In about six weeks I've had three different friends/colleagues want to set me up with their wives' friends (at the wives' requests). I'm sure this is only going to continue. While it's nice to be so highly regarded, I've also realized that I can't in good conscience take them up on their offers.
Why? Because I don't want to deal with the blowback.
Not because of any problem I'd cause. But I'm willing to bet that my ability to walk away from terms and behavior that are not to my liking rather than compromise, my unwillingness to tolerate or settle for the outrageous entitlement issues and unreasonable expectations that have now become characteristic of the typical woman, my tendency to create sexual tension rather than cut it, my aloofness, my more conservative (cough sexist) views, etc. would not go over well, on average, with female friends of friends/colleagues. The probabilities are against it.
Rather than alienating mentors, supervisors, or friends because of the nagging of their wives, I find myself having to politely decline. Has anyone had similar experience?
Why? Because I don't want to deal with the blowback.
Not because of any problem I'd cause. But I'm willing to bet that my ability to walk away from terms and behavior that are not to my liking rather than compromise, my unwillingness to tolerate or settle for the outrageous entitlement issues and unreasonable expectations that have now become characteristic of the typical woman, my tendency to create sexual tension rather than cut it, my aloofness, my more conservative (cough sexist) views, etc. would not go over well, on average, with female friends of friends/colleagues. The probabilities are against it.
Rather than alienating mentors, supervisors, or friends because of the nagging of their wives, I find myself having to politely decline. Has anyone had similar experience?