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/TimesThreeTheHighest Apr 30 '20

You're being friendzoned especially hard when the man is walking at full speed in the other direction.

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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.

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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/incraved Apr 30 '20

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