Comments on: girl on girl http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dossy http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/#comment-11373 Dossy Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:11:29 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1069#comment-11373 <p>Fish discovers why guys hang out with other guys, except we don't call it "dating" because that would be weird (to some).</p><br /><br /><p>It all boils down to the childhood lessons we've learned, i.e., how to avoid getting "the cooties."</p><br /><br /><p>Orthogonally gendered friendships (with respect to sexual orientation) "work" because they remove the anxiety surrounded by the pressures of "<em>dating</em> dating," as you put it.</p><br /><br /><p>Of course, all of this wisdom is less valuable if you're bisexual ...</p> Fish discovers why guys hang out with other guys, except we don’t call it “dating” because that would be weird (to some).

It all boils down to the childhood lessons we’ve learned, i.e., how to avoid getting “the cooties.”

Orthogonally gendered friendships (with respect to sexual orientation) “work” because they remove the anxiety surrounded by the pressures of “dating dating,” as you put it.

Of course, all of this wisdom is less valuable if you’re bisexual …

]]> By: lawyerchik1 http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/#comment-11372 lawyerchik1 Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:46:05 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1069#comment-11372 <p>I think it has more to do with sisterhood - in a very refreshing and childlike sense. </p><br /><br /><p>If you enjoyed playing with other girls in the neighborhood (during the time when boys all had cooties and were only interested in pursuits involving blowing things up), you relate better to girls in a Barbie-clothes-trading, you-can-ride-my-pink-bicycle-with-the-streamers kind of friendship that outlasts romance. </p><br /><br /><p>Your girlfriends are your sorority sisters - your best cheerleaders, comforters and posse. To steal a quote from one of the last episodes of "Sex and the City," your best girlfriends are the true loves of your life - a guy would do pretty well to come in fourth. And it's not about sex; it's about being understood, appreciated and celebrated by your own kind....</p><br /><br /><p>It's a chick thing, right? :)</p> I think it has more to do with sisterhood – in a very refreshing and childlike sense.

If you enjoyed playing with other girls in the neighborhood (during the time when boys all had cooties and were only interested in pursuits involving blowing things up), you relate better to girls in a Barbie-clothes-trading, you-can-ride-my-pink-bicycle-with-the-streamers kind of friendship that outlasts romance.

Your girlfriends are your sorority sisters – your best cheerleaders, comforters and posse. To steal a quote from one of the last episodes of “Sex and the City,” your best girlfriends are the true loves of your life – a guy would do pretty well to come in fourth. And it’s not about sex; it’s about being understood, appreciated and celebrated by your own kind….

It’s a chick thing, right? :)

]]> By: jules http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/#comment-11371 jules Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:59:03 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1069#comment-11371 <p>girls are fun...<br /><br />boys are stupid...</p> girls are fun…

boys are stupid…

]]> By: Keith http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/#comment-11370 Keith Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:28:38 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1069#comment-11370 <p>Could it be that you have more fun because you have different expectations then when you try to meet men, And that both women in meeting have the same expectations about the relationship?</p> Could it be that you have more fun because you have different expectations then when you try to meet men, And that both women in meeting have the same expectations about the relationship?

]]> By: Mimi http://thisfish.com/girl-on-girl/#comment-11369 Mimi Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:43:43 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1069#comment-11369 <p>well, W. S. just didn't get it. lol</p> well, W. S. just didn’t get it. lol

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