Is socialization the key to have a romantic relationship?

[Theprofessional]

@Basman Easier said than done. Depending on where you live, this can be almost impossible.

I’m in the PNW and pretty much all Gen Z women here have truly the absolute worst vibes I’ve ever seen. This cannot be understated. Out in public, even at bars and cafes, I strictly only interact with men, or much older women, because both those groups actually aren’t guarded and they talk to me like I’m a person.

Whenever I accidentally so much as make eye contact with a Gen Z woman (believe me, I would never do it on purpose) I almost always find they have a genuinely sinister glare they’re directing at me, like they’re communicating that they want to violently hurt me. It’s bizarre and a little frightening.

I don’t know what this came from - maybe too much social media, maybe watching too much true crime or reading about male violence statistics for years - but whatever the case, why the hell would I want to talk to someone like that? I don’t, and I never will. I don’t even get that vibe from the craziest homeless people I’ve encountered in parks.

[Peo]

15 hours ago, Theprofessional said:

Whenever I accidentally so much as make eye contact with a Gen Z woman (believe me, I would never do it on purpose) I almost always find they have a genuinely sinister glare they’re directing at me, like they’re communicating that they want to violently hurt me. It’s bizarre and a little frightening.

It is all in your head. How do you know they want to violently hurt you? Have you asked them? Can you read their mind?

Also don't oversimplified, like all Gen Z women are the same. Just like not all men are the same.

[Theprofessional]

@Peo It’s not all of course, I’m not even generalizing though it’s the vast vast majority. I’ve read about “RBF” before but it’s like that X5 here. In my experience, you basically can’t have a platonic interaction with a Zoomer woman around here. It strictly falls in either of these 2 categories:

1. You attempt some innocent banter. She ignores it and signals for you to get lost, so you do that promptly. 70%

2. You attempt some innocent banter. She responds way, way too intensely and latches onto the interaction in a way that makes you uncomfortable, basically launching into flirting and skipping the platonic conversation, so you walk away. 30%

It’s sad, it’s like the vast majority seem to hate men and openly resent men even talking to them. And then the small portion who DON’T hate men are so attention starved here that they literally physically light up when you talk to them, as if this normal human interaction completely caught them off guard.

[Peo]

20 hours ago, Theprofessional said:

You attempt some innocent banter. She responds way, way too intensely and latches onto the interaction in a way that makes you uncomfortable, basically launching into flirting and skipping the platonic conversation, so you walk away.

Thats great. Hate platonic conversation. Less talking is always great.