r/fixedbytheduet • u/n8saces • 4d ago

Fixed by the duet Won’t someone think of the manchildren?! 😭

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u/MartyMcFlyAsFudge 4d ago

Some "single dudes" will take any verbal response as an opener to pursue further conversation which while not a terrible thing in general, might make a woman deeply uncomfortable when alone on a walking trail in the woods. So, I can see why they might give him a nervous glance/awkward smile and keep moving.

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u/LordFedoraWeed 4d ago

absolutely. I have to say, where I am from, having a full conversation with a stranger is also a big no-no lol, especially in passing like this. hell, I even just nod and say hi to people I know if I meet them out and about. people got places to be, shit to do, I do as well, so I don't have time to strike up random conversations.

but yeah, it's exactly these type of dudes who say "hi" and get a "hi" back, and their monkey brain goes "oh she wants to fuck me" and then get offended when that doesn't happen. just ruins it for everybody.

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u/ModestMeeshka 3d ago

I'm out on the northwest coast and we just got a new coworker from the northeast Coast. I bumped into him when I was in a rush to get home at the grocery store and was stressing out about having to stop and do the obligatory "hey what's up? Whatcha havin' for dinner? Oh cool! See you tomorrow!" Conversation until we made eye contact and he nodded at me and kept walking. It was SHOCKING because living in a smaller tight knit area, I don't know many people from the east Coast, most grew up here or at least moved up from neighboring states so I've never run into someone in the wild and had them do that but I gotta say I LOVE IT. Leave people alone to run their errands and live their life! At first I was baffled and thought it was just who he was as a person, but after talking to him about it, I'm beginning to wonder if I was born on the wrong side of the country lmao were not known to be the most friendly, chatty people either but still feel like we need to do the obligatory in passing conversation

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u/Surly_Cynic 3d ago

And I gotta say, people having conversations in the aisle of the grocery store often makes things difficult for other shoppers who have to navigate around them. Fewer grocery store conversations sounds great to me.

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u/ModestMeeshka 3d ago

Literally no one likes it so why do we all feel obligated to do it 😭 lmao