r/AskMenAdvice • u/PotentialCapable9125 • 2d ago

Do men ask women out anymore?

For the men… do you/ would you ask out a woman if you’re just out and about and saw someone you found attractive in some way?? Oo and has a woman ever asked you out?? If I find the guts.. I would love to ask a guy out next year.

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u/PayNo3874 man 2d ago

I have done. And it has gone well. But in most cases it just isn't worth it. Social suicide a lot of the time

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u/Spirited_Video6095 2d ago

Yeah this is it. We're supposed to do it but women are usually angry about getting hit on or complain about guys in some other way. They never ask guys out.

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u/halfmeasures611 man 2d ago

i saw a video this week. it was a girl interviewing 2 girls on the beach.

interviewer: do men approach you at the beach?

girls: yes. its annoying and scary

interviewer: you dont want men to approach you?

girls: no

girls: unless he's my type

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u/Spirited_Video6095 2d ago

That's why I think dating apps could be a better approach. Problem is that the companies capitalize on men and make fake profiles to lead them into subscribing. Single men are the primary consumer. If they get a girlfriend they're no longer a customer. Same with porn. Happy men in relationships make terrible customers.

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u/halfmeasures611 man 2d ago

yes. dating apps could be good and by most accounts they were good 10 or 15 yrs ago. when i was on okcupid back around 2012, getting dates was no problem. i could easily line up 1 date a week. now, i cant even get a conversation on hinge.

the dating apps absolutely, 100% are not trying to match people. on hinge, i marked that i dont want kids. what does hinge do? floods with me with women who want kids. hinge has shown me nothing but the worlds largest collection of grotesquely obese women and then kept anyone under 200lbs behind their Premium paywall

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u/Spirited_Video6095 2d ago

This is how it was for me. When I was in my early twenties on POF I met my ex fiance and two other girls that I dated for over a year. Now it's all spam and hookers.

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u/halfmeasures611 man 2d ago

Spam 'n Hookers is a great name for an app

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u/Spirited_Video6095 1d ago

Look up Match Group. They own almost all dating apps. Just one company. Every app is overpriced and does the same thing. It shows you have likes but they're locked behind a paywall so you have to subscribe in order to see them. Then they're either fake profiles or the likes disappear entirely.

I'm on sperm donor sites and I have 30 matches with women wanting me to be their donor. I've already donated to two different women. It cost me $10 versus spending $40 a month to talk to AI that eventually tries to sell me porn or something.

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u/halfmeasures611 man 1d ago

i got curious so i looked up Match Group stock. they peaked around 2021. YTD theyre down over 8% (in a stock market that did incredibly well this year). and over the past 5 yrs, theyre down 66%. theyve been tanking since 2022 despite 2023 and 2024 being great years in the market. hopefully theyre reaping what they sowed.

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u/Spirited_Video6095 1d ago

They own Tinder, Match.com, OkCupid, and several other major dating sites. I think Bumble too.