She was the roommate of someone in my friend group, and I was told in no uncertain terms by our mutual friends that if I screwed it up or hurt her they would hurt me.
Kind of like the dad with the shotgun trope ;)
Anyway thanks for the contribution. It's interesting. I'm starting to question whether this "norm" of approaching women out of the blue was ever "in of date" in the first place.
I asked my gf in person as well because i just think its just important to be genuine and personal about it.
When you say you asked your gf in person. What exactly do you mean by this?
Well what I make of that is, that it's (perhaps) an out of date social norm ;)
I think both the “would you rather run into a man or a bear in the woods?” question for women and the “would you rather be emotionally vulnerable with a woman or a tree?” question for men scream loud and clear why there isn’t much meeting in the middle on this issue.
I totally forgot about that one. And you're totally right! Seriously everything you've said here is an interesting take on the matter.
However, the attitude of that you’re not responsible for explaining leads to nobody explaining except… right-wing asshats who are pushing division and hate.
Would you say that perhaps an emphasis on social education (like in middle school or something) would be good first step to this? And not just to talk about what you shouldn't do but also when you in fact CAN try and make a move.
So with the exception of attractive people, you would say it's an out of date norm?
As a suggestion/feedback. Could you please make it so you can block certain subreddits from appearing in your feed? I know you can subscribe but I am actually fine with most subreddits apart from a select view.
Maybe like a one million dollar fine? That's a lot of money, you know.
I guess this dog got its treat.
Well I'm delighted they don't use the term fag as negative any more, I guess?
I've heard worse excuses for a civil war...
It's a movie about friendship in the most cynical sense of the word. Simply brilliant.
I don't want to toot my own horn. But this would be a perfect Twilight Zone episode 😂