I saw a young, attractive women maybe 22 next to me at the gym the other day. She was struggling to pull the pin out of the post and move it up the rail and push it back in to do tricep pull downs, if you know that piece of equipment. She was maybe 4 feet from me. I watched for a few seconds and then did my set next to her. She was still struggling when I finished. I thought silently, You know, 10 years ago I would have helped her out but now f*ck it. Let her struggle.
Like most guys over the past few years, I've helped open too many doors and have helped out in other ways only to get a glare, the silent treatment, or even a frown. Rarely a thank you. Young women are worse but older women do it too--for all the reasons I'm sure you can think of, mainly entitlement x1000.
Like most smart guys, I'm pretty much done committing to women. I'll scr*w them and dump them, but as far as any sort of emotional investment, I was done a while ago. I've dated across a number of decades and 100% can say that today's women, young or mature, are by far the worst crop of all time. Any man of value today knows better to not commit. Just have fun, dispose, and move on.
Ciao,
~Dash