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Dear Single Women of NYC: It's Not Them, It's You.

The plight of the single lady

James Worrell

My years of New York City dating—if you're counting, there have been 12—have involved a lot of guys, short- and long- and mid-term. My longest relationship lasted two years. My shortest—minus the one-off hookups that we all know aren't "dates" at all—was somewhere in the range of two weeks. There have been certifiable crazies, like the Eastern European fellow who broke my bedroom window in a fit of rage and told me not to complain that he'd broken my "fucking window." There was the Jersey boy who worked in women's handbags; fond memories involve him drunk-puking at the Hilton, then giggling hysterically, running, and "hiding" our soiled comforter in front of someone else's door down the hall. There was the super-successful corporate honcho with a cardboard box for a nightstand. The best friend with whom I had zero sexual attraction. The self-described "bi-coastal but not in a gay way" guy who didn't come home one night because he'd passed out in a planter underneath the Manhattan Bridge. (We continued to date for at least a month after that.)

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Their ages have ranged from nearly 15 years younger than me to going on 15 years older. There were Peter Pan Syndrome–afflicted man-children, full-fledged adult males with zero desire to grow up, maybe ever. There were drunks and drug addicts and maybe once a teetotaler. There were Christians and atheists and Jews. There was a clammer from Cape Cod—a real, live clammer, with his very own waders. There was a man who shaved everything . . . down there . . . every single day. There was the dashing Argentinean only in town for a week; the Ronkonkoma deli worker barely old enough to drink; the beleaguered i-banker who came over regularly just to pass out on my couch. And I can't forget the "totally eligible" magazine editor who moved to the suburbs while we were dating, convinced me to take a bus to visit him, showed off his two-story brick house with granite kitchen counters and an actual backyard, as if knowing it was exactly what I aspired to—and then promptly married someone else. There were men who have dropped me on my head, literally and figuratively. I could show you bruises.

At some point, I yelled at almost all of these men for not being "what I wanted," and, as we all do, turned to my female friends for consolation and support. "He doesn't deserve you," they would say, my own Greek chorus. "You're so much better than him." Then, inevitably: "Why are New York men such assholes?"

If you're a single, heterosexual woman of a certain age living in New York City, you've surely heard some version of the lament more times than you can count: "There are no good single men living in New York City! They're all gay or taken!" It's followed by various tales of woe regarding "typical NYC jerks" and the evils they have inflicted upon amazing, upstanding, attractive, intelligent, high-powered New York City women who are so much better than the men they date.

You've probably met more than a few aesthetically, shall we say, "uneven" couples, in which the man is short, pudgy, bald—or distractingly hirsute—with one of those pudding faces only a mother (or gold-digger) could love. He's impossibly rich, and his lady-friend could model for a living, and possibly does. Also, he cheats on her. Only in New York!

And you've probably heard, and maybe retold, the modern-day relationship folk tale of that friend of a friend who, after "unsuccessfully" dating in New York for years, met her amazing husband while living or vacationing in Austin, or Boston, or Paris, or Rio, and then brought him back—or moved there herself. Because, you know, you just can't find a decent dude in this city. It's impossible. Those who do it are the exception, not the rule. Ask anyone.

Maybe saying and hearing this makes single women feel better. It enforces the belief that there is such a thing as a "plight" of the single lady, and that women can't be blamed for our lack of success in the New York City relationship game. It's them, not us.

The problem is, it's patently untrue. Worse, it's a cop-out.

New York City, to be fair, suffers its share of problems for the female dater. There are more women than men, which everyone loves to bemoan as the cold, hard cornerstone of this city's relationship difficulties. According to statistics collected by Richard Florida, author of The Great Reset and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, single women currently outnumber single men in New York by 149,219. This is based on data from the U.S. Census, which, it bears mentioning, does not ask to identify sexual orientation. The good news: This number has actually decreased from 2008's woman-surplus of 210,000, a gap that caused Lysandra Ohrstrom, writing for the Observer, to unleash the ominous decree that "savvy, well-educated women hoping to find a mate and settle down are out of luck."

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  • Chicolate 02/22/2012 7:40:00 PM

    The female population/media has spent decades telling men how worthless they are and how we don't need them, now we're complaining the men only want to hookup and not commit. We want everything on our terms; the male ego is badly wounded and it will take decades to heal., Start acting more like ladies and they might act more like real and gentle-men?? We need a change for future generations.

  • 02/21/2012 7:07:00 AM

    Really? You met a "niece of a friends friend" in NYC at a concert? Really? You do know how much that sounds like the standard urban legend "a friend of a guy who used to work with a guy I know" 'n' degrees of separation, right? Or, maybe, "my girlfriend lives in Canada" used by more than a few less-than-successful young teenage boy ... You know, I'm starting to think many of these screwy comments to this girl's goofy piece are from the same PERSON, maybe even her AND that you and I are the only two people leaving comments here! Can I "unsubscribe" from the "get comments in my email" that I shouldn't have clicked on?

  • tele29 02/19/2012 3:29:00 PM

    Well, I just read this whole article and it helped me understand new york women a little more. I live about an hr and half from the city, right over the border in PA, over new years I went to the city for a concert with some friends and wond up meeting a great girl who was the niece of a friends friend. We clicked great and had a blast. The next weekend she wanted me to come visit her again, which I did. Again we had a great time! After the second time hanging out with her I really liked her. Havent felt that way in a while, I just really liked her. We have fun together and seem to want the same things in life, marrage, kids and the white picket fence. As a few weeks went on she started texting less and I started texting more.. It was fading, and I was bumming bad.. She admits the new york dating scene sucks. I didnt know what to do.. I know how the dating sucks there to and hate that she doesnt want to give the "short" distance thing a shot.. IDK.. Just venting here I guess.. Any thought?

  • In2765 02/19/2012 5:15:00 AM

    So, in a nutshell, this article is about greed.

  • 02/15/2012 4:37:00 PM

    it is so true, many women today have become very rotten and have a bad attitude. we are just too good for them anyway, the way i look at it. good luck.

  • Mutaal2012 02/14/2012 8:16:00 AM

    Why do women have to constantly dog men. Some men are bad just as some women are bad. There really isn't a need to write yet another book dogging men. There are a lot of good guys out here that totally get slaughtered by women because we "too nice". Why not just write about that says "If you want drama, find a jerk. If you want to get married, find a nice guy".

  • Mutaal2012 02/14/2012 7:52:00 AM

    Hi Frank, I'm 35 year old straight black man and I feel the same way in Boston. Women are just so nasty unappreciative and are then always complaining about how horrible men are.

