# She said "No"; did she mean, "Yes"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915 "2013-03-03T14:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/81 "2013-03-05T15:34:32Z")
Don’t go out with women who say “no” but mean “yes”. I wish society would stop it with that meme, it’s a BS tactic and leads to all manner of problems of both sides. Move on. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/82 "2013-03-05T15:49:06Z")
> [@Fozzie Bear](#): > > Her eyes said ‘Yes, yes!’ but she had no nose on her face! I think post #69 sets out a sensible view. And FTR I’ve met **Quartz** in person and while he, like me, is not one of the suaver people on the planet, he’s a perfectly nice individual and one hopes he will find a perfectly nice and non-crazy ladyfriend in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/83 "2013-03-05T15:52:39Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Guys, remember our meeting was nearly 6 months ago. Forty years of crazy doesn’t go away in 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/84 "2013-03-05T16:39:41Z")
Have SIL give her your phone number. Phones have a way of dialing out as well as recieving calls. End of problem. End of curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/85 "2013-03-05T17:20:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > Forty years of crazy doesn’t go away in 6 months. No, but electroshock convulsive therapy does help alleviate the voices in one’s head screaming The Stones “Gimme Shelter” as rendered by Björk in 17/8 time. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/86 "2013-03-05T17:23:08Z")
Maybe a wacky montage, set to that Third Eye Blind song about meth that everyone thinks is happy, and that they use in every movie? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/87 "2013-03-06T02:08:09Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Maybe a wacky montage, set to that Third Eye Blind song about meth that everyone thinks is happy, and that they use in every movie? A dating montage set to “Semi-Charmed Life” is at least better than “Yakkity Sax”. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915/88 "2013-03-06T02:48:15Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > A dating montage set to “Semi-Charmed Life” is at least better than “Yakkity Sax”. But which would be more appropriate for this thread? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-said-no-did-she-mean-yes/651915.md?page=4)