I love you, too. One one hand you’ll hear, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder!” ... which is another way of saying, “other people determine whether or not you’re beautiful” (not comforting when none of the people beholding you think you’re anything to write home about!) but at the same time, “as long as you think…

Women are disappointing imitations of porn images. :(

Yeah, I was referring to the unmarried ones. The vast majority are married.

Nope. Genuinely not even interested in men with movie star looks and none of the men I have been with (and was hot for) in the past were conventionally gorgeous. I think I have just hit The Wall, and the decent-looking guys (who have brains and other good qualities) at this age who want girlfriends can get them easily…

Have fun sophomore year, sweetie!

Hold up: Are you, as a size 4-6, seriously putting yourself out there as an example of a woman who gets male attention/affection despite being unattractive!? Even if you don't look like a supermodel it sounds like you're at least above average among civilian women so I'm just going to bow out of this mess right now.

It’s not that NO man will, but ones you find hot? That’s not going to happen for me because I’m chubby and my face is ugly apparently. It wouldn’t shock me that someone who looks like a plus-size model would have boyfriends aplenty though. Coincidentally I am 33 in Philly and have had no love life to speak of since…

Wow that’s rich. Congrats on all the romantic love you get, then, just for loving yourself and feeling sexy.

Size 12 but must be a toned hourglass figure with no flab, though. Just like a size 4 with the "wrong" proportions and too much flab will get a thumbs down.

You don't even need every form of media to get the message that you must be x lbs and y amount of pretty to get love/boning. Hearing the things men say and witnessing the things they do from the time you're a little kid gets the point across pretty well.

If putting down the fashion mags and not caring what you look like were a formula for getting a boyfriend I’d be drowning in quality dick. "Once you love yourself whole heartedly nothing else will matter" is a chicken-and-egg type problem if I ever heard one.

How old were you when this happened and where did you live? At no point along my weight spectrum have I had men even turn to look at me let alone ask me out, except when I was in my early 20’s a couple times. No matter what I do I will always look fundamentally mousy/frumpy or just not the kind of woman men view that…

Exactly: This story may be different in degree from “honor-killing” or the public stoning of a woman but it’s fairly similar in kind.

This monster will be our next president, I bet.

Just another man who doesn’t make decisions based on emotion, amirite?

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that women talk way more than men and men rarely make decisions based on emotion.

The downside to increasing my anti-depressant dosage and not crying all the time anymore is that ... I’m not crying at all so the anger, frustration and hopelessness is just boiling inside of me with no release. My life is so fucking stupid and embarrassing. I’m still not able to come to terms with the fact that my…

Time to go No Contact, completely. You have to unfriend him on Facebook too. Men are bloodsucking leeches, for sure.

I’m genuinely happy for you and I’m sorry for being an asshole. I’m an asshole because I’m so angry, hopeless and envious, but that’s not your fault.

My point is that it's not surprising that life keeps getting better for women who have a loving partner. Things are quite different for those of us with nobody. Every time I hear a woman say how wonderful her 30's are ... she is either married or almost married.