10 Signs You’re Dating A Woman, Not Woman, Not A Girl
GENTLEMEN • PAUL HUDSON • JUN 19, 2014 - 1:06PM
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I have the unfortunate luck of finding too many girls in my life and not enough women. It’s not an age thing – some women are younger than girls. The difference is in the way the two types act, think and live their lives. Women and girls see the world differently. They understand the world differently. And they interact with it differently. Girls are a dime a dozen, but women… women are a scarcity. This isn’t to say they are non-existent; they’re just difficult to come by. To be fair, they aren’t completely to blame — women and girls have to deal with the same dynamic with men and boys (http://elitedaily.com (http://elitedaily .com/dating/12-signs-youre-dating-a-m /dating/12-signs-youre-dating-a-man-not-a-boy/605586/) an-not-a-boy/605586/).. As men men (not (n ot boys), we have to t o make sure we don’t get g et stuck dating dat ing a girl, g irl, it’ll probably pro bably be the worst decision of our lives. While it can be difficult to tell the two apart, there are 10 obvious giveaways:
1. Girls like to dress in revealing clothes because they think they look sexy – women know they look sexy no matter what they wear. Women understand that being provocative isn’t the only way to be sexy. A woman doesn’t have to have her everything hanging out in order to feel sexually appealing. Women are so confident in their own skin that they do not care what they are wearing – they know that they are sexy because they are sexy.
2. Girls expect their men to know how they feel and what they’re thinking – women use their words. Ladies… men cannot read minds. We wish that we could, it would make things a whole lot easier, but we can’t. Girls believe that their men should understand them so well that they simply know what they are thinking, how they are feeling and what they are “hinting” at. Unfortunately, most men are not well-versed in picking up such signals. This is the point at which women get frustrated and bitchy while women accept their counterpart’s shortcomings and speak their minds instead.
3. Girls expect you to pay the tab – women are financially independent. Girls like to be babied and taken care of, maybe they were spoiled growing up. Whatever the reason, girls don’t like whipping out their wallets. A woman, on the other hand, although confident enough to allow her man to pay for her sometimes, also makes a point to cover the bill herself from time to time – for both of them. A woman likes to remind her man that she only keeps him around because he respects her and treats her well, and that she doesn’t need his cash.
4. Girls go out and get wasted – women can hold their liquor and know their limits. You know that woman who’s hounding the table at the clubs, waiting to pounce on the next bottle? Of course, you don’t. A woman doesn’t do that. Only girls chug down free booze in order to get hammered – it allows them to make poor decisions. This isn’t to say that women don’t drink their fair share. They do. But they know their limits and never drink to the point of losing control. Women always stay in control.
5. Girls can’t wait to update their Facebook status to “In a relationship” – women forget they have a Facebook.
Women are just too busy with real life to bother updating their Facebook statuses. They will probably do it eventually when they happen to be on there and remember to do so, but they won’t go running onto the site the second they believe an updated status won’t freak out their new man.
6. Girls watch junk TV – women read. Some TV is great TV – the rest is pretty much garbage. Women do have their TV shows – some being guilty pleasures – but they also like to spend their time with their nose in books and magazines with substance. News
They don’t enjoy filling their lives with meaningless pop-culture garbage that gets regurg itated over the decade. Life like to keep sharp. Girls like to keep occupied. Women Money
7. Girls talk about trivial matters – women know how to hold a Sports stimulating conversation. This DATING is probably one of the biggest d ifferentiating factors. Most girls are awful at holding conversations. They aren’t up-to-date on global affairs. They don’t have any intellectual hobbies or interests. And their opinions Entertainment
aren’t really their own, but are the opinions of others they heard and took as their own. Girls are boring. Women are fascinating. Music Women
8. Girls eat salads – women eat whatever the hell they want. Envision
This isn’t to say that women don’t eat salads – some do. But they don’t eat salads in front of men just to go homeHumor afterwards and chow down on a pint of ice cream. Women eat healthily because they respect their bodies. Girls eat healthily to let everyone else know that they Videos are eating healthily. A real woman will sit down and have a burger and fries with you, with no fuss. She knows she can and because she wants to, she will.
9. Girls stick to what they know – women are always searching to widen their horizons. Women are experienced in life and therefore understand the importance of experiencing life. They do their best to see the world, meet people, explore possibilities. They are passionate and driven. Women take life by the horns. Girls aren’t really sure what their purpose is – they’re hoping to find a man to pick them up and show them the way.
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what a pretentious cunt Reply · Like ·
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Kristin Chapman · The School of the Art Institute of Chi cago My thoug hts exactly Reply · Like · 9 hours ago Aimee George Sanctim onious bulls hit. As if those of the male pers uasi on are the equivalent of "men" all the time. People go through different phase s of life. "In order to be old and wis e one m ust first be young and foolish ." Reply · Like ·
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View 1 m ore Marla Gamez · Rock Dealer & Communications at Rock Wow, we 'Grown wom en' sound terribly boring, I think (Being 37) this description s tigmatizes wom en when we are just (as m en) made out lots and lots of colours, girls AND wom en can be all of this or none of the above, what a LIMITED list of "signs"...
