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"Back in the day" (when I was a young man, shortly after the Spanish-American War,) there was no internet, no cell phones, no texting, no FB, IG, SC, Twitter, G@G, TInder, POF, match. com, or anything else. Somehow we survived!

Anyway. . . sometimes, a friend's girlfriend would say, "I have a friend who would be PERFECT for you!" When I asked, "What does she look like?" they would respond, "She has a great personality," and that let me know to not expect a beauty queen. Sometimes, the friend's girlfriend would set up a date, sometimes it would be a double date with the friend and his girlfriend, and I would just show up and meet the lucky contestant. Sometimes, I would call the girl to arrange the date but I never met her, or saw her, in advance of the date. These were called "blind dates;" perhaps that term is still used.

Usually, there were no great surprises, because I entered such dates with virtually no expectations, though I did have one date with a girl - Candace -from Agnes Scott College who was charming and beautiful! None of the blind dates resulted in a long term relationship, but it did develop some dating skills that later became useful (I started college when I was 16 - not common in my day - and was trying to date girls who were at least 3 years older than me. Yes, that was harder than Chinese arithmetic!)

Have you ever had a blind date? How did it work out for you? Did he or she "have a wonderful personality?"

So I've finally resolved myself to start dating this year, but I feel my views on relationships these days is very pessimistic. Basically I feel that it's completely one-sided on the woman's part, and is little different from the relationship between a master and their servent

For example: If a woman hits a man, She's being strong and is encouraged to do so, if a man hits a woman for any reason even if his life is in danger, he is completely at fault for it.

Some women will cringe at the mere mention of splitting the bill let alone a woman paying for the whole thing, but it's almost expected for a man to foot the entire bill even if he makes less.

If a man cheats on a woman, he is a horrible unfaithful human being. If a woman cheats on a man, it's because the man didn't love her enough and give her enough attention.

If a woman doesn't want sex then pressuring her to do so would be sexual harassment, if a man doesn't want sex there is something fundamentally wrong with him as a person, cause men ALWAYS want sex right?

I could go on but the point im trying to make is this, modern day double standards, make it so how relationships go is entirely dependent on how benevolent the female party is.

So if I genuinely believe that, why bother dating at all? Well 2 reasons.

1. Being fully aware of this reality, means I have the freedom to at least choose who my master is going to be.

And

2. Being someone's subservient boytoy, is still better then spending your life alone provided you get to choose your master as stated above.

So is this an overly cynical view of dating?

Let's say she's interested in you but double your built, and regularly does weight training.. would you mind dating her?