Relationships

How long is too long?

There are a lot of questions on G@G about how long to wait for a guy to respond to something a girl has put out there -- either with a romantic gesture, a flirty comment or message, clarification about something they're discussion... or what have you... a clear sign that things will move forward. (Since many of them are nonsensical tripe about how many seconds to wait for a text/social media reply... I'll clarify that this is about cultural expectations versus current "western" social norms.)

Culturally, I've always been taught that a guy should take the lead in a relationship -- indicate that he's serious, show and renew signs of interest, propose conversations/activites, etc... whereas a girl is responsible for confirming and accepting interest. I this scenario, it's ok for the girl to put out a sign that she's attracted... typically already knowing that the guy is also attracted, but then the guy should take the lead from there. But if the girl is leaving too many hints or making too many comments it sets the tone of the relationship and the guy then doesn't ever take the lead... and the relationship ultimately dies bc they're not equally engaged in the relationship.

Modern-Western society has *ed a lot up and taught women that they can reach out and take the lead... that they can have a "body count" as high as any guy's, etc. etc. etc. The expectation that girls will pounce on whatever they want whenever they want then makes guys lazy and complacent, waiting for girls to fling themselves at guys -- and let's face it... this happens so often that really it's slim pickings out there for a traditional lady waiting for a traditional gentleman.

So how long is considered "too long" to wait before a lady should reasonably just call it a day and move on?

How long is too long?
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