Happens to me a zillion times. Walking down the street, some guy I know or don’t know comes up, looks me in the eye for .5 second, then nods his head up for a second or maybe up & down & then walks on his merry way not missing a beat. These are straight guys, too.
Is this some sort of male instictive greeting? I’m not even sure why I do it either. Why are you guys doing it?
I think it’s an acknowledgement that both participants in the little head-nod are thinking about breasts. Or sports.
Contact your regional officer for the manual.
Seriously, I always interpret it as “I’m acknoledging your presence, but I’m too much of a hurry to say Hello.”
I’m a girl, and I do the head-nod business. I do this because it’s “cooler” than waving and saying, “hi-iiii!” Also, when I haven’t talked in a while, my voice is all scratchy and it’s not worth clearing it to say, “hello,” in passing. By the time I’ve tested my voice, cleared it, and said, “hello,” that person is already ten feet behind me.
“I acknowledge your presence, but in a masculine way to indicate my heterosexuality.”
Besides, it’s rude to ignore someone if it’s obvious that you know he is there.
I always figured it was because guys are too manly to smile.
At this point, I usually defy expectations by swinging into a deep soul-kiss.
Guys instinctually nod to each other because it’s a lot less embarrassing than sniffing each other’s asses.
Christ, what do you do when someone stares?
Sniff his ass?
I don’t know, I just do it.
But it’s likely we’re already thinking about breasts and/or sports anyway. You wouldn’t need a signal. You might need a signal, on the other hand, if you weren’t thinking about breasts and/or sports.
You New Yorkers.
Doesn’t it piss you off when you do the nod and the other guy doesn’t respond in kind? Makes me want to give them the finger when they are past you. That’s a code violation, man!
I’ve ALWAYS asked my guy friends about this. Having mostly male friends, I’ll be walking down the hall and this happens:
I spot Fred.
-waving enthusiastically- “Hey Fred!”
Fred, as he walks by, nods to acknowledge my existence. Crushed, I continue walking down the hall. Oh, and if I’m lucky, I might get a smile, or even a look-over.
That’s why hugs are good.
Tell me – have you even tried ass-sniffing?
I always assumed it was a “I am manly enough to beat you and rape your women. If we were in another time, we would fight, and see who is the better man”.
So I asked Mr. L. He says it is a pecking order, the man who nods first is acknowledging the superiority of the other. Muy macho Mr L., who is indeed a very manly man who likes to do many manly things, says he never nods first.
I work with a Thai guy who told me one time that “In Thailand, no one ever nods or speaks when they are just passing by each other.” Never been there, though, so I cannot personally attest to it.
He also told me that Thai is a monotonal language.:eek:
Personally … my ass smells like lilacs in the springtime.
<<<sniff…sniff>>> Good Lord, what died in here???
But I like to make damn sure that EVERYONE knows that I’m thinking about breasts. For example… Everyone, I am thinking about breasts right now. You never know when a guy has his mind preoccupied by unimportant things like his job or politics… he should be thinking about BREASTS, dammit! Breasts breasts breasts! Big bouncy breasts! Pert purdy breasts!
BREASTS!!!
(God, I need to get laid…)