Do boys not ask girls out as much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a dd who is 17 and she is a great kid. She is very pretty, she is in several clubs, sports...and she has never been asked to a dance. She is debating not going to prom because she won't have a date (she's always gone to dances with a group of friends before). So do boys not ask girls out unless they are already dating?

Boys are very reluctant because they fear being rejected and mocked in today’s social media world.

I tell you what, the confident guy that is willing to take a chance and ask out some girls can really rake in this climate.

[Anonymous]

My son has liked a few girls over the years but he has zero interest in going to a dance and therefore will not ask a girl to one. He has had many girls over the years initiate dating (or whatever it’s called these days) and he has often appreciated the girl making the first move. I think it’s important for girls to realize that they don’t have to be completely passive if they like someone. I agree about the pressure to do fancy proposals discouraging boys from asking girls to dances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a dd who is 17 and she is a great kid. She is very pretty, she is in several clubs, sports...and she has never been asked to a dance. She is debating not going to prom because she won't have a date (she's always gone to dances with a group of friends before). So do boys not ask girls out unless they are already dating?

Boys are very reluctant because they fear being rejected and mocked in today’s social media world.

I tell you what, the confident guy that is willing to take a chance and ask out some girls can really rake in this climate.

+1 But hasn't that always been the case.

[Anonymous]

they do not! My son is a freshman in college and has been dating his HS GF since the end of his senior year. She’s a lovely girl and has a lot going for her. She says she has to practically clobber him over the head to get him on a date. She was the aggressor.

I have no idea what is wrong with these boys and why they are so scared of girls. She said a ton of girls liked him in high school, but she described him as an enigma. He had absolutely no clue and I mean none that anyone could possibly be interested in him.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, why would any teen boy in America in 2024 risk asking a girl out? They have made it such that’s it’s just not worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they do not! My son is a freshman in college and has been dating his HS GF since the end of his senior year. She’s a lovely girl and has a lot going for her. She says she has to practically clobber him over the head to get him on a date. She was the aggressor.

I have no idea what is wrong with these boys and why they are so scared of girls. She said a ton of girls liked him in high school, but she described him as an enigma. He had absolutely no clue and I mean none that anyone could possibly be interested in him.

They are not “scared of girls.” They are scared of false accusations of lack of consent or even accusations of date.-rape.

Why bother?

[Anonymous]

If a boy were to “ask a girl out,” there is an enormous chance it’s going to be put on Social
Media.

Then the whole school knows.

No teen boy would risk that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a dd who is 17 and she is a great kid. She is very pretty, she is in several clubs, sports...and she has never been asked to a dance. She is debating not going to prom because she won't have a date (she's always gone to dances with a group of friends before). So do boys not ask girls out unless they are already dating?

Boys are very reluctant because they fear being rejected and mocked in today’s social media world.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they do not! My son is a freshman in college and has been dating his HS GF since the end of his senior year. She’s a lovely girl and has a lot going for her. She says she has to practically clobber him over the head to get him on a date. She was the aggressor.

I have no idea what is wrong with these boys and why they are so scared of girls. She said a ton of girls liked him in high school, but she described him as an enigma. He had absolutely no clue and I mean none that anyone could possibly be interested in him.

Umm the internet and screens to stare at 24/7 instead. A bunch of introvert perverted boys looking up porn and using their hand. No need to socialize and get to know girls.

And the ones that do either get into a long term commitment because they are too lazy to care or become players

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they do not! My son is a freshman in college and has been dating his HS GF since the end of his senior year. She’s a lovely girl and has a lot going for her. She says she has to practically clobber him over the head to get him on a date. She was the aggressor.

I have no idea what is wrong with these boys and why they are so scared of girls. She said a ton of girls liked him in high school, but she described him as an enigma. He had absolutely no clue and I mean none that anyone could possibly be interested in him.

They are not “scared of girls.” They are scared of false accusations of lack of consent or even accusations of date.-rape.

Why bother?

Okay #boymom

Look up percentages of false accusations vs the actual assaults

I think woman still need to be scared.

You are a CLOWN

[Anonymous]

Social media = teens are under a microscope. Constantly.

Every second of every day.

What they wear, what they dare to say out loud, what they post: all of it can and will be “shared” all over school” - potentially forever. The phone-camera is always there and is always watching.

Why would any teen boy risk the humiliation?

[Anonymous]

My teen boy said to me: "I want to be the damsel. Girls should ask me out!"

I thought this was really funny.

[Anonymous]

Who cares?
They are a different generation, stop trying to put our generation's life on them.
Your girl can be a whole happy person as a teen without a boyfriend.

Clearly the way our generation did dating eventually led to 50% divorce rate and many % of those who stay married are unhappy. Maybe our kids' generation can do it better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares?
They are a different generation, stop trying to put our generation's life on them.
Your girl can be a whole happy person as a teen without a boyfriend.

Clearly the way our generation did dating eventually led to 50% divorce rate and many % of those who stay married are unhappy. Maybe our kids' generation can do it better!

This. I'm learning of how important this is. They really are a different generation and we shouldn't be expecting our kids to date the way we did when we were teens in the 80s or 90s. We need to let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares?
They are a different generation, stop trying to put our generation's life on them.
Your girl can be a whole happy person as a teen without a boyfriend.

Clearly the way our generation did dating eventually led to 50% divorce rate and many % of those who stay married are unhappy. Maybe our kids' generation can do it better!

Why should people interact at all ?

This planet already has TOO MANY PEOPLE.