  • VG 02/09/2012 2:20:00 AM

    I just want you all to know i love all of you. One day you will meet that person who won't overlook you.

  • 02/01/2012 3:40:00 AM

    it is very hard to meet women anywhere, let alone in new york city. i am a straight man in my late fifties, that was married at one time. now that i go out a lot, i seem to meet the nastiest women with their no good attitude. what is up with that ladies? why are you women so mean and nasty today? do you hate men? are many of you lesbians? i have to certainly blame you women for this, i cannot blame myself, because i am a straight good average man that would like to have a good straight woman in my life again. can't blame me for that can you?

  • Mahamud700 01/30/2012 10:32:00 AM

    which girls want's to have sex try me i am free

  • You Are Gay, Admit it 01/30/2012 7:39:00 AM

    Perhaps the fact that you feel it is necessary to write "I'm straight" and then "I was married twice" in the same sentence in an apparent "See! I'm not gay and here's proof - I was married twice!" is an indicator of the reasons why: 1. You divorced them both 2. After they cheated on you 3. *They* are filthy whores 4. Now *all* women are "nasty" and tell you to leave them alone, etc. NEWSFLASH: They are not filthy pigs ... you are GAY. You'll be surprised how much more you like these women once you admit that.

  • ElisaYouAreScary 01/30/2012 7:29:00 AM

    1. If you're looking, you're doing it wrong. 2. "... I didn't want to wait that long ..." there ya go. 3. Pssst ... there's a thing in Italy called "a different culture." It's different from yours. 4. If you lived in Italy for 7 years and went away w/the "view(s)" you apparently have, that means you lived here for 7 years and only saw it through the eyes of a tourist ... after 7 years? I hope the husband you trapped and settled down with is happy, I'm sure you are since you were "serious about getting married" like I used to be "serious about purchasing the best motorcycle I could find." Wow, you're scary.

  • Elisa 01/28/2012 3:37:00 PM

    Oh please.. I lived in Rome for 7 years- those men aren't going to marry American women! I could barely get a Roman to be my boyfriend. They would whistle at you alll day and night and tell you what amazing eyes you have and how gorgeous you are, but when it comes down to it, they just want to get laid and think American girls are easy (thanks, study abroads!). They are great self-esteem boosters for sure and will wine and dine you plenty, but they don't want to get serious (unless they're older and even then..) Meanwhile, they all live at home with their mammas, and as much as they complain about Italian women, that's who they are going to marry, not a foreigner! I moved back to America to find a husband and settle down- the Italians don't get married until well in their thirties and I didn't want to wait that long. They can also have girlfriends for years and years without living with them or marrying them- if you're serious about getting married I would most definitely advise AGAINST moving to Italy! It is still my favorite place in the world, I certainly enjoyed the Italian boyfriends I had, but they are immature and Not marriage material! All depends what you're looking for..

  • PhishingVictim 01/24/2012 10:30:00 AM

    Dearest Gallo, I am so glad to have found you again! Imagine finding you in this long long email thread having nothing to do with the frozen 14.2 million GB pounds held in frozen assets in a trust in Zurich!! Amazing!! In regards to the US $500 I sent you as legal processing fees to assist in releasing this money, I have heard nothing from you about my share which you said was to be 50%. Also, the account information I sent you which was to enable you to deposit that money has also caused an issue because my bank tells me that my $40,000 has disappeared. I know this can't be so ... can you help me?

  • 01/24/2012 8:50:00 AM

    Dear Norah, Am Ibrahim G. Woche, from one of the most marginalised ethnic minorities of kenya and working with the samilar communities to improve their well being through a Non govermental organization. Am looking for a perfect single from NYC who shall not marry me alone, but also join me in this humane course to improve marginalised and disregarded ethnic minorities in africa. I have a feeling that you and I can fit into that perfection and hope for your positive reply, otherwise advice me accordingly if there are similar ones loke you in NYC Best regards Ibrahim EMAIL: gollowoche@yahoo.com or kenyaminority_forum@yahoo.com

  • 01/23/2012 4:51:00 AM

    Jen, you are certainly a doll. I love your piece. I did the NYC dating game for years! And "Ughh" every woman entering NYC with hopes of finding her true companion needs a manual to get thru the do's & don'ts of the NYC Dating Game, so I wrote one! And I think you'll appreciate the title: No More Dating Pigs - You Are What You Date! I promise you there are plenty of good men out there and true love does exist - just DON'T Date the Pigs : ) ~Norah Marler

  • 01/21/2012 9:49:00 PM

    You, my dear. Have the WORST sense when it comes to dating... So your having drinks with the guy that puked on you? Wow, your a keeper... =\

  • hi there 01/21/2012 4:29:00 PM

    This is my favorite: ".... not at all the brutes we've made them out to be, even if they don't want to marry us" Why would any man want to marry someone who thinks so little of them? It's amazing to me how little western women really understand men. All their information is based in Opera and Dr. Phil - and they just want your eyeballs.

  • Michiamobambi1 01/21/2012 8:11:00 AM

    You're just mad cause you tried the whole only-in-town-for-a-week thing and couldn't even get paid escorts to lay you

  • Jnk2224 01/21/2012 1:29:00 AM

    Wow, "Sex in the City" is back. Great stuff. I enjoy tales of women who pick and choose from a line up of men by evaluating their possitives and negatives and guys who date a women simply because they can have sex. I think you are too obsessed with yourself! What you need is a connection with someone that becomes more important than what you think you want. You need a person that you can't stop thinking about...not a person you want to analyze. If you're not open to that, you'll never find love from a menu of choices. If you're in your 30's or 40's and you've never had that kind of attraction to someone, it's certainly not the opposite gender's fault. If you have but you passed on that for other goals, then you have made your choice...again no one's fault but your own!

  • so very much true 01/19/2012 8:17:00 PM

    as a straight man that was married twice myself at one time, meeting a good woman again is very difficult for me. even though this happened to me, i still would love very much to meet another woman for me again. but hopefully the right one for me this time around. my first and second wife both cheated on me, and i never cheated on them. they turned out to be real filthy whores, and had i known that in the first place i would have never married them to begin with. it was certainly no fault of mine, and i was just too good for them in the first place. but now meeting a good woman for me is hard, they are very nasty and have a very bad attitude as well. it is hard to even start a conversation with them because, they will tell me to leave them alone and sometimes they will even curse at me while walking away from me. it seems most of them now are just filthy pigs, since there are many women out there now that are lesbians. they are without a doubt a disease, that seems to be spreading out of control now.

