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Topic: why mens don't search others mens for be friend
wux's photo
Fri 03/18/11 11:12 AM

in a place where other men with similar interests (over and above women) hang out.


Maybe... but when I am letting it hang out over and above women, I don't want a friend right beside me then, to play chess or pool with.

Or maybe I don't understand your point.

I am a missionary man... and a nocturnal one at that. A nocturnal emissionary man.

wux's photo
Fri 03/18/11 11:14 AM
Edited by wux on Fri 03/18/11 11:15 AM


I meet all my new male friends standing next to them at the urinal.


rofl

You're in competition with George Michael, eh?


I don't think he wants to compete. I think he is, instead, hoping to bum into George Michael. At the urinal, naturally.

GrammerGuy's photo
Fri 03/18/11 11:19 AM
Because we've been brought up in a society , which applauds immediate gratification, as opposed to real connecting.
Let's boff, then we'll talk--kind of; nah, let's boff, again.

wux's photo
Fri 03/18/11 11:23 AM
Edited by wux on Fri 03/18/11 11:25 AM

this is a good question

why men dont search others

this is a gay kind ?
if not
why we not making this ? :angry:


Now, but seriously.

Many European men I met in real life in Norht America complained to me that they can't make friends with guys.

In Europe, all over, guys have a number of male friends, and women, women friends.

This shut down my theory that I had had for a long time, that men are lone hunters, not pack hunters, and women, are sociable gatherers. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone. Or they can call out for help to the herd of the nearby girls who heard them.

So, to this day, women go to the washroom in couples.

In north america girls also go to singles dances in couples, and guys almost always alone.

In my old country, even guys go in groups.

But there is a reason for that. In Hungary guys fight over girls. In fact, they fight you if you accidentally bump into them. Here the guy you bump into will say "sorry" and you say "excuse me."

So you don't need back-up to say "excuse me", but when fists and chairs and beer-bottles are flying, it's not good to be involved in the main bill of entertainment all alone.

So it's cultural, not only genetic. It's a child of necessity for European men to go to places together, and therefore it's necessary for them to have "friends". Here it's not, so guys don't bother to chase after just any old thing that moves, here guys like solitude or sex, no in-between.

buttons's photo
Fri 03/18/11 11:32 AM
myself... if i relied on this place for dates. my self esteem would be horrible!rofl rofl

for one as you can see how long i have been here.. this actually was a place to "meet new friends" they did have the same choices though back then.
again i am different... but actually i have had many emails with married men on here.. some of the most respectful guys overall if you ask me.. heck i have even talked to their wives as well.. on their emails as they read them together..
i do not seek out to just talk to married men.. nor just to talk to men alone.. i love meeting nice gals on here.. and i have no other intent than to be just friends with them. if i put on here just here for friends.. and put interested in women that would definitely not mean i am gay. or seeking a woman for anymore for what is simply put.. people use this site for what they want to.. not everyone has the same intents or ideas that others do.. everyone is individual..

armycat23's photo
Sat 03/19/11 10:21 AM
I think people......carry over how it's percieved. It's probably due to the vast "oh you're gay/that's gay" attitude that's still around.
I've seen guys search out for other guys to be new friends and whatnot but by far it's guys seeking females and I think that "friendship" isn't the real thing they are seeking most of the time.


no photo
Sat 03/19/11 10:30 AM
. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone
Is that why they do that?! I always wondered.
myself... if i relied on this place for dates. my self esteem would be horrible!
Buttons! Buttons! Buttons! It's hard for me (knowing as little as I do about you) to believe that, with all the men on this site, You're not being approached by lots of good men.

kissablekiss's photo
Sat 03/19/11 10:40 AM


this is a good question

why men dont search others

this is a gay kind ?
if not
why we not making this ? :angry:


Now, but seriously.

Many European men I met in real life in Norht America complained to me that they can't make friends with guys.

In Europe, all over, guys have a number of male friends, and women, women friends.

This shut down my theory that I had had for a long time, that men are lone hunters, not pack hunters, and women, are sociable gatherers. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone. Or they can call out for help to the herd of the nearby girls who heard them.

