yeah...so true

[kgb666000]

"A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a

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[jackalopemonger]

[mikeisenberg]

Story of my f-ing life. Who are you quoting?

[kgb666000]

http://bash.org/

[singingdragon]

The part where this analogy breaks down is that in most cases, the guy did not in fact apply for the job. He became friends with the interviewer instead. And under false pretenses at that; he only became friends in order to have a better chance at getting the job he's too afraid of rejection to apply for. So yeah, interviewer complains about idiots she meets through work to her friend; how the hell is she supposed to know he's secretly resenting her for not magically knowing that he wanted that job?

[jackalopemonger]

Well obviously, all women have psychic powers that allow them to discern when men are interested in them, thus saving men the trouble of growing a pair and actually risking rejection.

[mikeisenberg]

Presumably if she's saying "you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way," then he's made his feelings known.

[anonymous]

That's from the classic Ladder Theory website

http://www.laddertheory.com

Worth checking out, if you can put up with all the crudeness -- there's certainly an element of truth in it.

Terry F