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NOV
4
2009
Just Friends
Wed @ 9:23 am
News Channel: love & relationships
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Why guys don't want to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them...

I know a girl who broke up with a guy and she told him she wanted to "still be friends." He said, "No thanks." She wondered why he couldn't fall back to being just friends after they had a romantic relationship. I came up with the "McDonalds Analogy" to try and explain it in a simple way that would help all women understand this tough question.

Imagine if you went to McDonalds a lot and ordered a Big Mac Combo meal. A Big Mac, Large Fries and a Coke. You really like this meal. One day, you pull up to the drivethrough and order the Big Mac Combo meal and the girl tells you, "I'm sorry - you can have the Big Mac and the Coke, but you can't get fries with that anymore." You think about this for a moment, and sure - the Big Mac is the centerpiece of the meal, but McDonalds has some really good fries and you like their fries with your meal. So you say, "I've been able to get fries with that before, why can't I have fries with my Big Mac combo anymore?" The girls says, "Well, I just think it is better if you only have the Big Mac and the Coke from here on out."

At this point, a lot of guys are going to go to Wendy's or BK and see if they can get fries with their combo at that drivethrough window. But there are some guys who REALLY like McDonalds Big Macs and they might think, "If I keep coming here and ordering the Big Mac and Coke, maybe she'll change her mind and give me some fries with that later." So they will keep on getting the combo without the fries until the deal breaker happens: One day that guy is going to order the Big Mac and Coke and then he's going to pull up a little bit to pay, and someone else is going to pull up to the drivethrough speaker and order the "Big Mac Combo" and he is going to hear the girl say, "Would you like fries with that?"

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     Shelaugh :)   wed nov 04 2009 at 11:04 am         · 
wow I like that explanation. Makes me understand more clearly....

but tell me than why this guy tells me he just wants to be friends after we've dated and broke up. I guess there not interested in the fries any more.
     G~   thu nov 05 2009 at 12:05 am         · 
wow. i get it now. and it applies to both sides of the breakup
     notablonde   thu nov 05 2009 at 10:46 pm         · 
I love it.
     Digg   wed nov 18 2009 at 11:06 pm         · 
The only reason to stay friends is "Just in case"; just in case you still want the fries. I cannot lie to myself or anyone else; what good is the sandwich without the fries?

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