  • guest 01/18/2012 5:34:00 AM

    Douchenozzle.

  • Mystee_reyne 01/14/2012 5:06:00 AM

    Yeah, but the guy in question who wants Jessica Simpson, doesn't make anywhere near 250k. Neither is he good looking. So at near 40 yrs old, is he being realistic?

  • John 01/13/2012 7:28:00 PM

    "There was the dashing Argentinean only in town for a week" - Who would want you anyway you fucking slut? Please, just become an escort. It's all your worth...

  • Myster 01/13/2012 7:48:00 AM

    I make more than 250K and my wife is 14.2x better looking than Jessica Simpson ... the two people you have destined to "be alone" may just do okay ... it's never over 'till the fat lady sings, right? And SHE's not too bad a date, either!

  • 01/13/2012 7:34:00 AM

    Both NYC men and women are to blame. Pretty much guys are guilty of doing the same thing they accuse the girls of...being exclusively picky and only seeking the superficial. For women, this amounts to seeking guys with money. For men, this amounts to seeking only striking or very beautiful women. No one wants a financially destitute person, especially if you are stable yourself. And no one wants an unattractive person, especially if you're attractive yourself. But some men and women have an extreme standard. I've heard women say they need a man making atleast 250k. And I've seen average looking, short men demand that a woman look like Jessica Simpson. Both these people will end up alone.

  • GreenHornet 01/12/2012 6:19:00 AM

    Dude, women have issues with Asian guys everywhere. As a matter of fact, I can't believe they let you comment on his article! HEY! WHO LET THIS GUY IN HERE?!

  • Matisse Vendetta 01/12/2012 5:52:00 AM

    Nope, *the* most "Decent calibur" (sic) ladies are in Europe. Everyone reading this should immediately go find a copy of Lenny Kravitz singing "American Woman" ... twice maybe.

  • Matisse 01/12/2012 5:48:00 AM

    WELL! I *must say* that is a *very* well done piece of spam!! Not "boilerplated," almost personalized! Spam nevertheless. But such "refreshing spam" that I'd almost look for this bar you are spamming for (are you the OWNER or a waitress/bartener or something like that?). HOWEVER ... I repeat: Tired of the NYC crap (men OR women?)? COME TO ITALY. Okay ... 'nuff said for this month. :o)

  • Kim 01/11/2012 8:24:00 PM

    if you ladies are looking for a successful business man who's dedicated to his work as well as caring to you, you should follow my footsteps! i came across this article awhile back because i know what it's like to be a disgruntled customer in the ny dating world. some of these men will just drive you nuts. and they did me and that line is so true to story... there are no good men in nyc! for a good part of my life until recently, i had just given up on the whole thing about a month ago, i went to this happy hour on 48th n lex at this place called lexington brass, and met literally THE most amazing guy. total 10. pace business grad, dark hair, dark eyes, accounting... amazing. anyway they're doing a meet and greet thing at lexington brass every thursday nights and i figured i just met the man of my dreams there so why not throw it out there for my fellow girls trying to find love! if you ladies are in the market that's the place to be seriously! lots of guys hotties in some suitssss!

  • Sarot 01/05/2012 9:57:00 PM

    Complaining about not dating or getting married doesn't get a lady a date. Complaining is a big turn off for most guys. I used to go to single groups in churches in Charlotte NC. There are twice as many single men as ladies in the area. Ladies if you want a nice moral decent guy move South! All you got to do is be nice- chat with the guys- and they will ask you out. Don't sit there and complain about your "dating" or lack of dating life. Guys perceive you as desperate and run away from you. Why do the women think they have to congregate in NY city to make a life for themselves? What's so great about New York? High crime rate- very expensive- it's damn cold up there! We have good size cities in the South- Atlanta is nice. Houston is nice also and you don't have to wear thermal underwear! And there are corporate jobs in these cities also. Why is money such an idol to you gals? Do a job you like and forget about the fame monster. Money and prestige don't bring you happiness.

  • Kirstenhyer 01/04/2012 1:12:00 PM

    You are part of the problem with the single scene bullshit in NY.

  • x45rt 12/31/2011 2:45:00 AM

    I noticed that the article didn't add the race factor. There are a lot of women in NYC that won't even consider a guy solely on his race (Asian guys).

  • Muma80 12/26/2011 2:11:00 AM

    You can't say all NYC women are sluts! Sorry! People here just don't know how to communicate no more , and also maybe if they would not use so many drugs and drink like there is no tomorrow would be much easier to find each other

  • Brad4143 12/18/2011 1:09:00 AM

    Personally I dont rank anyone but I must say a good percentage of women want that bad boy like the one mentioned who fell a sleep drunk under the bridge. So you get the bad boy then cant deal with him a year down the road. And at the same time these women reject the good men and cant figue out why they keep having relationship problems. Whatever...everyone is responsible for their own happiness you cant depend on the opposite sex to make you happy. You have to be happy with yourself first.

  • Brad4143 12/18/2011 12:54:00 AM

    So whats wrong with being happy and single. He has a great life. You think he wont attract women in So Cal your wrong. Your just one of those man haters.

  • 12/13/2011 7:59:00 AM

    True indeed. I don't wanna waste my money but most important of all time and energy with nyc women. Don't get me wrong I don't mind dating or possibly having sex with a nyc chick but a relationship is definite not. Not only that but women in this city are quick to upgrade from one guy to the next faster than upgrading iphone every year.

  • Onhousehunt 12/11/2011 6:47:00 AM

    You are such a pompous %#^*++^^#?! Only beautiful women are successful b that's why they're hired? Give me a break douche bag.

