# Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (... and Bears) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627 "2024-05-16T10:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 147
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627/147 "2024-05-17T06:30:09Z")
> **Hid very off-topic post. Modnote given. {WE?}** > > Yes I would. > > My small village there are a few people everyday standing at the entrance to the only store. I’ve seen them 100s of time. Most of them know my husband. > They call me Ms.“his first name” (don’t ask, don’t know). I’ve never once given them money. They buy beer with money they collect. I don’t care they drink beer. I just ain’t financing it. > > But, if a perfectly strange person talks to me in public, man or woman. I don’t care about their humanity or what ever you seem to think that means. I don’t owe my time, attention, easiness in my fear of people to allow them to get to me. I’m great at zoning out and walkin’ on by. If I feel I can’t for some reason I put my ear buds in. Helps immensely. > > I do not understand why people, M or F feel they gotta talk to me. I’m a stutterer I’m not likely to speak to anyone but my family. They can’t know that, for sure. But, when I don’t speak back they get perturbed. I speak ASL, to them. Then they just holler. It’s ridiculous. Take a clue. Please. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627)._