So, to this day, women go to the washroom in couples.

In north america girls also go to singles dances in couples, and guys almost always alone.

In my old country, even guys go in groups.

But there is a reason for that. In Hungary guys fight over girls. In fact, they fight you if you accidentally bump into them. Here the guy you bump into will say "sorry" and you say "excuse me."

So you don't need back-up to say "excuse me", but when fists and chairs and beer-bottles are flying, it's not good to be involved in the main bill of entertainment all alone.

So it's cultural, not only genetic. It's a child of necessity for European men to go to places together, and therefore it's necessary for them to have "friends". Here it's not, so guys don't bother to chase after just any old thing that moves, here guys like solitude or sex, no in-between.
ARE YOU FOR REAL?

EquusDancer's photo
Sat 03/19/11 02:26 PM


I think the main reason is that this is a dating site so, unless you want to date a man why bother?

If men want to find male friends they would probably look in a place where other men with similar interests (over and above women) hang out.

Maybe that's just me. Either way, good luck to all the men out there!


Good analysis!

I don't think that women "search" for other women just to make friends either! It's most likely that they want to date a woman.

All female friends on my list are a direct result of interacting with them in the Forums:smile:




Yeah, all the women in my friends listing are from getting to know them here. Men too, for that matter.

EquusDancer's photo
Sat 03/19/11 02:28 PM



this is a good question

why men dont search others

this is a gay kind ?
if not
why we not making this ? :angry:


Now, but seriously.

Many European men I met in real life in Norht America complained to me that they can't make friends with guys.

In Europe, all over, guys have a number of male friends, and women, women friends.

This shut down my theory that I had had for a long time, that men are lone hunters, not pack hunters, and women, are sociable gatherers. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone. Or they can call out for help to the herd of the nearby girls who heard them.

So, to this day, women go to the washroom in couples.

In north america girls also go to singles dances in couples, and guys almost always alone.

In my old country, even guys go in groups.

But there is a reason for that. In Hungary guys fight over girls. In fact, they fight you if you accidentally bump into them. Here the guy you bump into will say "sorry" and you say "excuse me."

So you don't need back-up to say "excuse me", but when fists and chairs and beer-bottles are flying, it's not good to be involved in the main bill of entertainment all alone.

So it's cultural, not only genetic. It's a child of necessity for European men to go to places together, and therefore it's necessary for them to have "friends". Here it's not, so guys don't bother to chase after just any old thing that moves, here guys like solitude or sex, no in-between.
ARE YOU FOR REAL?


Yep, he is. I've heard that before too.

Totage's photo
Sat 03/19/11 02:33 PM

this is a good question

why men dont search others

this is a gay kind ?
if not
why we not making this ? :angry:


I would much rather find a nice female friend.

mylifetoday's photo
Sat 03/19/11 04:14 PM

well as somebody else says 'its a dating site '
unless that guy is gay then he will wanna befriend males .....

most males on here have male friends assuming they interact with them in the forum .....just like myself all my friends and i do mean all ....are active in the forum .

but if a guy just randomly choose a -straight- male on a dating site and send him a friend request ...then he might get block or put on ignore lol ....but if that random person is bi curious them you just did him a favor .....


When I first signed up on here I was only looking for a woman to date.

Now that I found one, I have found the forums are still interesting. So far the only people I have friended are people I have interacted with in the forums.

So. I have a different focus now. A friend is just someone you like talking to or find interesting. That is certainly not exclusive to the opposite sex.

Part of he problem is that this is a dating site. I know I for one don't search other men's profiles because of that fact. I don't want them to think I want a date. The first guy that viewed my profile for some reason thought I was a woman. He sent an email asking me out. I replied asking if he knew I was a man. He was really sheepish then. laugh

But yesterday was the first time I sent an email to another man. This was just to clarify what we were both talking about in the thread. You know, just getting to know each other. So easy to misunderstand someone when you don't know what they are about.

wux's photo
Sat 03/19/11 06:10 PM

. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone
Is that why they do that?! I always wondered.
myself... if i relied on this place for dates. my self esteem would be horrible!
Buttons! Buttons! Buttons! It's hard for me (knowing as little as I do about you) to believe that, with all the men on this site, You're not being approached by lots of good men.


