Men may have just given up
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| Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:30pm |
Ladies, it's time you heard the truth about why so many of you are single. It's because men have basically given up on trying to please you. We've exchanged our left hands for sexual gratification or any chance at a meaningful relationship. When will you wake up and realize that you have to focus on the positive and not the negative in us? I've heard so many "sob" stories from women who have lost in love. Let's make one thing perfectly clear - when it comes to looks, women are just as shallow as men. Nice guys do finish last. So please be honest enough to admit that. Secondly, men are just tired of putting themselves on the line and getting shot down. You can only take so many rejections. And finally, many men have figured out that women in today's world have unbelievably high expectations of us. We just can't be who you want us to be. On the flipside, all you need is a heartbeat and a little personality and you will be accepted by us. So quit whining, grow up, and realize that it is not all our fault....
Regards,
MEN

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***So quit whining, grow up, and realize that it is not all our fault....***
Right back atcha.
Did you expect a serious response to this? Puh-lease. By the way, I know plenty of men who don't feel the way that you do so I think that you should have the guts to speak for yourself and sign your own name instead of hiding behind the rubric of all men.
Get a life.
"Did you expect a serious response to this? Puh-lease. By the way, I know plenty of men who don't feel the way that you do so I think that you should have the guts to speak for yourself and sign your own name instead of hiding behind the rubric of all men.
Get a life."
Typical response. Blame the other sex for everything and don't acknowledge your role in the dating doldrums. And alone you shall remain.....
Aren't you doing the same thing in your first post...blaming women?
It doesn't seem to me that blaming one gender or the other and making sweeping generalizations does any good. I'm sure that for every story you have about a woman doing a good guy wrong, I could tell you 10 that go the other way...but what would be the point of that?
All we can do is be the best person we can and hope to find someone with whom we are compatible. I still believe that there are good, emotionally healthy guys out there who are interesting, smart and fun...even though my dating experiences would lead me to believe otherwise ;-).
Sheri
Awww...don't feel too sorry for me. I'll be OK. I am never alone for long.
I didn't blame an entire sex for anything - that was your post where you blamed women for everything and you were the one who was too chicken to sign for yourself and signed for your entire sex. I am the one saying that it is ridiculous to lump all men together in how they feel or behave about dating. Likewise with women.
You just sound like a bitter man who has been rejected and is taking out his frustrations on all women on a random message board. If you had read the threads here, you would see that people like myself and katortott don't complain about men generally and really seem to like dating. But you just get on here and make ridiculous generalizations.
Your post sounds very jaded and bitter "nice guys do finish last" is a pretty clear-cut example of your generalized opinion and no, nice guys do not finish last with the right woman. I like nice guys and honesty goes a long way with me, the bad boys were fun in college and my more naive days but I've moved on from that. Sometimes nice girls can finish last too. There are game-players and bad apples that both men and women have to deal with in dating. Dating is an equal opportunity experience, I admit to making some mistakes in the guys I've gone after and things I've done just as some of the blame does lie on some guys for having been dishonest etc with me.
I've curiously checked out the askmen.com boards a few times and there is just as much of the whining etc from guys there that you claim to find here. There's nothing wrong with venting dissapointments, we all go through it.
If I honestly thought all guys were terrible why would I even bother to date?
You know what?
...and another one jumps out of the pool.
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