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This ain't the 50s anymore. These girls have experience, lots of it.
Aw, and that makes you mad???
That's not even the point. The 22-yr-olds I know well (since I have sons that age) are not at all worried about their "market value" and have no care about their eggs expiring or whatever other biological insult you're trying to sling here.
They are looking at it from an intellectual perspective.
They know that "Romance" is a human construct (Hollywood) and won't spend thousands of dollars annually supporting retail stores and restaurants to demonstrate "love"
Not sure what all that touchy, feely stuff means but
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Originally Posted by RJ_
I thought it was a pretty catchy title, so my hats off to the author for that one. She also makes some pretty decent points about the dating scene, and from the looks of it, Gen Z is starting to realize how ridiculously flawed the modern dating scene is.
I haven't been in the dating scene long, just a couple months. Before that I was either married to one of my two ex wives or with one of a handful of long term girlfriends. So I'm not an expert on all that single people have to go through to find a mate. I don't have any sort of social media presence so it's hard for me to relate to the author's comments on twitter or instagram. But her overall message seems to be one of frustration with how shallow "romantic" interactions have become.
I can say that, in my brief, recent dating experience it has truly become a "hook up" culture, even with people in my age range(mid 40s,) though the women I've dated recently have all been mid to late 30s. It took very little effort to get women to visit me without ever having met me in person and even less effort to get them into my bed(not that I was even trying.) But it's just seems that sex is a foregone conclusion at this point with practically anyone you meet.
"We live in a world where people are afraid to feel anything genuine, or at the very least, are afraid to show it. When someone is angry with you, there’s no phone call asking to talk about it. Instead you get a passive aggressive response to a text message or a suspiciously relevant subtweet, quietly calling you out in 140 characters or less. If you like someone, you don’t tell them how you feel; rather you act interested enough for them to pick up on it, but not enough to freak them out. Don’t like it? Too bad. It’s all a big game and if you don’t play by the rules then you lose, and if you lose you end up alone and drowning in a pile of your own insecurity, wondering what you did wrong."
Thoughts?
… it occurred to me that used to be divorce was taboo but now its pretty common. So lots of folks out there to tell you what getting married then divorced means today. Learning from experience?
… it occurred to me that used to be divorce was taboo but now its pretty common. So lots of folks out there to tell you what getting married then divorced means today. Learning from experience?
I don't regret either of my marriages. It taught me a lot. I won't get married again, I know that. There's absolutely no good reason to. I can have a relationship without making the State a mediator. It used to be that people got married for religious reasons, but I'm not religious so that solves that.
Hollywood isn't an example of romance. Hollywood is the symbol of fake tinsel and egotistic people who were born good looking and are adept at mouthing words that other people wrote. Oh, and at giving political advice!
Funny, I was thinking of Emily Bronte. Franz Kafka not so much...
The person who wrote Solomon's Song of Songs for the Bible...
"She let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. …"
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Not sure what all that touchy, feely stuff means but
Franz Kafka not so much... 
