Come On And Stop And Ask For Directions, Honey! What Do You Members Think?

This is a fallacy and getting out of fashion. I know people have written books on this and even gotten famous but it is not true anymore. I know many guys, myself included, who won't hesitate to ask for directions. It is far more convenient and simpler.

Guys do trust in themselves more than relying on others. Coming to asking directions, i don't mind stopping and asking for directions. taking help never is not what i avoid, when i am in need i will for sure keep my ego aside and will ask for help.

It's probably a cliche but I do find that most guys I work with aren't very good at "asking" anything of others, they like to work things out for themselves. On the other hand, I can't stand wasting time. If I have to spend more than five minutes working it out, then I ask.

My former roomie said I wouldn't ask for directions. I will, but I'd rather not ask in person - I'm shy that way. I think guys are afraid of looking like fools if they ask. Heck, you should've asked your sister before you left, then you would've known & could navigate.

haha ,if I go to a strange place,I will ask for help not only one time.because I will feel very uncertain about which road I should take,and if I take the wrong road,it is not only a waste of time,but also maybe dangerous.so I prefer to ask for the right direction than go to a wrong direction by myself.

erm.. let me tell you what's inside a guy okay? actually.. most guy are ego.. they refuse to ask help from ladies.. because they always think ladies are weaker.. such misconception should no longer happen in this modern world... but i think there are still men that believe women are much weaker.. they always look down on women ability .. and they do get really stress up when the women are doing better than them..there comes the jealousy... i think as a guy.. you should not do things like this.. a gentlement should know how to differentiate ego and respect.. we can be ego.. but we do need to respect females too.. isn't that true? because of ego.. many actually feel embarass to do work for females.. this is so wrong :)

I like the challenge of finding my way. Its like being an explorer. Half the fun in taking a trip is getting there. My wife likes us to take the most direct route. I do not hesitate now to ask directions when I am lost. However, with people getting GPSs who needs to ask for directions!

Isn't it just maddening though. I don't know why either, must be some kind of ego thing, or they are insane enough to truly believe that they know where they are going

I don't know if it's a man thing or what but I myself hate to ask directions when I think, in certain situations, that it doesn't take a genius to figurea out the location I'm going to. But I do ask directions when I'm in a hurry and where there is no room for errors along the way. I remember my sister telling me how stupid and childish it was for me to not ask for directions one time when we were looking for this steak place...after she uttered those words...lo and behold...we arrived :-)

from my experience, i've found it has to do with pride. it's not so much about the other people around, or whether or not he'll be asking a woman, it's the fact that he would have to admit to himself that he can't handle a situation alone. he can't figure it out by himself, he can't fix it on his own, he needs help. there are many people, female and male alike, who find asking for help a painful act. people don't like to admit they're wrong, and they don't like to admit they can't do something...especially something as simple as driving somewhere. it's not about weakness, but that is how they see it. and i think it also goes way back to the man trying to provide for the woman...he may be thinking "how well can i take care of her if i can't even find my way down the street?" yes, that may be an exaggeration, but i do believe it all stems from the same place. pride. he doesn't want to admit defeat, and he doesn't want to feel like a failure. on the other hand, some men don't care. they'll ask for directions because they're aware that it doesn't make them "less of a man." these are the people who grew up with both parents cooking dinner, both parents cleaning the house, and a wide-felt equilibrium in their home. more traditional families, with the male figure being the central bread-winner, and the female figure being the main care-giver, probably have a harder time with asking for directions, mainly because they are used to the male handeling the issues and such. okay, long post for something like this...but mainly, m answer is "pride." Pride keeps men from asking for directions...they don't want to feel stupid. **P.S. -- this post was not meant to offend in any way, shape, or form, and if it has, i sincerely apologize.**

Being a guy myself I think a takes us males longer to realize that we are lost or doing something wrong.

I know it is commonly thought that this is a 'guy thing' to not ask directions but I (lady) hate to ask myself. I will spend hours before hand studying the map, make sure I have map and clear directions with me, and avoid asking if at all possible. If all else fails and I am lost and rushed I will send who ever is with me in to ask (daughter or youngest son usually). Now, if I'm not rushed I will drive around for hours looking - I'm just checking out the area :) Why? I don't like talking to strangers first of all and secondly I do feel 'stupid' if I can't find what I'm looking for and asking directions is like admitting I am stupid. I know, makes no since at all but have been this way as long as I can remember.

I think it is a pride thing. I'm a guy so I know that admitting that you are lost, wrong, or that you can't fix something epsecially to your WIFE, is like admitting that the world is going to end and there is nothing you can do to save yourself, your family, or anyone else(mild exaggeration). I think we just completely rule the idea of asking someone for anything out, unless it is absolutely necessary. I know that sounds ridiculous to women, but any man out there will know exactly what I mean, or at least be able to relate in some way.

I think I am very lucky. My husband will stop and ask for directions. It doesnt bother him at all.Heck with the price of gas these days you cant afford to drive around lost.

i ask questions a lot. especially for directions. even when just inside he mall and i could not find a section where i need to buy something, i ask for directions on where to go. my boyfriend tells me to stop asking a lot. and we joke about it. but i still do ask for directions. when i get lost in a certain place, i don't pretend i know everything... i stop and ask people for directions.. it's safer actually and makes us of my time properly. happy myLotting!

Welcome to the club. My husband does the same too and he would just tell me, we are not familiar with the place so let us just look around and see what we can find. If we can't find the place, then he will just tell me, let us try next time. But if the place we need to is very very important, my husband will stop at the gasoline station to ask for direction but funny to say, not all people told us the right direction and we end up more lost than when we started.

Have you ever read that crazy book Men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Totally true. Men are Hunters, and Fixers. They are out on earth to Hunt out things and solve problems. Women are gatherers. We Take thing slower and don't have the ego men have. Therefore us askng directions makes men feel insecure about their primitive male genes. They would rather hunt all day than submit to another Man, Like lions in the jungle.... Funny huh? The male species can be taught though, as my man sees as a strength now. I sa oooo what a man asking for directions... Ha Ha you have to reprogram them! So to speak.

I know what you mean, though we don't have a car, my boyfriend hates asking for directions like if we're shopping in a new mall and I wanted to go and ask if they have this particular store in that mall, he would go all quiet and I could see it in his face that he disapproves. He said if there's one we would have found it by now--duH! He wasn't even looking. Jeez, men. Always making the simple things harder.

This is to me strictly a man thing and it will always be that way. They believe that because they are male that they no everything and dont want to let on to others when they dont so that is y they will not ask directions because they feel they should already no how to get there. I just really like some of the colorful excuses they use when they do get lost like i just wanted to see how long it would take you to notice we were going the wrong way or i wanted to take the scenic route i know you have heard some of them too. I dont know y just because they are male they figure that they should be all knowing and never need any help but i believe it is because of what is expected of them in society or it is just them who knows right. lol

well, its just about time only. i think