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Mr.Bill

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14. And how sad for people

Reply to Wingus Dingus (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 13, 2022, 04:34 PM

Aug 2022

who have money and good looks and nothing else.

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"Dating opportunities for heterosexual men diminishing as healthy relationship standards increase" [View all] kpete Aug 2022 OP

This doesn't need to be a "bad thing", this also means that men are not getting into ck4829 Aug 2022 #1

Choosing who you might want to date on looks alone is ridiculous Lettuce Be Aug 2022 #2

This author leaves out that many women have height requirements, etc. Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #3

People have always been shallow. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #4

What's new is that you can order physical characteristics from a menu. Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #6

And the 800 lb. Gorilla in the room, Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #7

Yes. There are many men who get eliminated right away Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #9

If my wife and I had gotten married Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #10

LOL. What a nightmare, to have to have a photo and a resume to go out on a date. Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #11

And how sad for people Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #14

Before we met, my husband attended a few singles events. This was before on-line dating. shrike3 Aug 2022 #19

I'm glad my wife didn't do that with me. Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #20

I remember listening to a call-in radio show. shrike3 Aug 2022 #25

The circle of girlfriends my first wife was with said they were three things ZonkerHarris Aug 2022 #34

There seems to be a theme in these posts. Renew Deal Aug 2022 #38

My husband is a retired union tradesman. shrike3 Aug 2022 #39

Oh, I'm sure there was more to you than that. shrike3 Aug 2022 #40

I guess it depends on how you define shallow Polybius Aug 2022 #24

Men have height biases too. BreakfastClub Aug 2022 #28

Height is one of my major filters for dating Victor_c3 Aug 2022 #35

Not necessarily - People have to write something about themselves - womanofthehills Aug 2022 #31

There are more women than there are men enki23 Aug 2022 #5

+1, I don't read any data on which mediums are the most popular for stable relationships uponit7771 Aug 2022 #23

oh no... The relationship has to be healthy!!!! Ohio Joe Aug 2022 #8

The RWNJ's have a word for it.. INCEL.. the poor babies can't get laid.. boo F*ck*n hoo..nt mitch96 Aug 2022 #12

Or it could just be they don't know how to write an interesting intro womanofthehills Aug 2022 #32

hmmmm. i know that guy mopinko Aug 2022 #13

Go bisexual, dudes. roamer65 Aug 2022 #15

So men haven't changed edhopper Aug 2022 #16

Maybe Deep State Witch Aug 2022 #17

I laughed. KentuckyWoman Aug 2022 #27

seriously... i heard a guy on the phone at work the other day..... Takket Aug 2022 #18

Should have asked if he dated guys then. JanMichael Aug 2022 #26

Oh well. More free time for "Call Of Duty MCMXXVII", I guess . . . hatrack Aug 2022 #36

I'm 62, never been married. Archae Aug 2022 #21

Well shanti Aug 2022 #22

Expecting "Single man living alone with a cat" jokes soon. betsuni Aug 2022 #29

When I was 22, I met "the right girl." DFW Aug 2022 #30

It's called evolution ZonkerHarris Aug 2022 #33

Here's an interesting article with some nice statistics Victor_c3 Aug 2022 #37