I didn't even finish this article. Bari Weiss and TFP, what is up with all the articles lately disparaging allegedly shallow, predatory and superficial single women? When will we get equal time? When will we get something about MALE golddiggers and catfishers who target and prey on vulnerable widows and other women on dating sites?
I didn't even finish this article. Bari Weiss and TFP, what is up with all the articles lately disparaging allegedly shallow, predatory and superficial single women? When will we get equal time? When will we get something about MALE golddiggers and catfishers who target and prey on vulnerable widows and other women on dating sites?
This female author states that she "posed" as a 30-year-old hip business owner on a dating site; I assume that she posed as a guy, this is not made clear and it seems poor editing was involved.
I was on dating sites in my 30s and 40s. For every sob-story one of these guys has (and I don't question that they're nice guys), I could share one. I could tell you about all the shallow, dishonest, and superficial men who are on them. These guys whine that women are too picky, oblivious that THEY are often picky and unrealistic themselves in their expectations. I wonder if any of these guys considered a woman over 30 or 35. Or one who wasn't a perfect size 6, etc. etc.
Granted, I encountered some decent guys, but most seemed over-fixated on a woman's looks and age. Even the ones who were very average themselves, looks-wise and every which way. I'd see profiles of middle-aged men whose "desired age range" for a woman was a decade-plus younger than them. I even saw profiles where men listed things like desired measurements and weight. Some of the "requirements" I saw were laughable. Among other things they won't consider a woman who has a kid. Or even a pet. And don't get me started on the married men posing as single.
What the author, and the men profiled, should have done was try to "pose" as a woman on the site and see what happens. Preferably a woman over 35, who may even be attractive but doesn't look like a model. Wait for the responses you DON'T get. Wait for the responses from 60-plus-old men practically old enough to be your father. Wait for your messages to go unanswered and prepare to be ghosted after one email/phonecall/date. Please, if anyone has the "upper hand" on these sites and apps, it's men. And it case you think it's a specific issue with me, plenty of other women have vouched for it.
Prime sexual market value years??? Thank you, incel. And what are men's
"prime sexual market value years"? The article is about men who complain women are too picky. My comment pointed out that men are also unreasonably picky, which you completely validated since you think women are a piece of meat that spoils.
If you're a pudgy, balding, nothing-special 35- or 40-year-old man, and you expect to attract a 25-year-old and then whine women are too picky, I don't have sympathy for you. Too many men have a wildly exaggerated idea of their own worth and attractiveness to women. You're likely one.
Women are born with all their value; so, they gain no value from going to college and getting an education and cultivating their MINDS??? Tell your inflatable doll I said Hi.
When did they start letting Neanderthals subscribe to TFP?
You're probably one of those males who looks exactly like George Costanza but believes he looks like George Clooney. I've encountered quite a few of those. Men are being unrealistically picky if they're short, pudgy and balding and expect to snatch a "hot" woman whose looks are totally out of proportion to theirs. But these types of men abound on dating sites. Then they complain women are too picky. If you're a very average-looking, average-earning 40-plus-year-old, yes you are being unreasonable if you reject anyone over 29.
You know absolutely nothing about me, yet you are jumping to all these wild conclusions about me. I actually met great guys on dating sites when I was in my 30s and 40s. My comments were not pertaining to them. A good friend of mine (who possesses an MBA) met her husband on one when she was 35(!) years old. Her husband is actually a couple years younger than her. I'll give you a minute to reach for your smelling salts, Stephen.
You have a serious problem with women. I'm curious about YOUR personal situation, how old you are and if you're married to a gorgeous, easy going cook who's terrific in bed. You sound like you belong somewhere in the Mad Men era or earlier, or like a male character straight out of Stepford Wives. I pray you don't have a daughter and if you do, I pity her for the life advice she would get from you.
And it might come as a shock to you but secure, evolved men DO boast about dating an accomplished and educated woman. Yes looks are a factor, but most men find that after a few dates with a Barbie doll idiot, they want someone they can have an intelligent conversation with. You act like I'm generalizing about ALL men in the universe, when the topic is men on dating sites and apps. It's hilarious but your attitudes actually confirm everything I say in my comment, as to why these men in the story can't find a mate.
Dude you spend an inordinate amount of time and energy speculating and obsessing about my life in particular and women in their 30s and 40s in general. Why do you even care? You are obviously someone who's been routinely rejected by women on these dating sites (I wonder why?) and you're lashing out. And I'm not the one who comes across as angry and hysterical, look at your original reply to me. Plenty of women find their soul mates and spouses in their 30s and even 40s, and sometimes even later. Did it occur to you that a woman is single in her thirties not by choice or because of "pickiness" in her 20s, but because she didn't have the opportunity to marry for whatever reason, or was in a long-term relationship with someone who was not ready to get married? Then there are financial reasons why people, men and women, don't or can't marry (student loans etc.). There are people who are content being single and have fulfilling lives and don't want to ever marry. Frankly, it's none of your business either way.
You come out with some seriously weird shit. I don't know how to "compliment" a man's life??? The kind of woman a man wants and "deserves"??? The term "throwback" doesn't even begin to describe you.
But since you engage in wild, uninformed speculation about my past (really you have this unnaturally weird obsession with me, Stephen), let me engage in some speculation about you. I notice that you never confirm one way or the other whether you're married with a family. (I also never told you that I wasn't currently married or in a LT relationship; you are totally extrapolating that.) I strongly suspect that you are one of those single 40- or 50-year-old guys who plays fantasy football and video games. You're likely obsessed with either Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, or Star Wars, or all three. Maybe you still live with Mom? You're an incel. You get rejected on dating apps so now you have a deeply ingrained misogyny and lash out at women you don't know online. You sound like a real catch.