  • 12/11/2011 12:31:00 AM

    I could go in two different directions from this one. one; no intelligent guy that has any level of value would spend all that money in a cold and miserable city with the intention of meeting or committing to a woman of any decent calibur. Most Decent calibur ladies are in LA pursuing modeling /acting/performing while chasing professional careers. simultaneously as they are extremely energetic and aggressive. They maintain their bodies competitively, are independent, and focused on their career, rather than looking for a guy who pays for dinner, invites them to their expensive condo/house. A smart woman finds an attractive guy and works toward the goal with him over time. no intelligent guy with everything already wrapped up is going to just let a girl walk into the picture or just going to hold on to a girl because she's attractive or independent. She must be the top scoring chick as well if she wants a top scoring dude. TWO; if a dude is actually in NYC/manhattan pursuing his career and working hard toward his goals, he's not going out spending what's left of the budget after rent has been paid, and he is probably putting considerable amount of years of time into his career and then moving to a more suitable location, or getting setup through friend networks with someone of exceptional quality. He's not out f'n around with just any girl that happens to be out. Most guys that do go out once in a while can smell a gold-digging bitch miles away, and will f her like the bitch that she is for as long as she'll take it and move on. Girls, you need to learn to be ladies that f like champs, work like champs, and socialize like champs instead of bitches looking for an easier more fun way. "sweep you off your feet" is a dream that you paint in your imagination. you have to work for it and earn it, and really work with your man in unison to achieve it. Its friendship, and friendship is always a competition to be the better friend! Who can give more? You're always competing with your friend to be the one that gives more, and if the relationship is right, you're always trying to give more, because you feel like you get more than you give, and there's a certain kind of negative conscience that goes along with that feeling. If you're always taking, you're going to get stiffed in the end. Finally, in closing, if you find a guy you're attracted to and enjoy hangin out with, it shouldn't be because he pays for dinner etc., but because you enjoy his company. You should have your own money to pay your own way, and cover your own expenses. He will get there eventually. some people don't start with the world in their hands; they have to work toward their goals and earn it over the years. if you don't have the patience to deal with that, you 'll miss out on a great dude, that when he's forty, he'll have the body, the looks, the money, and the career, and will be f'n the young hotties because he can, and if there's a young hotty that has the drive to be successful, she wins. Its pretty much that simple. Patience, and understanding. you put your time in or you don't. Guys have no choice than to put their time in. girls think they can screw around with everyone until they get lucky. Let me assure you, it's not about luck, its about work ehtic. It all boils down to work ethic.

  • Brad4143 12/10/2011 11:04:00 AM

    There is a lot of truth to this. Most men dont want to deal with those issues and dont want Long term commitments like marriage. It's a losing deal for men.Why even take the chance.

  • Brad4143 12/10/2011 10:48:00 AM

    I think the sad part for these women is when they reach there forties and fifties. Most available men in that age group will be after the twenties and thirties women so there will be an even smaller pool of available men.

  • Kingofnyct 12/05/2011 6:37:00 AM

    guys only have one filter: slut and non slut. If we like you and respect you, more than the other girls and you're not a slut, you're a keeper. It's that simple. That's about as far as male thinking goes

  • Kingofnyct 12/05/2011 6:27:00 AM

    all my happily married guy friends are with women from out of state. Pretty interesting!

  • Kingofnyct 12/05/2011 6:25:00 AM

    this article is really funny. The first paragrpah talks about how many men she has slept with and had relationships with and then wonders why she is single. Any self respecting quality guy would never give this girl a chance. Nyc women are sluts and no eligible guy would marry one this is the real reason these women are single. They are narcissistic and no one respects them. Ladies close your legs and get over yourselves you really are nothing special. Furthermore most of you are successful not because you are worth anything it's because the boss hires good looking women

  • 12/03/2011 4:40:00 PM

    I prefer those out of town white girls who flock to nyc for work, they have there head on there shoulders compared to native born nyc women who have constant baby father drama. I don't mind dating or having protected sex with a nyc woman however I don't wanna be in a relationship with a nyc woman. To many single mother women here in nyc and that takes out a lot of fun and privacy in building a relationship. Also to many nyc women are caught in materialism and independent women mantra. A lot of women here are picky, they may want a cute guy who is a closet gay or a guy that's a hedge funder and sees other women on the side its real sad. It looks like I'm gonna have to move to the Midwest or the west coast to start a family. Thank goodness at my age that I don't have a child with a nyc woman because like most women here in nyc they will send you to court for chid support.

  • Heartbroken and Sad, NYC 12/02/2011 1:08:00 PM

    ..........Is this for older people? What about early-mid 20s? I find it hard to have a relationship, but I'm just picky...I had one relationship and thought I'd marry him, we talked about it, but he was ten years older...turns out he is a commitment phobe just like the rest...or maybe it was me. Then again, what did I expect from a guy dating someone so much younger? That'd I'd be so charming and smart and young and pretty enough to be his last conquest? I think he thought for a few months I would be...but then he grew bored or it just got too hard or...who the heck knows. I feel so done. I know one relationship is nothing, but I feel too scared to try again. I've always been careful about men and only dating the ones I'm crazy about. I don't want to settle but I don't want to be alone...how come it's okay for men to end up alone?

  • 11/29/2011 5:15:00 AM

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  • 11/28/2011 4:06:00 AM

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  • 11/21/2011 3:25:00 PM

    Boy am I sorry that I missed *this* reply ... server replication, issues, perhaps? Regardless: WELL DONE! I actually sat up in my chair and uttered the word "Woah!" Congratulations! You validated my initial impression of you (based on your reply - perhaps thumbed on a BB or some other cellphone-typed gadget?) *and* showed it to be incorrect simply by fixing your "bad spelling and grammar." Is it possible that you might agree with me that it has a detrimental affect on how seriously people take you/your words/opinion(s), etc? So don't DO that anymore. People are calling you names when you do - really. NOW: to "the article." Point/Counter-point? That's not how I see it. From what I remember of the article (which isn't much at this point; your magical change in spelling-capability is MUCH more interesting). She's just "wrong in my book." And I'll enjoy 'arguing' with anyone who disagrees with me. :o) I don't have to explain why, she just *is* and so are they. I can even sound *more* arrogant: I know, without taking a poll or even ASKING anyone that there are countless others who agree with me. It's a generational thing, it's a geographical thing, it's a 'based on my experience thing' and best of all: it's my *right* to be that way. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) I decided to REPLY in this freakin' forum and you replied (with crappy spelling, blah blah blah ...). But I'm okay w/that! RE: the article (what was it about again?): I'm poking fun at the writer because of your choice (C). I understand her view(s), I just don't feel like thinking about all the reasons she's wrong because I could be doing so many more enjoyable things like looking for other people's comments and replies to comments to pick on and mock. RE: people (like you *used* to be) who can't spell or use grammar appropriately: (notice I didn't say 'correctly') I'm pretty sure that I don't mock people who can't spell or who unintentionally hack up English grammar a bit worse than "using a preposition to end a sentence with which I shall not put" -- so I'll go with choice (C) there, too. THANKS AGAIN! P.S. My "opening term of endearment:" I use "dear" in its spoken form, too. And I'm occasionally spoken to by women who find it offensive. Sorry. I don't intend anything offensive or chauvenistic there ... I think it sounds nice. So, do you think I choose to live in another country other than the U.S. means I feel inferior to somone or something or maybe because I'm running from someone or something?

