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Does the Loch Ness Monster really exist? What happened to the crew of Mary Celeste? And what are guys up to when they're taking long showers? While we might never find out the answers to the first two mysteries, the latter has just been revealed. Together with a bunch of other men secrets most girls probably have no clue about. Recently, someone on reddit asked "What Are Some 'Guy Secrets' Girls Don't Know About?" and it got funnier and funnier with every answer. Amassing over 80K upvotes in just a few days, this post has become sort of like a diary of the 21st century man, and you couldn't make this stuff up. Scroll down to check out the entries and upvote your faves!

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Luis Milian
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"We are task orientated" absolutely true! we respond better with, "can you get me a blanket?" our brain process that faster than "I'm cold" statement.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suspect a reasonable percentage of women would not know this. Good advice.

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Kaisu Rei
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is definitely something everyone needs to remember, that guys can be mentally ill and have body issues and insecurities the same way everyone does and it's important to accept that and give them the space they need to express that

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Kaisu Rei
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think everyone does this, I'm a girl and I zone out sometimes thinking about something random and then I realize I've been staring at someone all that time

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Linouchka 99
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But but... What is your mind doing when it is "not thinking" ???!!

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William Teach
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's an old joke buy comedian Mark Gungor, and part of it goes like this: Men have a box in their brain that women are not aware of. This particular box, has NOTHING in it. It’s true. In fact, we call it the “Nothing” box. And of all the boxes a man has in his brain, the nothing box is his favorite box. If a man has a chance, he’ll go to his nothing box EVERYTIME. That’s why a man can do something seemingly completely brain dead for hours on end. You know, like, fishing. They’ve actually measured this. The University of Pennsylvania did a study and men can do absolutely nothing and still breathe. Women can’t do it. Their minds never stop! Zzz-Zzzz-zzzz. And they don’t understand the “Nothing” box…and it drives them CRAZY…because NOTHING makes a woman go crazy like watching a man…doing…nothing!” https://www.littlethings.com/mens-brains-vs-womens-brains/

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Amanda Ford
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a nothing box and my husband is sooo baffled by this concept! We watched this video and he is so the woman and I am so the man!!!

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Daria B
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not really the type to ask what one is thinking, but usually, when I'm asked so, I get it as the other person is just trying to start a conversation. It's another way of initiating small talk with someone whom you've reached some proximity. Here's an advice ▷ when you don't know what to answer, just say "nothing, you?"

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to have a screensaver for my mind, if i wasn't thinking about anything it would go to the "birds eye potato waffles" theme song, just on a loop until i focused on something again.

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Ben Steinberg
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, it's not polite to say 'tits', so what do you expect? /s

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "Nothing BOX": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ6mVumHY9I

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Linouchka 99
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aaah yes, I saw this one some time ago, and I wondered : if the boxes aren't touching, say the boxes "food", "money", "kids" and "clothing", is a man able to understand that if he spends all the money on pizza, there won't be enough money left for his kids to have new shoes ?...

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Sean Stallcop
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And yes sometimes we really are looking at you. Your looks don’t matter and your weight does not matter. We think you are all strange beautiful mysterious creatures. And we want to cuddle you

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Artahmiss
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

S**t I wish there were moments when my brain did nothing. Who's with me fellow anxiety/ depression brothers and sisters?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My GF gets that stuff bad. Sometimes I wish I could rent out space in my nothing box to her. Just to put her at ease for a few moments.

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Shull GaRett
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes,,, the feeling of nothingness occupying your mind... this is so rare in this crazy world.. ;)

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Gregory Michael
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or we are thinking about multiple things but not focusing on anything in particular so when we get asked "what are you thinking about?" we say nothing because it takes too much energy to remember what we were thinking about 20 seconds ago. Lazy comes into play with much that we do. Or don't do.

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Gerry Higgins
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we say "Nothing" we mean nothing specific. Our mind sometimes bounce around randomly like " T Rex is cool-pizza sounds good-car oil needs checked-boss is on my a*s-warm in here-shiny pretty-whats on tv-.....etc etc etc"

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Janice Seagraves
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, hubby has a blank expression I know nothing is going on in there, but when I ask he always says he's thinking of me.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He may be. I say nothing most of the time, but really its either nothing or to much, and my gal is there when I am thinking and saying its nothing.

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Christophe Ferreira
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a guy and even I don't understand. There is not a time where I'm not thinking about something. It could be stupid stuff but I'm still thinking about it. If my wife asks, I tell her.

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Jana Renner
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This means they are REALLY enlightened beings. Totally zen. Nothing at all going on...just silence. (I got a circus brain with 10 rings, a crowd shouting, animals running beserk and a fair amount of confetti everywhere...all day long. I guess I am just envious!)

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Melissa Mitchell
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, nothing in life has been harder to wrap my head around than this. I have 357 tabs open in my brain...on a calm day!

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Farid Adiyanto
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ONLY man can reduce the work in our body just back to basic need a human can live.. breath.. just breath.. as simple as that.

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Deborah Middendorf
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! If only men could bottle this and sell it. I'd love to turn my brain off.

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LadyGrimm
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe this is true as ::gasp:: women ALSO sometimes think about nothing. But the problem is that when you ARE thinking about SOMETHING, people (men and women both) often don't vocalize what the "something" is. So your partner has no reason to trust when your nothing really IS nothing. So talk to your partners, people!

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Jenny Rees
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think our partners own our thoughts. Can we say "none of your business"? Fortunately neither I nor my partner ask this of anyone.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thinking is work, so when there's no work I just let my brain idling not engaged with any outside propulsions

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birdhouse
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. We do have the ability to turn it all off and just breath.

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J-A Laine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like... we have a pause-button. We just look at things or a thing without thinking about anything. We're just... looking. Enjoying the moment without thoughts. It's... bliss.

