any conversation I've had with a guy has included a woman....
Der. It's not like I'm not reporting (also reporting being told (by said het men) that it just doesn't work that way).
If I were totally settling back on stereotypes, I'd be saying straight guys don't talk about emotional stuff, but that's patently false. I just want data that they do it with each other.
eta:
a few who are specifically more comfortable talking about emotions with other guys than in mixed company.
See? That's what I'm talking about.
The guys I'm talking about are all in their mid-40s now, too, so generation might be part of it.
Well, I'd tell you how I feel about talking about emotional stuff, but... you know.
Wait, am I supposed to punch Gud in the shoulder and give him manly advice?
I think we should talk about how that local sports team is doing.
Just punch. He'll know what you mean.
My anecdotal guys are mostly in their 30s, but some older and some younger.
I think we should talk about how that local sports team is doing.
Cubs suck. There, that was easy.
Hey, that's not my local sports team. Royals suck.
I googled and found some advice. So, speaking man-to-man,
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
If CI is confidential informant, what's an un-sub? I have seen bits of maybe four Criminal Minds eps.
Hippocrates is an artist-made 14-inch bear jointed at head, shoulders, and hips, stuffed like a beanbag so his bum is heavy and solid, covered in curly caramel mohair, and with bright shoebutton eyes. He's my "cat substitute" when I don't have an Actual Cat to hold. Virgil is a 1980s vintage 12-inch Hermann chimpanzee, jointed at hips, shoulders and head, with bendable wired arms and legs, covered in chocolate mohair, an airbrushed face with a white mohair beard and black shoebutton eyes. Hippocrates drove with H across the country when we first came out to househunt. He's been with me on vacations and writing retreats and long drives. He's flown practically everywhere I've gone. And Virgil kept him company on the drives out from NC to WA. They're always ready to go whenever I am.
Plus, Timminy, a 10cm Steiff bear, wearing a sweater, is always in my purse. (shrug) Traveling with stuffed animals is *normal*, right?
