guys asking for directions?

[thousand sakuras]

is it really that bad to ask directions from someone if your a guy? personaly, i can't see how it is "unmanly" to do so...what do you think?

[Helikaon]

Thats a massive generalisation there. I wouldnt think that all guys wouldnt ask for directions. I guess it just depends on how logical the guy is and if he is willing to waste time if he doesnt know the way. I would sure ask for directions.. it saves time and stress.

[sinkinswimmer]

well, it's more a matter of pride. asking for directions is essentially the same as admitting you're wrong.

[Kay™]

well it is really disgrace if you do so if you are a guy espeacially asking ogirl.......i think is probaly pride and stuff like that

[Helikaon]

Screw pride if it means you get to the place your going.. if you dont ask when your lost.. you probably will stay lost and end up taking more time than it would take to simply ask someone. I can understand where pride is an issue.. but people with pride also have brains.. its which they are willing to use to think that may be the issue. I think its more of a disgrace if you dont get to where you are going on time just because of pride.

[Z_Blitz]

Screw pride indeed. I don't think its humiliating in anyway. If a guy comes up to me and asks me for directions I'll definitely answer him. We're not dogs to sniff our way around stuff you know. There's no shame in asking when you can't find your way. Sure you'd come across some jerk who'll either laugh at you and ignore you or point you out to a direction completely opposite to the one you were going to, but hey, its life.

I ask my GF directions half of the time. Mainly because I'm no good with street names and the overall city planning of the country so I get lost almost everytime I drive on my own. She thinks its funny ;3.

[Evanesque]

Some men do it because of stubborness, I wouldn't really call it pride. When you have your heart set to go somewhere and you're leading someone there, you want to do it on your own.

Making mistakes isn't easy to take for some people, when I say 'people' it applies to both men and women. Of course there are stubborn women who also refuse to ask for directions sometimes (me :redbiggri)

You just want to get it right that's why you want to accomplish something on your own but when you fail to do that, you feel bad and it feels like you let the other person down.

Some also refuse to ask for directions because they want to see if they are capable of finding their way out.

[DireCry]

I wouldn't mind asking for directions.....

[hasuke]

I ask for directions a lot. If I don't know where something is, **** getting lost over it, I'll find the hell out before I go insane from frustration and rage, and wind up punching something.

Sometimes I even threaten people's lives for them. BREAKIN' THE MOLD, AS WELL AS YOUR FACE.

[Kefka]

I agree...ask for directions. Saves a lot of time from being lost and you can get their early. Although I always plan out my course so I minimize my chance of getting lost. :D

[Reefern86]

I will ask for directions, but only if u RLY need them! The point is that u basically don't want to look like an idiot, and that's basically what u are if you're stupid enough not to get directions ahead of time! So if u got to ask, by all means go ahead, but just remember...u look like a retard!

[Thelindra]

i guess a guy who refuse to ask for help in a dead end has too big of a ego >_>; So big to the point of being dumb =/

unless hes someone close to me, tbh i really think that way >_<

[Kay™]

hmmm it depend wheter he should ask or not...cause if he with his friend and he do that his ego will be shatter

[Vladimir]

yea!! y not ask.. to much of a ego of a guy will land him in a lost world.. stupidity.. everyone is human.. no need to have ego so high that uu think uu are the best ever!!

[Anubisrage]

If I dont know the way, I'll ask anyone on the street for direction... I dont find that unmanly. That is just stupidness... Especially if you are not alone in the car.

[candyb3ar]

ummm your never lost you just need to change where it is that your going...or this is what i have been told...:)

[Anubisrage]

ummm your never lost you just need to change where it is that your going...or this is what i have been told...:)
lol thats fine when you are alone... what about your friend???

[Evanesque]

Yep I'd be pretty annoyed if the guy kept going on and on and telling me that he knows the way and won't stop to ask.

I'd probably ask him to switch seats with me so I'll try to find the way out instead XD

If that doesn't work then we'd probably have to turn back and go home...which isn't such a bad thing to do either..:redbiggri

[Anubisrage]

Yep I'd be pretty annoyed if the guy kept going on and on and telling me that he knows the way and won't stop to ask.
I'd probably ask him to switch seats with me so I'll try to find the way out instead XD
If that doesn't work then we'd probably have to turn back and go home...which isn't such a bad thing to do either..:redbiggri
Especially if Im that guy...
Seriously, guys like that are just plain ignorant...

[Evanesque]

Especially if Im that guy...