I didn't even finish this article. Bari Weiss and TFP, what is up with all the articles lately disparaging allegedly shallow, predatory and superficial single women? When will we get equal time? When will we get something about MALE golddiggers and catfishers who target and prey on vulnerable widows and other women on dating sites?
This female author states that she "posed" as a 30-year-old hip business owner on a dating site; I assume that she posed as a guy, this is not made clear and it seems poor editing was involved.
I was on dating sites in my 30s and 40s. For every sob-story one of these guys has (and I don't question that they're nice guys), I could share one. I could tell you about all the shallow, dishonest, and superficial men who are on them. These guys whine that women are too picky, oblivious that THEY are often picky and unrealistic themselves in their expectations. I wonder if any of these guys considered a woman over 30 or 35. Or one who wasn't a perfect size 6, etc. etc.
Granted, I encountered some decent guys, but most seemed over-fixated on a woman's looks and age. Even the ones who were very average themselves, looks-wise and every which way. I'd see profiles of middle-aged men whose "desired age range" for a woman was a decade-plus younger than them. I even saw profiles where men listed things like desired measurements and weight. Some of the "requirements" I saw were laughable. Among other things they won't consider a woman who has a kid. Or even a pet. And don't get me started on the married men posing as single.
What the author, and the men profiled, should have done was try to "pose" as a woman on the site and see what happens. Preferably a woman over 35, who may even be attractive but doesn't look like a model. Wait for the responses you DON'T get. Wait for the responses from 60-plus-old men practically old enough to be your father. Wait for your messages to go unanswered and prepare to be ghosted after one email/phonecall/date. Please, if anyone has the "upper hand" on these sites and apps, it's men. And it case you think it's a specific issue with me, plenty of other women have vouched for it.
Well-stated. So agree and have had my share of similar experiences.
Prime sexual market value years??? Thank you, incel. And what are men's
"prime sexual market value years"? The article is about men who complain women are too picky. My comment pointed out that men are also unreasonably picky, which you completely validated since you think women are a piece of meat that spoils.
If you're a pudgy, balding, nothing-special 35- or 40-year-old man, and you expect to attract a 25-year-old and then whine women are too picky, I don't have sympathy for you. Too many men have a wildly exaggerated idea of their own worth and attractiveness to women. You're likely one.
Women are born with all their value; so, they gain no value from going to college and getting an education and cultivating their MINDS??? Tell your inflatable doll I said Hi.
When did they start letting Neanderthals subscribe to TFP?
Harridan? Fuck off, knuckle-dragger.
You're probably one of those males who looks exactly like George Costanza but believes he looks like George Clooney. I've encountered quite a few of those. Men are being unrealistically picky if they're short, pudgy and balding and expect to snatch a "hot" woman whose looks are totally out of proportion to theirs. But these types of men abound on dating sites. Then they complain women are too picky. If you're a very average-looking, average-earning 40-plus-year-old, yes you are being unreasonable if you reject anyone over 29.
You know absolutely nothing about me, yet you are jumping to all these wild conclusions about me. I actually met great guys on dating sites when I was in my 30s and 40s. My comments were not pertaining to them. A good friend of mine (who possesses an MBA) met her husband on one when she was 35(!) years old. Her husband is actually a couple years younger than her. I'll give you a minute to reach for your smelling salts, Stephen.
You have a serious problem with women. I'm curious about YOUR personal situation, how old you are and if you're married to a gorgeous, easy going cook who's terrific in bed. You sound like you belong somewhere in the Mad Men era or earlier, or like a male character straight out of Stepford Wives. I pray you don't have a daughter and if you do, I pity her for the life advice she would get from you.
And it might come as a shock to you but secure, evolved men DO boast about dating an accomplished and educated woman. Yes looks are a factor, but most men find that after a few dates with a Barbie doll idiot, they want someone they can have an intelligent conversation with. You act like I'm generalizing about ALL men in the universe, when the topic is men on dating sites and apps. It's hilarious but your attitudes actually confirm everything I say in my comment, as to why these men in the story can't find a mate.
Dude you spend an inordinate amount of time and energy speculating and obsessing about my life in particular and women in their 30s and 40s in general. Why do you even care? You are obviously someone who's been routinely rejected by women on these dating sites (I wonder why?) and you're lashing out. And I'm not the one who comes across as angry and hysterical, look at your original reply to me. Plenty of women find their soul mates and spouses in their 30s and even 40s, and sometimes even later. Did it occur to you that a woman is single in her thirties not by choice or because of "pickiness" in her 20s, but because she didn't have the opportunity to marry for whatever reason, or was in a long-term relationship with someone who was not ready to get married? Then there are financial reasons why people, men and women, don't or can't marry (student loans etc.). There are people who are content being single and have fulfilling lives and don't want to ever marry. Frankly, it's none of your business either way.
You come out with some seriously weird shit. I don't know how to "compliment" a man's life??? The kind of woman a man wants and "deserves"??? The term "throwback" doesn't even begin to describe you.
But since you engage in wild, uninformed speculation about my past (really you have this unnaturally weird obsession with me, Stephen), let me engage in some speculation about you. I notice that you never confirm one way or the other whether you're married with a family. (I also never told you that I wasn't currently married or in a LT relationship; you are totally extrapolating that.) I strongly suspect that you are one of those single 40- or 50-year-old guys who plays fantasy football and video games. You're likely obsessed with either Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, or Star Wars, or all three. Maybe you still live with Mom? You're an incel. You get rejected on dating apps so now you have a deeply ingrained misogyny and lash out at women you don't know online. You sound like a real catch.