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 Archangel_07
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Being violent does NOT make you a man, in fact violence makes men act like children with temper issues.
 drinkthesunwithmyface
Joined: 3/27/2012
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 7/21/2012 1:55:01 AM
Too many of ya'll are still too full of sh**, and the dialogue is still too much of a dishonest competitive gender-war.
 drinkthesunwithmyface
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 7/21/2012 1:20:35 PM
Guys are expected to initiate the date because only they know if they have enough money to pay for a date


Yuck. I hope I don't ever accidentally go out with a woman whose thinking and motivations are such that this is a big factor in how she thinks about styles or strategies of approaching or flirting.


and only they know if they are mature enough to handle a relationship with a woman.


Not so sure about that. It's easy for them to NOT know...and it's easy for someone else TO know. But beside that point - I'm still too responsible in how I perceive things to feel comfortable with any implication that women intrinsically have cornered the market on maturity. What about whether or not a woman is mature enough to handle a relationship with a man? So it still leaves us with the debate of man vs woman concerning who's supposed to ask who out.

...and also...is someone REALLY being serious about the notion that women are held to higher standards than men, or men more than women, in some general total all around way? Geez, be for real already people.
 thepigofyourdreams
Joined: 2/23/2012
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 2:36:35 PM
well violence, instigating a fight, involves bravery, courage, and aren't balls, testosterone, associated with risk-taking? mainly i've thought, felt about doing that because i hate, despise, loathe the social-norm, status-quo, tradition, that the guy has to be the initiator, do the pursuing, approaching, asking out, etc


It's not always that way. But even if it were, big f*cking deal.

You're willing to just sit back and cry about it for the rest of your life instead of pursuing?

Yeah, that's got to be really fulfilling.
 CharminC
Joined: 2/19/2011
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 3:00:59 PM
It's a whole different list of rules than with men, but the rules are still there that we're supposed to abide by.



Not in my world. Perhaps I'm more future forward.
I used to fret with self -critical worry. Be overly sensitive to every little thing to the point of sickness while the man has the control. Not anymore.
If a man can't handle myself taking an initiative then he won't be able to handle me at all. I'm not the one missing out because I am happily free to being me.
He is the one missing out.
In my opinion, a real man with balls is one who lets me use mine, so to speak. There's nothing more unnerving than watching a man become uncomfortable when I show my "strong" side. His discomfort is a HUGE turn off.
However, if he were to allow this side of me and appreciate it, it makes me want to show my softer, submissive side as well.
Balance.
Yin Yang
I'm assuming this is the same for alot of women like myself? So..... the guy doesn't always have to initiate the date and relationship. He just needs to learn to allow and appreciate the woman initiating.
 dontsmellikefish
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 7:14:19 PM
women always iniate but there usually the ones for just sex.
 dontsmellikefish
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 7:16:00 PM
women use the dating game to their advantage. it is a double standard for them. plus why should women iniaite when a lot of men go after women all the time almos to the point to where they bother them. maybe men shouldnt be so sexually pushy.
 mmagirl88
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 8:18:18 PM
Honestly??? Yes most women will not make the first move. Sometimes, it has to do with their self esteem and how they look at themselves. Or, just like guys, they are scared of being shot down. I personally, have no problem asking a guy out, making the first move, etc. Because I have personally learned that yes, guys are shy too. And if you really want something, you should go for it.
 CharminC
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/2/2012 8:26:58 PM
women always iniate but there usually the ones for just sex.


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Perhaps those who do initiate can also be sexually confident but it does NOT mean they are doing so just for sex.
You are purely assuming.
They initiate simply because they are not afraid to ask or are risk takers.
 popcultureloverguy88
Joined: 8/25/2011
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/7/2012 4:50:00 PM
wish more women had your attitude, mindset, but lately the past couple of years i've just come to accept and deal with it, learned a long time ago that life is never fair, the world, life is not all sunshine and rainbows, it is a very mean, cruel, mean and nasty, cruel, ruthless place that will beat you to your knees if you let it. Very inspirational scene from the last Rocky movie.
 TantricJedi
Joined: 2/22/2012
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/8/2012 1:06:09 PM
It's been my experience that women want Mr Right and not Mr Right Now
 popcultureloverguy88
Joined: 8/25/2011
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Why does the guy always have to initiate the date and relationship? or at least most of the time?
Posted: 9/8/2012 1:18:23 PM
Yeah, I guess so, oh well, **** it, it is what it is
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