Good at reading hints?

Ha ha! My aqua friend told me his girlfriend got mad at him because she was dropping hints left and right and he didn't understand. He said, "I just don't get it!! Tell me in these texts where she said that!"

He had said his kid had a baseball game. She said I love baseball and miss it since my kid doesn't play anymore. He said its alright, gives me something to do. She said I would love to see a game! He went on about the heat, mosquitos and then changed the subject.

I asked him "Are you dense? She wanted you to invite her to join you!!! And she thought you didn't want her to go."
He said, "Huh? I totally didn't get that! I would have loved if she had said she wanted to go, why didn't she just ask if she could come?"

I don't have this problem with my aqua boyfriend - but, I'm pretty straightforward. I would have just said "Want some company?" And he would either say come on or say no.

Anyway, I have an aqua female friend who doesn't take hints either. So, my question is how good are you at taking hints or reading between the lines?

I've been guilty of that more than once. I'd like to think I've matured from that... but maybe I've haven't :S

*i haven't

I think it's more men and women than an Astro thing.. (except I would stipulate that Airs are probably frequently tripped up by this "not getting the hint" thing.. Airs (and Airy types.. and Sags haha) tend to be more straightforward.. they tend to just speak their minds .. so they drop the ball when dealing with someone else who DOESN'T just say what they mean, cuz it's unexpected. They aren't stupid or clueless.. in this situation, they are truly puzzled and think, "I totally missed the hints.. but why didn't they just SAY so? What's so hard about that??")

Indeed, if more women would just SAY what they want, instead of HINT, there would be less relationship confusion all around. But then there'd be little need for places like DXP for women to post their relationship problems.. which a lot of times turns out to be her being unwilling/unable to just simply ask for what she needs, or state what she wants (and love herself and stick by her boundaries and have some dignity, of course)... and the man not being a mind-reader, and who actually cannot possibly give her the things she wants/needs/expects, since she never even told him what those were.

Most men aren't evil pricks, you know. But it baffles just about all of them how a lot of women can't just clearly say/ask for something they want.. and then those same women get upset and frustrated with HIM for not giving her what she never actually asked for.

Vicious circle. *shaking head*

I agree!

She told him she didn't feel comfortable inviting herself. And he thought she thought it would be boring so he didn't ask her - never dreamed she might want to go. I said "Doofus! She just wants to be with you. She doesn't care where yall go or what yall do!"

Poor guy, he's so confused! lol

Interesting point Joon! I sometimes wondered if my Aqua got the hint, but just didn't want to respond to it.

I've learned to be more straightforward, but give him an out. Like for the example above: "if you want some company at the game, I would love to go, but I understand if you just want it to be a father/son thing only". Something like that. He would either say "come on, we're leaving at ___ time" or he would say "well, I'd like to be able to focus on the game".

I can't really comment on them being bad at giving hints. If I've been given one, I either didn't get it or understand it. Sometimes, I'm clueless and realize later what they actually meant. If I didn't understand something, I've also learned to ask him what he meant and get further explanation.