Sure, but conversation goes best somewhere people aren't trying to get to the shops or the office.
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I do worry about the rise of this siege mentality. Better to be friendly but take hints rather than avoid approaching women.
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I don't think it's a siege mentality, I think it's a matter of going to the pub. (Or the church or whatever, I'm just partial to pubs.)
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This seems a little arbitrary. When I was young & single, my criteria for wanting a man to approach me was more abt his looks than location.
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Well I guarantee that if approaching women in the streets was not somewhat taboo a lot of ugly bastards would be making moves l, r & c.
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I suspect fear of rejection more of a deterrent. There's no taboo against making friendly conversation as far as I know.
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A park, queue or bus stop, perhaps, but someone walking down the street? Perhaps I've spent too long in Poland.
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I'd just like us to live in a world where a decent man wasn't afraid to approach a attractive women in the street & be friendly.
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Where the taboo was not 'man talking to woman' but 'man being boorish to woman' or 'man not going away when clear she doesn't want to talk.'
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Well there's a difference between passing the time of day and trying to pick someone up.
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Judgement is needed, yes, but it shouldn't be a minefield. Interaction between men & women in public places can still happen....
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...if the man finds the woman attractive & hopes it might end with her agreeing to go out with him. He needn't be boorish & can take hints.
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Well I have two biases at play here: one is empathising with women who don't want the hassle and the other (far more philosophically...
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Very difficult to tell who that is tho. I really think it's more abt how she responds to a friendly 'hello' than where she happens to be.
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Well, sure, but that's why I'm against it in general. People who want to meet people will gravitate towards public spaces.
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Would you feel that way? If you were single & on your way to the supermarket and an attractive woman said hello? Think 'What, here?! No!'
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Granted I live in a country where smiling and saying hello is a major step in a neighbourly relationship.
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