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A Boring Dystopia
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No, I'm not it but I am a representative of what the successful gambit can result in.
You represent men looking to find a steadfast friend that can become a partner for your life, yes?
The "game" as it is being played is screwing you. (if I am correct about what I'm reading that others in this thread have written) What you don't see, is that you have time on your side in a way that women do not.
(Truthfully, most men get so much tastier as they head towards 40.. you'll find out in time..)
Some golddigger insists on you dropping hundreds of dollars for a date? No. Refuse that. Any relationship with a woman like that won't last anyhow.
Don't waste your time or mental energy.
These are the EXACT women that will end up desperate cougars panicking as their biological clocks and looks tick down. You don't want the women that peaked in high school. Hig maintenance, high bullshit, high drama. Nuts to that. It's not a game, it's a lifelong partnership you are looking for. You will end up a plucked (henpecked) bird if you don't refuse to play it..
I thank my own rank stubbornness that the whole web2.0 social media horseshit had passed me by. No insta, fb, tiktok, threads, twatter.. so I've missed most of that poison (not that I'd do much more than make fun of it..) and have missed the toxicity that it spews.
Save your money and energy for someone that will step up to being your partner in life (and a bit of fun crime).
No plucked birds, thankyouverymuch.
I'm married to a woman I fell for when we were 13 in the 90s. Every expensive date I've ever been on has been for my benefit too.
Other people have different priorities and are made happy or secure by different things. As long as it's all consensual and not harmful, horses for courses. It's not that deep