What Do Women Think of Men Driving Priuses?

Mine too, but that doesn't tell me what she's thinking, just what I should be thinking, which is an entirely different issue

 

You don't want to know what she is thinking. :blah:

Tom

 

Here is the best example I can think of for what happens when men try to figure out what women are thingking:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let's say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else. And then, one evening when they're driving home, a thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: ''Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?'' And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or isn't sure of.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready
for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . . let's see . . .February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Elaine is thinking: He's upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I'm reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship, more intimacy, more commitment; maybe he has sensed -- even before I sensed it -- that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that's it. That's why he's so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He's afraid of being rejected.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Roger is thinking: And I'm gonna have them look at the transmission again. I don't care what those morons say, it's still not shifting right. And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold weather? It's 87 degrees out, and this thing is shifting like a goddamn garbage truck, and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Elaine is thinking: He's angry. And I don't blame him. I'd be angry, too. God, I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can't help the way I feel. I'm just not sure.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Roger is thinking: They'll probably say it's only a 90- day warranty. That's exactly what they're gonna say, the scumballs.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Elaine is thinking: maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a
Knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I'll give them a goddamn warranty. I'll take their warranty and stick it right up their......[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]''Roger,'' Elaine says aloud.
"What?'' says Roger, startled.
''Please don't torture yourself like this,'' she says, her eyes beginning to brim with tears. ''Maybe I should never have . . Oh God, I feel so......'' (She breaks down, sobbing.)
''What?'' says Roger.
''I'm such a fool,'' Elaine sobs. ''I mean, I know there's no knight. I really know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse.''
''There's no horse?'' says Roger.
''You think I'm a fool, don't you?'' Elaine says.
''No!'' says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer.
''It's just that . . . It's that I . . . I need some time,'' Elaine says.
(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work.)
''Yes,'' he says.
(Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand.)
''Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?'' she says.
''What way?'' says Roger.
"That way about time,'' says Elaine.
''Oh,'' says Roger. ''Yes.''
(Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks.)
''Thank you, Roger,'' she says.
''Thank you,'' says Roger.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured soul, and weeps until dawn, whereas when Roger gets back to his place, he opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never heard of. A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he would ever understand what, and so he figures it's better if he doesn't think about it. (This is also Roger's policy regarding world hunger.)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyze everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of his and Elaine's, will pause just before serving, frown, and say: ''Norm, did Elaine ever own a horse?''[/FONT]

 

well said.

unfortunetly that sounds sooo amazingly true. reminds me of how my last relationship ended.

 

Yes, thank you... I was going for the "Prius Porn" look

If I ever get a decent one, I may post a pic of myself as my avatar...

 

UGH! Elaine is a drama queen flake, okay? Not all women think like that. Lots of us have better things to do with our time. Personally, I would rather not worry until it's time to, and when I do, it will be about REAL problems, not drama queen created crisis crap. I have a brain and would rather make better use of it than that.

 

Say it loud and say it proud sister! Whoo yeah! :high5: No drama queens here! :drama:

 

Sorry, ladies, no insult intended. You ladies are in a class by yourself and it was only meant as an example of just how different men think from women. Not the best joke, I admit, but it does peg the guy pretty well (IMHO).

 

Really, it's a wonder any of us ever get together. Men and women really do think quite differently. Liked the story.

 

yeah, the story was overblown. but i can't tell you how many girlfriends i have that do overanalyze situations like that. and the guys involved really have very little deep thought involved in the situation...

overall i'd say that story would be more realistic if they were 16 year olds. 16 year old girl drama is like that

i dated a guy who was the overanalyzer once... omfg i wanted to not just run but *sprint* away from that one. i'm anti-drama, personally.

 

I didn't read through all 21 pages, but the opinions of women on Priuschat are sure to be a little bias! From my POV, I'm not sure women worth meeting will be too bothered...

 

A very good Educational Site

Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About

 

HILARIOUS!!

 

No, not insulted, and didn't intend to make you feel that you should apologize. I realize that there are women like the flake in the story, but I certainly do hope they do not represent the majority of us. Disgusted by the tedious woman in the story is a better way to describe my reaction (as opposed to "insulted"). Overall, the story was quite amusing, though.

I would agree with the theme of the story - that men and women do have very different approaches and thought processes. Based on my past interactions with the opposite sex, I would say I was miles away from understanding a great deal about why they said and did a lot of things. I tend to be fairly direct, so I often just ask the questions I want answers to - straight out. Maybe I've understood their responses 72% of the time??? It's a rough estimate...

 

“There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked." - Jerry Seinfeld

 

WOW. I'm speechless.

 

Wow, now I'm wondering how long it will take for this thread
to rocket right past the block-heater thread in number of posts.
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_H*

 

LOL! eace:

 

There were a couple of lines that I found amusing. This is one of them.
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Back to men driving Priis... you hunks, you. Studs with eco-consciousness. Intelligent men that care about the future of the world. Men with self-assurance, with style, and with pulse-and-glide skills.

Women of the world want you.

 

Then why isn't DH looking a little more enthusiastic?