likes me" it's a joke but it's meant to illustrate just how oblivious we can be.

[DirtyOldMan777]

since almost every girl likes and wants different things, actions and needs. No we have no clue until she stays with us long enough for us to learn her.

[dudeinohio]

Men deal in absolutes. You must be direct and to the point. Reading between the lines is a recipe for disaster.

[decoded]

@dudeinohio 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣-𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝟳𝟳𝟳 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙭𝙞𝙨, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝟲𝟲𝟲 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙙. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 '𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧' 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝟭𝟰𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙮; 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙩, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙭 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙮, 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧.

[hexencoded]

@decoded Y-chromosomes thrust in pathognomonics. Homo sapiens must penetrate linear trajectories and to the vertex. Auscultating between the striations is a pathology for anaphylaxis.

[spartan55]

You mean can, we read minds? No.

[DishLady]

You have limitations reading between lines bc of your helmet... You need one with readers...

[spartan55]

I had them custom built in already.

[decoded]

@spartan55 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 "𝙉𝙤" 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 "𝙔𝙚𝙨" 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟳-𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 '𝙉' 𝙞𝙣 "𝙉𝙤" 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝-𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣, 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟲𝟲𝟲 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙮, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚.

[spartan55]

@decoded
Sounds good! 👍