Am I the only one annoyed that all women have been put into a generic group? I'm not getting my feminist hat out here, but surely you can't claim to understand women unless you have in fact met every woman alive and have managed to understand them all.

I don't understand all men. I understand some, and others flabbergast me and a few keep me on my toes.

I don't understand all women. I understand some, and others flabbergast me and a few keep me on my toes.

The understanding comes from knowing the individual and growing in knowledge about each other. This can (and will) change with time and circumstances.

It's not necessarily about accepting someone else either. That is a different topic entirely. I can accept somebody and not understand them and visa-versa.

If somebody claims to understand me I will likely laugh at them (hopefully with them) and say "You don't know the half of it bud!"

It's good to be back

it's vice versa.. men are also hard to understand.. the reason? men are from mars and women are from venus..

there are some men from Venus to, as are some women from Mars...try getting a handle on that...just saying...

....give the guy a break already. It good to have some fun with these posts but damn I don't think he was out to demean anyone & was just making conversation. In a place that is 80% scammers , I'm just glad to see someone posting who isn't one

No, you’re not.

Not everyone is on the same level of thinking as you

Let me try and help you young man, before you are thrown into the lion pit. You are single, probably in you 20's. No girlfriend..... We're not tring to be rude, but you are sure making it easy... There is an ancient and wise saying, goes a little something like this: " It is better to be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt".

People should not take on a subject as controversial as the battle between the sexes, unless they have some minimum qualifications. (Not saying I do, but this ain't my first rodeo.) Where was I, oh yes minimum qualifications for this subject...
1. Must have a girlfriend, or boyfriend.
2. Must have loved and lost, see what I did there?
3. Must have a slice of maturity or what the class calls wisdom.
4. Humility, look it up in the Webster's dictionary.
5. Realisation that you should never come to a gun fight armed with a toothpick. Sry that was the wiskey kicking in.. hic-up..

Well Mike, try to remember once you have gained these minimum qualifications, then and only then may you participate in a conversation of this type. Dont try to sound like a know-it-all. Allow for the weakness of being human. Its truly the only thing that differentiates us from the other living orginisims on this planet.

Personally I would have picked a conversation subject with a little less degree of complication; like the function process of thermonuclear reactors..but hey that's just me.

Well goodbye kid and as a great cowboy named Clint Eastwood would say; Less is more..

ok that was hella funny man!!!

Thats true, Namaste were are your feet guruji.

must be aliens mr. hahhahahhaha just kidding

I get where you're coming from. And I haven't read his other posts.
But I still find it typical that so many men get upset because of his statement. If you feel confident in your masculinity, there wouldn't be a reason to feel emasculated or attacked.
The fact that he uses "deficiency" ... give him a break, English isn't his 1st language ...

As for blowing your own trumpet ... that is gross, Joe!

In all honesty ... I know it's a typical English thing to feel that you cannot state what you're good at. Englishness requires you to be demure, reticent, and modest.
That's an observation, not a judgement.
There's nothing wrong with stating what you're good at and wondering why other people don't seem to have the same quality or ability. Or to wonder why they're struggling with it when it comes so easily to you.
It's society that tells us we have to be modest and just wait for others to compliment us. And even when they do, we should humbly accept it and tell them "It was nothing!" We are taught to constantly knock ourselves.
The only reason for this is that others feel small when we excel at something. So we have to keep ourselves small so others feel better. Isn't that insane?

And who knows ... you could be the next Einstein!
He was wrong on his theory of relativity wasn't he?
No one is perfect

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I agree with Crystal....oooops! Sorry guys, maybe there's some truth to this:) you wouldn't react negatively or defensively if you don't have a wound.....aaawwww! Just saying......peace to all!:) I believe everyone has the right to voice out their opinion but we don't have a right to judge other people as we don't really know them. Let the girls be the judge when they get a chance to know him as a man for it might be true HE is not like MOST men which he emphasized in his post

Actually it's just the same, men and women sometimes find it hard to understand each other. Some people find their match and the level of their thinking just happens to be compatible, they understand and accept each other's imperfections and open their minds to growth and development

Sorry but that's just nitpicking.
Why should you feel generalized? If you feel confident as a woman, no reason for it at all.

Even scientists use test groups for their research, and base conclusions for entire groups of people -or even for the entirety of mankind- on the results of the test group.
They don't test every single person either.

Had the OP said: "I'm real good with children!", would you have reacted the same way? --> You can't say that, because you haven't met every child on this planet!!
I doubt you would've even reacted. You would've simply accepted the statement, probably even think "Bless your heart!"

Again, not a judgement, just an observation. This thread would please studying psychologist and sociologists, haha.
It's really intriguing how people react and get all defensive and flustered.
I don't believe anyone has asked the OP "Wow, interesting! Tell us more! Maybe we could learn a thing or two!"

Seriously. This is profound. Very good food for thought...

Bravo Crystal!

You always offer unique angles from which to view a ""beaten -to- death" subject.And better yet, you compel us to look deep inside ourselves. It was very thoughtful of you, BHawkin's and Dolphin to put yourselves in the OP's shoes instead of throwing shoes at him which most of us did We really shouldn't have been so quick to judge him without asking questions and maybe we did get defensive due to insecurities we have in ourselves. Who knows? What I would say is that like joethebricky, I have read a couple of the OP's other threads and he does come across as a know-it-all, not just in terms of how he wields his advice with his friends, but also in terms of the lofty manner in which he responds to people's comments. Few people respond graciously to perceived arrogance no matter how secure we are in our skin. It might not be a bad thing for the OP to explore means of communicating in a more humble way... And it also might not be a bad thing for the rest of us to do what you did ; and not be so quick to get on the defensive before investigating a person's claims further. As you said, none of us are perfect.

Ps: Roboxbox 73 and BHawkins... Your comments were timely and so darn funny! You both had me giggling to myself like a ninny
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Ok then, having read some of the replies I guess I did overreact a little.

However for the Ladies I would say, just read the post again and imagine it was a woman who wrote it about herself understanding men then see how you'd feel.

But having said that, I guess I should have just ignored the post or thought about my reply a bit more, and yes, sometimes if English isn't your first language it can be difficult to express yourself.

You live and learn.

God this humble pie can get stuck in your throat

I had to drink a pint size jug of water to get my pie all the way down. The interesting thing about the responses though , is that it wasn't just the men getting all flustered . The women were spitting fire too and the OPs question wasn't even targeted at us! Was it just a human response to perceived arrogance?

Anyways this was big of you joe... Cheers!

Even statements used in advertising will say something like 41% of 2764 people agreed.

No such credentials were given in the OPs post so I therefore took his claim to the most literal extreme (as I am prone to do for entertainment purposes).