this "friend ladder" needs to be burned
Monday, March 17, 2008
let me get this straight... the WORST thing a guy could hear from a girl that he likes and has befriended is:
-i love you...like a brother!
-who, him? oh, he's just a friend.
-he's such a nice guy, but...
-he's too nice.
-i can't date him, i'd break his heart.
(Please, feel free to join in and add anymore that I have missed.)
yeah yeah yeah... well, you know what, guys? girls get it, too! However, we hear:
-she's one of the guys.
-who, her? she's just a friend.
-(insert name here)'s like my sister.
-pfft. no, we're JUST friends.
-(when a friend asks, "is she your girlfriend?") he replies: us? it's not even like that!
(Please, feel free to join in and add anymore that I have missed.)
And... the discussion begins here.
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4 comments:
I've been slackin on comments!
Soo... apparently I'm not "one of the guys."
I know that Mikey's dubbed me that before but a couple days ago Marc & Andrew said that I'm not because nobody ever dubbed me that.. except for myself. Jenna explained it to me.. but I wanna hear why I'm not.. just out of curiosity.
Cuz I can hang & I'm a down ass bitch. Okay maybe not that last one, but you get me.
hmm..
If you wanna be considered "one of the guys," then you can have my approval...
anyone else?
[marc]
It's not that I want to.. [and I wouldn't mind if I was either].. was just curious on what the "criteria" was for being dubbed "one of the guys."
No big deal. :)
my brain is lacking some fun after all this studying. so here i go..
more things guys hate hearing:
- ..... . ... um. yeah...
- oh shi-*click* "hello?.."
- that would be awkward!
- GROSS!
You have some real good ones already. man i hate those "he's nice, but.." ARGH!!! if you have to use one of these, i suggest NONE of them. don't follow a positive with a negative.. you can't cover up a knife in the back with a band-aid. But i guess there really is no easier way, huh? life sucks sometimes. how about a lie?
"I'm actually seeing someone right now."
So what are we supposed to do in situations like this? how do you turn the befriended moment into the not-so-awkward moment?
Would it help if I said to her "yes, i'd rather just be friends.. you ok with that? cmon, lets grab a bite real quick, we can talk about it." I know that I wouldn't be able to just move on right away, so maybe helping her move on slowly by talking it over might ease that knife out a bit? for the girls, i think that if he's too much of a DOUCHE to do that for you, then he's not the guy you expect him to be. tension between friends is REAL AWKWARD.
COMMUNICATION is real talk.
[marc]
PS: good topic steph. you rock! like a boat.