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I thought this was interesting....
So men want to make women laugh, and women want to be made to laugh? I guess it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.
To tie into this, I guess I can say that a gal seems like she might be my type, if I can say whatever I'm thinking and it's usually well received by her. Makes me feel like she's interested in me and/or the things I'm interested in. If we don't think the same kinds of things are funny, we might not have much in common. If she thinks everything I talk about is boring, she probably won't be interested in me and I probably won't enjoy talking to her, so we wouldn't be a match. But I also like a gal who can come up with her own interesting/funny things to say (at least 35% of the time ).
How important is humor to you in a relationship? And do you think the "guys want to produce humor and girls want to receive humor" theory works?
Reminds me of that Weezer song, "No One Else"...
:22: "My girl's got a big mouth
With which she blabbers a lot
She laughs at most everything
Whether it's funny or not
And if you see her
Tell her it's over now
I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else" :22:
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Men and women differ in how they define what makes a good sense of humor. A new study conducted by Eric Bressler, a graduate student at McMaster University, has found that to women, "sense of humor" means someone who is able to make her laugh, whereas for men a sense of humor means someone who likes his jokes.
"There's a difference between producers (those who make you laugh) and receptors (those who laugh when someone cracks a joke)," said Bressler. "Women choose men who produce humour 62 per cent of the time; conversely, men choose women who appreciate their humour 65 per cent of the time."
Bressler also found differences when he looked at different types of relationships: "When it comes to friendships, men like to be around women who produce humour; when it comes to sexual relationships, they only dig women who laugh at their jokes."
So men want to make women laugh, and women want to be made to laugh? I guess it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.
To tie into this, I guess I can say that a gal seems like she might be my type, if I can say whatever I'm thinking and it's usually well received by her. Makes me feel like she's interested in me and/or the things I'm interested in. If we don't think the same kinds of things are funny, we might not have much in common. If she thinks everything I talk about is boring, she probably won't be interested in me and I probably won't enjoy talking to her, so we wouldn't be a match. But I also like a gal who can come up with her own interesting/funny things to say (at least 35% of the time ).
How important is humor to you in a relationship? And do you think the "guys want to produce humor and girls want to receive humor" theory works?
Reminds me of that Weezer song, "No One Else"...
:22: "My girl's got a big mouth
With which she blabbers a lot
She laughs at most everything
Whether it's funny or not
And if you see her
Tell her it's over now
I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else" :22:
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