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Comment author: ChristianKl 02 October 2015 07:38:42PM 0 points [-]

It turned out that a lot of men had no plans for the date-- they'd say "whatever you want to do". Admittedly, this isn't a formal survey, but I wonder whether it's an indication of a lot of men who aren't actually enthusiastic about dating.

I don't think offering a woman the choice of what the date is about indicates lack of enthusiasm of going to a date with the woman.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 October 2015 10:34:58PM -1 points [-]

It might be a matter of tone, but I'd rather hear at least an offer of a plan with room for other suggestions rather than no plan.

Comment author: ChristianKl 03 October 2015 10:38:03AM 0 points [-]

There are two different issues:
1) What does the woman prefer.
2) What does this behavior signal about the guy.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 October 2015 02:28:31PM -1 points [-]

The thing is "signal" is at least a two place verb-- it probably needs more places because there are a large number of people involved.

I may have just acquired signal as a word to be sensitive to-- signals have to be interpreted, so just saying something is being signaled leaves out altogether too much variation in many cases.

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