Do you start off as friends then build into a relationship?

[cth2188]

I do , but find the dating world is too fast paced your immediately in a relationship after 24 hours of meeting? [ Is this the normal] I still believe in courting which if you ask most guys they know nothing about nkr traditional relationships [ No expectations nowadays] What happened to building relationships and being friends?

I had a guy ask me why am I still single... I told him because most people of today don't have morals or standards... nor do I settle.. I don't deal with modern men.

Updates

1 y

Great question by the way... you can't tell people that who live on a bubble world that the bubble there in is am illusion 😀.. I need a SMART GUY with a high IQ and a dash of common sense.. you can't find that anymore. When the bubble pops all hell will break loose

[RavVid]

I think there needs to be some Phoar factor for it to progress to a relationship and with that Phoar factor it is not entirely friendship based.

I entirely agree with the courting concept. I think that neither guys or gals are likely to get what they want without it. That's making the big assumption that a long term committed relationship is the goal. Perhaps that isn't and fun for a time is as serious as it gets.

At least with courting a guy and a girl get to known each other and judge their suitability for each other.

I think you have a good attitude and wish you the best fr having some standards.

[cth2188]

Well I don't need to invest with a guy who doesn't want marriage sorry

[cth2188]

If that's not the end goal I don't waste my time

[RavVid]

Good for you

[cth2188]

Life is too short for that why I'm single and content without the headache

[Chazmatazz269]

That’s the ideal. However, my experience suggests most women don’t really mean “friends” when they say “friends first”. I came across dozens of women who still expected me to pay for everything and bring them gifts and be exclusive to them but felt no need to reciprocate. I don’t maintain one way friendships. Friends share, support each other, treat each other with respect and dignity, and view each other as equals. So there’s some funny business going on, and that’s why i don’t date anymore. Everyone is out for what they can get with not a single thought about what they have to offer.

[IveGotNoName]

Well that's how it happened with my boyfriend I guess.

[driven159]

for long relationships its best to start as friends first

[cth2188]

Bingo thanks seemingly people don't understand that

[driven159]

I have a high IQ, but I am married so untouchable and too old Lol

[Zolly99999]

Generally thats what happens to me.. it builds from a friendship. Because I'm not very attractive I don't meet women via the first look method.

[Plinko]

Not if I can help it. Seems like a good way for someone to get real upset and feel like they wasted their time if it doesn't work out. Resentment lies this way.

[baserunner611]

If you was friend the divorce rate is 22 percent out 100 percent.
If you not friend the divorce rate 63 percent

[ChiTown33]

I try. But most women want it RIGHT NOW or not at all. And I just don't roll like that.

[Ghostluck]

No. If I make a friend out of you first, a friend is all you will ever be to me.

[Guy__]

As long as it takes to see someone's true colors.

[Guy__]

You mentioned morals... it's interesting how people responded
🤬 Is forced chemical castration moral? ↗

[cth2188]

Pro vaxxers are not bright people anything to make them think doesn't work. They low IQ stupid..

[Guy__]

They're definitely the same people who got the most vaxxed at birth, along with fluoride in their food and water.

[Guy__]

Among many other chemicals, just one of thousands of studies
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp655

[cth2188]

Yep... they probably don't believe that Chem trails are real too.. they're truly sheep 🐑 and there's no helping them.. we don't need stupid people in the world..

[cth2188]

Wow... sheep will be sheep

[NNWSSEnew]

Like building blocks to make it last more