What women actually meant
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
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It’s not a secret that what women say is not really what they mean a lot of the time. This can lead to plenty of misunderstandings with your woman which may lead to quite a few fights as well. There are some common phrases that all women will say at one point or another and they don’t exactly mean what you may think they do.
“I’m not angry.”
When a woman says that she is not angry, you must look at her body language instead of the words that are coming out of her mouth. If she is standing with her arms crossed in front of her with pursed lips, she is most likely still angry. She could be avoiding an argument with you, keeping her emotions to herself, or she just doesn’t want to hurt you. Try to deal with the situation as soon as possible as the longer she keeps your anger bottled up inside, the worse the end result is going to be.
“I like your friends, but…”
If she adds the word but into this statement you know that she most likely does not like your friends at all or doesn’t enjoy hanging out with them. When she says this instead of coming out and telling you she doesn’t like your friends, she is trying to not hurt your feelings and come across as controlling. You don’t want to bring it up, and then try to figure out why she doesn’t like your friends. Are they a bad influence on you? Do you spend too much time with them? If her reasons for not liking your friends are not valid, such as she just thinks they are dorks, then be sure to tell her that your friends are important and that you are not going to give them up.
“I don’t want to ruin our friendship.”
If you ever have a woman tell you this, then this simply means that she is not interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with you and is not attracted to you in that way. She simply does not want to hurt your feelings since you are a friend. With this all you can do is to remain her friend or cut things off completely if you can’t just be friends with her.
“It’s me, not you” or “I’m just not ready for a commitment right now.”
So, these are definitely lines that are not just used by women, as they are used by both sexes to let a person down easily. Both of these mean that she does not want to be in a serious relationship with you, but doesn’t want to put the blame on your or make you feel bad. Men usually catch on to these phrases pretty well since they use them too.
The thing to remember with women is that their body language and tone of voice is going to give you a lot more information on what they really mean than what words are coming out of their mouth. So, the next time your girlfriend says that she is not angry, take a look at her face and her stance to see if she is in fact really angry with you.
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You don’t want to bring it up, and then try to figure out why she doesn’t like your friends. Are they a bad influence on you? Do you spend too much time with them? If her reasons for not liking your friends are not valid, such as she just thinks they are dorks, then be sure to tell her that your friends are important and that you are not going to give them up.
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