I call it the “Many Fish In the Sea” Syndrome. People will just drop a potential mate, if they don’t tick off all the boxes, thinking that eventually they’ll find someone that does.
Rodney Dangerfield voice “You don’t have to tell me it’s tough, I live it. I even tried the fake note from the doctors office but my wife didn’t buy it”.
I am glad that I was a part of a dating scene when girls had the capacity to blush and feel shame. And, they dressed like girls. I held the door open, pulled the chair out and behaved like a gentleman.
Today is just to confusing.
Dating is much too costly in a Biden economy.
I expect it will get a whole lot harder before it gets easier.
Not if u live in the right location and have been wise w $.
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I’ve been married 20+ years. If anything happens to the Mrs., I’m done.
More men see hpw rigged all this is and the risks of wome
seriously outweighing the rewards, and opting out of it altogether, or keepigng things very light.
And there it is...Huge potential liability for the men, much of which is likly revenge for whatever reasons. Get into an argument and part ways, then end up in court.
"Why would I let people in government who don't believe my religion have any say in the marriage between my spouse and I?"
Government needs to be completely removed from marriage. "Family" courts are an aberration that need to be dissolved.
It’s easier to date when you’re 25 than 10 years later when you’re 35.
Instead of “What’s your sign?” it’s “What are your pronouns?”
I really don’t know what kids are like these days.
Anybody my daughter wanted to date she brought by for the wife and I to meet.
We lived in a smaller town so word always got around and kids knew it.
I was older, married with a kid when I earned my degree so I got to see the younger students and how they went about what we all did as kids.
The entire problem is Dad.
We dad’s just have to tell it like it is and make it happen.
If we fail our children, they will learn failure.
For the sake of your kids, take out these soy boys and feminists, put them back in their closet.
The bump in self-reported levels of BLTQXYZ sexual dysfunctions is probably an indicator, especially for the women.
On my optimistic days, I think the pendulum may begin to swing back. A significant number of young people (of both sexes) seem to be pulling back from a toxic dating culture.
Among the women particularly, I suspect that the bump in reported bi- and lesbian orientation reflects a good many young women who are sick of the predators and the expectation that they will participate in the hookup culture.
Lo and behold, not all young women want to be sluts, and if that’s the expectation they are encountering from many of the young men they meet in today’s meat markets, at least some of them will opt out, at least for a time.
I don’t think it works the same way for men. There are enough drunken sluts out there that the young creeps can get laid. Women have always been the gatekeepers. And at least some of them are rediscovering ancient truths.
I am old school, or maybe just old, but I’ve always said to stay off the computer when looking for a date. Do something to actually MEET people. The vibes you get or don’t get from talking in person is invaluable. Okay, now back to the 21st century.
Married 36 years.
We own a business together. We still delight in each other’s company. She is my best friend. Yes, we still get frisky.
She has her hobbies (quilting and cross stitch) and I have mine (computer gaming and photography) but we still spend almost 24 hours a day together.
We have two grown sons, both happily married. They each married women who came from stable, Christian families. We and our boys waited until we were married to live with our spouses.
All this to say there is something to be said for doing things in the right order and taking marriage - and sex - seriously. It is a gift from God, the Creator of the Universe, and it should not be treated lightly or frivolously. When you get married you take a vow before your friends, your family and your God that you will love and cherish this person until you die. That sometimes is hard - damn hard - but if you trust Him, He will get you through it.
I do not understand the “try it before you buy it” mentality, nor the obsession with looking for love in all the wrong places. The marriages that I know of that have lasted the longest met in school or church, sometimes employment. Meeting someone “on line” seems forced and cold.
They interviewed too many Karens.
Political beliefs don’t cut it. More like political IQ, if they’re too stupid to pass the common sense test by now definitely culls.
#MeToo?
#NoWay!
“...Factors like a person’s willingness to social distance and their COVID-19 vaccination status became a more prominent consideration for many looking for a potential partner, ...”
Quickie summary: They failed third grade science class and math is a four-letter word to them.