no, he insisted he had never been asked out; never even approached. when reminded that view was verifiably untrue, he made excuses and kept insisting the falsehood. It's not judgement; it's recounting.

yes! I was not discouraged either and it worked out well a couple times!

indeed, i let it go the second time because i realize reality and people's narratives about reality rarely align perfectly. he was a passive dude, and frankly, lazy, and was scared of rejection, so his brilliant idea of "they should ask ME out" is not going to be dissuaded in any way when pointed out that one time,…

the rule i heard was, if it is a family jewel it gets returned no matter who does the breaking up. it's when it's new that it's debatable to keep it if you were dumped but return it if you are the dumper.

the common thread i see is some men who think all women want the same thing, a thing a movie told them women want, and chose to not see those women as individuals who may have opinions and preferences that they should respect. other people are not prizes to be won. if someone likes you, you can sense it and feel it…

i asked a guy out who turned me down. a very short time later, he was with a bunch of mutual friends, espousing how no women ever asked men out; that the dating world was so unfair because the onus was all on the men; that in his life he had never been approached by a woman.

there could be a separate article about romantic gestures that worked, because of pure luck or because the gesturer knew his target well enough to know what would work and what would not. the attractiveness of the gesturer is not the only deciding factor. because you see, the women involved, are all different. and…

if it's a sib, uhmmmm no.

i have a problem with this image.

also sexist. does someone believe the genders are unequal? that person is sexist.

exactly. they are so focused on the differences that they ignore any commonality; we're STILL not human, because we're so perfect and can make babies and milk and let's talk about boobies please.

Benevolent Sexist

i truly thought it was a chinese brand for about a solid year when they first hit the streets.

i don't "get" either brand. someone explain their thing? what's the hook.

tl;dr

Dick Casablancas?

i had heard about Ben's affleck ahead of time, so i was ready.

everyone talked about the Affleck peen, but i sweear i saw Neil Patrick's harris for a split second; and i liked it.

you believe the italian police? about sexual assault? of a foreigner?

there are more horror stories than success stories in real life too, though. i mean, how could there not be? otherwise we'd all be paired up with our 8th grade crush and never have to worry about this stuff at all.