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| Tue, 03-22-2005 - 8:29am |
Hi everyone. I am new to this board, but I have been reading your posts for a while and I am learning so many things!
I noticed that two of the men posting here – nice guy and az_tbone - are starting new relationships. They are both having a refreshing approach: not waiting days to call or sending flowers after the second date.
I can’t help but wonder: has the constant participation on these boards changed their vision? Do they understand women better? Guys, were you always that romantic?
And, consequently, should we spend more time on men’s websites like askmen.com in an effort to get them better and change our approach?
Toria

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Kim
Hi Toria. You have such a beautiful name!
Welcome to the board. Glad you found us and jumped in to post.
I LOVE having male input on our boards. You are right. You can learn a lot. I do NOT like when it turns into an "internet pickup" thing, but that never happens on this board, so it's a very safe place to get input and share thoughts. Glad you learned some interesting things.
Are you a single mom as well? We'd love to hear more about you.
"I can’t help but wonder: has the constant participation on these boards changed their vision?"
I suppose it has some...it has certainly helped me break the fear that all women are a psycho as my IE.
"Do they understand women better?"
LOL! I'm not betting on it! But I might!
"Guys, were you always that romantic?"
I was. It was just never appreciated by my Ex!!!!
I'm not one of the two that you mentioned, but I've been on this board a long time and am also at the beginning of a relationship, though it's an LDR.
I can't speak for the other guys, but I don't believe that participation here has changed my behavior. However, my opinion of men, as the result of talking with guys and watching how they deal with women from this side of the fence, is that there are several types.
There are those who are never going to get it right, even if they are head over heels in love with a woman. Then there are those who play a game and do the romantic stuff as a game, with no care for the woman's feelings. Then there are those who will do the romantic stuff ONLY when they find the right woman. When they find her, they go full steam ahead to let her know exactly how they feel about her.
As for reading "men's" boards, many of them give me the shudders because they seem to be full of, if not founded on, anger towards women.
Michael
I think you are right on with this post, Michael.
I really appreciate having a few men around the house - on these boards - so to speak!! You are all very much welcomed and appreciated.
WOW!
I went to askmen.com, just to see what was there.
I think you ladies would want to AVOID any man the subscribed to that site!
I'm still wiping the testerone off the page!
The front page had a woman in a bikini, from the neck down. Every page thereafter had a similar shot.
Some of the other "articles" were about getting off the phone with the woman you just made a date with...
Another one was about having sex with ugly women for practice?!!?!?
YIKES!
HOpe you got your screen clean. icky...that site is pretty distasteful to me.
Dr Love is particularly irritating.
There might be sites I would look at to see men's pov, but that's not one of them.
Kim
"I really appreciate having a few men around the house - on these boards - so to speak!!"
Now, if I could just get one to move my couch down the stairs, THAT would make it worthwhile!
Kim
Thanks for the welcome, Becky.
I am a single mother, PCP as tbone would say. My DD is 10 and we came in Canada from Eastern Europe 4 years ago.
I think you are a great discussion group. Reading you posts makes my day, everyday. I also think that men’s contribution to the board is awesome.
Toria
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