I have seen so many different approaches to dating be responded to by Lemmings as inappropriate or creepy, much of it hypocritical to other responses, but I digress: is there ANY appropriate way that everyone can agree on for men to approach having a relationship with women?
From the collective consciousness of Lemmy comments I have read, my impression is that the only appropriate thing is to be born into a marriage and never make any moves or even so much as look at a woman in your lifetime.
I always had the impression that a friendship or a similar type of relation should come first, to both gauge what the other person is like and to have time for both parties to build up a connection. Once that’s done, consider where to go from there.
Granted, I have only had one ‘romantic’ relationship where I got romanced by a girl (didn’t go anywhere precisely because it was so rushed), so I’m definitely inexperienced and probably far too naive to be giving takes. Still, I’m skeptical of Tinder and the idea of “let’s make moves on a (near-)stranger”, it just seems like a recipe for headache and breakups with only a low chance at a long-term relationship.