somewhere between Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Oh, no, I know the answer to this one! My fiance and I talked about getting married, but I was the one who brought it up. After we'd decided that, yes, we would do that, I said, "So...we're engaged now, right?" and he was flabbergasted, because of course we're not engaged, he hasn't proposed yet! Fast forward about…

This is very culturally subjective. I live in Paris and it's true that French and Italian women will almost never approach a guy, even ones my age (twenties). But when I lived in New York my friends regularly picked up guys.

I feel for every woman who's had a bad experience being approached. But if the guy doesn't do it, nobody will. I think this is why women still hit the clubs/bars in such large numbers, they do anticipate failed approaches, but hold out for a fun encounter

Dudes are the fucking worst. Glad you're safe.

I actually sort of asked my husband and he later admitted to being disappointed he didn't get the chance to propose. I think a lot of men expect they'll be the ones to do it and prepare accordingly.

I LOVE the fatties. have hope.

As a guy, I feel ya. I'm a fat dude so I'm pretty much invisible dating wise, but it would be so nice if men weren't expected to approach. I'm way too shy to do it offline.

Iceland is really nice, but there aren't direct flights from Ireland. They'd be better off meeting up in Toronto or something.

It's like when someone is described as an "ex-marine" as if that equals "tough guy". I always think "Great, so you used to be able to jog for long distances carrying a heavy backpack and then dig a latrine when you arrived at your destination. Colour me impressed."

These things can be creepy. Definitely creepy.

A woman doing this would be called any number of things because neither "women" nor "men" are a monolith that always act and behave like Tracy's cynical, confirmation-biased imagination says they will.

Iceland's really nice though.

I am a straight girl and I met a funny, cute straight girl on a plane once. I gave that bitch my Facebook info like one hour into the flight and we've been friends ever since. What was this guy's holdup?!

I think both women and men would face a certain amount of ridicule for doing something like this, I can't find a basis for saying that women would get the worst end of it than men (any real world examples of comparable situations?)

Instead, now they are planning to meet up again somewhere between Nova Scotia and Ireland.

UGH this resonates with me, because there is an Athena locked inside me that loves making grand gestures and being romantic and traditionally chivalrous. guys aren't the only ones that should have to do the heavy lifting when it's time to create the happily ever after story. sigh.

Tracy's article stated that many men won't even do something like that because they're afraid of being called "creepy" "possessive" and maybe even "pigfucks". And maybe that's accurate if also unnecessarily derogatory. At the same, women I know on Facebook post things about how unhappy they are that men don't make…

A woman who did this would be called a bunny boiling stalker.

This would explain why you don't understand the worship of the sports star....even in high school.