What theâŚ
Oh.
Bullet point gets it wrong. Opportunities for heterosexual men who arenât assholes is through the roof. Simple market dynamics.
Ha! âModern datingâ is so far from what this guy is looking for!
The âLolâ at the end of his post is just the cherry on top.
Yeah I found his ranty kvetch dislocated from reality and from oh⌠self-awareness and a few other key character traits Iâd be looking for in a life partner.
Itâs as if some parts of human culture suddenly got a good clear look at the least-evolved parts of human behavior, yelped âhey! be better! do better!â and then some subsection of the human population just whined âwell damn, that ruins everything!â
There are so many parts of his kvetch (âIâll come second to children that arenât even mineâ ICK! just ewwwww! wtf do you think child-rearing is? some kind of popularity contest? a walk in the park? do you even listen to yourself?) that were red flags, itâs a mercy this guy outed himself as he did.
Every thing he complained about, she needs to keep. Might be saving her innumerable interactions with assholes. That guy is serious yuck.
Everything you and @anon23281680 said. And also the âyou donât need a man you want a man, mentalityâ rant, like thatâs a bad thing.
Gross.
Flabbergasted isnât the word Iâd use, Iâd go with unsurprised.
Yeah, very very unflabbergasted, to say the least. Might be the least shocking factoid Iâve seen in a while. Guess what? Kids cost a fuckton of money and require just as much (non-money earning) time. Why anyone would be flabbergasted is the only flabbergasting part! (Flabbergast is fun to type)
To me, the flabbergasting* part is the gender disparity. Is it that single men with children simply donât take on the burdens of child rearing? I mean, I know thatâs often the case, but it seems disingenuous to include absentee or âdeadbeatâ fathers in a chart about the financial realities of single parenthoodâŚ
So assuming they mean single fathers raising their children, that disparity is wild.
*youâre right, it is fun to type!
I am forced to assume this is surveying single men who have kids but are not the primary caregiver. That differential should reflect having to limit working hours due to child care, having to shoulder the majority of the financial burden of child care, plus the career-building implications of dealing with sick kids, after school care, etc. No way they are comparing apples to apples here. Of course, this is making assumptions, so make of it what you will.
Yeah, the article didnât really offer any further clarification. 
It did get me thinking of another current story - Serena Williams leaving pro-tennis and talking very candidly about the differences that male and female athletes face in the pro world, and wanting to grow her family. It got me curious about the use of surrogates in the professional athlete worldâŚI havenât ever really thought about it much, and now that I am, itâs really interesting that she hasnât mentioned that option at all.
Not that I think she has to! Itâs a fraught topic all around.
I have read articles where track athletes talk quite openly about pregnancy and childcare when you are a professional athlete. Given the growth of womenâs soccer (oops, football for everyone other than USAians) and womenâs basketball, it has to be something dealt with fairly frequently.
