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Question for women.......Why is it so hard to get a straight answer out of a man ?

- - -they always give an evasive answer,a sarcastic answer, or a facetious answer to a serious question. Is it because they don't know the answer themselves ?

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+4 Views: 1342 Answers: 15 Posted: 12 years ago

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Bob/PKB

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Best answer!

MCM: You are asking women because if you asked the guys, you wouldn't get a straight answer, right? :D
My guess is they generally don't give a straight answer because we would expect more; also, we probably wouldn't like what we are told.

12 years ago. Rating: 12
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mycatsmom

PKB, Yes, that's why I'm asking the women. Haha. Your answer makes a lot of sense. My dad used to give me a sarcastic answer, and my brother gives me a facetious answer when I ask him something serious,like, " What do you do at work ? " He'd say , "As little as possible" or " Don't feel bad.....Nancy doesn't know what I do at work either"
My late husband used to give me one word answers. He didn't mean anything by it.
Like when I said, " How was your day at work ? " He'd say, " Busy! "
My friend,Ron, always answers my questions with a question.

commented 12 years ago

Bob/PKB

My ex husband couldn't give a straight answer if his life depended on it. "Why?" was always met with "Because I said so".

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

PK-----I thought only mothers said that. LOL

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

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"they always" ... MCM, you are speaking in absolutes.

My husband is the king of the straight answer. I must be far more fortunate than you because I don't know what you are actually talking about.

One thing I have noticed from observing my friends and otherwise is that the women who are telling the lies and manipulating and or being evasive are being treated exactly the same way from the men in their lives.

And... for the rest, when someone is telling a lie or being evasive there is a vibration attached. Learn to pick up on the vibration. It makes life so much easier.

If someone is being facetious with you, then you may want to think about where that person is coming from. It certainly is not positive or respectful.

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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lindilou

I spell facetious like this....feces-ish....when someone's being feces-ish...means they're full of it!! bwa! ;)

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

Ha Ha Ha!... and we have to look this word up for proper spelling because something else is funnier... INSTANTLY! ... We are West Coast Baby... Watch out the spelling police will be around shortly.
Oh, is that a free range chicken taking it's self for a walk? Oh there goes Larry the Llama. Seriously.

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

Isn't that Lola there with Larry...hmm I wonder if Priscilla knows they're knocking about together? Llamas...go figure...they really think they are 'above' us all..I s'pose 'cause they sorta are...after all...dalai Llamas....Ooooohhhhmmmmmm....

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

All things glorious and beautiful Darling! Life is an amazing adventure.

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

....peace...peace...peace friend!

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

...um...Fishy?...yer never gonna believe this but...that chicken just walked itself by....the cats looked at each other and went.."Hmmm?" like Scooby Doo! Hilarious!(There's a chicken farm at the creek...must be another escapee!!)

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

It always is a smile when a Chicken takes it's self for a walk. They really seem to know where they are going! :D

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

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Umm...well let me see..because they don't want to be in shizzle for saying the incorrect thing!!! It's like...

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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mycatsmom

that could be it.But, what's a shizzle ? Is that a yiddish word ?

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

Adam Sandler uses it...it means, to put it politely... 'crap'! It's got to be Yiddish!

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

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It's all about how the question is asked and when it is asked.

For example: If you asked Romos which shirt he wanted to wear with his skirt today...you might get a question in return.."What day is it?" Now, this may seem silly to a woman BUT it is not. If He plans to see the teddybears play he will pick an appropriate blue top- follow, follow. However, if there is a wedding he will choose a white top and his sash. If it is ferret walking day he will not care, but if it has rained he will wear boots (it gets soggy under bridges after the rain- or is it on top of bridges??)

I rest my case.

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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FISH-O

Swami Doo, you have done it again. Always the most brilliant of answers! All that time spent studying animal behaviour is really paying off.

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Thank You Fishy. Men are a breed apart.

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

doo,is he gay ?

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

mcm-Not to my knowledge! Romos' skirt is a KILT (we just tease him about the skirt). He's an avid football(soccer) fan (the teddybears are a nickname for the team He and Dowsa love)...formal attire for the kilt and sash would be a white button down)..and the ferret thing comes from a very old thread about strange laws that still exist where you live...

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

You know us so well "swami doo" couldn't have said it better myself..............
mycatsmom?.....Have you been drinking something"nasty"?

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

MCM... What on the planet is that kind of question? Dang! Moving forward?!

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

The King is happy...no doubt!!!
KILT! KILT! KILT!
(someone's gotta say it!) ;D

commented 12 years ago

Ducky

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Honey PLEASE! Stop asking me silly questions!

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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ROMOS

OK!

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

Oooooooh La La!!!!

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

This dude is in for a harsh awakening when a fellow cat strolls by-LOL

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

I'm too sexy for my thong... To sexy for my thong... On the catwalk!
Le' Swoon! I can hardly stand it!

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

Yuck! Are those tattoos for real ?

commented 12 years ago

Bob/PKB

How unattractive that is to me.

commented 12 years ago

Dollybird

Saves on buying and washing clothes.

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

I think this guy was on Top Chef Canada!
Look at him... he is just so cute... you could just about die!

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

I suppose "cute" is about as rude as you get fishlet?

commented 12 years ago

Dollybird

Yes Fishlet, I could die of embarrassment,

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

Oh... you just don't know.... Le' Yumm... loook at theeeee specimyne... He is glorious... Vat a man... cat... thing! Oh Le' Swoon!

