Posted by Dinah on May 4, 2005, at 20:40:47
In reply to Re: Hey, Damos, is this a guy thing generally?? » sunny10, posted by Damos on May 4, 2005, at 17:43:34
> My experience across life it that indecision tends to be pretty evenly spread across the sexes, but I also know a lot of men who get stuck in analysis paralysis - you know they never seem to have enough info to make the decision and they do seem to be worse than women in this respect. Maybe it's got something to do with needing to be right or not being seen to make 'wrong' ones.
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I think you've got it there. If I go out and hire a plumber and they do a rotten job, I'll just say "Boy, I screwed up. Oh well." But my husband would see it as indictment of him as a person and as a provider for the family. He'd punish himself (and everyone around him) for a long long time.So it's probably perfectionism and a strong dislike of making mistakes. While I go bonkers at the thought of being bad, but don't mind at all being wrong. :)
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