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?”
That’s why guys don’t like to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them.
Extra: The string of comments on this story are hilarious.
I lost it part way through and again thank God I am single !
It’s like you got fired from your job but they still wanted you to come by and hang out once in a while but you weren’t allowed to do anything fun and they weren’t going to pay you.
What if I just wanted fries at that point?
Being friends would sort of indicate that spending time with her wasn’t some horrible chore with no fun. What is the guy never going to eat fries again? There are other McDonald’s out there.
I like the comment in the link, about the dog.
“dude, you never go fries to frosty” lol
Fries,Fries,Fries.
Does the fact that guys cannot do this not point out that they only really want a woman for one thing?
I can understand a separation period to get past the heartache, but if you can’t be friends after that with someone who you used to love, and they are not a total loser, then that’s immature.
dude.. these comments r vague and so is da theory … and this fry thing is all getting me fried up… crap!!!!
@ Troglodyke: I completely agree with u….sum guys just dont understand hw a girl feels…wat she really wants is a friend whom she can trust completely n share all deir stuff with and the same gets reciprocated also from d guys side…
better if guys out dere realize dat,as I really had “long back”…
Searching the web for some analogies, this doesn’t fit what I was looking for but I got a good chuckle out of it… only because it actually makes sense!
Now I’m hungry for some fries…