Thursday, November 29, 2007

There's no better way to explain it.

I saw this today at this website and had to repost it.

Why guys don't want to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them...

I know a girl who broke up with a guy and she told him she wanted to "still be friends." He said, "No thanks." She wondered why he couldn't fall back to being just friends after they had a romantic relationship. I came up with the "McDonalds Analogy" to try and explain it in a simple way that would help all women understand this tough question.

Imagine if you went to McDonalds a lot and ordered a Big Mac Combo meal. A Big Mac, Large Fries and a Coke. You really like this meal. One day, you pull up to the drivethrough and order the Big Mac Combo meal and the girl tells you, "I'm sorry - you can have the Big Mac and the Coke, but you can't get fries with that anymore." You think about this for a moment, and sure - the Big Mac is the centerpiece of the meal, but McDonalds has some really good fries and you like their fries with your meal. So you say, "I've been able to get fries with that before, why can't I have fries with my Big Mac combo anymore?" The girls says, "Well, I just think it is better if you only have the Big Mac and the Coke from here on out."

At this point, a lot of guys are going to go to Wendy's or BK and see if they can get fries with their combo at that drivethrough window. But there are some guys who REALLY like McDonalds Big Macs and they might think, "If I keep coming here and ordering the Big Mac and Coke, maybe she'll change her mind and give me some fries with that later." So they will keep on getting the combo without the fries until the deal breaker happens: One day that guy is going to order the Big Mac and Coke and then he's going to pull up a little bit to pay, and someone else is going to pull up to the drivethrough speaker and order the "Big Mac Combo" and he is going to hear the girl say, "Would you like fries with that?"

That's why guys don't like to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them.

6 Comments:

Blogger the mama said...

OK that totally cracked me up.

girls don't like to be friends with guys who break up with them for the exact same reason...

Friday, November 30, 2007 10:38:00 PM  
Blogger birdman said...

as long as they order my "McBurrito"!!!!

Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:57:00 PM  
Blogger Turquoise Sails said...

its 11.30pm at night and now I have a craving for the Mac fries. tsk.

Monday, December 03, 2007 7:23:00 AM  
Blogger the mama said...

nobody wants a mcburrito....

Monday, December 03, 2007 3:33:00 PM  
Blogger The Wrider said...

Fair is what they hold at Del Mar once a year. Love and relationships are full of exceptions to every rule ever created. I think we all do the best we can and just go from there. Speaking from experience I have never wanted to be friends with a guy I broke up with. I figured it would be too easy to be hanging out with him, getting drunk and then we end up back in the rack because it was all too familiar. Additionally, it would be hard for me to see him with someone else regardless if I was with someone or not. I would always wonder if I had done the right thing.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:00:00 AM  
Blogger the mama said...

Hey - i was at in n out and some girl ordered animal fries...

i think a better question would be "would you like ANIMAL fries with that??" that sounds more exciting.

Monday, December 10, 2007 8:35:00 PM  

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