"Lads! Britain needs you to do your duty and get flirting!"

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Edit/note: I did not write the article below (obviously)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-get-flirting/

Lads! Britain needs you to do your duty and get flirting

There are lots of things I love about Britain, just not its men.

And I don’t want to stereotype them all, so let me be more specific: I refer to those my own age, who have forced me to bookmark a cattery website. In the romantic arena, trying to meet a man sometimes makes me feel like David Attenborough, stepping into the jungle to locate a Jesus Lizard (a real thing).

Finding Mr Dreamy is difficult because the main strategies a girl can use are wrought with danger. Number one is proactivity: in 2016, it seems fair that a woman can approach a chap she fancies. This sometimes works, but generally does seem to make the man's insides shrivel up when asked “having a good night?” or something equally menacing.

So we consign ourselves to option two: waiting. Which is just as problematic, as nothing happens. That’s the conclusion my friend and I came to last week, while we were sitting at a bar. We’re hardly bad company and several lads gave us a cheeky stare as they did the toilet trot. Still, nothing happened, so we stared sadly into our Mojitos at single reflections.

Eventually one guy asked if we’d like to join him for some table football. He was dashing and curious. He was German, of course (because the only people who’ll ever chat you up in Britain are not British.)

Now I’m not Claudia Schiffer, but I don’t think I’m Chewbacca either. Yet operating in this asexual environment, it is possible to feel largely unattractive. Some sort of winter chill has frosted over British men’s gonads, and it’s leaving us all out in the cold.

If only they’d learn from the Europeans, maybe we’d be in with a chance. In countries such as Italy, Spain and France, the men are as forward as it gets. In such territory, a woman’s self esteem may rise substantially from all the glory of being chatted up.

In Britain, it’s as if the stereotypical school disco - girls on one side, boys on the other - continues into adulthood. Eight-year-olds are probably better at asking for a dance. As a result, the singles market is growing, with 51 percent of people in England and Wales eating dinner for one.

In 2014, newspapers boasted that the City of London is fantastic for women - because it has 155 single men per 100 ladies. These numbers seems favourable - until you realise that you’re dealing with the most placid of creatures, many of whom seem to delight in their solo status.

Tools like Tinder and Happn have made things worse, as men are inundated with choice - giving them false belief they are Puff Daddy. Dating apps have completely killed off macho displays now even the most predatory man can click his way to romance.

You may be thinking that all this is trivial, but this dating dallying has big societal consequences. As the Guardian likes to remind us, loneliness kills - so dithering lads are actually murderers, when you think about it. I’m not sure what the psychological reasons for their inactivity is - perhaps feminists have scared them off with complaints of catcalling. So much so that, like the Jesus Lizard, a wolf whistle is near extinction.

British men need some encouragement, maybe even government intervention, to be more forward. In 2015, Denmark released an advert called “Do It For Mom”, to encourage its nationals to have more babies. Maybe we need an equivalent: “Do It For The Girls”. For if British men don’t make the moves, we almost certainly will be joining the Danes in the birth rate stakes.



Birth rates and loneliness aside, it’s a simple issue of self-esteem that worries me. Because of daft, but very real, rules of engagement, most women really are at the whim of men to decide their dating destiny. You wouldn’t believe how many guys are averse to forward women, but then won’t do the forward thing themselves. So everyone is stuck.

When I talk to single friends, many of us share a simple desire: we just want to be talked to more. Frankly, it’s getting us down. British lads, please find your gonads.

[Kronik85]

Sorry you're striking out with the lads Xarim. Truth be told I always thought you were a guy!

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Another I HATE WOMEN

[Eleccybubb]

But I'm in a relationship and I do not think she will take too kindly to me flirting with other women.

[Deleted]

Another I HATE WOMEN

Another I DIDN'T EVEN READ THE POST I SEE "XARIM" I TYPE "HATES WOMEN".