  • 11/21/2011 9:18:00 AM

    To support and defend "proper spelling and usage of good grammar" is a valid endeavor in any language and in any country or locale w/their own language. By pointing out your mistakes I am using a version of "The Thumper Rule" which states: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." Otherwise, my opinion would often be, as in your case, very hurtful and rude. I'm sure you feel there is something about this article that is worth discussing. I do not. I no longer *care* about the article and, as a matter of face, I don't remember what it was ABOUT any longer. If I may, though: "My opinion" is that you should pay attention to your spelling, etc. You are one of those folks who comments A LOT ... OFTEN ... FREQUENTLY ... a frustrated editorialist or politician,maybe? We (your readers) can't tell that you are simply indifferent to punctuation, proper spelling and correct grammar nor do we realize that your great intellect is greater than the need to be able to clearly express it. Unfortunately, your indifference makes you out to be "ig'nant 'n' disedjumacated." People can't take you seriously and I - specifically - have fun poking at crappy spelling -- and stuff. Peace out, yo! :o)

  • Emacz 11/20/2011 8:47:00 PM

    In life, YOU either have the things you want, or the reasons you do not. I have a good deal of respect for the author of this article because it holds women accountable the the 'reasons you do not' part. All in all, it is a very simple concept and this article points out very valid issues. Stop believing "everything happens for a reason". My own improvement on this quote is that "Everything happen, and then it's up to us to give it a reason." Woman, what you say you want out of life is emphatically contradicted by how you go about doing it. I can't decide wether you actually think your methods are proficient, or you are just to stubborn to admit they are not.

  • Emacz 11/20/2011 7:57:00 PM

    Every idiot with nothing valuable to say about a reply simply points out grammatical error. Which by the way if we are playing that game, I have been operating under the impression that: Sorry. is a fragment lol. UR DUM, wen u form a valid opinion and hav a reasonable point to argue, then respond;: until then leeve my speling alon ;)

  • Emacz 11/20/2011 7:51:00 PM

    LOL. Again, this is such a common response for people who truly have no ability to form a cogent response. In both your original post and your response to my post, you do very little, if any debating. You meerly attempt to paint a picture of someone who is not qualified to have the opinion you disagree with. This tactic is typically employed by political candidates of the weaker side in order to discredit someone without ever actually refuting a point. Furthermore, If you disagree with the idea that a person mocks what they desire subconciously as a defense mechanism, you are either a sociopath, or live underneath a rock somewhere. There are three reasons a person mocks something: (A) they do not understand it (B) they envy it (C) they genuinely disagree. So until you provide a valid counter-point, dismiss me all you want, but your decorated personal descriptions just highlight the fact that you have nothing valuable to say in response to this article. P.S. Opening with a term fo endearment, "Dear" is a transparent way of establishing the upper-hand, something only someone who feels inferior does.

  • 11/18/2011 10:13:00 AM

    the united states is a hell for men; it is the ultimate gynocracy. Children and men, in that order, are after-thoughts compared to the wants of a (white) woman.

  • 11/18/2011 9:59:00 AM

    do men even care anymore what these women want? It's not worth it to marry a caucasian female in New York or in most american cities; maybe it never was. Now, men - who have been excreted upon by this culture for several decades courtesy gender feminism - are realizing that white north american females constitute only a tiny percentage of the global population of women; there are so many attractive women out there from all over the world who will actually treat you like a human being, so why put up with the belching ford when you can get a sleek, resplendent toyota? Indeed, why put up with all the malodorous stuff that women in this culture shove at you? Men in our culture see what happens to other men in custody battles; they see good men falsely accused of sexual harassment in the workplace; they see and read about instances of paternity fraud (justin bieber, say hello); and they endure a popular culture that ridicules and disparages men and treats them as if they were/are witless nullities. Go to a university campus in New York and you will hear all about how malignant "evil white men" are and how all young men are skulking sexual predators; we have feminist studies departments devoted to nothing else. And then, after all that, women want to know why men don't want them? Men have made a decision that they would rather be happy than to simply do what you want them to do so that YOU - and no one else (not the kids, certainly not the spouse) - will be happy; in short, men have decided that they would rather live their lives with contentment rather than give away those years trying to keep up with your every childish caprice. bye, bye ladies: you've bitched and moaned and connived and deceived and manipulated your way right out of the marketplace.

  • 11/15/2011 9:23:00 AM

    Dude, I read this comment of yours right after you posted it ... I'm *STILL* laughing. Priceless. :o)

  • 11/15/2011 9:21:00 AM

    EUROPE is where I suggest anyone go if you're looking for anything. :o) If anyone is pretentious, they are in the minority. It ain't Sodom and Gomorra (sp?), but it *is* a place that has been around for a few thousand years more than NYC has, and is therefore a bit more ... how might you say: 'je ne sais quoi?" OR! If you can't get to Europe, hang out at the international arrivals terminal at the airport and stalk anyone you want while they visit your city. :o) ... just sayin.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/15/2011 6:35:00 AM

    Yeah, NY is a tough market for EVERy area of life. No matter what it is, if it's hard everywhere else, it's 2 or 3 times more complicated in ol' NYC. I tell my female friends to search in other states for long term relationships. Not because there are no good men in NYC. Of course there are. But we outnumber men - advantage to guys. And there are just many more young, slender women here. Then the definition of 'good' anything is just more intense here. At the same time, what you really mean is: HOT women were ignoring you and you were too good for anything other. Plenty of us who are overweight, ethnic, plain, are more than open to guys who look brazilian. Your 'genuineness' is not to blame. Your filter was on high but you complain that theirs was too high.

  • 11/15/2011 12:05:00 AM

    Lived in NYC 12 years. Out of those 12 years I never knew any women there. My life in New York City was horrible. I tried to talk to women but as always I was ignored. It always came down to $$/Job and my nationality/ethnicity. Once downtown a girl talked to me her first question was, "are you Brazilian". My answer was no but before I could fill her in on my background she turned her back to me and walked away and talked to a white guy. That pretty much sums up my nyc dating experience. So when I read articles such as this one I am confused as to how there can be so many 'single woman' in new York when no one would give me the time of day. No one wanted to know me or anything about me. It's the worse feeling in the world to be rejected without a chance. Rejected based on nothing or the superficial. But that is how it goes. I am 36 years of age, unmarried and single. I haven't had a true gf since 2007. Sadly I am often judged. Just like the girl downtown did to me. Always assumptions and judgments before I can open my mouth. So these days I am working hard on my departure from the usa. This country has no room for high functioning men. I guess in most women's eyes we are just creepy losers to be rejected. 20+ years I get the message. I have always had bad luck with women in this place. I don't understand articles like this one. From my perspective nyc women don't want any 'good' men. Though I do blame myself, not them. having the courage to be yourself as a man is hard work. Not living life in the mold others have set for you nor speaking to women using lines. I never used lines and I never tried to be anything other than who I am. But in this country that is a crime and I am to blame for being genuine. The liars, cheaters, users and deadbeats are the men who get women. They can make a million mistakes and always be excused. Look at Jesse James!

