This rant is all over the place sorry, I’ll just blame it on the fact that I won’t go to sleep as early as I should. I was originally going to generalise the sub in the title as clickbait but I don’t want to be put in the same category as that R/TEENAGERS IS BREEDING FUTURE INCELS guy.

I always see those “Girls, why haven’t you asked your crush out yet?” posts and it makes me so irritated.

We don’t ask for the same reason that you don’t. WE’RE SHY. WE DON’T WANT TO BE REJECTED. And whenever someone points this out, the OP usually goes “yeah lol but it’s not like we’d reject them”. I can assure you, have some average looking girl who you’ve only talked to a few times walk up to you and ask you out. Only the REALLY desperate guys would start dating her. Yes it seems flattering if you imagine a 6-10/10 girl confessing to you, but trust me, life doesn’t work out that way.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for both genders to ask each other out and I think girls should be encouraged more, I just don’t like when people expect us to be 100% confident with approaching a guy while they rant about how they can’t even speak a word to their crush either

I really hope that guys who do this are just joking, because the mentality that women and men handle these things differently isn’t going to get you anywhere in life.

Let’s face it—we’re all sweaty, self-conscious, moody teenagers. No gender is any more capable than the other.