In a previous piece we discussed and identified a number of reasons why women , especially pretty girls and good girls are single. Now in that post we went through many different reasons why women are sometimes unnecessarily single, especially when they want to be in a relationship. It was a general overview and a few very good reasons, and it sparked a lot of conversations and debate when I was out in the street, so I plan to go in further detail about each of the reasons in post to come. Mainly its about choices and the way women make choices that keep them single. But, lets review.
There are a number of reasons why women are single unnecessarily, some obvious, some not so much. Some very big ones, women are single but not emotionally available, they’re too picky (standards/types), lets not ignore the numbers and ratios of women to men, women being unwilling to compete, women being selfish, and women being unwilling to approach men. Now, I’ll touch each one of these in detail later, but at the top of that list if not #1 its at least 1-B, is the he's just a friend syndrome, or as I call these women Emotional Hoarders / Friend Collectors.
I got into a debate with a friend of mine and a woman I'm sort of interested in, because they had a stated belief that all the good men are either dead, in jail, married, or gay. Now the problem comes in fact that they both know plenty of good men, they just wont date them, all the good men they want to stay friends with them. Most women are emotional hoarders to some degree. Now I believe that everybody should have at least one good friend of the opposite sex, but to sit and just collect good men that you have made off limits is just self defeating.
Why would you date someone that's not your friend in the first place, anyone you date should want to be your lover and your friend.
Sometimes ladies you got to be a little bit more selfish, especially when you find a good man or know them in abundance. I know women that will hook up and play match maker, for all of their friends, but for some reason they just cant see one for themselves. Every time they meet one they make him just a friend, well how many do you need. Why collect them? Stop looking for a man that's like (insert name here) and ask him out on a date, no one can be a better him than him. The girl I'm interested in, every time she describes the man she’s looking for she describes me, but wont date me. Most of the time, its not that he wont date you, its that you wont date him. He probably started out trying to date you, then you handed down the death sentence and threw him in the dreaded "FRIEND ZONE". And every woman has at least one friend like this.
Women that do it serially are just like hoarders of anything else, they do it so that they don't get hurt. They don't want to let go. They are afraid to gamble. They are afraid of what they may be missing without these thing/ friends. So rather than take that gamble they want their cake and eat it to. But it essentially becomes clutter, its like not being able to see the forest for the trees. You cant find a good man because you have so many in front of you that they are obscuring your vision. Its another way of making your dating pool, a puddle because you keep filtering good men out, but in this case, storing them into the friend zone, and if all the good men are filtered out because you're friends with them and refuse to date them, it only leaves two alternatives, alone or dating other undesirables. Please don't become one of those women at your friends wedding knowing that it could've and should've been you.
I’m Just saying, that's my perspective, Whats yours ?
You spoke of this woman whom you are interested in dating. Have you specifically told her that you are interested? Have you taken the time to speak with and see why she does not want to date you. You should let her know that you will always be there for her even if the relationship doesnt work. You have to ease her worries while expressing your feeling and admiration for her. You can take her on an unofficial date. I mean take her to the park, have a picnic, and talk about it. She may fall in love with you subconsciously.
ReplyDeleteActually I have, but she has made it abundantly clear that she is content to go on dates with me, but she wont date me because we are friends, and she is afraid that somehow that would mess up, rather than move us closer together.
ReplyDeleteShe wants you to work a bit harder and be more convincing, that is all. If it is worth it to you, you should continue working on it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point, however, just because 'he' is a 'good guy' does not make him necessarily the 'right guy' for me. Most women of a certain age or maturity level, know what they want in their men. These wants/requirements are not universal because our needs as women are not cookie-cutter in that sense. A guy friend who respects you, listens to you, offers advice and looks out for you may seem perfect but might not meet some other need on a different level.
ReplyDeleteAre some women, emotional hoarders? Yes... Do some women want everything in a man all at once? Yes... But I sincerely believe when the time is right and this woman is ready to be in a relationship, her needs in a man will change, her perception of men will change and together her and the man God sends her will work on all the issues that made her 'challenging'.