(psst... ask buttons how current her picture is.)

krupa's photo
Sun 03/20/11 08:42 AM
I have plenty of guy friends specifically from this site.

Everyone of them I have met and got to know on the forums. Here, you find out who is cool and who aint. After weeks or months of hanging out and building a form of friendship, I often find friends requests from guys cause they just like that I am easy going and tell it like it is or they just want some advise.

Gay or not has nothing to do with friendship. A friend is a friend....screw anyone elses perceptions or assumptions. They are the ones with the real issues.

axl_rose40's photo
Sun 03/20/11 06:11 PM

I have plenty of guy friends specifically from this site.

Everyone of them I have met and got to know on the forums. Here, you find out who is cool and who aint. After weeks or months of hanging out and building a form of friendship, I often find friends requests from guys cause they just like that I am easy going and tell it like it is or they just want some advise.

Gay or not has nothing to do with friendship. A friend is a friend....screw anyone elses perceptions or assumptions. They are the ones with the real issues.


touche!

willing2's photo
Sun 03/20/11 06:25 PM
Some of the friends I have here are men.

With my current pic, I get a lot of men trying to IM me.laugh laugh


axl_rose40's photo
Sun 03/20/11 06:27 PM

Some of the friends I have here are men.

With my current pic, I get a lot of men trying to IM me.laugh laugh




Oh great! Thought you were one of the lesbians frustrated

willing2's photo
Sun 03/20/11 06:31 PM


Some of the friends I have here are men.

With my current pic, I get a lot of men trying to IM me.laugh laugh




Oh great! Thought you were one of the lesbians frustrated

I would make a great lesbian!
I fell in love with that picture and carry her around with me on a few sites.

Atlantis75's photo
Sun 03/20/11 06:51 PM
Edited by Atlantis75 on Sun 03/20/11 06:55 PM


this is a good question

why men dont search others

this is a gay kind ?
if not
why we not making this ? :angry:


Now, but seriously.

Many European men I met in real life in Norht America complained to me that they can't make friends with guys.

In Europe, all over, guys have a number of male friends, and women, women friends.

This shut down my theory that I had had for a long time, that men are lone hunters, not pack hunters, and women, are sociable gatherers. Women go to the washroom in couples, because they can defend better against a predator than if they were alone. Or they can call out for help to the herd of the nearby girls who heard them.

So, to this day, women go to the washroom in couples.

In north america girls also go to singles dances in couples, and guys almost always alone.

In my old country, even guys go in groups.

But there is a reason for that. In Hungary guys fight over girls. In fact, they fight you if you accidentally bump into them. Here the guy you bump into will say "sorry" and you say "excuse me."

So you don't need back-up to say "excuse me", but when fists and chairs and beer-bottles are flying, it's not good to be involved in the main bill of entertainment all alone.

So it's cultural, not only genetic. It's a child of necessity for European men to go to places together, and therefore it's necessary for them to have "friends". Here it's not, so guys don't bother to chase after just any old thing that moves, here guys like solitude or sex, no in-between.

Not entirely true, but surely men do have more friends and even girl-friends (not lovers) who hang out with large groups of men, although she may or may not be dating any of them. It's an entirely different thing when you have a country of less than 10 million ethnic (Hungary) origin (or any other smaller population countries) and not 307 million (USA) with all sorts of backgrounds.
The larger the society the less the trust is between each other. I can say I am an American and it will not guarantee that others who say they are American to feel any sort of social connection or identify with me, but if I say I'm a Hungarian, let's say on facebook, I can easily get 10 friends a week , let that be men or women, regardless if I'm single, married or dating. Same deal with Jewish people and other smaller ethnic groups around the world, there is that sense of belonging, and it gets stronger if the numbers are smaller. The fight over-the-women not always true, although there is more possibility in these smaller countries, and usually women -even if they deny it- likes it, because they feel they are worthy of something if their men is willing to take the risk to be beaten up, and the sense of protection they feel, which is basic instinct.

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