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Kelsey Schärer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a video on youtube called "Men's brains vs Women's brains" by some guy who holds marriage-seminars. It's hilarious, way too accurate and also talks about the ability of guys to think "nothing"

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Eric Lafleur
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thinking about random stuff, just for fun or out of sheer boredom.

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LeAnn Munson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Women are mostly the opposite. We tend to overthink and it can be exhausting. I can have issues turning my mind off sometimes. But I will have a moment once in awhile where I zone out. But honestly, it usually happens when I am physically or mentally tired.

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Lynn Hansen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same with decisions. I don't really always have an opinion. Now I say, "If you want me to develop an opinion I can do that if you want." If I'm not thinking, I'm day dreaming or kind of shut off, resting my mind.

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Ieva Nura
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes my thoughts are just not explainable yet. So I say nothing.

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Uzy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I first get a feeling there is something I need to remember and start looking through my memories looking for it, then after a while I forget why and what am I even looking for and space out thinking nothing, just staring blindly

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Marnie Rose
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The brainbis like a frozen computer screen, give it a second or a minute to reboot :) Im female bit do the same thing, its quite refreshing :)

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Stefano Zavattini
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally, I say "nothing" but I should more accurately say "everything". It's not that my brain is just on standby doing nothing, it is just thinking very fast to a lot of uncorrelated things without any aim to get a sense out of it. It's just random mental noise, which is easier to refer to as "nothing".

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are 3 types of nothing in a Mans Mind: 1. We say nothing because we just mumbled something and need to buy time to come up with a weak lie so we get in less trouble then the truth we just said and now need to explain. 2. Nothing means everything. The fact that [insert sports team] isn't doing well, that thing I need to fix, the stuff i need to move in order to fix it, the starving children of the world, where is my moon base, the world is a lie, whats this pain in my tooth, is blue really the same blue as it is to me as it is to you, am i to selfish for just thinking of me right now, when can we see that new movie, if anit isn't a word how did I just use it in a sentence, I want to play a game with some one, ect.... wait is it ect or ext? 3 dots? 3. Nothing.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you could hear my inner monologue it would be just be saying "Boobs.....Boobs.....Boobs" in a monotonous Stephen Wright kinda voice.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a hard time wrapping my mind around this concept. How can you think of nothing? They probably just don't want to say. Even when you sleep, you are dreaming. The only time your thoughts shut off is if you have been out under general anesthesia, or you are dead.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah its really nothing. Just a place where you go so no one you care about gets hurt. Its like when a laptop is in sleep mode. Were are still there using energy and breathing, but we re almost in a meditation to a degree. I don't know about the rest of man kind, but if I didn't have access to this box, I'd wined up some kind of lone gunman.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If someone asks me what I'm thinking more than once a year, I have to remove them from my life. What a rude and pointless question.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't be angry if we say that, it really means we doesn't have anything at the meantime. Maybe we can just simply shut our brain half so that we can stop thinking a lot.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

keeping a clear minds also means having nothing & have a blank stare which exactly to opposite to women

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I work full time, go to school full time, we are buying a house, just got engaged, are planning multiple trips for the year, and my lady hates my guts when I say "Nothing, goodnight." And roll over and pass right the eff out.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Women, never ask that question of anyone. It is inane. Signed, a Woman.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTH as a girl I can't not think (I know it's a double negative).

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well if you are thinking of nothing then that is something but it really is nothing but it is something.... So You are correct!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually one thing I like about guys. I hate doing the girly feelings thing and don't need to constantly talk about them. Probably why I always got along with guys better than girls growing up.

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David Sherwood
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The great UK comedian Bill Bailey reckons we are in “power saving or sleep mode”.

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Cathrine Simone
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's called in the zone. It is not exclusive to men, though how common among women I cannot say. Supposedly it does not happen to women, and yet I go to that neither realm, so oh well.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can be thinking about a lot of random things at once, or one thing leads into thinking about something completely different

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah. or we're thinking about stupid geeky stuff like Who shot first? Han or Greedo?

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Ina Šantaraitė
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a girl and not thinking is still relatable to me. And to explain what is happening when I'm not thinking. For me it's simmilar to having a pc's screensaver on inside my head but instead of some kind of picture there's some kind of random song playing

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Linouchka 99
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah ! Yes, me to. It's my internal jukebox. There have been times where it started playing before I even woke up in the morning... Now it's mostly silent because I have an external jukebox going on all day long ! ;-)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a strange phenomena, sometimes our thoughts are there but its like flicking through the channels on a TV, there is information being shown buts it's not there long enough to pin down and process

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll just add this one here..... Im able to do that but never longer than 2 minutes. After a short pause, the pandemonium, everything, starts again. Don't underestimate a girl's ability to worry over everything.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just love this, 'cause I do it too.... Brian is tired, resting now.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhmm... Is this a gender thing? Because.... I'd think the same...?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kinda sad because it makes me feel like OP isn't getting enough hugs and everyone who wants hugs should be hugged often

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lucky you. I had my hairdresser tell me I looked like a junkie because I had let my hair grow out. Needless to say I didn't visit her again.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Taking interest in your partner's life and interests is like a basic thing about relationships and it goes both ways

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I laughed at this for way too long, because I can't think of a single time I tied something down and didn't say that.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it also smells nice. I think shampoo smells better than most of the expensive perfumes.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Throw things to us. Like the TV remote or the car keys. Or a cup of coffee. It does, however, depend on our level of trust in the t****r's tossing skill.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

true! even for those of us who are short. We will jump just to fulfill our primal instinct

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. Sometimes they just happen. At very unfortunate times. As a teenager it would almost invariably happen while in church. And no, it had nothing to do with what was happening during the sermon!

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