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Re:Helping People Until Not Helping by pepeto on Saturday June 05, 2010 @06:00AM (#1406705)
I think what you said hits the sweetspot. I understand not to give advice until I am asked for, but I just never realized that someone coming to tell me a problem != 'i want a help'

huge heads up, thanx!

And why would someone not want a solution? yet to figure this one out...

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Re:Helping People Until Not Helping by soyelmango on Monday June 07, 2010 @05:27AM (#1410204)
Just stumbled across this... "Male answer syndrome" - tongue-in-cheek, but certainly has some truth in it... http://www.wordspy.com/words/maleanswersyndrome.asp
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