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So I was texting a girl I like the day before yesterday and we talked about dating apps. A little context about us: I started developing feelings for her during our last year in highschool. I told her this some time ago and she was sweet about it. I didn't tell her in a flirty way or anything, so I'm pretty sure she doesn't know I still like her. Anyways, she told me she downloaded Hinge (wee woo, I know, bad news for me). She then continued to criticize her appearance, to which I replied that if she doesn't have a chance, I have absolutely none at all (just a joke to make her feel better about herself). She thought I meant that I had no chance at dating her. I replied that I meant dating in general, but that I probably had no chance with her back in highschool because she wasn't interested in me anyways (all of this was said in a jokingly way, not anything dramatic or serious). To my surprise, she said: "Well, I didn't know you were interested in me back then". I replied: "I'm confused now, did you have feelings for me?". She answered: "Well, I never thought about it. Not about anyone in school actually. I think everyone thought I was weird". After this, she said she only downloaded Hinge to see who was in her area and that there was nothing more to it. We continued on the topic of how weird our school was. That was our entire conversation. So yeah I'm very confused by these mixed signals. What do you think?

In the dating world, guys do you think you would have more patience and desire to date, if you had access to legal prostitution?

I mean think about it, you could get your fix once or twice a month, then take time to really date and get to know a woman. Because there would be no dependency on women at large for sex, which means that women would have to date on more equal terms.

www.huffpost.com/entry/legal-prostitution-zones-reduce-incidents-of-rape-and_b_58c83be1e4b01d0d473bce8a

www.docs.iza.org/dp9038.pdf

A few years ago, researchers at UCLA and Baylor University made a stunning find: When the Rhode Island legislature inadvertently decriminalized indoor prostitution for a number of years, that state saw a 31 percent decline in reported rapes and a similar decline in cases of gonorrhea.

Dutch study that finds much the same causal relationship between decriminalizing prostitution and reducing crime. Researchers at a public research institute in the Netherlands discovered that when major cities in that country opened areas where street prostitutes could work legally, reports of rape and sexual abuse declined by as much as 30 to 40 percent in the first two years after the zones were opened.

Try to think back to before you dated the last guy you went out with. Did you give him any signs that you liked him before dating him? What were your signs?