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Captain Beefheart · 07-24-2006, 07:00 PM

"You think that girl is hot huh?" "You like her huh?"

It's a boobytrap, full of pitfalls, trip wires, mercury switches, and bamboo spikes laden with poison.

The safest bet is to take the high road and refuse to ever answer that question. If you're going to... well, good luck. Here's some ideas.

First, tell her that it's not on or off. You can confront her by asking if that's how she views men, but most women are trained for this question and will answer something like "it's different with women, it's not just about looks." Counter that, if it happens, with the fact that she only asked about looks and also be offended for yourself as she generalizes you in with the stereotype that men are all shallow.

Next, and this is important, you need to learn how to look at women that you may be quizzed on later. You should try to remember them well enough to answer what you think makes them attractive, what you think makes them unattractive, and what you think makes your girl more attractive than her. Obviously missing is what makes her more attractive than your girl, feel free to analyze this, but never ever ever say that any feature is more attractive than your girl's. The answers should be "she has nice...", "I don't like the way her ... looks", and, of course, "your ... is so much hotter than hers". This way you're giving an opinion but never using strong words in favor of her. You can use slightly stronger words against her but be careful because you girl may get offended for woman kind. Then you try to put icing on that cake by comparing your girl favorably.

If you choose to give any of those juicy details, because they may be expected or your answer is greeted by disbelief, you should tread lightly. Think it over. This is good, so long as you're not grinning madly or something, because it's showing that you have to actively try to bring her image to mind. If it's readily available then she may think you were really analyzing that chick before she asked, bad news. Give a couple of short and to the point answers. Nothing in depth. The old "it's hard to explain" is a good fallback if she asks for more.

Try to throw in an "ugly" girl too. Find someone that your girl would never accuse you of looking at and point out her pitfalls and benefits. This may seem dumb, but it shows that you're just being a man and men look at women. This is how the species continues on. It's always good when you can convincingly show how a girl that is not being presented as "hot" has advantages over one who is.

Details are bad, though. If you can get away with a one word answer, then do it. If the binary yes/no doesn't work then through out a "not really", or "she's okay."

If she compliments some feature of a girl DO NOT give a compliment on the same level as hers. If it really is a good feature then give a weaker worded compliment. If you don't like that then tell her.

I'm missing a lot here, but I have to work eventually. Ideally women wouldn't be this way about these things. If any of you guys have women that aren't this way then hold on to them. Jealousy is an annoying beast and it can ruin a relationship easily.

The other option is to just not look. If you do that then you're a better man than I and you probably didn't sit for 3 hours to watch a Miss Universe pageant.

Thank you and good night.

-Beefheart.

07-24-2006, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Captain Beefheart Mu nótahu Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In a West End town, a dead end world Posts: 4,070 My Profile	Hate them traps.. "You think that girl is hot huh?" "You like her huh?" It's a boobytrap, full of pitfalls, trip wires, mercury switches, and bamboo spikes laden with poison. The safest bet is to take the high road and refuse to ever answer that question. If you're going to... well, good luck. Here's some ideas. First, tell her that it's not on or off. You can confront her by asking if that's how she views men, but most women are trained for this question and will answer something like "it's different with women, it's not just about looks." Counter that, if it happens, with the fact that she only asked about looks and also be offended for yourself as she generalizes you in with the stereotype that men are all shallow. Next, and this is important, you need to learn how to look at women that you may be quizzed on later. You should try to remember them well enough to answer what you think makes them attractive, what you think makes them unattractive, and what you think makes your girl more attractive than her. Obviously missing is what makes her more attractive than your girl, feel free to analyze this, but never ever ever say that any feature is more attractive than your girl's. The answers should be "she has nice...", "I don't like the way her ... looks", and, of course, "your ... is so much hotter than hers". This way you're giving an opinion but never using strong words in favor of her. You can use slightly stronger words against her but be careful because you girl may get offended for woman kind. Then you try to put icing on that cake by comparing your girl favorably. If you choose to give any of those juicy details, because they may be expected or your answer is greeted by disbelief, you should tread lightly. Think it over. This is good, so long as you're not grinning madly or something, because it's showing that you have to actively try to bring her image to mind. If it's readily available then she may think you were really analyzing that chick before she asked, bad news. Give a couple of short and to the point answers. Nothing in depth. The old "it's hard to explain" is a good fallback if she asks for more. Try to throw in an "ugly" girl too. Find someone that your girl would never accuse you of looking at and point out her pitfalls and benefits. This may seem dumb, but it shows that you're just being a man and men look at women. This is how the species continues on. It's always good when you can convincingly show how a girl that is not being presented as "hot" has advantages over one who is. Details are bad, though. If you can get away with a one word answer, then do it. If the binary yes/no doesn't work then through out a "not really", or "she's okay." If she compliments some feature of a girl DO NOT give a compliment on the same level as hers. If it really is a good feature then give a weaker worded compliment. If you don't like that then tell her. I'm missing a lot here, but I have to work eventually. Ideally women wouldn't be this way about these things. If any of you guys have women that aren't this way then hold on to them. Jealousy is an annoying beast and it can ruin a relationship easily. The other option is to just not look. If you do that then you're a better man than I and you probably didn't sit for 3 hours to watch a Miss Universe pageant. Thank you and good night. -Beefheart.