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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com)

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[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Move, maybe? Do you live in a red state?

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I live in Boston. I love it here. I own a home and it's the best living here.

I'm not moving just to get laid more. Thanks.

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Surprised you're running into so many gender-trads in Boston.

Then again, rent in Boston is crazy; maybe it's not manliness, but that they are looking for breadwinners? Men with beacoup bucks don't clean. You said you drive a practical car, not a status symbol. Dogs with pedigrees are expensive. Etc.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

People in Boston are socially conservative. They are mostly center-right democrats, not progressives. They like Hillary Clinton, and they HATE Bernie Sanders. They hate poor people just as much as the republicans do, they just don't hate them based on race or sex, they just hate them for not being rich and going to elite colleges.

I'm a progressive, and yeah most women here are turned off by that. They want a traditional guy who will pay their bills for them so they can quit working and travel with his money. And yes, they all have $10,000 dogs.

My dog is a $200 rescue dog. So was my cat. If i don't clean my apartment would be disgusting from all the fur covering everything.

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You're finding people who hate Bernie Sanders? Madness! Look for dates in Northampton I guess?

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

that's 2-3 hours away from here. 4-6 round trip.

Yes, I have met many women who are incredibly bitter that Hillary didn't get 'her turn'. They also hate Obama for being an uppity black man who stole her presidency. And they think my votes and admiration for both those men makes me a misogynist. The last woman I went out with was a huge fan of Trump bombing Iran, even though she voted for Kamala and when I was like 'I doubt anything good will come of that' she got angry with me for not sharing her enthusiasm for violence. Lots of people here vote democratic, but the are not socially or economically progressive, they basically want Mitt Romney to run again as a Democrat.

The only bernie supporters I meet are married hippie women and their husbands. Sometime I meet a person who is a leftist, but they think Bernie is an bad because he's old and white and male, and they usually also love to lecture me about what a evil person I am for being a landlord back when I rented out my spare bedroom for a few years when I first got a mortgage.

I'd love to meet an outdoorsy bernie loving woman, but none of them i meet are single. they are all coupled.