Translations of Mars & Venus

Guy: “Wanna go out tonight?”
Girl: “That’s very sweet, but I’ve got other plans.”
Guy: “Oh. Okay. How about tomorrow night?”
Girl: “Thanks, but maybe some other time.”

Now, to translate…

Guy: “Wanna go out tonight?” (what were y’all expecting? ;))
Girl: “That’s very sweet, but I’ve got other plans.”
Guy hears - ‘She thinks I’m sweet, she likes me.’
Girl means - ‘No.’
Guy: “Oh. Okay. How about tomorrow night?”
Girl: “Thanks, but maybe some other time.”
Guy hears - ‘She’ll go out with me next weekend.’
Girl means - ‘I SAID No.’
So who is at fault here?

Premise ‘A’: Girl should have said what she meant.
Premise ‘B’: Guy should learn diplomacy when he hears it.
Premise ‘C’: Guy and girl should be married.
Premise ‘D’: Guy and girl ARE married.

Feel free to share your Mars/Venus conversations!

Premise A: Yes she should have.
Premise B: Hey, he asked nicely didn’t he?
Premise C: Depends on who asks first…
Premise D: Nope. Their still talking so they can’t be…

But I’m not biased as a guy or anything…

Oh and for the guys inital question, well, just read the first two words of his question…

Is it selfish to try to cushion the blow?

Is it selfless to be brutally honest?

Why do we try to be nice? To spare the other person’s feelings, or to avoid an unpleasant confrontation?

If I make someone else feel bad, then I feel bad. So am I being considerate by being nice to people, or am I really motivated by my own self-interest?

(I don’t know the answers to these questions.)

A. It’s the girls’ fault. (I’m of the vagina-ed persuasion myself, so no bias). I say, don’t let people down easy if it’s not going to get the point across…if there’s even a gray, fuzzed, foul smelling area that you might not get the point across. The guy in this instance obviously wants to believe the best, so they’re going to take you (the female) on a literal level. Say what you mean dammit!

That is exactly my question. I was raised to be polite and nice and considerate at ALL times…

Seems like a universal plot to perpetuate the Mars/Venus books!

Girl’s fault.

I own tubes and a cervix myself, but I still think it’s the girl’s fault.
Women learn at an early age that flirting (using our sexuality) will bring us advantages. It does… but it also sends out skewed messages.

As a gender… we send far too many mixed messages and I can certainly sympathize with the average male. Most females aren’t assertive. They don’t come straight out and say “I want nothing more than to feel you inside me”. Instead, females commonly use passive agressive tactics like slut wear, smiles, touches…all of which can be interpretted differently.

It’s too bad that most females think it’s better to be LIKED than to be HONEST.

Orange, we HAVE to look for the best… What else do we have?

Actually it makes a guys life, ok ok mine, easier if he gets a straight to the point answer. No doubt, no guessing. A guy knows exactly where he stands.

The Venitian isn’t being mean, just flat out honest. Of course if she uses profanity, she is just being a bitch…

Profanity in the reply to the guys question. Not to you Orange. Excuse my lack or snytax-ic skills…

Does this make my butt look big?
Do you know whats good for you?

Boy, bigtime!
No, I am too stupid to breathe OR I was raised by a roving band of gay men and have no experience of women whatsoever

Are we lost?
Are you really as big a meatball as my girlfriend says

Yes, I’m pretty sure we are.
I am a cyborg imperfectly programmed to imitate a man

Hi! I’m strong, sensitive, rich, and my hobby is massage therapy.
Hi! I’m cute, witty, rich, submissive with an oral compulsion.
You are dead. You have lived very well, and are in Heaven

[tedius astronomy grammar hijack]The correct adjectival form is “venusian” or, much less commonly, “venerean.” Neither is capitalized.[/tagh]

Whoops, no, wait, I take it back. If we’re talking about a person, it should be capitalized.

Jeez… as a guy, I think I’m just going to assume the worse when a girl says she’s busy for the night! :eek:

Guy’s fault. He was clueless!

If girl really wanted to go out with him but already had other plans, she would have expanded on the “I’ve got other plans” part of it. Example: “So sorry! I’ve made other plans for tonight, but I’d love to go out with you another time.”

If a girl says "“That’s very sweet, but I’ve got other plans”, I’d assume she’s not interested in going on a date with me, and I’d move along to greener pastures.

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  • originally posted by * ** Podkayne ** * [tedius astronomy grammar hijack]The correct adjectival form is “venusian” or, much less commonly, “venerean.” Neither is capitalized.[/tagh] * [/qoute]

Must be because I often avail myself on the blind ones… Hahaha, my brain hurts…

Venitian that is…

Hello? Is this thing on??

crickets

:wink:

Must be a Mars thing…

:rolleyes:

The proper response is “No, your butt makes your butt look big.” Garaunteed to prevent the question from surfacing ever again.