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8 Ways Women Can Help Resurrect A Healthy Dating Culture
The Federalist ^ | 10/09/2019 | Suzanne Venker

Posted on 10/09/2019 9:05:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: cgbg
A woman who follows this advice won’t have to worry about relationships—the man she wants will be long gone after the second or third date.

If you want a slut, then you've got great advice.

61 posted on 10/09/2019 11:12:43 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ealgeone

“As the old saying goes....why buy the cow when the milk’s free?”

Another one is “When you by shoes, you try them on first.”


62 posted on 10/09/2019 11:14:41 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: rochester_veteran

You were the honoree so she did not break Rule #2.


63 posted on 10/09/2019 11:16:45 AM PDT by bgill
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To: cgbg
But—experimentation is good. Women should try it—and see what happens...

STDs, abortions, etc.

64 posted on 10/09/2019 11:19:04 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Yo-Yo

But your parents usually didn’t act on those horny urges. If they had, there wouldn’t have been all that free love in the ‘60s or friends with benefits later.


65 posted on 10/09/2019 11:20:40 AM PDT by bgill
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To: cgbg

Unicorn. Another word the left has twisted.


66 posted on 10/09/2019 11:24:01 AM PDT by bgill
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To: SeekAndFind
This is a great book:

https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Love-Your-Clark-Warren/dp/1561790885

There is a section in that shows you how to eliminate a person as a potential mate in two dates or less; not that you can determine if someone is a soul-mate, but eliminate those who would never be a match.

67 posted on 10/09/2019 11:25:25 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: SeekAndFind
For one thing, your career shouldn’t be your life and your identity. Moreover, when you go on and on about your career with a man you’re dating, all it tells him is that you don’t have time for him. There’s something more important in your life, and he’ll get the leftovers.

I dated a VERY successful Mary Kay National Sales Director for about three months. This statement is very true.

68 posted on 10/09/2019 11:27:26 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: SeekAndFind

bkmk


69 posted on 10/09/2019 11:28:09 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: bgill
But your parents usually didn’t act on those horny urges.

Don't ask your parents what a "Coney Island Whitefish" is.

70 posted on 10/09/2019 11:31:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: cgbg
A woman who follows this advice won’t have to worry about relationships—the man she wants will be long gone after the second or third date.

Which rule(s) will be the deal breaker to get a 3rd or 4th date?

71 posted on 10/09/2019 11:33:58 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SeekAndFind
Articles like these presume that claims of cultural transformation are correct. However, from both my personal experience and vantage point watching the younger generation grow up, it seems as if nothing really changed.

I've got many neighbors with 14-15-16 yo girls, and let me assure you they are being programmed to follow the steps outlined in the article. There's not a single dad - or mom for that matter - who's advocating their daughters act like tramps. There's another generation right ahead of them, and the women who have gone on to develop professional careers either have steady boyfriends or don't date.

And, it should be noted these behavior norms are occurring in a SoCal beach town, so if there was going to be any adherence to 'fast' lifestyles advocated by intellectuals intent on destroy core cultural values, you'd expect it to be here. Now, it's not to say it doesn't happen, but it's more of a socio-economic factor, not the result of cultural propaganda.

At the end of the day, nature trumps nurture every time. Both males and females are the result of millions of years of trait selection and other evolutionary pressures. You don't have to be a lady genius to figure out how to attract a man - just follow long established, hard wired instincts.

72 posted on 10/09/2019 11:41:08 AM PDT by semantic
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To: SeekAndFind

“my undergraduates tell me they try hard not to fall in love during college, imagining that would mess up their plans.”

Something young people often miss, because of the size of the pool, is the number of people they pass on because there is no meaningful attraction. They are mislead by the RELATIVELY few who really hit them hard. At 14, 18, 22 there seems to be “a lot” of likely candidates but as a percentage of the whole it is really almost nothing. By age 30 the pool is much smaller PLUS everyone in it has been somewhere doing something with someone and THAT can REALLY change them. (Even if they’re still single they’re not who they were years ago...


73 posted on 10/09/2019 11:58:41 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitc)
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To: rochester_veteran
"Rule 2: Don’t offer to pay."

The socialists of today put me in mind of someone walking into a bar and calling out, " A round of drinks for the house! Who's paying?"

My wife and I have shared our finances equally throughout our marriage. In todays world it's almost impossible to raise a family if you don't. Why is dating different?

74 posted on 10/09/2019 12:03:40 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: shanover
Oh brother, who actually buys this nonsense?

I can quickly name off, without really thinking about it too hard, at least 10 young men & women (20-24) who are engaged or married.

These include relatives (cousins, nieces/nephews) and children of friends. In every case it is essentially the first boy/girl friend they've known since HS or met @ college.

In retrospect, it's sort of amazing how deeply instinctive behavior is programmed in the bald ape - or all other animals for that matter. Just yesterday they were (little) kids, then they got their drivers license, then they went off to school, and the next thing you hear is they're engaged.

It happens very fast, since we're all still operating under the traditional 40 year old life span rules. However, it's the outliers, the sad people who historically never got married who drive content sales. Out in the 'normal' real world, people still tend to hook up very young with their first love.

75 posted on 10/09/2019 12:04:14 PM PDT by semantic
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To: Amberdawn

Exactly. Most men will be long gone if you don’t put out.”

Dead right. But by the same token I can name 10 girls I knew between 18 and 22 who could have said ‘wait’ and I’d have agreed no questions asked. And I’m NOT talking about goddesses I only knew from afar.


76 posted on 10/09/2019 12:14:13 PM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitc)
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To: outofsalt
My wife and I have shared our finances equally throughout our marriage. In todays world it's almost impossible to raise a family if you don't. Why is dating different?

My wife and I did the same thing. There were times when she wasn't working to either to raise our kids (I helped!) or when she was ill. We were a good team and when we finally became empty nesters, she got cancer and died back in June 2017. Cancer sucks! I've since retired and moved out West to Colorado Springs to start a new life. I'm ready now for a relationship with a good woman, but NOT ready to play the dating game. It's been 38 years since I've been a single guy in the dating scene and a lot has changed since then. I'd rather meet someone crossing paths during day to day life. That usually works out well! Wish me luck!

77 posted on 10/09/2019 12:23:02 PM PDT by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: ladyjane

Women need to try it—and find out!

Life is the great teacher.


78 posted on 10/09/2019 12:34:14 PM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: rochester_veteran
My wife had stage 4 cancer before we got married.
Twenty three years ago. Two years ago I had a major heart problem but have recovered. That's life. We've made one together. Not quite empty nesters, but getting there.

Some years ago a family friend lost her husband and I told her to go and love some more. She was angry that I would say that. She was still grieving and not ready to envision life ahead. I hope you can find someone in your life to share what lies ahead. I'm sure your first wife would too.
FReegards, FRiend

79 posted on 10/09/2019 12:40:52 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Nea Wood

Ping for later


80 posted on 10/09/2019 12:51:03 PM PDT by Nea Wood
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