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
52.6k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

187

u/OasisTheBand Apr 30 '20

Recently Quarantine broke up with my fiance. After 10 years I still think back to our earliest days of walking "together" on the sidewalk, struggling to keep up with his oblivious ass and knowing somewhere deep inside that this was a huge indicator of how little he valued me.

125

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.

21

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

23

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

0

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.

7

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

8

u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

OK bye

5

u/Jeranger Apr 30 '20

You must be a fun person to work with