Relationships 101: He Said, She Said
First Article

By: Riley & Lyndsay
9F Journalism

Okay, so both Riley and I have decided it would be a good idea for us to issue different articles about different views in relationships- he said, she said. Obviously boys and girls think differently, now we must prove that. In this first issue, this will be a boy’s problem-we are going to be tackling miscommunication; twisting of words.

Scenario: You’re in a relationship and you’re talking to your girlfriend and you try complimenting her, and yet she still has the ability to make everything you just said into something horribly insulting.


He said:  First of all when guys compliment girls it is to be nice and gentlemen like. But you always turn and twist our words to the fullest extent, like you want to fight- like you are always right. But you are not always right. We say something like I had a great day with you today and you come out with “don’t you always have a great day everyday, are you saying you get bored or something”. We are scared at this point. The only things we can say are “no, that is not what I meant”. Then we are so scared we can not think of things to say so you just pound the words into our brains.


She said: Girls do not twist boy’s words –we take it how it is, but we do know when something is wrong with what you said. We say the things we know you are thinking, because boys defiantly don’t know how to say them. Getting compliments are nice, don’t get me wrong – it’s

always nice to see our boyfriends giving some affection once in a while, but I defiantly believe boys set themselves up. It’s pretty fun to see the look on their faces when we do end up changing what they said. Don’t set yourself up, and you won’t get backed into a corner!

TIPS:

He said: The girls can just keep what they want in their mouths. When a guy compliments you it is from the heart. The more you twist the words the more the guys are scared of the relationship. Hint: if you find you are doing it too much stop - NO MORE!!!!

She said: Boys, if you find yourself in this position, just stop everything. Do not talk – the girl is not going to stop arguing until you admit defeat. You don’t want her to feel like she lost, because she will have something else to fight about – let her keep going. After she stops, try apologizing. If that doesn’t work, just leave. Get out of there.