Gender gap by age: It's worse than you think. What can reach the "manosphere"??

[usonian]

8. Handsome as I was/am, all those A's weren't attractive, it seems.

Introvert. Is that two strikes?

Well, I never figured out what was attractive until later, and whatever came my way or didn't, I eventually married and have the most wonderful daughter, so I wouldn't trade any of it for anything.

Despite acting in the junior high school play, I always was just myself and never put on airs. Maybe that was the thing to do. But given the outcome, no regrets, even when I look back and facepalm over the many klutzy moments. The thing is not to be jealous. If I were, I'd have jumped off a bridge long ago. I figure that I'm a winner in this game of life, so no regrets. No woulda, coulda, shoulda.



I always felt, rightly or wrongly -- because what the hell did I know about the other gender? --- that girls were attracted to extrovert macho athletes --- often to their regret or peril, and that I'd find the right one.

What one projects nowadays is a mystery to me, with half or more of life online. Yikes. And how much of that is one to one?

I did meet my wife via a personal ad in a singles magazine. In the 80's. I just presented a refined and sensitive self, and you can guess what my competition was. Seems 90% of guys were gnarly surfer dudes. It worked anyway.

That world completely changed.

I didn't have a son, but he'd be in his 30's now. Not sure what I'd have said, but I tried to be a good example for my daughter, and she has outstanding values and compassion for others. Besides being a scuba diver! She's a Bernie supporter, and what more could a Dad ask?