• @shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Guys, let me explain this weirdness. The woman usually expects you to lead, make the decision. You don’t ask, you tell.

    “I know! Let’s go to $restaurant!”

    Here’s the part where you’re expected to have a modicum of social skills, be able to tell if she likes the idea.

    No? State another option. Don’t ask, state.

    “Not liking that? OK, we’ll got to $restaurant2.”

    Rinse and repeat.

    Relationships require social skills, sorry guys, it’s true.

    • Steve Dice
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      203 months ago

      Nah, you’re just in a relationship with an immature person.

    • Lemminary
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      33 months ago

      See, this is why I like my relationships 50-50. We both agree on something and each one pays their own food and we’re back at the house bumping uglies. Done.

    • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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      13 months ago

      Well, no. What happens with us is that either one of us says “want to go to X restaurant?” Far enough ahead of time that the other person hasn’t got some set idea of what they want this evening . So 90% of the time we just get “sure, thanks, yes”. And maybe 10% of the time a “no, but could we go to Y?”. Or a “No, I need to cook the chicken or it will go bad” And it’s literally never gone farther than that.

      If my husband did what you are describing above I would be confused. Like if he said “we will go to $restaurant” like that I would assume he had a desperate craving for it and would say yes, as it would be uncharacteristic. But if it kept happening I would ask him WTF?