Men are told to communicate what they want, but when they do, they're ridiculed as controlling, arrogant, shallow, perverted, callous, and inflexible. [This was originally posted in January 2019 and still holds up.]
Check out
this recent letter to Dear Abby from DATING IN 2019 and click through to read the comments:
Lately I have become perplexed at the vanity and immoral behavior now associated with the task of dating.
I wish the printed letter would have explained what he meant by those terms.
I'm a single man living by myself with no responsibilities but my own.
What a great life! Why screw that up with a woman? Anyway, if he's also gainfully employed, not in debt, and not short or hideous, then he should have his pick of women. The thing is, he's picky.
I am looking for someone who will fit into my lifestyle.
Well, pal, very few, if any, women will be like that, although some might pretend to be until they get the keys to your place, or your signature on the dotted line, or your child. They're going to want to change things about your life. And even if they don't
want to, there are things about just about any woman that would disrupt your lifestyle. Critical information is left out: his age.
