I had a similar thought. Her story is compelling, and I do empathize. However, she does have privilege. The privilege of being able to date so easily. And the privilege of being able to elicit empathy. I have a trans woman friend who confided in me that she does not have much hope or expectations of ever dating. I…

Yeah, this author seems to have an abundance of dating opportunities. I looked her up on google images, and she is quite beautiful, if not completely passing. Yes, I can understand how many trans women will never truly be embraced and loved by men due to their orientation. I also understand that many heterosexual men…

I think that all people can relate to having a partner who says something along the lines of, “you’re lucky to have me.” And to be honest, I think that cis men hear it more than cis women. It is also possible that cis men convey this message in subtler ways.

Yeah, this website, and most others would never make fun of a woman’s fatness. I am surprised they made this bald joke, but, I mean, when it comes at the expense of the future King of England (after Charles). But bald men reading it won’t feel that great. I think it is fair to say that most women are more sensitive of…

Would you really have preferred if I had not included the word “respectfully”? Yes, approaching women is hard. It is. But adding respect to it is not hard.

nope.

Oh yeah, I guess I did know Hall was half American. And I have been meaning to watch The Young Pope.

Well, nothing is really required. But I think that both partners should continue to try to win their partners for the duration of the relationship. However, it is unreasonable to expect anyone not to age.

Yeah, also dated Madonna, and I think Cameron Diaz. Diaz is only slightly older.

I disagree, yeah we do. But men don’t give a crap about eyebrows at all.

I meant women who I know/work with who I am not attracted to. They mention having boyfriends and husbands. When they mention this, I sometimes wonder if they are searching my face for some semblance of surprise. No, I will never be surprised if a woman is in a relationship.

Approaching women is hard, but doing that in a respectful way is not hard. But, honestly, that really isn’t good enough. A respectful approach really isn’t good enough unless he brings a few other things to the table.

When I wrote, “I will never be surprised if a woman has a boyfriend,” I am really saying, “No woman can be unattractive enough for me to be surprised she has a boyfriend.” Yeah, I am never surprised if a woman, no matter what she looks like, has a boyfriend or husband. I much more frequently am surprised if a man is…

Do you ever hear American people speak with a vaguely British lilt and then say, “this is just how I talk”? Sure it is, sure it is.

I think that the vast majority of women are sufficiently good looking to date regularly and secure relationships. Usually not their pick of men though. I will never be surprised if a woman has a boyfriend. I am often surprised if a man has a girlfriend. Doesn’t that sound true in your experience?

You think the Spinal Tappers were going for authentic accents? I’m certainly not an expert in British accents, but I kind of thought they were going for exaggerated, comedic, parody accents.

You know, I’ve been thinking that female beauty maintenance is “annoying, time consuming, and expensive.” And so is male “long game.” As in, I have some male friends from college who, well, really are not very good looking or exciting. They probably realized this and went for laborious, tedious, but well paying…

Ah yes, but I wonder how “authentic” their accents sound. But I really don’t think Spinal Tap was that concerned with authentic British accents.

Well, what if I had written, “non-creepily” instead of “respectfully.” It really is harder than you think. And I think most men would love it if we could be more attractive through an annoying, time consuming, expensive manner.

Yeah, the American yearning to be British is more of a silent yearning. Those examples do have a very slight twinge of a British accent.