h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Alright, so here is the most complicated subject today (besides how Floridians count their votes) and I am attempting to make some sense of it.

I guess what i feel is that Men and Women are basically alike. We are both insecure, lonely, wanting to be loved and generally nice people (i am speaking generally here, there are exceptions to every rule, including this one) looking for someone to share our lives with. The difference is in how we approach reaching these goals.

Men tend to take thigns head on, addressing the problem and getting directly to the root of it and solving it(unless it has to do with their feelings) where as women will over analyze the situation and become more insecure (unless it has somethign to do with fashion). For example:
MAN: That woman is cute, and I think I could like her. I will go over and say hi.
(man walks over and approaches woman)
MAN: Hello, do you come here often?
(WOMAN turns to look at MAN)
WOMAN: No.
(man looks dumbfounded)
MAN:Oh....
(uncomfortable silence)
MAN: Well you should.
(MAN walks away and returns to his beer and burger)

The difference in this skit is between the male and female thought processes.
WOMAN'S THOUGHTS: oh hello its a cute man and hes saying hi wait he asked if ive been here before oh no what if i have dated one of his freinds and not even known it what if this is a male put-up-your-buddy-to thing and maybe i hurt his freind and he is looking for revenge oh no what am I going to say!!!
WOMAN: No.

MAN'S THOUGHTS: ok here goes again we will try this ice breaker.
WOMAN: No.
MAN'S THOUGHTS: well fine i guess she doesnt want to talk ... Im hungry... must eat....

So you see the utter lack of parallelism in thought is the problem. I know what some of you are saying, "Well what about sex? The guys think about that all the time" Which is true. But the lesser unknown truth is that guess what...so do women. Guys, I know what you're saying, "no way!!"
Way.
All the time, about as much as we do. And I know what the girls are saying, "Trevor, what the hell? You're giving away all our best secrets!"
But it's ok, we need to figure this stuff out! This is the way to the solution!
But actually, I have no clue. I can only make guesses directed by my observations of both genders. That and being a member of one helps tremendously. So my question is, why don't we start getting these thoughts down onto type! We can learn so much from each other!
Like what is up with girl and guy best freinds? Why isn't it a sexual relationship? Or why is it?
How about what we should do about the communication thing? Maybe a color flag systrem would work? If your single and looking you have a red flag on? If you're married and don't want to hurt feelings you have a white flag on?
A female perspective would be wonderful as well. Let's start a forum and learn from each other!

Okay, being from the opposite sex, Ihope I can add something to this.

Women are only complicated because we know how other women think, and we want to outhink other women. And because we want men to keep on guessing about us. If we are too easy to read, then men wouldn't try so hard to get to know us.

And as for the sex thing, I happen to know some very horney women that have sex far more often than some of my (platonic) guy friends.

Absolutely wonderful! I have been having this arguement with some of my freinds for quite some time. I say that everyone does think abotu sex just as much as everyone else, its just that society has placed this value judgement on people who talk about it often. Thank God this "new age" or whatever you want to call it is coming about, but the scary thing is, I think Im in a time warp. This particular city, Kalamazoo, and its surrounding area has way too many stuck up "holier than thou" people in it. Its like all the Conservative right wing boomers brought their children here to the last stronghold of anal retentivity in Michigan. Any other place I go, whether it be Chicago, Madison or even Detroit, has at least a few open minded middle of the road people in it.
So thank you for your feedback.