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<48.... and I agree... :) Reply · Like ·
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Mimi Beale · Works at Fist ART Foundation why are people s till writing articles li ke this ? I thought we had advanced in regards to our views on gender. Also, w omen don't wear whatever they want. the choices are as vain as what girls choose to wear, except less nudity. Reply · Like ·
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Marla Gamez · Rock Dealer & Communications at Rock And... I love to be fancied up by a guy who pays for my dinner/m ovies /gifts... Reply · Like ·
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View 4 more Ashley Neftleberg · Works at Virginia Tech If this lis t is what defines a wom an verse a girl, I choose to be neither, just a female, a hom o sapi en whom hap pens to have two x chromos omes . 1. Revealing clothes , I'm sorry but when it's scorching hot out I'm wearing short s horts and a sports bra not to look s exy but to be comfortable, especially if I'm doing s trenuous activity in such weather, I would rather not pas s out from heat s troke, thank you. 2. I know many wom en who don't enjoy reading, nor watching tv, whether it being si mpl y lack of time or just a general disinterest. .I watch junky TV and I read. 3. I can talk about trivial things and have deep conversations . Sometimes it's relaxing to jus t lay by the pool and talk about getting our nail s done. Not everyone can hold up an intellectual conversation about particle physics thank you very much. 4. I eat salad, and am generally conscientious of what I eat for my health, not to look good. Yes I eat chips, everyone knows about how the brownies disa ppeared, but I lim it myself not because I count calories, but because that food isn't healthy. Plus s ome sal ads a re delicious . 5. Always is a powerful word. Sometim es I don't want to try a new men u item at a restaurant, other time s I will . , Reply · Like ·
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Adam Islam · Technical Analyst at FXCM You're opionated and can stand your ground, not just bei ng argum entative for the sake of it. I hope you're not offended i f I call you a real w om an. :) Reply · Like · 2 hours ago Taryn Samantha · Bucknell This article has a couple of blatant errors...som eone needs to hire a proofreader... "This is the point at which women get frustrated and bitchy while w omen accept their counterpart’s shortcomings and speak their minds instead." - Case #1 "They are strong, confident, independent and s trong." - Cas e #2 I think he might have written this article under the influence....of being an idiot. Reply · Like ·
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Taryn, what you m ad about? going in d etails about m iss pelling haha did he hit you on too many facts :p? aww poor "girl". (Edit: I only had to look 4-5 pictures through of your facebook profile and noticed that one of the facts cam e true haha) Reply · Like · Maxamilian Demian ·
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Girls get angry when they read this list... hah! Reply · Like ·
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Jesse Garrison · TEFL Teacher at Peace Corps And wom en. And actual m en. Judgm ent does n't make you refined or s elf-aware. Reply · Like ·
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View 1 m ore Mona Rezvani · University of Maryland Girls read this s hit and agree that they're women, "real w om en" think they'd rather not be a pretentious cunt Reply · Like ·
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I feel as though this article is mea nt to encourage "girls" to become "women " in hopes of finding a m an that will s ee them as worthy of a relationship. How ever, let's not forget that 1) men are al l different and not all want these "wom an" qualities, and 2) not all fem ales care what men wa nt. The only thing a girl/woman/female shoul d care about: being true to herself. If that means she watches Real Hous ewives marathons whil e she eats s alad, gets wasted, and talks about trivial things, then s he s hould go for it. That mi ght not be what *you* want in a partner, but that's okay. She should find a partner that likes her for those things that make her who s he is. The worst thing that anyone can do is attemp t to put on a false pres ence to gain other people's approval. So basically, girl or woman, m an or boy, everyone s hould jus t be thems elves. No need to stop watching TV or updating your Facebook in order to be "dateable". Reply · Like ·
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Wow... He mus t be som e kind of expert on women. Asshole . The so called "wom en" he describes here sound boring as fuck and sounds like its only want he wants from a wom an. He mus t have a s ad life if that's what he wants. Can 't believe a m an wrote this Reply · Like · Molly Fedick ·
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Totally agree with this entire list! I went into it wanting to hate every point made, but the writer is spot-on. Reply · Like ·
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Aish Narayan · Radnor High School 1. Boys like to dress in revealing clothes because they think they look sexy – Men know they look se xy no m atter what they wear. Men und erstand that being provocative is n’t the only way to be s exy. A man doesn’t have to have everything hanging out in order to feel sexually appealing. Men are s o confident in their own skin that they do no t care what they are wea ring – they know that they are s exy becaus e they are se xy. _____ ______________ _____________________ 2. Boys expect their men to know how they feel and what they’re thinking – Men use their words. Men… wom en cannot read minds . We wis h that we could, it would make things a w hole lot easi er, but we can’t. Boys bel ieve that their wom en sh ould unders tand them s o well that they simply know what they are thinking, how they are feeling and what they are “hinting” at. Unfortunately... See More Reply · Like ·
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