| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/25/2006 8:09:09 AM | I wrote that a long time ago as part of a screenplay about male/female relationships. My experiences and those of people that I know have led me to believe that once a woman is done with a man she really is done. It may take a lot for her to get to that point but she (and there are exceptions) will close the book and either move on to another book or even another library.
Men, on the other hand (and again, there are exceptions) seem to have the notion that you can always turn back the pages. It could be just for a night or longer. Most of my guy friends would never turn down a night of sex with an ex even if they had a bad breakup with that person a while back. It's like a selective amnesia.
Have you found this to be true with your personal relationships or in observing your friends? | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/25/2006 8:23:58 AM | Man..your posts are very insightful...nice job
Im an exception but i agree with this post overall...I think it has a lot to do with the way both genders deal differently with the physical and emotional levels. We all need to learn that when its time to move on, we move on fully otherwise we stagnate | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/25/2006 10:01:14 AM | Thank you Wizard. I think that male/female relationships are not only fascinating but the subject of many of my writings. For me, stagnation is death in any arena.
I don't care for broad generalizations because you can find an exception to every rule. However, I do believe that our culture begins working on us from day 1 and women and men are definitely encouraged to be very different. I guess that is why I always like to seek out the anomalies because they are normally fascinating people. There is something very enjoyable about zigging when everyone else zags. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/25/2006 10:46:35 AM | Funny for a second the forum I thought I was in was Creative Writing .
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Heres one for you: the U.S. is the land of happy endings, my country, Canada, the land of succeeding chapters.
If women indeed close books, maybe they can keep a man for a bookmark
in that unfinished part of the story and get back to it later.
But for the most part, I think your axiom is true. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/25/2006 9:30:29 PM | | If I think of a man as a friend and treat him accordingly, there is no going back if we once had an intimate relationship. It is a mental state of perceptions. In other cases I have been known to turn back pages as well... but men are teaching me that closing that book may be the only way to go. I think each relationship will dictate for itself. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/26/2006 7:16:27 AM | Seems like a fairly accurate analogy, although I have met a couple of men recently that were book closers.
Can you answer me this... I don't understand why book closers, male or female, can be sitting around, happily reading a book and enjoying the story... then just close the book!!! ... not pick it up again!! Why-how?
Thoughts? | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/26/2006 7:20:51 AM | Hi Mikethewriter,
The two serious long term relationships that I have experienced. Have been both reoccuring. My point is, if your attracted to each other and things worked out well before. Then why couldn't it happen again! In both cases, I think we had matured and delt with the issues at hand. But in the end, we both wanted different things from life. And I still visit her from time to time. And the attraction is still there, she's a wounderful person. But it just wasn't meant to be.
Jerry. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/26/2006 8:02:11 AM | | If something like that happens, then who is to say the book was even opened in the first place? Or who is to say that the RIGHT book was opened in the first place.?It's up to the individual person really and not based on a generalization of the genders. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/26/2006 9:29:22 AM | isn't there an old saying about ... a woman can change her mind...
that and everyone knows that what a woman says and what a woman does are very different things - as anyone who 'knows' the woman will attest to. | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/26/2006 9:32:39 AM | Hi Sunny,
I think you close books when you aren't enjoying the story. 2 schools of thought: 1) If something didn't work out then why go back to it because the same problem will rear it's head and you break up again. The old adage is fairly accurate, "People don't change." Thus, the possessive control freak who you once dated hasn't suddenly become Mr. I won't be jealous anymore. 2) Circumstances such as maturity or other factors, not the person dictated why a relationship ended so why not open the book back up now that we're older and wiser.
I've dated book closers and others who were receptive to rekindling old romances. My view is kind of middle of the road. I acknowledge the problems I've had that made me not want to date someone any longer but I could never turn my back on anyone that I once cared about and would always offer friendship. Good people aren't necessarily good couples. | |
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Posted: 4/26/2006 11:30:10 AM | | Great thread.....i will certainly elaborate more on this... but some women cant decide if they want to turn a page, open a new book, or go to the library and get another one. case in point is a woman i met on on another site.....boy what a story i have to share with you people about that. | |
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Posted: 4/26/2006 12:38:08 PM | | Yup; and even if I WANTED to go back and give it another try, usually once I get something in my head, it's stuck there; I TRIED to get back with one of my exes, but after it was over and we tried to start up again, it was just wierd; and it didn't hurt my feelings at all to see him out with someone else; that's when I knew there was no going back... | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/27/2006 12:36:26 AM | ya dudes have that thing about them
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I think it is just a 'doin it thing'
not 'a weird stalker ---I love you forever thing'
more a 'hey it is wednesday night I am bored maybe we should do it' kinda thing | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/27/2006 6:52:42 AM | As far as books go, I seldom read one twice; but yes, I have returned to those I liked...
as far as men go... the ones who were wonderful, I could read over and over...
the ones who were boring in context, rotten villens, dreadfully dry... I NEVER read again. | |
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Posted: 4/27/2006 4:11:24 PM | Oy...must be boring for men!!! I don't know about you, but personally, I much prefer reading a new story than going over the same page, over and over again (actually, isn't that a sign that you aren't paying attention?). Let alone be stuck in the same story! 
hmmm...lets not compare that to the difference between both genders' ability to evolve and learn or else, well I'm switching teams! | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 4/27/2006 4:38:10 PM | If they do it is a grudge thing with men not amnesia (sex with an ex) what a title for a book huh.as for my exsperience women dont close the book only set it down and when someone of the opposite sex does something special you already done to her she cant help but think of you and to tell the other person that has already been done to me is a no no in a womans book so NO on my part.
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 5/13/2006 9:39:42 AM | Must say, I do not have a large collection of books or even a library when it concerns women. I tend to find this False in my personal life.
Never turning down a night of sex with an ex? lol....that is a good one.....and very funny.... Personally, I would turn this idea down pretty quick ....lol.... 
As for some of my friends in their younger years I found this True for one......although he might be put into a different survey category as he never did get over this woman....:)
Have fun with the post...a few more pages in your book I would imagine or another book?
0:)
PS -I do read.....and have a library filled with westerns novels..... | |
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| True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
Posted: 5/13/2006 12:10:35 PM | True or False, Men turn pages. Women close books.
I think this is very true.... Women are more emotional and won't usually set themselves up again for disappointments... Males on the other hand, usually dont make decisions based on feelings... | |
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