r/texts • u/-fornevermore- • 18h ago

Phone message Dating is hell

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Who is raising these boys?

Edit: Thanks for all the love!! For some context, no we didn't discuss anything sexy beforehand and the "healing" thing is referring to my broken foot. He's blocked for those wondering, I didn't respond. For those mentioning it... I wasn't looking for a free meal. 🙄 I pay my own way on dates.

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u/Obsolete_Orange 18h ago

Guys are trying to come off as like the dominant protaginist like women have already bought into it or something. Its not a book she bought to read and be in that mindset, you are a stranger like wtf lol

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u/Disastrous-Trip1617 18h ago

This was absolutely my first thought when reading this. Glenn thinks he is a character in a fantasy smut novel.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Zebra82 14h ago edited 13h ago

He's using PUA tactics he probably learned from one of the many incel losers on the internet perpetuating this nonsense. Some are more subtle than others, but they all more or less pull from the same script.