Where have all the men gone?

I've begun to notice a relationship trend recently in society, that really has me puzzled. More and more I see that guys are stepping back into the shadows and forcing girls to adopt a more aggressive role. Now, I'm not completely for traditional gender roles being the only thing allowed, but this is one that I do agree with. I definitely think that men are supposed to be the more aggressive person in a relationship. Honestly, the last thing I would ever want is a man who I could walk all over. I don't understand why in today's society, men are finding it so hard to walk up to a girl and tell them they think she's cute, or want to take her out, or want to be her boyfriend. I know that rejection is hard to take, but seriously, I know so many guys who are single, because they are "too shy" to approach a girl. Are you kidding me? When you finally get to date a girl and eventually fall in love, are you going to be "too shy" to ask her to marry you? Are you going to make her do that too? If you're hanging out with a girl a lot and kissing her you should be man enough to tell her where you're headed with that, not leave it up to her to ask you whats going on. If there's a girl you want to get to know better in order to eventually date her, you should be able to tell her that too! I think its ridiculous that so many men I know are incapable of these things. Personally, I and most girls I know don't want to wear the pants in the relationship, so men, you better step up and get your act together!

Food for Thought

I stumbled across this quote today and am rather sad to say that it's mostly true.

"I'm 99% sure that he doesn't like me, it's the 1% that keeps me hanging on."

I know that I've been guilty of this, and I know many other girls who have been too. And it makes me wonder why we do it to ourselves. What is it about a person that will keep you coming back again and again hoping that the 1% will come true, even though over and over again you're being beaten over the head with the 99%? The worst part is, many of us realize that we do it as we're doing it, and can't or wont stop the cycle, which cause us to be wasting on time on someone who doesn't deserve it, when there is likely someone right around the corner who does. I may be a girl, but I'll still never understand the way we think.