# Im having boy trouble someone help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758 "2013-07-28T22:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![forevercountry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@forevercountry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forevercountry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/1 "2013-07-28T22:31:11Z")
Im having some serious country boy trouble:eek: and i need help ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/2 "2013-07-28T22:35:51Z")
Moved from ATMB to MPSIMS. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/3 "2013-07-28T22:55:19Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Moved from ATMB to MPSIMS. > > **samclem** , moderator How can you be so sure it isn’t ATMB? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/4 "2013-07-28T22:55:58Z")
I think you’re going to have to be just a tiny bit more specific. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/5 "2013-07-28T23:02:29Z")
> [@forevercountry](#): > > Im having some serious country boy trouble:eek: and i need help Well there’s your problem. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/6 "2013-07-28T23:03:58Z")
Stop playing with boys and get a man. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/7 "2013-07-28T23:22:11Z")
Is a “country boy” a boy from the country (as opposed to the city)? Or is it a boy who likes or plays country music? And what specifically is your problem? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/8 "2013-07-28T23:44:38Z")
Or is “country boy” just an euphemism for something else, like lazy eye or low gas mileage? ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/9 "2013-07-28T23:54:01Z")
What? Ewe pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/10 "2013-07-29T00:30:28Z")
Tell him he sucks at line dancng and judge his reaction. 🙂 Seriously, fovevercountry, give us the story. We need everything except his name and address. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/11 "2013-07-29T01:16:10Z")
Maybe the country boy is a C-grade country musician. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/12 "2013-07-29T02:29:50Z")
Is it John Denver? ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/13 "2013-07-29T02:44:18Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Or is “country boy” just an euphemism for something else, like lazy eye or low gas mileage? Could it be that “lazy eye” or “low gas mileage” are euphemisms for short arm issues, or a lack of lead in the pencil? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/14 "2013-07-29T02:44:26Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > Is it John Denver? I think you’ve nailed the problem. Her boyfriend’s dead. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/15 "2013-07-29T03:32:11Z")
Nah, John Denver can never really die. He’s like Frosty the Snowman that way. Well actually, that’s just one of the many ways that he’s like Frosty the Snowman, but there’s no need to go into the others, right now. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/16 "2013-07-29T03:57:21Z")
Okay, I guess I’ll help you with your country boy problem. One of you is going to have to move so that you can be together. I suggest that that he moves into the city so that you both have lots of opportunities for jobs and education, and then, after a few years or so, you both move back to the country for a slower-paced, less stressful life. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/17 "2013-07-29T04:08:38Z")
I disagree. I think the country boy problem is that the OP’s Dad doesn’t like the brand of tractor the country boy uses farming, but he refuses to change even for the sake of the relationship. Should she ignore her father’s wishes and keep dating the boy who uses a sub-par brand tractor? Or should she dump the boy for a man who drives a real tractor? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/18 "2013-07-29T04:10:14Z")
I keep telling you, you have to dig that pit in your basement much deeper or they’ll keep escaping. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/19 "2013-07-29T04:13:55Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I disagree. I think the country boy problem is that the OP’s Dad doesn’t like the brand of tractor the country boy uses farming, but he refuses to change even for the sake of the relationship. > > Should she ignore her father’s wishes and keep dating the boy who uses a sub-par brand tractor? Or should she dump the boy for a man who drives a real tractor? No, the country boy problem is that he never cleans the mud and shit off his boots before he comes into the house. How is anyone supposed to live with someone messing up your carpets every damned day? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758/20 "2013-07-29T04:18:14Z")
Those boys, I heard you cain’t take the country outta 'em. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-boy-trouble-someone-help/664758.md?page=2)