puzzledoll wrote:
So... someone accused me of abusing my boys in this thread because I am raising them as decent humans. I would like to say mindsets like that very well could be why people are having trouble finding relationships....
And we have people saying not to listen to women's opinions about what women want. That is literally the height of misogynistic thinking right there. Claims that we couldn't possible know what NT women actually want were thrown in there too. So my decades of being a female interacting with other females and learning to mask so well that I wasn't diagnosed till I was 39 means I have NO clue what NT women could possibly want in a relationship... *sighs*
Guys, you literally have women AND men here who are capable with relationships spoon feeding you how to not suck at finding a mate and you are disregarding everything we say. I know you've been hurt. I know you have had all sorts of crap dumped on you during your lives to get you to this point, but seriously, we're actively trying to help you out of that hole and you are making it crystal clear you don't want that help. You want to sit in your hole whining, "Poor me, I can't get the sex because women are these awful creatures who only want money and perfect abs and great social skills in a partner." You are literally burning the ladder we are passing down to you.
It's not about checklists. It's not about pick up lines. It's not about red pills or blue pills. It's about being a decent human being who wants to better themselves and is willing to push their bubble enough to find someone whose interests match theirs. Women want people they get along with and who share interests with them and who care about them as people, not as the win condition of filling up a check list. We aren't the prize you get when you are done checking off those marks. We are PEOPLE with wants and needs JUST LIKE YOU. Women struggle to find dates. Women struggle to match themselves with people who appreciate them and their quirks. I can't tell you how many single women I know go on date after date after date trying to find someone they get along with. They don't talk about cars or abs (well a little about that with some of them) or wallet size. They talk about personalities.
So make all the checklists you want, but when you don't get a woman when you fill it up, don't say we didn't warn you.
THIS. IS. BRILLIANT. ^
It's beyond me how anyone wouldn't agree or see the truth in what we women keep repeating. They'd rather follow someone who's paid to write propaganda for impressionable men, begin a crusade which alienates both genders, and generalise a very few women who drink the same kool-aid -- dating according to a publicised script.
Puzzledoll, I notice that you have two sons. How fortunate they are to have such a compassionate, open-minded and reasonable mother who surely has raised them to respect equality, sexuality and common sense. Hugs to you!!
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