「The Guys Corner」
「儂腦子瓦特了吧？」
「Why the hell would you think that?!」
我想你們都曾經有過這樣的經歷，跟女朋友或者女生朋友吵架，最後發現是自己傻逼了，女生居然是對的，或者實在忍無可忍，突然大爆發說出這句話。
We bet you that all of you have shouted this at least once or twice. Probably even more. Maybe you』ve reacted this way to your girlfriend or friend because you’re frustrated that she is right and you are just having an immature moment; or perhaps because there is something else, lurking beneath, that explains your sudden outburst.
在我們看來，男人和女人本身並沒有錯，但是男女是很難想到一起的。下面就是兩個例子。
In our experience, men and women, through no fault of their own, just do happen to think and approach situations differently. Check out these two examples and decide for yourself if we’re right or wrong.
幽默和魅力 Humour and Attraction
女人會因為男生逗比而認為一個男生有趣，所以第一次見面的時候，幽默是一個男生需要最努力給女生留下的印象之一。但是反之，男生一般不會找一個逗比的女生當女朋友。
Women consider a man to be funny if he can make her laugh out loud and put a smile on her face. Even from the beginning of meeting a guy, humour is definitely one of the benchmarks in deciding if a guy is worth all the effort. Men though, definitely don’t require a woman to be at all that funny if we are to think of them as potential partners.
理由很簡單：男生都是看臉的動物。聽起來很膚淺，不過，大家這麼熟了何必裝逼呢對吧？如果想要認真發展一段關係，那麼外表之下的內在會更加重要，但是第一次見面，男生通常也不會想的那麼複雜。
The reason is simple: We guys are already completely attracted to you women and so we don’t require that much more. It sounds superficial and you know what, it is but then again, there is no point lying about it. Sure, if you want a proper relationship to develop, then there has to be more than just the physical attraction but in the beginning of meeting a girl, guys will be thinking of nothing else apart from that.
一個女生要是有恰到好處的幽默感，也是一個非常加分的選項。如果她只是徒有其表的話，如何辨別渣男也會變成一個問題。
If anything, it’s a bonus in the guy’s mind if a woman has a good sense of humour but it’s not an essential requirement. Women though, have always needed something more than looks (and quite rightly so) to determine if a man is worth the trouble.
你聽過多少女生說：「他長得還好但是他太有趣了！」 就像一個男生說：「她長得還好但是一直讓我覺得很好笑」我們很肯定，第一句你肯定經常聽到，而第二句，一定沒怎麼聽過吧。
How often, for example, have you heard a women say, 「He’s ok looking but he is so funny!」 Compared to with a guy saying, 「She’s alright looking but really makes me laugh.」 We wager you』ve heard the first one a lot while the second one: not so much.
支持 Support
男人和女人都需要社交關係來支持自己度過生活中的難關，大家都需要發洩壓力，得到幫助，而不是被責備數落。但是男女提供幫助的方式真的是非常不同。
Men and women both need a strong network of support to get us through all the shit that is called life. It’s a much needed occasion to unload all that pent-up stress and not feel judged for it. The way we provide that support however, is very different.
男人比較自尊，從而喜歡在女生求助的時候提出解決的方案，在腦子裡把所有問題都解決一遍再跟女生交流。每當你遇到一個沒有遇到過的棘手問題時，男生都是像一個醫生一樣開始認真診斷，然後下達診斷通知書。通常過了幾秒我們才會發現，哦擦，原來姑娘要的只是一個抱抱而已啊，然後才馬上過去姑娘家敲門送甜食。
Men on the whole do have bigger egos than women and as a consequence, love to give solutions to problems and so anything you tell us, our first reaction is to formulate some 「perfect」 plan which, in our head, will rid you of all your problems. You can tell us something incredibly personal that you haven’t told anyone before and our first instinct will always be to react as a doctor would when delivering a diagnosis. It takes us a couple of seconds to realise, 「Shit, that’s not what we should do,」 before we change approach and realise all we need to do is provide emotional support.
女生面對這種情況的時候反應更快。她們會很快的提供出10種不同的解決方案，雖然可能完全沒有效果，但是她們這個時候更需要的是有個人陪在身邊而已。
Women read the situation a bit quicker perhaps. They recognize that instead of giving 10 different solutions to any given problem, probably all that person is looking for is not necessarily an answer but instead, just someone who can be there and listen to his problems and make him feel better.
問題是，男生就是愛提解決方案，雖然我們也討厭（可能是因為自大）解決那些沒有經歷過的問題。所以女生們，如果下次男生遇到了棘手的問題，試試給他提供一下意見，然後引導他自己想到解決方案，這樣他會更加開心。男生其實有時候也很單純的。
The problem is that while we guys love to give solutions, we also HATE (again probably because of our egos) to be given answers to problems that we haven’t figured out ourselves. So to any girlfriends out there, next time your boyfriend is struggling and needs help to a problem, try and give it to him while making him feel that he came up with the solution. Silly it may be but we blokes are more sensitive than we appear.
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