I highly suggest you read the last two paragraphs.

I think that it's not a natural state of being is part of the package, as sold, though - part of the point is usually that a man has to prove that he has become worthy of the description. It is a title that must be awarded through displays of traditionally masculine achievements and feats, meant to elevate one above…

I can tell you from first-hand experience that your impression is entirely accurate. It favors a very specific type of man to whom it comes perfectly naturally, and drags everyone else along for the ride, willing or not.

At what point do we as a nation have to admit that we're turning into Dickensian London with iPads?

If so, then we're both wrong.

Have you tried telling them there was a time when people didn't have the internet yet?

Yes. Can somebody make that happen? Please? Lots of filters. Lots and lots of filters. Lots and lots and lots of filters. Filters are the best. They clarify and cut back on time spent searching and just make things so much easier.

Been on it for months, but haven't had much luck with it. Being a man may have something to do with that, however. I'm fairly certain bikini pictures would not increase the number of messages I received.

I'm surprised by the high amount of guys who said that they think someone saying "I think I'm in love with you," on a first date is sweet, instead of scary. Maybe I'm just a commitmentphobe in denial, but how is that sweet?

My best guess is that they're using another site: what that site is, however, I don't have the slightest clue. If I did, I'd be on it.

They do: it's a shotgun approach that favors quantity over quality. Most of them don't even bother to scroll to the bottom of the page, they just hit "send message" the moment they see a picture they like the look of.

I don't know what my experience is supposed to mean in the larger scheme of things, but the only real tip I can give you is to move to Ottawa.

At least he was drunk. I'm pretty sure some people can claim that same story, only sober.

What a delightful, charming gentleman. I'm positively astounded that you did not immediately ask him over for tea and biscuits.

Don't think that explains a career in law: the NSA, on the other hand...

They exist, but it requires considerable struggling and esoteric maneuvering to find and be found by them. Not unlike attempting to bathe a particularly uncooperative feline.

Why not?

I think it's really just your straightforward "think of the children!" appeal. Notice that right after that, he states "I have to be able to defend myself like any American," just two sentences after he says that it's not so much for his safety. He's just trying to dress up his self-centered nature to fit his…

I walk around armed; I walk around with a bullet proof vest; it's not so much for my safety as it is so much for those around me. I can be around my family and something might happen to them. There's children around me, etc. Those threats… I have to be able to defend myself like any American.