You lack the emotional intelligence to participate in this conversation. As well as the intellectual ability.

Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean?

Haha, I was making reference to Mean Girls when I said “die.”

“The OP is specifically saying that dating isn’t about just being a set of traits. Nor do I get the sense that the OP is “frustrated”

He doesn’t mention being neuro-atypical. Let’s not bring that into this

The thing is: you can grow out of that mindset. Women are growing out of the mindset that they “need” a man and they are adapting accordingly.

You could have 100 women write down 10 things they are looking for from their ideal partner, compile that data and create a list of 10 or 12 things that women are looking for, become the ideal embodiment of those things, make it your life’s work to make sure that you have those 10 or 12 characteristics, and you can…

I watched the way my mother and aunts, who were independent and funny women, bent under their relationships with men and it forever skewed the way I view hetero relationships. I also found myself falling into that pattern when my mom died and I was trying to look after the family.

This is definitely a dress rehearsal. His theatrics are dead serious, too.

That’s why it’s so incomprehensible to me why people like this become parents. I know they think it’s what they’re supposed to do and there’s no additional thought put into it.

The lack of practical, straightforward information about sex really ties into a lot of our society’s gendered problems. See: Men are having problems becoming partnered with women.

lmao

Unrestrained hatred is a hell-of-a fuel.

“How am I supposed to know what you like?! I’m not a mind reader!”

“Matos says he regularly holds roundtable-like discussions with women ages 25 to 45, and hears that they “prefer men who are emotionally available, good communicators, and share similar values.”

Thanks for the write up.

I couldn’t find a clip but there was an interview they did where one of the “Moms” said, flatly, “The teacher’s job is to teach our kids to read”

Replying to boost.

I found the book she was waving around. Titled “It’s Perfectly Normal”

“We’re going to make sure our school board members are the right elected officials. The makeup of our books and our schools is going to change drastically if we’ve got the right people on the school board.”