  • 11/14/2011 6:00:00 AM

    Sorry. I would be remiss if I did not point out (since she cannot speak for herself) that Cinderella spelled her name differently than you spell it. Damn; You - 0, Cinderella -1.

  • 11/14/2011 5:58:00 AM

    I didn't dismiss this article, dear. Had I dismissed it, I would not have commented as often as I did. I *am,* however, dismissing you. But I thought I'd have the courtesy to let you know (otherwise I'd have ignored your skewed little peabrain, as well). ONE NOTE: "We mock what we desire subconciously?" ... please. Do not speak (or write) about that which you do not know. Congratulations on your adequate spelling and sentence structure, however! That's refreshing.

  • 11/12/2011 6:10:00 AM

    Did you try black guys??

  • Maxxedout12 11/12/2011 3:16:00 AM

    Inferiority complex: 1 This article: 0 Like most people who make flawed arguments about something they disagree with, your dismissal of this article speaks volumes about you. You offered absolutely no rebutal except a personal attack on what is obviously a fabricated stereotype of someone you could imagine writing this. This is easily the most comprehensive and articulate depiction of modern feminine delusion. If you really disagreed you would have indicated some specific areas you disagree with, or issued a point rebutting this completely, but you did neither. I am actually willing to bet you have no apposing argument, and that because you can not stand to agree and/or admit when something is done in a fashion better then you could have done yourself, you degrade it. It's like calling the tall person a freak or the skinny person anorexic, we mock what we desire subconciously so that we can live without it. So I reiterate, your inferiority complex: 0 this article 1

  • Maxxus1234 11/12/2011 3:03:00 AM

    You may have missed 8th grade english, but the thesis of a story is not always the opener, and the 'point' is not always the closer. Since you probably read page 1.. Skipped ..5, or at least read alarmingly fast because your attention span is little, you missed the entire point of the article. This is by far the most cojent and reasonable depiction of the modern cindarella complex I have ever read.

  • 11/09/2011 3:31:00 AM

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  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 4:26:00 PM

    James isn't protecting anyone's honor. He's just calling the lopsided non-logic as he sees it. ALL women are whores and sluts? By nature? Nature thrives on variety - The law of averages is part of what keeps us alive as a species. Are we to believe you're some kind of expert on all kinds of women - even when they're not part of your culture? Not part of your age group or race? The kind of women darktruth describes exist - but not in the numbers he says they do. And no, I don't have to slam women with multiple partners to gain credibility as not living that life myself.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 4:19:00 PM

    The key words here "Once I realized what US women were really like". Really? This chick who wrote this author represents the totality of American womanhood? I don't mean the height - the totatlity. So if someone dates in their age range - in ALL of the US a woman who is kind and down to earth CAN'T be found? Right.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:56:00 PM

    Thank you, Guest - Thank you that someone finally said that!

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:55:00 PM

    Oh, he's got a point there. Lots of women are attracted to power. Since childhood i was always attracted to really smart guys - which is a form of power. I still don't trust my own judgement there because even when they're cruel - I'm still attracted to smart guys. But then, that's who my father was so, it's probably very primal. I run at the first mean word if a guy says it too well, cause I know my own history. I'm not surprised at how attracted young women can be to men who are rich - my family comes from a 3rd world country. I didn't grow up there but I sense how the fear of poverty can influence several generations. I was always a little leery of the power fame had over my friends growing up. But I felt it had the potention for powerful social change too. Still, when I see men of all races hotfooting it over to young, slender, pale women I have zero sympathy for those who express bile at women for hotfooting over to ...well, whatever it is THEY're attracted to. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:46:00 PM

    Ahhhh, now I finally understand. Only a woman who chooses you or someone who looks like you is a TRUE woman. If these women are skanks, with no taste, and you look better than most of them - why all your concern over who they choose to mate with? Sounds like you don't respect them, like them and have zero attraction to them - so why are you here e-dumping all over them?

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:40:00 PM

    They choose to spend it "disproportionately"??? Do young hot women have an obligation to "spread themselves around" more "fairly"? WOW. I visited the Taj Mahal. I was struck but the beauty of that timeless story. The most powerful man in the land was so enamored of his youngest bride - the 16 yr old - that he built her a marvelous tomb upon her death. The other - yes, older - wives were buried outside. But you're right darktruth - we women are the ones who started that sh*. (eye roll)

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:28:00 PM

    Wow, and all your cronies joined right in and congratulated you! So it's ok for you to continually seek out women who are smart and attractive and have several options ...and the proper response is for you to chastise those women, verbally abuse them and it seems like men here are also trying to browbeat those women into conversion! But for women the proper response is - "Hey, woman, Turn away from the jocks, turn away from the highpowered, high earning guys" and "hey take a look at me! I"M a NICE guy. I"M GOOD ENOUGH for you. But if you don't, f** you and it's your fault you're not happy, and you deserve the abuse you get. You're a slut, you have no morals and you will never have a family." Here's the vice versa to men: "You know what, I'm not a model but I'm a nice woman and if YOU MEN would stay away from the crazy, self entitled, gold digger chicks, because you're too busy focusing on young, hot bodies and pretty faces - you would find a NICE girl." YOu guys allow yourselves to use words like fat and fuglies whe referring to women you wouldn't date - but complain when you hear women use terms like 'scrubs'. Do you really feel that women launched the first offensive? I haven't seen ONE single guy here mention the mutuality of this situation. Chica may be looking for Donald Trump - but so is Dude looking for Victoria Secret models. The ones who beg to differ and say they "like meat on bones" will nevertheless call Beyonce fat.

