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    3 months ago

    Yet I read other thread were women bitched and men acknowledge that we just miss signs when they interested. Its a no win situation. Man glad met my wife on a dating app and we communicated properly.

    But the comic got real point because there was other thread and women dicussed dating and man the crap they deal with makes you wonder they even bother.

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      3 months ago

      The answer is to flip this psychology/narrative that men have to be the ones to initiate and women are to be demure and play hard to get. Women should be approaching men more and men should be approaching women less.

      Also, men need to have more platonic relationships with women and shouldn’t only be interested in, approach and talk to a woman because they want to have sex with them.

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          Right. Men should be able to be friends with women without only wanting to have sex with them.

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                  Sure. It’s also difficult for women to trust men for all the reasons that I hope go without saying. Life is hard. You don’t have to continue the cycle.

                  Won’t be rejected all the time if you’re just a normal dude and don’t go into every interaction with a woman expecting that you’re entitled to their affection.

                  It’s not hard. Just treat people like people and get to know them beyond appearance. More importantly, prioritize values and validation of yourself that isn’t centered around getting laid and there won’t be so much pressure on whether a woman likes you or not.

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      Yet I read other thread were women bitched and men acknowledge that we just miss signs when they interested. Its a no win situation.

      People who can’t communicate probably wouldn’t make good partners in the first place.

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        I’ve seen this before in the thread, and I kind of wonder about it. I don’t think that like, an inability to communicate, or, realistically, in inability for communication to take place (which could be due to either person), is necessarily an indication that a relationship is impossible or undesirable. There’s more to people that just sort of, their surface level ability to communicate with one another, or show outward signals. Personality compatibility, shared interests, sexual attraction, even. Certainly, I’d say it’s pretty important, that people are able to communicate with each other, but I also don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that, as two people naturally spend time together, they’ll probably get better at communication. Especially if they’re actually capable of recognizing that they’re not effectively communicating. What are two people doing, spending time together constantly, if they’re not in some kind of relationship already, you know?

        So I dunno, it’s one kind of, cause and effect, that’s mixed into the pot of many, but I think it’s maybe a mistake to prioritize it so highly, before any other considerations.