Social media is poison. Message forums like FR, Reddit and AOL are fine. Our birth rates are already low. 
You can take a look at around 2007. Just about when social media stated to take off.
Posted on 09/12/2022 1:09:13 PM PDT by billorites
Edited on 09/12/2022 3:41:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Relationships...bah! At my age not worth the trouble...im alone but not lonely..
because feminism destroys ...
Exactly. Porn doesn’t cause these problems, It is merely an outlet for men with no good options to begin with.
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Trump set the bar too high, not everyone can date supermodels
My daughter met her husband playing board games at college
It’s a thing
Some of these youngsters
You said exactly what I was thinking. Very messed up young people, the need to
get saved, get discipled, get mature, and meet someone through church.
After reading that, I’m glad to have come of age in the 1970s.
In this post it is hard not to note that the whole discussion is about people and written by people who are not distinguished by what I would call a firm code that they live by.
I’m for going to church to meet other young people (possible mates or dates or whatever it is you are looking for at your time of life). My counseling experience doesn’t really support that idea, even though it is appealing. Church folks usually have a code they live by and day-trip mate-seekers just don’t fit in with the church crowd.
I’ve seen better results from community college and coed sports teams. Show up for every meeting, say “hi” to everybody, accept anything that even looks like an invitation to something social. Stay off the internet. You will find people who share something of your own code for living.
Romance, sex and other mating connect may or not follow, but you will be in the right place. Folks just can’t connect with other people that don’t work off the same rulebook. The internet rulebook is ridiculous in that it only describes the most superficial parts of our actions.
Relationships require a working knowledge of the mechanics of interdependence- restraint, sacrifice, flexible and forgiving patience with the needs of others, positive attitude toward service.
How the author of the original piece even imagines that we might be able to find a partner on Tinder (except possibly by pure luck) I have no idea.
Really I have nothing to add. Andrew Tate isn't the most decent fella in the world. But he is basically saying what you are saying. He is an excellent motivational speaker. He is inspiring men to have confidence in themselves.
A guy like the one in the example who is choking his chicken 5 times a day is certainly interested in sex. Hopefully hetero sex. So what can be done to help him? He should pony up the cash for a really good hooker to educate him and give him some confidence. Imagine the quality of a hooker you could get for the price of the latest stupid I phone. Don’t be an idiot get a cheap flip phone and spend the rest on a real quality hooker. Just don’t fall in love with her.
The key word is subculture. People meet within a certain group with shared interests and shared values.
In a religious community (like mine) people know each other, recommend a friend or relative. Bride and groom have similar backgrounds.
Secular dating is aimless, as is secular marriage.
Any woman who is paying some app for access to a ‘premium’ profile is a loser. (Same goes for any guy who does it) There’s no need to lament about them. They have quite kindly removed themselves from contention.
And then there’s this:
“But when it came to meeting up in person, Phillip couldn’t bring himself to initiate it. “I chickened out,” he said.”
Bro, girls already have one of what you’re acting like. They don’t need a second one. Keep acting like one and they’re going to just keep theirs and give you none.
Very good advice in there. Except for the vehicle owner’s manual. 9 times out of 10 the answer I need isn’t in it. I haven’t even bothered cracking it on my last two cars.
Weiss grew up on Long Island, New York and attended Brown University
Boston University again. AOCs school. They produce some real losers.
This thread is full of.. allow me to say, ignorance.
Saying that one thing will allow people to me is very, very ignorant indeed.
Meeting people in any place will make that one place it activity the foundation of that relationship.
I’ve found that meeting a woman in church is not the way to go. That said, I love an area with more activities and places to be than a church. Also, church isn’t my thing.
If you meet someone at a bar, then bars will always be a part of your relationship.
As far as divorce, I recently became one of those statistics. If you are in a similar state in afraid you won’t find peace or comfort here. You can pm me if you wish.
I met my first wife online. 12 years and a wonderful kid later, we got divorced. I met a new woman I’m dating online as well. This I met in person have been a successful as those I met online.
But ultimately the BEST online system in the world is “meetup.com”. It’s not about dating. It’s about being you. And meeting with other people who are like you. With not even a mention of dating.
I belong to many groups not with the intent of meeting a woman, but an intent of meeting myself.
Yes and no. They not having sex, not because they're in happy committed relationships waiting until marriage, but because they have no romantic relationships (and often not much in terms of same-sex friends) at all. That's not a recipe for anything good longterm.
Social media is poison. Message forums like FR, Reddit and AOL are fine. Our birth rates are already low.
You can take a look at around 2007. Just about when social media stated to take off.
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