Ummm - that would be a ‘yes’ to nervous euphoria :-)

Jaz - I think you are proof that all of the stereotypes we have about boys and girls’ ways of thinking and communicating don’t apply universally. As I understand it, girls are usually expected to be super-sensitive to the feelings of others, good at understanding that sometimes when people ask questions they are not after the truth (what they say they want) but actually just want reassurance. Apparently women aren’t meant to say that directly, they just expect you to know that’s what they mean.

So, for example, the stereotype goes that the question: “do I look fat in this” is not generally one women want a completely honest answer to. Or, if a woman has already purchased something and someone says “do you like my new bag” she probably means “I bought this bag. I think its pretty, or I wouldn’t have bought it. Can you please help me feel good about my purchase?”.

I think if you read most magazines where guys complain about the great mystery of girls, you get almost exactly your very lovely analysis of this strange way that girls have of communicating. Someone I know used to keep quoting some awful book called “the way women think” at me. Apparently women like to imply statements with questions. So, the question “are you cold” when you are in a car driving along is not actually an enquiry about whether you feel cold - its a statement that says “I feel cold, I would like you to express your concern and care for me by noticing and rolling up the window.”

Actually, I thought it sounded like a bunch of completely annoying, stereotyping bulldust - which, like all good stereotypes, contains just enough truth to make it sound plausable.

But that was just my opinion. I probably meant something completly different… I’m still trying to work it out :-P