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Ok that's obviously an exaggeration, and I'm sure you guys know girls with hobbies or have girlfriends who have a variety of interests, but from what I've seen and from the complaints I've heard from my friends who currently have girlfriends -- is that girls don't do anything 0_o
My experience with women has been limited but I've grown up with friends who have had many terrible girlfriends that just order them around and are always on their ass if they are out playing sports, inside playing videogames, or doing anything that they enjoy. Relationships that I've seen last have always been with women who are passionate about something in their lives besides facebook and god knows what else.
And it just seems that a lot girls like this don't know how to answer the question, "Well what do you do in your free time?"
Usually it's just a mesh of things that everyone might do when they are bored,
"umm yeah I like to listen to music...watch movies...you know, just hang out."
woah? really?
I don't know. Don't take what I'm saying too seriously (not trying to get flamed here). Just thought it was a funny observation, and yes I know I need to go out and meet more women.
  
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ive honestly wondered this myself. Some women have hobbies. Not many though. The super clingy ones have 0 hobbies and its sad  .
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I have three sisters and their hobbies are watching TV.
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cause they are trying to be a girl as much as possible
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United States24795 Posts
Keep in mind this place gives us a kind of skewed perspective of guys as well... guys are generally more similar to the girls you describe than you might think.
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My rational is that girls socialize differently than guys. Guys like to play sports and do stuff together. Girls just like getting together and talking + watching movies. Therefore, guys say "I played hockey last night. What did you do?" and they might respond "Hung out with Blah" or "Watched Blah with Blah." That's my hypothesis. However, a lot of girls do play sports and do other activities.
Edit: Actually, I do watch some movies with other guys, just normally not rented ones. And I do go talk with other guys at pubs. I think we're just biased.
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Thats what normal people are like, both male and female.
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girls do have hobbies ...
shopping.
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i think our collective definition of hobby is skewing our thoughts.
Oxford English Dictionary defines hobby as an activity followed regularly for pleasure. Using this definition watching movies, hanging out w/ friends, and listening to music can easily be considered hobbies. But those are not the first things we think of when we think of hobby. We think of sports, games, art, etc. Perhaps it's not that generally women don't lean towards having any hobby completely, but rather don't pursue the more competitive/hard work inspired hobbies.
idk.
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On January 25 2010 14:31 StarN wrote:i think our collective definition of hobby is skewing our thoughts. Oxford English Dictionary defines hobby as Using this definition watching movies, hanging out w/ friends, and listening to music can easily be considered hobbies. But those are not the first things we think of when we think of hobby. We think of sports, games, art, etc. Perhaps it's not that generally women don't lean towards having any hobby completely, but rather don't pursue the more competitive/hard work inspired hobbies. idk.
well like ive met very few women who do things like play sports or do anything that is skill related.
Of course some do but not many. I mean they might say they go to the gym or workout or something but thats not really a hobby tbh. Very rarely will they be like "ya i play billiards" or "Ya i play golf"
Granted I will say its much harder for a girl to just play a sport than a guy for a hobby. Its not like girls have pickup games. You could play in an intramural team but thats about it.
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just because girls don't have hobbies as in depth or complex as playing starcraft doesn't mean they don't have hobbies.
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hahaha but i think you sort of have a point but not really, their hobbies are different from ours. a lot of girls like reading, some like playing videogames or play sports.
and i don't think many relationships involve a guy always wanting to hangout with the GF while she rather play videogames. that might contribute to this bias.
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
Yeah - that's a huge generalization, but at least you're aware of that. I kind of feel sorry for girls whose only 'hobbies' are shopping and making themselves look pretty (or those who only care about drinking and partying.) Each to their own though. My own hobbies are pretty obscure at times, but wide-ranging;
Photography, reading, video-gaming (survival horror and RPGs mostly.) exploring (aka. Walking with no set plans.) shopping (but not clothing only usually books or merchandise.) watching dramas (Japanese only.) and movies, going to the cinema, cookery, sewing, arts and crafts, music, going to concerts, project work like 100 messages etc, wind-surfing (honestly I loved it back in England, but we can't do it here.) collecting things (mainly books/photo books, Japanese merchandise.) ....I also hate to admit it, but I love organizing things. I am a neat freak.
