The end result of team Coke/Pepsi brand of politics: Wishing that other people would die to further your objectives!

So where’s the plagiarism aside from the five words “back to you... the people”?

What you've described is felt by any gender, and is awful... Most women also understand that, and feel greatly the pain you also feel.

I feel your pain, man. And I understand the whole "pull back because now shit is just awkward" thing suddenly making you into the bad guy.

I've been there. The only difference is I've only ever asked a girl out maybe 3 times. I always hesitated because I was a friend, and I never thought she'd be interested. Plus they had usually gotten out of bad relationships, with bad break ups, and I thought giving them some time would be best. I lost a lot of…

You're an overreacting presumptuous fool.

"But you didn't say that directly, did you? You didn't say "Hey, I'd really like to date you. You don't want to? Okay, see ya."'

"Getting grumpy at women for not noticing their dude friends like them is silly and misogynistic. "

Yeah, I can't label you a Nice Guy for this. Maybe you could have handled it better, but it's been handled far worse in the past. If I knew you were in my part of the country, I'd invite you out for a beer and tell you you're not an a-hole, because you're not.

I would personally like to apologize on behalf of the rather one sided ignorant responses you've received because, having been in your position before and being a girl, that shit fucking blows.

I married that nice guy. He just kept being my friend until I was ready. I had been sexually assaulted and wasn't ready for any kind of relationship. I didn't tell him that because of X Y and Z. But, he just stayed by my side while we played Borderlands and drank whiskey until one night I realized that I wanted his…

For one – I feel you, man. I haven’t been called “gross” (or I am happily unaware of that) but I’ve seen more than one friendly relationship go to “crisis” state after I developed feelings or had any sexual attraction towards my friends. It usually went the same road that you were on: being kind of shy, kind of…

So he may say this or that, but at the end of the day, you know better then him? Wow.

" But then he stops hanging out with you, and you wonder if it was all an act — whether he really thought you were cool and a good friend, or whether he just wanted to get in your pants the whole time. Do you see where she would get that impression?"

Of course there is friendship in courtship. What freakish digital world are you living in? Our emotions don't operate by the cold machine logic you laid out. You can't create a definitive boundary between friendship, and love anymore than you can between joy and happiness.

You definitely have a strange definition of respecting women. So you want a guy to straight up go to you the first few times you hang out and ask you on a date without really knowing who you are? sounds very RESPECTFUL because you know dating someone while hardly knowing them really means you RESPECT them and don't…

That is the dumbest shit I ever heard. So this guy starts off as your friend, and ends up falling for you and you come to the conclusion that he was in it for sex. That is what every straight guy is looking for a girl-friend, duh. Hes not in it for sex, he is in it for a romantic relationship. Now if you accepted his…

"The only time it is normal and natural to progress from "friend" to "lover" is in high school, maybe college. "

My husband is the kindest person I know but he was a really poor dresser and a bit uptight when I met him—I probably wouldn't have dated him had he not impressed me by being very direct and simply saying, "You're really cool and I'd like to get to know you better. Would you consider going on a date with me?" I was…

I would date someone who is unattractive but carries all the personality and ideals that I'm looking for. Obviously, you think guys only go for attractive women, whereas real men know beauty lasts til age 40.