Bryan Martin
Mar 29, 2022

Melissa,

I think you're right about this. It's insensitive to take your expectations for a partner and use them to make others feel shitty about themselves. However, isn't that kinda what you did in your article?

https://medium.com/heres-the-thing/the-bums-ive-dated-have-ruined-it-for-other-men-b05ffc82ed6

Here you stated:

"You don’t have a degree? You can’t date me. You don’t have a car? You can’t date me. You don’t have the obligation of a job where you’re making the same amount I am? You can’t date me. You don’t stay informed on current events and read at your leisure? You can’t date me. You don’t have investments and multiple streams of income? You can’t date me. You’re not in therapy or actively working on how you can be an emotionally supportive partner? You cannot date me."

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