“You’re right about women now being the aggressors, which for a traditional, romantic gal like myself, makes dating kinda hard when the guys expect to get jumped within two weeks of dating (if not the first night).”
I wish I could meet a gal that believed this and behaved in that manner. I am sick and tired of the pressure that sex, and expectations of sex, place on the individuals involved in simply dating. However, I’ve had some women break it off very early because I wasn’t acting fast enough.
At this stage in my life I have simply given up and am pretty ambivilent about the whole dating thing. Working Dave Ramsey’s system helps a lot in not really missing it.
I actually bought books by David Deangelo and Mystery (from VH1’s The Pickup Artist). It did increase my one night stands from bars and clubs, but it is not good manuals for keeping a relationship.
I think both Deangelo, Mystery, and other experts in attracting women have good advice on how a successful date works, but women are funny about calling times, and they think complementing a woman is insincere, and so on....
At this stage in my life I have simply given up and am pretty ambivilent about the whole dating thing.
I feel exactly the same way.
Those are the types to be very afraid of. They are using the sex to pin you down, possess you and will make your life miserable when you spurn them.
Hubby and I are doing DR. It's been a life-saving system.
Don't give up on women. Just set your standards and be patient. (The only standard I would say is flexible would be in the "appearance department". There are quite a few chubby chicks who are perfectly capable of making a man very content. And they can usually cook! lol!)