Testicular Magnetism:
Testicular magnetism occurs when 2 men meet, start talking about one of the following topics: golf, power tools, any sports event, motorcycles, etc. The 2 men get so enmeshed in the ensuing conversation that all other people <insert girlfriend here> simply become extraneous.
This term was coined by bartender in my favorite bar Friday night in response to Delicate Flower’s lament that Joe and some guy he just met had bonded over motorcycles- engines, horsepower, range, model numbers, Iron Butt competitions, their first bike, when they drove to Canada, yada yada yada…… totally leaving yours truly out in the cold!
smacks of homo to me
I saw it as ritualistic male bonding… Two primates, grunting and posturing. One of them is exceedingly hairy. God forbid my man should have homo tendencies!!!
Men will always be men df. Us girls/woman will just have to learn to live with it.
Btw, I learnt a new word today, “Testicular magnetism”! I’m gonna use it frequently
So true… I’m willing to live with it. It is a fabulous phrase…
Next time I’m out with b/f and he gets really involved with his buddies talking a whole load of poo, I’m going to elbow my way into the middle of the conversation and yell : “WTF is THIS? TESTICULAR MAGNETISM??” ….. and then run like hell ….
Oh and P.S. .. seeing that my elbow height is about groin height for most men …. it should be pretty effective
Julie,
I love it!! Wish I could take credit for the phrase.
Then that elbow nudge ought to disrupt their magnetic fields..teehee
Delicate Flower notices that no men have commented on this yet? What’s up guys?
Er . . .
AH!! So, you’re one of those , are you?
I’m saying nothing !!!
ah, but your very ’silence’ speaks volumes…..
Haha nice term!
On a practical note, do you not think you would enjoy embracing and learning more about those masculine topics, so you can be more involved?
I learnt about all sorts of female interests when I was trying to improve my female communication and was surprised how much I did actually enjoy them.
Mind you, if the conversations extend to complex football tactics, I’d say don’t bother! :-p
Sam
Well, hell… I got on the damn thing! And loved it!
Actually I enjoy some male things…….
I’m not interested in sports… unless it’s rugby as my son used to play. But, I’m happy to be the good girlfriend and go along. I am a good conversationalist and a good listener so I’ll rarely let on if I’m bored.. But, when it gets to cubic horsepower stuff and how many hours they rode my eyes glaze over and I have to order another drink (Friday was a Cosmopolitan night… I was flashing some stunning cleavage and there they were going on about their bikes!!!!)
In this particular situation I was mostly glad to see that Joe was fitting in nicely with my regular guy friends….
Uh, oh……honeymoon’s over. Get ready for the real Joe now!
I’m hoping he remains the same… surely it’s way too early for the honeymoon to be over? This whirlwind romance is only about 8 weeks old!!!
just keep him guessing and he’ll stay interested!
Let’s hope so. He’s a keeper.
I can identify with that! My church has a lot of guys my age, so that’s who I hang out with. But it usually ends up with me standing there while they talk about sports, running, hockey, soccer, computers, cell phones… blah blah blah leaving me out of the conversation.
Hey, nice Gravatar… very nice.
What would you be talking about? I can see some women talking running… not me, I’m a bit of a couch potato.
I’d talk about lightsabers and the 7 forms of those. Ha.
Whoa! Definitely not what I’d call a chick thing but then maybe i’ve not searched your site enough to have ‘judged’…. apologies. As a warrior you look androgenously menacing….
It’s not always about them. It can also be about beer.
Although beer and testicles is the perfect combo.
Man 1: “Hey you got beer in my testicles.”
Man 2: “No, you got testicles in my beer.”
Both: “Mmmmm!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo
substitute Beer for lime… Testicles for coconut…
This is funny! My husband doesn’t seem interested in the regular “guy” things, but he gets into conversations and totally forgets about me. Maybe that’s the truest “guy” thing of all!
Probably.. I don’t mind so much when that happens, though there are times.. But, really women can get caught up in a story about the upcoming shoe sale and forget about the guys.