  • Learning from Zippo 11/03/2011 3:11:00 PM

    The world is made up of men ...and vaginas. ok! :)

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:10:00 PM

    So, for men it's a tough scene because women make it difficult. But if it's a tough scene for women - it's because women create their own problems? I see - got it.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:08:00 PM

    For every woman who "just wants a 6 or 7 figure income", there aer men who "just wants a hot bod" to show off like a trophy. I knew a guy who told me straight up - he chased this gorgeous chick for YEARs and when she finally agreed to live with him, she treated him bad as bad can be. But he stayed because of how he felt when he showed up somewhere with her by his side! When I was younger, I used to see it firsthand. I had female friends who were BEAUtiful. And they would say things to guys that I wouldn't say to a dog that had peed on my carpet. But all he did was laugh. He was a p* you some of you might say? I don't know. Maybe I am oversensitive - but I sure speak to and treat others as I prefer to be spoken to and treated. And I STILL don't get half the deference and respect that a pretty woman does.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 3:01:00 PM

    Wow, really? In a world and city where women outnumber men? What's the gauge for "what they deserve"?

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 2:59:00 PM

    THank you, Hannah Exactly. HE can filter - SHE's too picky.

  • Hydrabadchik 11/03/2011 2:34:00 PM

    "Women" are too picky?? Translation - the narrow set of women that fit the criteria that YOU bother too approach have an EQUAlly narrow set of critieria. Are you even looking at women over 35? Women who are not slender? And it's not that I think you have to - It's just that if you have a set of criteria why can't she? Are you sure you're not too picky?

  • 11/03/2011 10:47:00 AM

    Nah, you can read other articles of hers ... if you read more than 3 you will realize that the young lady has "an issue." Unfortunately, as many seem to have forgotten: "When it's printed in black and white, more people have a greater tendency to believe it." If she were an office worker somewhere yappin' in the lunch room or over the cubicle wall to her fellow sadsack at the next desk, she'd be ignored ... You *know* people like her, but just can't think of them because they're 'wallflowers' who only THINK this stuff; intelligent and observant but socially untrained or somehow defective. BUT! This misfit can string words together better than your average loser can ... so she gets printed. What's THAT tell ya 'bout t'day's world?! Eh ...as my grandpa said (and I'm sure someone else did before him): "It takes all kinds t'make the world go 'round." And they all deserve their space ... and a bajillion comments from people like you and me! :o)

  • 11/03/2011 10:40:00 AM

    I wonder if the primary motive of this post is advertising to office-mates and new beaus that I'm available and as a bonus, easy.

  • 10/31/2011 12:56:00 PM

    SO right, Sfedida ... We can be pretty sure "Peter" doesn't have one ... Okay! Who goes first?! Alright! ME: " ... brush up against attractive women and not take the hint ... "

  • fionaFox777 10/30/2011 5:11:00 PM

    This writer rambles on and on (for many painful pages) about her own personal dating dilemmas in New York City and the general plight of single women looking for stable relationships; at the end of all this rambling, she has no point to make. I say if something isn't working for you, change it. Ladies, it's time to leave that glitzy, fluffed up, glamazon-ville called New York City. And get a life. It worked for me.

  • Sfedida 10/29/2011 10:45:00 PM

    Peter if that is your name ...you are a women ...because a man would never say this to a man ....so get a life lady .....

  • Hydrabadchik 10/19/2011 6:45:00 PM

    I will admit to having made some mistakes. I dated a few people. I thought we had a mutual commitment. Never had one night, or one week stands but in my view, yes, I gave away the cow for free. My fault. They weren't high powered anything so I'm not one of those that was 'chucking perfectly nice guys who had the wrong zip code, job title, salary, etc, etc." I hate it when women like this author claim that "most of us are like" her! No, we're not - Many of us don't have the option of tossing guys away. It IS true that I put my job/career - such as that is- first. I always felt I HAD to bring some level of financial/career success to the table. If I was flagging at work, I figured I had no BUSiness devoting time to relationships. Today I figure that was my mistake - but I don't see how I could have achieved balance. Hindsight isn't giving me 20/20 there. If you're going to claim to own your errors - be for real and actually do it. Don't pretend your behavior is majority so you can blend in with some fictitious crowd. I'm sure there are many young women who can dismiss adequate candidates a-la-female-George-Costanza but nope, that's not what MOST of us are doing.

  • 10/09/2011 10:00:00 AM

    Truly excellent article - and applicable to modern women anywhere, not just NYC. Yes, I love the temperament of the modern women. Cheers Lucy.

  • Cintijack 10/05/2011 3:29:00 AM

    must be heterosexual men. When your goals are to have sex with someone who doesn't enjoy sex (i.e. most women) and to have a sexual partner that is good in bed without having a lot of experience (i.e. the Madonna/whore complex); you get single digit numbers like those above and the idiocy expressed by most of guys in here.

  • Fresco 09/14/2011 5:06:00 AM

    Women in NYC are way too picky! It's almost as if they are looking for something wrong in every potential mate. Men tend to focus on what they like in the women they connect with. Contrarily, most women overthink & find the most minute & absurd reasons to cut men loose. Hence, men in the Big Apple(like myself) really don't have much of a choice! So, we tend to keep the wheels moving while looking for emotionally unattached women for cheap thrills. Can anyone blame us??? Are we supposed to lay down & not have a sex life??? Heck NO!!! I'm gonna get mine while I still can! Most attractive/eligible/single men really don't have a choice! We're not going to waste our precious time on standoffish, snobby, unapproachable women. Women need to give good men the time of day or just fall into the "who did I sleep with this weekend?" club & continue to be bitter. That's the truth from a genuine womanizer. Good luck ladies! Try to be happier, nicer, more open-minded & you won't regret it! Peace

  • 09/09/2011 11:36:00 AM

    I don't get what you're saying -- for men to want something better is understandable because it's attainable, but for women it means we're messed up? Puhleeze!

  • jack 09/05/2011 3:09:00 PM

    And make no mistake ladies, your peak is in your early 20's. For men, we are usually broke, immature and/or focused on not being broke and building a foundation to a life that really takes off for us when we hit our early 30's. Women can use the allure and beaty of their youth to attract men for sex and fun, or they can use it to attract a great guy to build a family with. Its not a confusing concept, its really very plain and simple. My girlfriends facebook is a real laugh for me. Most of her friends who were "having fun" and sleeping with lots of desirable guys in college and into their 20's, have now settled with these guys that they would never have given the time of day in the past. On the other hand, her friends that shacked up early in life, maybe didnt have all that "fun" but the majority are with guys that are both good looking and virtuous. Face it, commitment free sex for single men has completely changed the dynamic in the mating-dating game. When I have unemployed 30somehtign year old friends living in Bushwick with 4 other dides, and they are sleeping/dating multiple women at a time (professional, educated women), then I think that pretty much sums it up. When women demand honesty, respect, virtue and chivalry in NYC, then that is what you will get out of men. But when sex is as easy as putting on the charm, having a gift of the gab, maybe some tatoos and nice biceps....then well....this is what you get out of men.

