Hello classic crew and welcome to this week’s discussion thread! Today, I want to know what you think. What is the hardest part of modern dating? Share your thoughts below! And don’t forget, tonight is our Book Club!
It’s difficult to talk to men about the future and what your relationship goals are because I think feminism has made them afraid to bring it up themselves.
I think a lot of people want the fun and easy parts of a relationship while not being mature enough for (or even interested in) the more difficult parts of relationships such as resolving conflict, commiting to each other, being there when the other is going through a hard time, etc. They want all the benefits but are not prepared to work for it.
Finding someone who's actually worth going on a date with! It's like trying to find a show to watch on Netflix--there's tons of options but you have to sift through a lot of bad or at least mediocre ones before you find one that's actually worth your time.
I wasted my prime dating years on college, and unfortunately I have the rest of my (solitary) life to regret that. I would never go to college if I could go back knowing what I know now. The fact of the matter is that, by my age, (38,) any man my age who shares my values has been married for at least a decade. The men my age who are single are either committed bachelors or creeps or already have at least one failed marriage under their belts, and I'm not interested in being a man's second wife now or ever, so wasting my early 20s on college and the next 15 years thereafter struggling to find a job to pay off that debt I so foolishly acquired... Yeah, I have to accept that God's giving me the other 70 years of my life to reflect on my wasted youth. (Seriously, if anyone's reading this and you're < 30, watch the pool of single men crater at 30, and again at 35.)
It’s difficult to talk to men about the future and what your relationship goals are because I think feminism has made them afraid to bring it up themselves.
I think a lot of people want the fun and easy parts of a relationship while not being mature enough for (or even interested in) the more difficult parts of relationships such as resolving conflict, commiting to each other, being there when the other is going through a hard time, etc. They want all the benefits but are not prepared to work for it.
Hi Abby, as a man my problem is I can't find any feminine, wifey material women who want to be a Mum by 25 and have 3 to 6 kids.
Finding someone who's actually worth going on a date with! It's like trying to find a show to watch on Netflix--there's tons of options but you have to sift through a lot of bad or at least mediocre ones before you find one that's actually worth your time.
All of it. The entire thing is toxic. What I wouldn’t give to go back to my parents and grandparents time.
I wasted my prime dating years on college, and unfortunately I have the rest of my (solitary) life to regret that. I would never go to college if I could go back knowing what I know now. The fact of the matter is that, by my age, (38,) any man my age who shares my values has been married for at least a decade. The men my age who are single are either committed bachelors or creeps or already have at least one failed marriage under their belts, and I'm not interested in being a man's second wife now or ever, so wasting my early 20s on college and the next 15 years thereafter struggling to find a job to pay off that debt I so foolishly acquired... Yeah, I have to accept that God's giving me the other 70 years of my life to reflect on my wasted youth. (Seriously, if anyone's reading this and you're < 30, watch the pool of single men crater at 30, and again at 35.)