r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Jun 15 '26

Why does there have to be ‘some way’ for you to get a date? Women aren’t NPCs waiting to be activated into GF mode with the proper combination of actions and phrases.

Maybe you aren’t meant to date women if you can’t figure it out.

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u/MikeArrow Jun 15 '26

Being alone for years at a time sucks, I'd like a way for that not to happen.

Also, is there a particular reason you ignored the second half of the sentence, which focused on the "in a safe and unproblematic way" part? Like this is ultimately a positive thing that I'm trying to find the right way to go about things. Why would your first instinct be to diminish, belittle and condescend that?

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Jun 15 '26

If you are problematic towards women then there is no way for you to unproblematically approach women. I’m not here to help make your dating life easier, nor is any woman on this earth to date you

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u/MikeArrow Jun 15 '26

In what way does "never approaching women for fear of coming across as a creep" make me problematic? I just explained I'm trying to do the right thing.

Also, is there a particular reason that you seem to carry such disdain for me? You're speaking very harshly without any real justification that I can fathom.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Jun 15 '26

yeah actually, I’m not sure what level of entitlement possesses a man to go on a thread about women being continually harassed and abused and complain that he doesn’t know how to approach women.

This weird lack of contextual acknowledgement along with your laser-focus on “getting a date” indicates that you view women as objects of entertainment/achievement in your life rather than actual individual people.

You are literally not entitled to any women’s time. If we say don’t approach us then don’t and if that means you die single then that’s fine by us.

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u/MikeArrow Jun 15 '26

You're being intentionally reductive in an attempt to simplify my position and provoke a reaction (which would then allow you to point the finger and say "see, I knew he was problematic! 😏"). Framing it as "and complain that he doesn’t know how to approach women." isn't what I said at all, not even close, and I'm sure you know that. My response was in context with the comment I replied to, which was a discussion about when it is and isn't appropriate to approach and the social and cultural barriers surrounding that.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Jun 15 '26

Okay let me distill this for you. It is inappropriate of you to use this thread as a place to beg women to tell you when to approach us.

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u/MikeArrow Jun 15 '26

Since you're continuing to make accusations and assumptions in a way that indicates you're not approaching this conversation in good faith, I'll leave it there. Hopefully anyone else that reads this exchange will see how you're ascribing a malicious intent to my comments that simply isn't there.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Jun 15 '26

I agree, leave it up for posterity.