OT: Problem of British women's (also the media) own making. Author adds to the problem by shaming men that don't want to fuck her.

Can "lads" even win? If they're too "laddish" or manly they're shamed for being sexist, domineering, horrible, toxic-masculinity-having manbeasts. When they're sissified, passive, disinterested in gobshite women, enjoying jerking it to anime and keeping most of their paychecks, they're shamed for not having "the balls".

[Deleted]

That's curios. When you portray the Ideal man as a feminine gender fluid freak of nature for 20 odds years, there's a lack of men with balls around.
Who'd have thought.

[Kalis]

Now I’m not Claudia Schiffer, but I don’t think I’m Chewbacca either.

She says that, but I have never seen her and Chewie in the same place.

[Deleted]

She says that, but I have never seen her and Chewie in the same place.

Well she's funny though

[pmkaboo]

Finding Mr Dreamy is difficult because the main strategies a girl can use are wrought with danger. Number one is proactivity: in 2016, it seems fair that a woman can approach a chap she fancies. This sometimes works, but generally does seem to make the man's insides shrivel up when asked “having a good night?” or something equally menacing.

So we consign ourselves to option two: waiting. Which is just as problematic, as nothing happens. That’s the conclusion my friend and I came to last week, while we were sitting at a bar. We’re hardly bad company and several lads gave us a cheeky stare as they did the toilet trot. Still, nothing happened, so we stared sadly into our Mojitos at single reflections.

so instead of sometimes getting a conversation started you choose to stare at your mojito and complain about men on the internet. okay.

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Another I DIDN'T EVEN READ THE POST I SEE XARIM I TYPE "HATES WOMEN".

OT: Problem of British women's (also the media) own making. Author adds to the problem by shaming men that don't want to fuck her.

Can "lads" even win? If they're too "laddish" or manly they're shamed for being sexist, domineering, horrible, toxic-masculinity-having manbeasts. When they're sissified, passive, disinterested in a gobshite of a woman, they're shamed for not having "the balls".

Solution: stop listening to women. They're irrational.

[Independent voter]

In the US we have role models in the black and Latino communities. Also religious types, which we have a lot of, haven't forgot how to hit it.

[Reinest]

I found the issue, in just a few words:

while we were sitting at a bar.

Approaching a group (2 or more) of women is quite possibly the most terrifying thing a guy can do. While having a friend with you certainly increases safety, as a woman it will drastically lower the interest you get from others.

[Deleted]

Oh by the divine not the "do it for mom" ads... The cringe is unbearable.

But other than that, I think it is a fair thing to promote, because it really is something that can have a negative effect on us in the future.

[GrinningMan]

Oh by the divine not the "do it for mom" ads... The cringe is unbearable.

But other than that, I think it is a fair thing to promote, because it really is something that can have a negative effect on us in the future.

Can't have moms if you don't.

[Deleted]

Another I DIDN'T EVEN READ THE POST I SEE "XARIM" I TYPE "HATES WOMEN".

OT: Problem of British women's (also the media) own making. Author adds to the problem by shaming men that don't want to fuck her.

Can "lads" even win? If they're too "laddish" or manly they're shamed for being sexist, domineering, horrible, toxic-masculinity-having manbeasts. When they're sissified, passive, disinterested in gobshite women, enjoying jerking it to anime and keeping most of their paychecks, they're shamed for not having "the balls".

His bolded sentences show his intention

[alexw]

But I'm in a relationship and I do not think she will take too kindly to me flirting with other women.

Show her the article and tell her you have a duty to do.

[Post]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

This sums it up perfectly.

Why don't they visit Germany on New Year's Eve?

I find myself disagreeing with practically every post I see of yours but this was actually hilarious.

[Deleted]

Perhaps they were gay...

[Jotaux]

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander. I don't see how having choices when it comes to who to date is a bad thing.

[Azadina]

Solution: stop listening to women. They're irrational.

Good advice, but you just typed the gender wrong.