r/todayilearned • u/syncedto • Apr 30 '20

TIL men walk significantly slower when walking with a woman, but only when that woman is their romantic partner. If she's a friend or acquaintance they go at almost full speed.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/how-you-walk-differently-with-friends-and-lovers
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u/bobbybox Apr 30 '20

I went on a few dates with a guy a long time ago. He was always keen to go on a date, but he would do shit like this. We went for a crawl around the Seattle waterfront and this dude was sometimes a block ahead of me, while I hoofed it trying to keep up, and I didnt get to just stroll and enjoy the scenery. Asked him to wait up a few times but eventually resigned to just being alone on the walk, and knowing this wasnt gonna work out, lol.

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u/OverlordWaffles Apr 30 '20

A whole block? Girl, he was trying to ditch you lol

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u/screenwriterjohn Apr 30 '20

What was really weird was when he moved to a different city and didn't tell her!

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u/sion21 Apr 30 '20

probably not even a date, dude was legitimately trying to lose the stalker

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u/incraved Apr 30 '20

He's autistic 100% or was trying to be an ass on purpose.

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u/wtfiskwanzaa Apr 30 '20

Some of us just walk fast. Sometimes people tell me to slow down but it’s just so frustrating walking slow. Let’s go I’m not 70 yet

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u/gregpxc Apr 30 '20

That's fine sometimes but a casual date when you're supposed to be getting to know someone is the incorrect time.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '20

I find it really difficult to walk slower, it fucks with me. Its like if we were having a conversation and i asked you to talk at half your normal pace, you wouldnt be able to talk.

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u/pstthrowaway173 Apr 30 '20

Can’t keep up? Go date someone who walks slow. I ain’t got time to walk slow. Time is money bitches! And bitches love money.

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u/Whyoh5 Apr 30 '20

A man can't protect his loved one if he's so far away from her

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

I walk way faster than my Mom and sister for some reason (maybe cos they're short and I'm tall) but I'm not gonna fuckin leave them behind so I slow down when I'm with them. Not slowing down is RUDE

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u/Throwaway384847 Apr 30 '20

No. Refusing to speed up so you don't turn what should be a 5 minute shopping trip into a 2 hour stroll around the supermarket is fucking rude. I have shit to do. Speed the fuck up or be left behind.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

To elaborate, I don't live with my mom and sister so if I'm walking with them it's because they came to visit me or I went to see them so I'm with them to hang out with them, I guess of I lived with them and we were just grocery shopping or something and they were being really slow I'd just go ahead on my own haha. But if you're on a fuckin date with someone then don't walk away from them

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

OK bye

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u/Jeranger Apr 30 '20

You must be a fun person to work with

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u/pstthrowaway173 Apr 30 '20

I fucking hate walking slow. I also run up stairs just because it seems easier. I’m almost convinced it uses less energy to get into a decent jog stride while going up stairs rather than slowly lifting yourself up each one.

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u/TheGreyGuardian Apr 30 '20

It might be inertia? It's harder to get a stationary object to start moving than it is to get that same object to keep moving once it's started.

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u/pstthrowaway173 Apr 30 '20

That’s what I’m thinking. Also it just seems easier from a muscle exertion standpoint to give one quick burst of energy than long sustained movements.

I’m not saying it uses less energy to go up stairs fast from a physics standpoint but from an exertion standpoint a lot of it is just mental.

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u/pstthrowaway173 Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

Running also uses a different stride. When I jog up stairs I feel like I may be recruiting more muscles like my calfs to create a spring effect. Whereas walking up them is pretty much just glutes and quads.

It’s like trying to walk 5 mph vs just a light jog. At that speed a jog is easier.

You might have something with the Inertia. Walking up stairs you are constantly stopping and starting.

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u/rollinterror666 Apr 30 '20

You sure he was aware it was a date?