08-21-2019, 09:57 AM
Wish to rejuvenate this thread with a viewpoint that it does seem to me that the singles and dating world is much more difficult to navigate today than it was during that halcyon period after The Pill and before AIDS. Don't know if being in the post-AIDS world has any bearing on it, but it does seem to me that in today's world folks can be quite discriminating about who they're in relationships with. This did begin during the mid to late-80s Yuppie era when dating services, once considered the last resort for losers, not only suddenly became respectable with the emerging "I don't have time" syndrome, but also ridiculously expensive to the point that the average single person could never afford them. Seems as if that trend has only accelerated since that time. The society began to value hard work and having healthy habits much more than having a whirlwind social life, which was highly valued during the past 2T and perhaps opening years of the 3T. Even among the young there is not anywhere near the social scene that there was during our own youth.
During the halcyon days I personally managed some semblance of the whirlwind social life despite of the Asperger's condition, which wasn't really mad public until well into the 1990s. Seems that society as a whole was much more tolerant at that time despite the fact that we have many more anti-discrimination laws than we did then. I once had the dream of becoming the vaunted ladies' man who could get a date with just about any woman he wanted. That never even came close to occurring, but the desire was so pervasive that anyone who tried to stand in my way was the enemy, even in my own family. I somehow feel that the very term "Ladies' Man" is much more derogatory today than it was in times past. Agree?
During the halcyon days I personally managed some semblance of the whirlwind social life despite of the Asperger's condition, which wasn't really mad public until well into the 1990s. Seems that society as a whole was much more tolerant at that time despite the fact that we have many more anti-discrimination laws than we did then. I once had the dream of becoming the vaunted ladies' man who could get a date with just about any woman he wanted. That never even came close to occurring, but the desire was so pervasive that anyone who tried to stand in my way was the enemy, even in my own family. I somehow feel that the very term "Ladies' Man" is much more derogatory today than it was in times past. Agree?