45% of men aged 18 to 25 have never asked a woman out in person

[Doobie Doo]

I ain't know it was that bad

 

[BlackAchilles]

We live in a society (no Joker) where we've normalized screenshotting private convos, posting dudes on sm for shooting their shot, and a lot of these dudes been brow beaten w/a bunch of talk about "male gaze" and the sort

I'm not surprised even tho this is likely a bullshyt stat

 

[Diondon]

That's craziness
but now that I think about it
MFs live on these apps SMH

 

[lowkey0z]

so allegedly, half these lil' nikkas is p*ssy...noted

lol sike nah - the kids with fathers in their lives need to step up forreal, the ones with single mothers....thoughts and prayers

 

[85 East]

These kids gotta get over their anxiety and fear of rejection..

 

[King Poetic]

I can see it in this era

Everyone on social media with their alter ego

Where everyone from men to women are this top notch individual with everything right in they lives

Turn off the phone go outside and the truth will show and motherfukkers don’t want that

 

[Umoja]

They should ask more specific questions of those 74% of women. When answering that question, chances are it is done with their ideal match in mind.

There's something perverse about the way society is just taking a step back from the mess they created and pointing their finger at the generation who listened to their message.

I'm a millennial so I have forgotten the deluge of articles from women crying about how they wanted to be left alone.

 

[MJ Truth]

I ain't know it was that bad

That's craziness
but now that I think about it
MFs live on these apps SMH

It’s always been like this. The majority of men get no play, and a large segment of men aren’t even in the game. Pre social media, you just wouldn’t hear about these type of men; they’d simply live their lives under the radar working at Walgreens or wherever and go unnoticed for 60+ years.

 

[Standing on business]

being around young people and seeing how they operate I actually believe it. In fact a dude will ask them for their IG just to message and ask them out later

 

[⠀X ⠀]

 

[Geek Nasty]

“in person”

 

[PatCake]

I blame Tinder and dm's

 

[Arris]

coli is so this being surprising isn't surprising

I know a decent amount of people this age. there is plenty of guys who still see what's up after talking to a girl for a little bit, but there is a widening gulf between who does it and doesn't.

EDIT: past comments ive made on the subject

Spoiler

I pretty much agree, but also with that I think socially things have changed pretty rapidly in the past ten years. So much so that there is a lot of confusion from guys and women in just their thirties asking why aren't ya'll doing this or that?

I'm 26. And I've never cold approached. All my relations have come from a friend group in a social setting, party/bar setting with friends, work, even just seeing a girl around and at least having that little bit of rapport even if we had never talked.

If I've never cold approached and I'm gonna admit, I feel pressure from society not to. then I can imagine dudes younger than me dont even consider it an option and view doing it as if someone asked you to pull off a tony hawk move when you've never ridden a board in your life.

I'm not saying its not an option and that men can't have success doing it but I've literally never done it. I'm probably an outlier at 26, but if I was 20 saying that I probably wouldn't be.

So if for a lot of guys their options are dating apps or women they have to see whenever they're friends meet up, or at work, or meetings, or class etc... they get anxiety about getting rejected or it not working out and having to see that person from then on

The coli is an older demographic

Ten years and you asked this question again to 25 year olds and up and there is going to be a different general sentiment.

Its definitely abnormal still. But I see plenty of my younger cousins on a semi regular basis. Either talking about girls/boys non stop or you get radio silence on anything resembling interacting with the opposite sex.

I'm young enough that I've seen the seeds of plenty of normal people with little relationship experience or minimal bodies.

Heck I'm one of them

 

[god shamgod]

18-25 y/o boys rock skinny jeans , don’t get haircuts where hoodies in 92 degree temps

And don’t know how to interact if it ain’t online. Whole generation full of lame weirdos

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

This thread will be 3 pages of 40 + old men, calling younger men gay,

because unc is
and doesn't understand social interaction anymore .