  • jack 09/05/2011 2:52:00 PM

    Is the answer to this question really difficult? The answer is front and center more pparent than ever, but the so-called "modern" see red when they hear it and simply wont acknowledge it. You ready.....drum roll.......SEX. Or to be more specific...the easy access to commitment free sex that the "modern" women has blesses the super single man with. The sex positive femminists simply did not even consider mens natural and probable response to a society filled with easy commmitment free sex. we still have our careers, we still have our charm, strenght and confidence. But now, we also have access to sex without a relationship. So, what did you expect? When the time is right, usually when men peak in their mid tolate 30's, we settle down with a nice family girl after "dating" (female euphomism for sex) all of the fun "modern" chicks until we tire of it.

  • 08/30/2011 8:53:00 PM

    Truly excellent article - and applicable to modern women anywhere, not just NYC. This is why I don't dislike most of my exes. It may not have worked out, but I learned or experienced something awesome from each of them. Great writing!

  • GoRetroGal 08/10/2011 2:23:00 PM

    What a bunch of LOSERS the author CHOSE to date...geez, do you feel proud of that kind of relationship history? I've been single for many years precisely because I would never give any of those immature toolbags the time of day. Jen Doll, maybe try enjoying yourself as a person outside of a relationship and focus on attracting a decent guy who isn't a drunk, druggie, or social misfit???

  • 08/06/2011 10:55:00 PM

    I agree with everything except that part about New York men not being awful. I'm sorry: they are. But I did find a guy in NY (not a native, he just happened to be here), and a very good one at that. Not rich, not young, not perfect, just perfectly compatible with me. I was actually very happy to be alone at the age of 37, totally comfortable with the idea of the occasional lover, but into my life he walked, and now we are happily unmarried and living in sin with a dog that looks a little like each of us (he already had grown kids, and I never wanted to have any of my own). The only reason we'd have to get married would be, as in the article, if one of us gets some really amazing health insurance to share. Which, in this day and age, is highly unlikely!

  • Craigt 08/02/2011 9:48:00 AM

    NYC women are generally shallow and want more then the deserve. The biggest joke us their biologically incapable of having kids after their late 30,s yet their so dillusional that they still maintain their high standards and believe they will have a family

  • 08/01/2011 11:35:00 PM

    Maybe you guys are single because you do things like pick on women you don't know through the anonymity of the internet. Hmm...

  • Shannondrumm 06/15/2011 7:19:00 PM

    The consummation of what is marriage is the connection of the spirit as it moves beyond I to what is We as from this day forward both enter into the union of love. If you truly desire what is love then you must let go of the fear of becoming we. There is no “I” in love! The true feeling of love is: When two spirits/souls are in love and they join together it is a magical feeling like no other as you become one and your desires are to please beyond self as you move in a union beyond individuality. Each time we have intercourse with someone we connect on a spiritual level and either through this act we create positive energy that is love or we loose energy as it is taken from us. A word of the wise, be careful as to who you choose to connect with as there are a great deal of vampires/parasites/soul catchers in man and women form (vampires/parasites/soul catchers is a label given to all the children conceived from the act of sex not the act of love) walking this planet that will take a piece of your spirit leaving you feeling lonely and empty, as to enhance there egos as they leave you feeling unwanted because they have toss you aside. If you keep giving yourself to the catchers over time you will become nothing but a hollow shell in a human form feeding on the spirits of others as they have done you. In today’s world intercourse seems to be seen as a game but what I fail to understand is: Who is the winner in this game? If you do not want to belong to this man you choose to engage in intercourse with and he does not want to care for you then women I ask: Way are you engaging at all? Women if you want to satisfied your body as you wait for your soul/spirit that is what tools/toys are for as men want well exercised women that know how to emotionally and physically satisfy themselves not well used women and men always try. Men are hunter gathers. Women are care give natures. This is a reality that will never change yet who is taking care of the children that are the out come of this new free sex game? Shannon creator for globalmagik.com

  • Guest 05/05/2011 10:17:00 PM

    I agree with you - and I'm a woman who really wants to find her other half....but it's not NYC. I've lived in a few other cities (try Miami!) and truthfuly it's the women that are more different here than the men. It's tough to date anywhere, but the women are tougher in New York.

  • NYC-Baby! 04/03/2011 7:26:00 AM

    Yes, not like those men I'm surrounded by here in the Midwest buying too much house, midlife crisis Ferraris, gold watches, and hundred-dollar-a-plate dinners. Conspicuous consumption is solely the enclave of women in their early 20s who watched Sex in the City! Duh! At least you guys can profit from the constant spotlight on your city. Kramer Reality Tour, anyone? People come to Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh to laugh at the ruins, and watch mulleted yokels in the wild, but not much else.

  • NYC-Baby! 04/03/2011 7:11:00 AM

    .My fiancee and I are getting married and coming to New York. We are thankful every day that we're both unconcerned with gender roles, uninterested in children, and bisexual (genuinely so, not for show in bars – we had a transgender girlfriend last summer and many relationships with our own gender), so we don't have to deal with the fucked-up head-trip gender role angst certain heterosexuals grapple with when dating on a daily basis. I'm looking forward to getting negged at bars and he's looking forward to being sized up by women as they have breakdowns over whether they need that "cool bisexual coworker who can introduce them to Wolf Parade" notch on their belts – or not. We'll come home and trade notes and laugh like hell at the lot of you. Some personalities we hope to find: -Women who want to turn their life into Sex in the City. "I'm a Samantha!" -Angry men who've turned to the Pick-Up Artist for answers. -Men who lecture us about the low, repulsive morals of women who sleep with "just anyone." -Women who tell us how they're much more chaste than their more-experienced sisters. -Men and women who tell us in doleful tones how much better life was before feminism. -The NICE GUYS who are secretly angry, vengeful losers and act with an agenda. -Each of the above, but with the twist that we're gross and disgusting, a testament to all that is wrong in America, and vectors of HIV. Can't wait!

  • 04/01/2011 10:05:00 PM

    Exactly. Plus these women that he *thinks* in his own brain he's getting revenge on aren't the same ones who rejected him despite that he thinks they are...all he's really doing is hurting the weak like he was hurt for being weak. And this the bullies go on bullying and the weak continue to be trampled on...such is life

 

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