I meant you being the guy, boo. I wouldn't want to take some stranger home with me now, would I? :p

*huggles*

[Bubblegum]

the only guy i know tht would ask directions ish me cuzin but thats only because he wants to pick up girls to show that he isnt stuborn..

but yeah some guys would rather keep their pride even if they are lost..

[deto]

if i go somewhere and i don't know the place, i like to check the maps
beforehand. keeping special things in mind. there is no big deal in asking
if you don't know the place and if you're really lost.

thank god for the invention of GPS :redbiggri

[Ronin36]

I don't have a big ego, but i'm a bit shy most of the time so asking for directions is a little tough for me. It's not like I'm trying to be arrogant. I just don't want to stop and bother someone. Normally someone else does it for me though, so it's not usually a problem ^_^

[Kray]

I ask if I'm lost.

I don't care if the person I ask thinks anything of me, the chances of me actually seeing them again are slim. So it's no big deal to me, I could care less.
Plus, I hate wasting time. If I'm wasting my time by wandering, trying to figure out where I am - I get annoyed with myself. So I just don't waste time. :Domo

[Jimmyz]

i ask for directions all the time, whats the point in watsing time over pride? i mean, usually the person is someone ive neve rmet, so does it amtter what they think?

+ im too lazy to figure stuff out.

funniest story; pulled over to ask a person where the police station was, at it was the other wide of the road DOH! major embarassment, the woman was nice enough though, just giggled and walked off :)

[sandshinobi23]

i ask for directions all the time. i dont know where anything is. xD

[Ashley]

I really hate when a guy doesn't want to ask for directions. Some guys are so ignorant and stubborn that they prefer to get lost for hours upon hours, than refer to receiving some help from a person. Even my own father does this >.< .. so annoying. This is how the conversation usually goes lol:

Me: 'Why don't you ask someone?'
Him: 'No no, I know where to go'
Me: 'Really?'
Him: 'Yes of course..jeez..'
Me: 'So why aren't we there yet?'
Him: '......'

Sometimes they can't even respond when I ask them that lol.

[sandshinobi23]

its just a masochism thing. cause were a stupid lot!

[DarkEyedHero]

Its a thing about men that has been blown way out of proportion. Its kinda sad.

[ghey B]

i dont think theres anything wrong with a guy asking for directions... if your seriously lost, why f*ck around and get more lost or waste gas or get into a fight... just ask for some freaking directions.. swallow your pride and get on with the trip, it will all be forgotten anyways..

[Doctor Fate]

haha.. how stupid, ofc I would without hesitation. I dun see the big deal 'bout it.. Maybe I dun have pride? :O

[Alex26]

^
agreed, whats the big deal? i've never felt ashamed to ask for directions O_O

[Kenta]

What kind of question is this? For one, I'm terrible with directions, it seems I subconsciously refuse to remember them. Second, it wastes time if I stubbornly try to look for it myself especially when you're unfamiliar with the place. Although if the question is, 'when you're lost, would you ask a girl or a guy for directions?', now pride might come into play, because there are guys that look down on you if act like a lost kitten.

[BabyLoving]

Eh, I only think its kinda stupid if guys refuse to ask directions cause they feel that this would destroy their pride and all. -.- In fact, I consider guys who dare to ask directions brave, cause it kinda shows that they don't really care what others think and they have a mindset of their own. (: Asking directions doesn't kill your manliness, it adds on to it. (:

[Overlord Laharl]

I have never had a problem in asking for directions, i found it easier to ask for directions then waste time for an hour looking for where i need to go.heh, there is no shame in asking for help.

[SHiKaMaRi]

Heaps of guys come up to me and ask for directions, I don't find anything wrong about it. What's weird about it, anyway? I find it completely normal.

[deto]

depends...guys....depends really! i mean if you're in a car driving around
in a city you've never been before and the company in your car is like

Passanger1: "OMG WE'RE SOOO LOST!"

you just need to say

Driver: "naaaah, don't worry i know exactly where we are, trust me!"

just to calm him/her/them down. ok your inner monlogue goes more like

Your-Voice1: "you bloody liar"
Your-Voice2: "bite me!"
Your-Voice1: "seriously, you have no clue where the hell you are, everything looks the same!"
Your-Voice2: "dooh! the streets have names!"
Your-Voice1: "you cannot even spell them!"
Your-Voice2: "shut up already, damn cynic!"
Your-Voice1: "you just say i'm a cynic, because you're afraid i might be right."
Your-Voice2: "....*mumble*"

and in any case MAPS can be unbelievably helpful :) but i totally agree there
is no big deal in asking for the way.

[yahhzoo]

Im a guy and when i get really lost I go and ask for directions because I really dont want to waste anymore time aimlessly driving around.