How does he get girls so easily?
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shelemm — 10 years ago(May 10, 2015 04:40 AM)
To be blunt, judging from your post, I can see why maybe your lack of success in this field makes you believe it is unrealistic.
If you want more success in romance, stop tearing down films on imdb, using the words 'hipster' or 'emo' or 'bullsh*t' (big hint, they all turn off girls), and before you write, try not to hyperbolize (also a huge turnoff). That girl did not act like a 'besotted groupie.'
You also may have noticed that movies and TV hire extremely attractive actresses. They are known for it. Try getting together with an average looking person, maybe you will have more success.
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manubhatt3 — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 01:34 PM)
You can see why his lack of success in this field makes him believe it is unrealistic, but you are not able to see that it could be probably due to the fact that movies and TV hire extremely attractive actresses - a point you only later mentioned in your comment.
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highland_lassie — 10 years ago(May 10, 2015 05:30 AM)
We don't know the full story of Mason's high school girlfriend as the film doesn't show it. It does show Mason initiating a conversation with her at a party. Maybe it just developed from there? They had quite a serious conversation at the party.
As for university,I could sense a mutual attraction between Mason and Nicole. He is asking her questions about what she does, so I would say he is making at least a little effort. I wouldn't say she was acting "besotted" around him - I think they shared an unknown mutual attraction, and they were just getting to know each other. That's where the film ends, so who knows what happens after that.. -
sonofbeach-sheet — 10 years ago(May 10, 2015 08:04 PM)
I don't know how he got them, either. I was very shy and a late bloomer physically and emotionally in HS and girls didn't even look at me. And this was back before people knew about Aspies. My hipster 21 year old son can get any girl he wants and girls all over him, but he's stayed faithful to the same one for over a year.
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Rogue-32 — 10 years ago(May 31, 2015 01:29 PM)
I thought it was believable. He 'got' girls because he DIDN'T come on with stupid games and lines. He achieved their interest quite naturally, by simply being himself, even when he wasn't even sure who that was. Girls felt the sensitivity, and they related to that.
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bsharporflat — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 10:25 AM)
LMAO, exactly. The OP is such a douche. He's over in the gym, lifting weights, thinking with every rep that it will make girls "easier to get", never considering that having a personality, being thoughtful, nice, artistic, interesting and/or intelligent might actually be important.
There is certainly no mystery to why the OP has such difficulty in "getting girls". Keep lifting those weights, dude. -
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Metatron_Fallen — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 08:07 AM)
When I was in high school, most of the kids couldn't keep their hands off one another.
I don't think I ever went to a party in HS where me and/or my friends didn't at least kiss a girl.
A lot of times we would just go hang out at the local cinema- outside, being little beep you know? There would be girls and boys. It would be really casual. If you decided to go inside and actually see a film and you engineered it so you sat next to a girl, she would usually let you at least have a go even if you weren't already an item and even if you had no plans to be an item afterwards. Because, you know, girls want experience too without necessarily wanting to commit to someone. A lot of girls want to find out more about kissing or other sorts of petting and it's not a big deal to let one of her school friends have a shot.
I'm sure there must have been some kids at school who didn't ever hook up with a girl the whole time they were at HS but I didn't know any personally. I remember girls being very forward- some would simply write a note and tell you they thought you were cool or whatever and asked if you wanted to 'go with' them or not. No build up or anything. And it worked the same for boys towards girls. You got someone to pass them a note or you slipped it in the vent in their locker and waited to see what would happen.
Kids are hungry for knowledge. All kinds of knowledge. But kids are walking around in fresh young bodies and they just run and jump and do things for the hell of it because it feels so good to do it. Kids are carnal. And they hunger for that sort of knowledge too.
Mason hung out with other kids. He went to parties. He dressed in a way that said he didn't care about grown-up authority. No matter if he looked like a dirt bag sometimes or if he wasn't a jock, there are still plenty of girls who totally go for all that.
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cubbyblues — 10 years ago(June 21, 2015 10:00 AM)
You must have a hard time with women to post such drivel.
Without him doing a thing? He was waxing "profoundly" (relative to his age of course) at a high school party where everyone else was busy probably getting drunk, high, and hooking up. He shared something intellectual with this girl he ended up talking, and they vibed. Funnily enough, it's also what she ended up getting sick of in the end, based on her hooking up with others once college crept in. And she said she was tired of his gloomy outlook all the time. Ah, but for the shine of a new relationship to wear off. We've all been there.
And then there was the college girl. They spent time together with the couple in the canyon and I think it's natural for kids who are away from home for the first time to sort of cling to the people they first come in contact with. It wasn't like the movie indicated this would be some crazy longterm thing, or even that it would go anywhere at all. Just that he met someone and onward with life.
There's also something to be said of a mysterious loner though. The movie clearly showed he wasn't considered the "cool" kid, as indicated by the bullying in the bathroom. Mason marched to the beat of his own drum. He didn't try too hard.
And finally, Mason did move around often in his childhood, and I distinctly remember the buzz whenever a "new kid" came into a class of familiar neighborhood faces. It was always exciting to see how that new kid would fit into the group and who thought he or she was cute and so forth.
Again, you probably have a hard time with women, so you see Mason getting two girls in this movie as something unattainable or unrealistic. -
MasterMoron — 10 years ago(July 12, 2015 04:57 PM)
I didn't necessarily think it was unrealistic for him to get girls. It was just kind of annoying that he complained all the time even though he was getting with hot girls. I mean, jeez, your life isn't that bad kid. Stop whining.