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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/style/modern-love-men-where-have-you-gone-please-come-back.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Wonder what posters here think of this and if things are equal in dc or no?

I would be curious if the author, in addition to her anecdotes, talked to 24, 34 and 44, and 64 year olds. 
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Moms and Dads: Please teach your sons to flirt! (in a non creepy way of course). I've just been realizing talking to teen dds and their friends. Boys will approach girls these days, but sort of out of nowhere. Like, the girls never thought of them in that way and suddenly he'll ask her out. And it's not that she dislikes the boy, but she just never thought of him like that before. There doesn't seem to be as much innocent flirtation going on. Which is what gets a girl to have a crush on you, which is usually what she needs in order to say yes to her.

I say this because I feel like a lot of these boys put themselves out there to ask a girl out, get turned down, and give up. Not realizing that the whole thing is a dance, they have to plant some seeds first![/quote]

I agree but this is a cultural thing lost on Americans. I'm not so sure you can really each flirting. You are also dealing with women in the US who don't flirt and generally aren't very receptive to guys chatting them up. I will say that it it's very entertaining to see guys in Brazil and Colombia flirt with those chimbitas. It's like a sport  :lol: [/quote]

I think women's preferences and behavior has changed too here, and men are figuring it out. I feel like there was more mixing of groups, people approaching and chatting at bars, etc. that was generally welcome/cute even if it didn't click and lead anywhere. Like, you'd have to your girlfriends about the guy and the thing that happened after. Now a lot of that has been labeled "creepy" and less confident guys are not going to try.[/quote]

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