"I was dating this girl and we had already goofed around, however she and I were still virgins. We were alone in her room and the following occurred:

Her: "I'm really curious about sex"
Me: "Yeah, it's an interesting topic"
Me two hours later alone: :facepalm:

I was in high school, and a girl that I had a total crush on, and with whom I was in computer classes, called me up one night around 10PM. She said she was having computer issues, and, knowing that I was pretty savvy with such things, decided to call me for help first. I figure she got my number from the phone book as this was 1994...I'm showing my age...anyway.

I hate tech support calls, but I was totally digging on this girl so I was willing to make an exception. Here is a paraphrased transcript:

Me: Hello.

Her: Oh hi Mark, this is Heather, from school.

Me: Oh hey Heather, what's up?

Her: Well, I was having trouble with my computer, and my parents are out of town. My older sister has no clue what the problem is, so I was wondering if you could help me out.

Me: Sure what's the problem?

...she tells me the problem, I attempt to fix it over the phone...

Her: I just don't seem to get it. Could you come over and help me out?

Me: Not tonight, I have a math test tomorrow. How about tomorrow?

Her: No, my dad will be back in town by then, but I REALLY need to get this solved tonight. Are you sure you can't?

Me: Yeah...sorry. I wish I could.

Her: OK, fine. Maybe some other time.

It was about 8 years later, as I was home on leave that she approached me in a bar. She told me the whole story, and told me how pissed she was and that I must not have really been all that smart.

What a dumb ***...

tl;dr : A girl called me in the late evening looking for some "help" with her "computer" because her parents were out of town. I told her no because I had a test the next day.

i was coming back home and i was at the bag pickup. This really cute girl and i started talking. The conversation was about how she was just visiting miami and really didn't know where to go. After a while we realized that we were the only two people who haden't gotten their bags cause we were at the wrong conveyor. After some joking and a trip to the baggage claim we got our bags and stayed there talking for a bit. My mom called me telling me that she was outside. I said i had to go and i saw a small look of confusion/frown on her face. I got into the car and then it hit me: She wanted me to show her around town, duh. i just look at my mom and said, "you have raised the biggest idiot on the planet" and she called me gay once i told her the story.

macinslash - disregard females, acquire knowledge

Shawnanigans - It's a test. disregard females, demonstrate knowledge

trollingisfun - It's a test. Disregard knowledge; regurgitate professor's lecture notes.

SonOfDadOfSam - It's a TRAP! Disregard death star; engage star destroyers.

I wonder if to women, who seem to live in a world of subtlety and nuance, we men just look like great big oblivious walking bricks. We are astoundingly literal creatures.

"Let's go back to my place and check out the new wallpaper in my bedroom."

"New wallpaper? Why the **** would I be interested in that? Dumb girl."

Ladies, take this to heart. When your guy is not picking up on your subtle hints, it's not because he's being deliberately obtuse, it's because we're just not built that way. If we miss hints that would lead us to poon-tang (which we're interested in), then we're sure as hell not going to pick up on hints regarding whatever random household chore we have apparently failed to do. Glue a post-it note to our forehead, write it across your breasts, but don't simply hint at it and then get frustrated if we don't catch it.