To me quite a few men don't seem to have hobbies, but again this is a generalization. A lot of people I met at University only seemed to care about drinking and nothing much else. I did meet some people who were passionate about hobbies such as art, collecting, retro-television shows, sports and other fun things.
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On January 25 2010 14:35 NeverGG wrote:
Yeah - that's a huge generalization, but at least you're aware of that. I kind of feel sorry for girls whose only 'hobbies' are shopping and making themselves look pretty (or those who only care about drinking and partying.) Each to their own though. My own hobbies are pretty obscure at times, but wide-ranging;
Photography, video-gaming (survival horror and RPGs mostly.) exploring (aka. Walking with no set plans.) shopping (but not clothing only usually books or merchandise.) watching dramas (Japanese only.) and movies, going to the cinema, cookery, sewing, arts and crafts, music, going to concerts, project work like 100 messages etc, wind-surfing (honestly I loved it back in England, but we can't do it here.) collecting things (mainly books/photo books, Japanese merchandise.) ....I also hate to admit it, but I love organizing things. I am a neat freak.
To me quite a few men don't seem to have hobbies, but again this is a generalization. A lot of people I met at University only seemed to care about drinking and nothing much else. I did meet some people who were passionate about hobbies such as art, collecting, retro-television shows, sports and other fun things.
Oh nevergg, have you watched My Boss My Hero or Goukusen? Two of my favorite J-Dramas <3!
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Wow, I have wondered this myself many times. I often think how lucky I am to be a guy because a girl's life seems so boring. You're totally right...most of them have like maybe 1 hobby. My whole frigging LIFE is hobbies...I can't imagine it being the opposite :S.
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i think this would be more accurate if it was more about other people in general :p so many girls AND guys don't seem to have any specific activity that they love to do and they don't even seem to be bothered about it :p
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United States12607 Posts
You just need to meet some more interesting girls.
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On January 25 2010 14:37 DragoonPK wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2010 14:35 NeverGG wrote:
Yeah - that's a huge generalization, but at least you're aware of that. I kind of feel sorry for girls whose only 'hobbies' are shopping and making themselves look pretty (or those who only care about drinking and partying.) Each to their own though. My own hobbies are pretty obscure at times, but wide-ranging;
Photography, video-gaming (survival horror and RPGs mostly.) exploring (aka. Walking with no set plans.) shopping (but not clothing only usually books or merchandise.) watching dramas (Japanese only.) and movies, going to the cinema, cookery, sewing, arts and crafts, music, going to concerts, project work like 100 messages etc, wind-surfing (honestly I loved it back in England, but we can't do it here.) collecting things (mainly books/photo books, Japanese merchandise.) ....I also hate to admit it, but I love organizing things. I am a neat freak.
To me quite a few men don't seem to have hobbies, but again this is a generalization. A lot of people I met at University only seemed to care about drinking and nothing much else. I did meet some people who were passionate about hobbies such as art, collecting, retro-television shows, sports and other fun things. Oh nevergg, have you watched My Boss My Hero or Goukusen? Two of my favorite J-Dramas <3!
Yes - I adored My Boss, My Hero. It was just the right mixture of comedy and thankful lack of romance. Plus I am already a big Nagase Tomoya fan. I've also seen all three seasons of Gokusen, but season one remains my favorite. I love psychological/mystery dramas like Mr.Brain, Puzzle and Liar Game.
Also - wow. Some of the comments in this thread....wow.....what kinds of girls are you hanging out with? Some of the generalisations are just so epic.
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generalisations exist for a reason
clearly OVERALL girls have different type of hobbies than guys do
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