Why do women bother dating men anymore?

[Anonymous]

I was having lunch with a female friend of mine not too long ago when she began to complain about men. Her complaining brought me to a realization and a question. My entire life I've heard the women in my family say things such as 'men ain't s!@t', 'he's just a dog', etc. And outside my family, I've heard numerous complaints from women about cheating, no-child support, hours of time preparing for dates while men put in no effort, domestic abuse, etc. And it occurred to me that no matter the socioeconomic status, or culture, women all had the same complaint and got burned in relationships in the same way. So my question is why do women keep trying? It seems to me that logically the cons far outweigh any imagined pros. It just doesn't make sense. If you're going on a date and have to worry about getting abducted, what's the point? It seems much more reasonable to just be by yourself and have your female friends. I understand this is a bit extreme but overall it would ease a lot of physical and mental anguish. Again I recognize that these ideas are on the more crazy end of the spectrum but my own father was a deadbeat dad that didn't pay child support. And I can only imagine that things went more smoothly while he wasn't around. There have been studies about how you don't really need two-parent households and women can simply handle it themselves. And I've seen it done. I've asked a couple of female friends this question and they never really gave me an answer. I know I get stuck in my own head sometimes but yeah I'd appreciate an honest attempt at an answer.

[Ninjazzed]

I don’t bother with men anymore because they’re either

-A. Extremely sexist/egotistical
or..
-B. Believe that they’re entitled to some part of my body in some shape, way, or form

They’re self-proclaimed “providers” and “companions” alright.

Yeah, all the "providers" in my life have been such emotionally stunted man-babies that they're literally incapable of maintaining any semblance of communication that doesn't revolve around power or sex.

My own father is a worthless deadbeat and has never supported me emotionally or financially, yet has the audacity to tell me who to date.. whenever I actually find someone half-way decent they’re never consistent with anything they say.

Give a man a fish and he'll criticize how you caught it, teach a man to fish and he'll get mad and say he already knew how.

[Ninjazzed]

Thanks for MHO!

[Elena_the_Star]

Why do men bother dating women anymore when they complain all the time about women being overly emotional, crazy, irrational, money minded, picky, dramatic or superficial? Its because we are heterosexual and like it or not, we ARE attracted to each other. We just complain because we are so different and the opposite gender's mentality is perplexing to us. A guy might hate or won't get why a girl wants to talk so much and gossip and a girl might hate or won't get why on earth a guy would be obsessed with video games ( I am!) but at the end, we can't turn gay or lesbian and even if we did its not like gay and lesbian folks dont have relationship trouble of their own.
Its a case of can't live with them, can't live without them.

[TheRealJosephStalin]

Modern women exaggerate and complain about everything nowadays. This is actually a sign that men are getting to them. Women just nag nag nag nag nag about men all day cause men won’t do what they want l. It’s hilarious really. If men weren’t so desperate we would have women eating out of your hand. The simps who chase ruin it for everyone tho

[Anonymous]

They like to complaint, but still go back and do same and even meet same type of guy or the same guy...

Main reason in my opinion, culture pressure to get married an have kids...

[Anonymous]

I still like to believe there are good men out there and I like to think I have a good man right now, someone I can marry and have a long happy life with. Time will tell if I am right or not. I do know though if my planned marriage doesn't work out I will divorce and remain single for the rest of my life.

[Anonymous]

We can most definitely handle everything our own if it came down to it. For me, I keep trying because I want to have a life partner, someone to grow old with and not become sexually frustrated because I’m not getting dicked down on the regular.

[TheFlak38]

In other words you see that women don't appreciate men today. Don't bother.

[Iron_Man]

To get laid eventually and to have their way paid for. The serious girls want a future with kids