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Is this only a female thing only?

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Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
As evidenced by the other posters, it usually depends on how she looks.

You try to help out and be a nice guy, then after you are done they tell you they have a boyfriend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaXwwGUrXQ
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Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the massive laughs!
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Best laugh I've had all day!

I had a similar experience as the OP, while out driving one day. I was stopped at a light, listening to the radio. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see this guy punch this real cute girl right in the face. The blow was so hard, that she fell to the ground.

I roll my window down, and start yelling at the guy, telling him to leave her alone, and that I was calling the cops. The guy's whole expression changes into this oh sh$% look, and he moves away from the girl. I was going to ask the girl if I could take her somewhere, but I never get the chance. She gets up, still shaken, and starts cursing me out! I was shocked, and couldn't believe it, so I just drove off, shaking my head.



 
Originally posted by: Muadib
Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
As evidenced by the other posters, it usually depends on how she looks.

You try to help out and be a nice guy, then after you are done they tell you they have a boyfriend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaXwwGUrXQ
Click to expand...

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the massive laughs!
Click to expand...
Best laugh I've had all day!

I had a similar experience as the OP, while out driving one day. I was stopped at a light, listening to the radio. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see this guy punch this real cute girl right in the face. The blow was so hard, that she fell to the ground.

I roll my window down, and start yelling at the guy, telling him to leave her alone, and that I was calling the cops. The guy's whole expression changes into this oh sh$% look, and he moves away from the girl. I was going to ask the girl if I could take her somewhere, but I never get the chance. She gets up, still shaken, and starts cursing me out! I was shocked, and couldn't believe it, so I just drove off, shaking my head.
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Reminds me of Stewie's realization that women like being treated like crap.
 
Originally posted by: eaj0010
Originally posted by: BoomerD
yes, it's a female thing. Guys would only want to offer some kind of help/consolation if they think there's a chance of scoring some "benefits" from it...
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As chauvinistic as this sounds, this is 100% correct.
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Speak your yourself. You are correct that from a biological point of view that would always be somewhere in the guys mind but as the only reason for offering help no.
 
Originally posted by: Locut0s
Originally posted by: eaj0010
Originally posted by: BoomerD
yes, it's a female thing. Guys would only want to offer some kind of help/consolation if they think there's a chance of scoring some "benefits" from it...
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As chauvinistic as this sounds, this is 100% correct.
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Speak your yourself. You are correct that from a biological point of view that would always be somewhere in the guys mind but as the only reason for offering help no.
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Seriously. Wouldn't matter if she was fattest fugly girl I've ever seen.

I'd go over and ask if there's anything I could do, help out if I could. That said, there would be a "potential drama warning" going off in my head. Reasonable risk though IMO.

Then again, I feel the urge to help people by nature. A couple of weeks ago I stopped to help a couple of people get their car out of a ditch. In the end we didn't have the necessary equipment and had to call a tow truck, but it was busy road and I was kinda disappointed that no one else stopped. With a couple of more jacks we might not have needed the truck.

If it was a guy crying, I'd probably leave him alone. Typically guys don't overtly seek sympathy when they're going through a hard time. I know if it was me crying, I'd want to be left alone. Then again, I'd probably be in the bathroom or the most private place I could find.


 
I worked for some time on crysis lines talking to teenagers and adults who had everything going on from pregnancy to bullies to drugs.
As a guy I guess I'm a bit more 'sensitive' than most.
I'm the guy my brothers wife comes to when they are having problems , because she just can't talk to him.

Its also got me into trouble a couple times, I get close to someone from hearing all their troubles and being their support, and then get told the line "I really like you a lot, and think the world of you, but like a brother"

Then I walk away banging my head into the wall.

 
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: Locut0s
Originally posted by: eaj0010
Originally posted by: BoomerD
yes, it's a female thing. Guys would only want to offer some kind of help/consolation if they think there's a chance of scoring some "benefits" from it...
Click to expand...

As chauvinistic as this sounds, this is 100% correct.
Click to expand...

Speak your yourself. You are correct that from a biological point of view that would always be somewhere in the guys mind but as the only reason for offering help no.
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Seriously. Wouldn't matter if she was fattest fugly girl I've ever seen.

I'd go over and ask if there's anything I could do, help out if I could. That said, there would be a "potential drama warning" going off in my head. Reasonable risk though IMO.

Then again, I feel the urge to help people by nature. A couple of weeks ago I stopped to help a couple of people get their car out of a ditch. In the end we didn't have the necessary equipment and had to call a tow truck, but it was busy road and I was kinda disappointed that no one else stopped. With a couple of more jacks we might not have needed the truck.

If it was a guy crying, I'd probably leave him alone. Typically guys don't overtly seek sympathy when they're going through a hard time. I know if it was me crying, I'd want to be left alone. Then again, I'd probably be in the bathroom or the most private place I could find.
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I think I would feel inclined to go up and ask if she need some assistance but to do so would have to meet the following requriments
1. it has to be if I have other agenda to attend too or not.
2. also depends on the scale in which she is sobbing.
It would have been esier for me to approch if another female friend is with me. It would be akward to approch by myself. Hell she may try to kill herself after that phone call. Who knows . . . and maybe just a intervention would save her mad dash into traffic.

Thats all.
 
I'd think for a second. I'd really like to help, but I don't know exactly what some strange guy in a car could do. I might stop and ask if she was okay and if I could do anything for her, but really I know it probably wouldn't do anything. However, sometimes even the gesture can help.

It would mess me up for the rest of the day though... I'm actually thinking about it now...

Funny, the song that just came on my random playlist is Neil Young - Needle and the Damage Done.
 
I would feel the same desire to console her.. Not with any wants of benefits or anything like that.. But if it would make her feel better I gladly would.
 
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