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

Please stop this girls, the notifications are annoying me now........
PHfffftttt!!!!

commented 12 years ago

Ducky

So, is that a straight answer? hahahaha

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

This guy is seriously hot. Dang! I wonder what his toes look like... can you see a tail?

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

Send in the clowns already...the kidlets are gettin' scared!!!! LOL

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

He is glorious Darling ... I have a kidlet who is a tatoo artist... she is jumping up and down for a customer like Tiny the Spot Man here!

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

Y'mean Spot..the tiny man! LOL ;D

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

It is late and we should say goodnight... after we finish laughing... You crack me up!

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

Yer not seeing spots too are ya??? LOL Peace and Love my friend...oh!..is that you snoring already? I kin hears ya all the bloody way across the strait o' Georgia lass!!! haha! ;)

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

:D :D :D

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Why isn't his entire face covered????

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

He might think it puts off potential employers Doo!

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

@ Romos- that has to be it! Although those 2 little cheek spots bug me. Guess I won't be hiring him.

commented 12 years ago

Ann

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Men, like women are all different. Some are extroverts and some are introverts. My late huband was an extrovert, he always was on top of everthing.and explained things in every detail and there was never a communication problem.

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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mycatsmom

You are fortunate.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

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This is how men feel when we ask them something...

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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Dollybird

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Seems, some husbands/ boy friends, want us to know as little as possible especially, if the question is directed at them.

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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mycatsmom

Dolly- - -but why?

commented 12 years ago

lambshank

sort of secret mens business,they can be looking right you.... and their poor little minds are still thinking of beer or fishing

commented 12 years ago

Dollybird

lambshank, not all males are as narrow minded, to just think about, Fishing and beer. After couple of Beers, only males know what they think about, wounder if it is about fishing of different kind.

commented 12 years ago

Dollybird

mycatsmom, that is a question, I wish I could answer.lol

commented 12 years ago

lambshank

Dollybird,did not mean narrow minded,my hubby is a very liberal thinker, just not a good multi tasker..and his priorities are different

commented 12 years ago

ClevelandRick

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Bla,bla,bla............................

12 years ago. Rating: 12
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doolittle

ROFL...you sound like the adults in a Peanuts cartoon!

commented 12 years ago

Ducky

Careful now... :)

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Ha ha ha...so that's what it sounds like, eh?

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

In a bad mood Rick?
LOL

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

eggzakly....the ex called me goody 2 shoes for my lack of nagging...I'm self-parented to a great degree...been single most of my days...by choice..I do not 'get' the dynamics of a relation-ship versus say a relation-canoe! (I digress...bla, bla, bla...) LOL ;D

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

I truly understand where Rick is coming from... all things can be reversed ... don't you know!
Flipping painful.
Blah blah blah ... just shoot me in the head now!
Oh, did you say one more thing? Where is that stake for my heart... let me get it and a hammer to go with it.... Misery be gone!

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

....get the garlic!!!!

commented 12 years ago

FISH-O

Phychic Vampire!

commented 12 years ago

lambshank

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Well,I know with my husband he either doesn't know the answer, or usually he is here in body and spirit but his mind has travelled to elsewhere

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mycatsmom

that explains it......

commented 12 years ago

lindilou

...had a boyfriend once...'steady Eddy'...yep..."So, Ed, whatcha thinkin' 'bout?"
"...carburators..."

commented 12 years ago

lambshank

poor things, short attention span

commented 12 years ago

nomdeplume

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Question for men.........why is it so hard to get a straight answer out of a woman?

Don't bother answering, guys.

12 years ago. Rating: 11
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ROMOS

I couldn't,and that's unusual for me.
:-)

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

LOL

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

But Nom...you can ask me anything! LOL :)

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

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Because they are always leery of the "catch"......

12 years ago. Rating: 10
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mycatsmom

jh, I gave your answer some thought, and yes, I can see how that works.

commented 12 years ago

Chiangmai

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He hates sleeping on the couch if he tells her her body is not that slim?

12 years ago. Rating: 8
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doolittle

LOL. Do women really ask if they look fat??

commented 12 years ago

Chiangmai

Yes, and women are so glad God created couches.

On the other hand, men are just ecstatic God created euphemisms.

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Too Funny! No one ever asks "do I look fat in my fur?" on Doolittle's Farm.

commented 12 years ago

Chiangmai

A man never tells his wife or girl friend that she's fat. He would describe her as "pleasantly plump".

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Ahhhh. To be pleasantly plump is to be well fed!

commented 12 years ago

Chiangmai

If a woman is truly overweight, we just tell them "Gee, honey, you are very very pleasantly plump". We men are careful when we talk to our women. The word "fat" is not part of our vocabulary. We dislike the idea of gender extinction.

Women outlive men by 12 years, if not more.

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Yes, I could see how you might fear gender extinction. Thank you for educating me on this matter! LOL

commented 12 years ago

Chiangmai

I am so glad I get to live another day! :)

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

I am glad you get to live too!!!!!!!

commented 12 years ago

witchway

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It's not that they're opposed to answering a question, it's usually the question itself that they're opposed to.

12 years ago. Rating: 4
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PANDA

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" This question reminds me of this past weekend when this "gal" asked me "What in " ( hell ) ! " were you think-in ? " So I says to her; Obvisously I reckon I was goin to get away with it and not have to explain ! " "Strictly A Mans Point Of View Of Course." ;)

12 years ago. Rating: 3
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