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To think that men having standards is now weird

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Pluto5 · 10/11/2025 18:02

I've noticed a change in men. They won't tolerate anything anymore. I've been on dating apps for just over a year and I find that I ignore a lot of red flags, I see potential in men. I usually give them the benefit of the doubt and then end up with egg on my face. I meet a lot of emotionally unavailable men, narcissists, cheats, people with drink or drug problems, ex issues. I find that if I like them enough I'll let bad behaviour slip.

the issue I'm mainly having is I try to change these men, they won't change then I get naggy that my efforts are in vain or ill call
out the disrespect. I've noticed that men are very quick to try and end stuff with you the minute you call them out or have a boundary. Is it just that women are replaceable to men now due to sites like tinder, or is it that they were never invested anyway?

recently have had a man chase me for 6 months, I didn't like him but because he seemed sweet I gave him a chance. Few issues that he didn't mention he had unresolved issues with his ex and he didn't want to rush into a relationship, this triggered me. I start bombarding him with paragraphs about him duping me and he ended it saying he wants someone simple, and without emotional baggage ( my husband died by suicide due to cocaine addiction) I don't feel I have baggage, I just expressed that when he doesn't message me for a long time it triggers me back to being in a relationship with an addict.

what I'm basically asking is if you really liked someone could anything put you off them as with me I'd say no. Im just thinking he couldn't have liked me that much.

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DeQuin · 10/11/2025 18:10

It would take lot to stop me running a mile from someone whose spouse had died by suicide with cocaine addiction. They would need to have done A LOT of working through that and processing stuff before they were ready to date. Bombarding with paragraphs? Not my job and I’m out.

You must have had it so hard. But also: not ready to get involved with someone else in a healthy way.

RapunzelHadExtensions · 10/11/2025 18:07

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DarkEyedSailor · 10/11/2025 18:06

I would say that ignoring red flags and then trying to change men who don't want to change is your problem.

PInkyStarfish · 10/11/2025 18:05

You come across as being very intense and someone who analyses their partners every move and goes over and over to pick apart what they say.

Thats fine if that’s just how you are but men are usually looking for someone uncomplicated.

Chimneyonya · 10/11/2025 18:05

No one is this lacking in self awareness. No one.

WhatNoRaisins · 10/11/2025 18:04

I think once the bombarding with paragraphs has started the relationship is doomed.

PInkyStarfish · 10/11/2025 18:04

’I started bombarding him …’

That kind of silly stuff will have all men running for the hills.

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