The opposite issue is just as perplexing to me. I have always made friends with guys a lot easier than with women. I cannot sit down with a group of women and "chat". I literally feel like a fish out of water. I am sooooo uncomfortable. And the feeling I get from them is that they think I'm from outer space or something or that I think I think I'm superior to them. I would never think that. I simply don't know what to say. Unless we talk about something featured on CNN that morning, I have nothing to talk about. Unless we want to talk about the latest study on bipolar illness, I have nothing to talk about.

I have observed women who when they talk to guys don't know any other way to talk other than in a somewhat "provacative" way. Not really a "pick up" type thing, but more of a flirty type of banter. When that happens, men sense it and treat the woman as if she's looking for a boyfriend. Maybe that is what you are doing but aren't aware of it. I learned just the opposite. To talk that way would make me feel silly! In my professional life, I had to learn to deal with men who were married, single, divorced, whatever and treat them all the same in a business like way and then leave for the day and go home. There were some who hit on me but I think it was only to influence the government (I was the government).

Don't know if this helped any but here it is.