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Aimee, your article hit home, and its something many of me (I'm a guy btw) and my guy friends have noticed. In fact, we feel sometimes its almost dangerous to "hit" on a woman nowadays because of the mixed signals. We too were raised in the 70's to be SNAGs (Sensitive New Age Guys) and we've found that many women find that downright unappealing. I've dated women that are all over the spectrum and its almost impossible to be sexual and not get into trouble eventually, for either being too considerate (asking too many questions and being too gentle) or not considerate enough (taking an initiative and being rebuffed for being presumptious). What's a guy to do? I wonder if generations before us had it a little easier when they had "roles" to play, rather than trying to be everything. So many of us, men and women, end up falling short of these modern lofty goals, and yet somehow I think we both end up expecting it in each other. And sadly, I fear that we both end up losing out on truly enjoying ourselves.

January 13, 2010 - 8:23pm

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