brneyedangel is offline brneyedangel Post #1  September 26,2009, 5:26pm
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Which gender do you think has it easier in our culture when it comes to dating and relationships? Why do you think this is the case?
 
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I think that women have it easier.

Just the fact that you don't have to initiate is huge.

Also men are less likely to disect all of the words that you say.

It depends a lot about ones ability to read people & less about gender though.

A woman that can read mens' intentions is in the best possible place in the dating world.
 
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This board has probably made me aware of difficulties for men I probably wasn't as sensitive to or aware of before.

But I still think men have it easier

case in point: biological clock.
 
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I think this is age sensitive. Women in there 20s and early 30s have it easier...after that I think men have it easier.
 
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At the young ages (20’s into 30’s) of my experience, women clearly have it monumentally easier:
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Great question! I'll play

In my opinion, with regard to dating, women have it easier. If it were up to me to ask out the guy, I literally would probably have never had a date in my entire life!

I'm not kidding, either -- I wish I was! lol I don't know how you guys get up the nerve - but I'm glad you do!


As far as relationships go, I think it's a pretty even split. Each of us genders have their struggles and it's kind of a wash in the end.
 
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This has been debated here many times. But I don't think cost is limited to men at all.

If a woman is putting a lot of effort into her appearance, and living alone. She is spending....oh yes she is spending...
 
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Women definitely have it easier. And as an older guy I can assure you that it is not age related. They had it easier when I was 16 and they still have it easier 40 years later. That also dispels any concept that some may want to say that it is different now than it was (when their parents were dating) then.
 
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Neither...as has been exhibited on this forum.

It's equally hard for both. Men have to drum up the courage and women over analyze trying to "figure out what he means."
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
Women definitely have it easier. And as an older guy I can assure you that it is not age related. They had it easier when I was 16 and they still have it easier 40 years later. That also dispels any concept that some may want to say that it is different now than it was (when their parents were dating) then.
well, that really depends on goals...

sure it might be easier to get a date.

But to find a compatible long term partner leading to marriage?

it's a maze....many dead ends. and much, as mentioned 'trying to figure out what he means' well beyond the first date!
 
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