What are your thoughts on girls who try to joke?

As a quiet stoic loner, I second this.

Someone could easily mistake what you said as implying that being a funny man and being a "real man" are somehow mutually exclusive. Being "funny" doesn't mean being silly and immature, y'know?

Of course they're not mutually exclusive, but it's often the case in life that you can't have it all, and therefore, when you have more of something you have less of another. From a stereotypical point of view, funny men are at odds with serious ones. Women will fall more for the former early in their lives, but once they mature, they realize they want more in life than a good time and converge to the latter. Of course it depends on what people want but you get the idea.

I understand younger women are more attracted to guys who might not necessarily make good long-term partners or fathers, but that's often for reasons unrelated to the guy's sense of humor. I bet if you were to ask a group of couples who are happily married what attracted them to each other many of them would say their sense of humor.

@-God-: i guess this is somewhat a question of semantics : D

I don't feel like "jokes" are what's funny. A girl can make me laugh without busting out a yo' mamma joke or a knock knock classic.

All people are welcome to be funny, male or female, as long as they can pull it off.

Depends. Are the jokes good?

What's your source on this?

-Byshop

I studied psychology

Yes, but who's the source? What research yielded these results?

-Byshop

1 - If you dont like unfunny girls its your problem that you need to work on

2 - the same thing can be said

But i think its good you judge by character and not by looks.

Bear in mind that I'm examining this from a stereotypical point of view. As correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, it's nonsensical to say some guys who don't make good long-term partners are so because they're funny; instead, I'm saying there's a high degree of correlation between the two, which is the rationale behind my premise. The actual cause maybe the infamous tertium quid: a third variable(s) that is/are causing both good sense of humor and inadequacy as a long-term partner.

Moreover, there are all kinds of couples who are together for different reasons. A sense of humor is definitely a popular and desirable trait to have in a relationship, but personally I like to think that my partner will be above that, not because there's something wrong with it, but because that's not the kind of relationship I'm looking for.

I never met a really funny girl. I may have laughed once or twice with something a girl said out of courtesy but I honestly dont find most girls "funny"

Please finish the joke...

I'm eager to see how it ends

I would have to go and dig up my old books in the garage, it's been years since then. Just a theory that has stuck with me although most of my psychology studies did, unlike mathematics. I would like to find those books again believe me.

@Iszdope: I feel like you're a misanthrope too. Wanna hang out?

If they say something that I don't find funny I won't laugh...unless it's really corny. Then I'll make fun of them for it. Then they take me back to their place.