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Dear Amy: I’m a man in my late-50s.

I’m currently dating – or trying to date.

It’s clear to me now that I’ll never know women, so please explain what just happened here: I met a woman on a dating app, and we had one of those perfect first dates – lots of laughs, lots of agreement, finishing each other’s sentences, easily planning the next date.

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At the end I kissed her, and she kissed me back.

Hi, I met a guy online and we’re talking about 4-5 months now. Just a couple of days he message me and I didn’t got a chance to reply to his messages because I was sleeping the whole night. I think he got mad at me. We have a 15 hours time difference. When I replied to his messages I got no reply from him for 2 days now. Register or Log In. DOWNLOADING OR ANY OTHER OBTAINMENT OF ANY MATERIALS WHILE USING THE GAME AND/ OR THE SERVICES SHALL BE DONE ON YOUR OWN SOLE RISK.

Second date, I made dinner. We had a great time and great conversation. We had agreed beforehand that this was not an overnight. Another good date, and at the end, we kissed.

Third date was dinner and a play. At dinner I walked around to her chair and kissed her, and she kissed me back.

But by now I was realizing that I was the only one reaching in for a kiss.

She didn’t pull back or shy away, but she never initiated it.

So, at the end of the date, I refrained from kissing her.

Later on, I texted her and pointed out the fact that I had deliberately not kissed her, and she responded, “I know, and that made me want to kiss you!”

What the heck does that even mean?

Not long after that she showed her character by ghosting me, so I’m comforted by the fact that I didn’t lose much.

– Confused by Women

Dear Confused: You seem to excel at the mechanics and dynamic of wooing: (Third-date dinner and a play? Well done!)

I can’t speak for all women (or even some women), and yet – the dynamic you describe as baffling seems – to me – to be simple human nature. When you retreat a bit, creating space, another person will instinctively move forward.

All the same, developing a sexual/romantic relationship can seem like participating in a tennis match choreographed by Twyla Tharp. You volley, she returns. You advance, she meets you at the net. You step back, she does a grand jete.

You have done nothing wrong. You noticed a pattern and communicated about it. She then told you exactly what you needed to know: when you held back, it created a desire in her.

Her return text might have brought on a round of fun flirtation. Instead, you seem flummoxed.

There are times when two people simply crash together. This is rare and wonderful.

For all of those other times, I suggest that you initiate less kissing and instead do more … leaning. Physical closeness, eye contact, a touch on the arm will telegraph your interest. If she’s into you, she’ll show it. You should let her.

Dear Amy: I have been divorced from the father of my two children for over 20 years. Our children are adults now but were quite young at the time of our divorce.

My ex-husband was physically and verbally abusive.

My older sister has been friends on Facebook with him for years.

I know this because my ex-husband mentioned it and joked about her extreme political posts.

I asked her about it several years ago and she said she was Facebook friends with him because she wanted to see his photos of my children.

I did not like her answer but did not press the issue.

I feel betrayed by her.

Yesterday, I asked her again about it and she defended it again with the same answer but said she would remove him as a friend from Facebook (for me).

I still feel betrayed. How do I get over this feeling of betrayal?

– Loyal Sibling

Dear Loyal: The way for you to recover from this persistent feeling would be for you to reframe your sister’s choice as a blunder or a mistake. The word “betrayal” is loaded, and while this word may accurately describe the way you feel, detaching from the word will help you to detach from the feeling.

Understand that your sister has the right to connect with anyone on Facebook.

If this hurts your feelings, you should tell her so.

Dear Amy: I am glad you explained credit card “churning” to your readers.

My brother got into this, big time, goaded along by message boards on the internet.

Unfortunately, in trying to game the system, the system ended up gaming him.

He landed even more in debt, and now his credit is ruined.

– Concerned

Dear Concerned: While this practice isn’t illegal, people who try it need to be organized – and pay their bills on time!

You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068.

Recently, one of my single friends was contemplating what city to move to next because in her own words she didn’t feel her husband was living in our city. Our city has a population of over 1 million, and it only takes one acceptable person to dedicate their future to you in order to bless them with the “husband” title, but I let her make it for the sake of conversation. Are we all so unique that we can’t find one person in a sea of a million? Don’t answer that…

We talked about many of the men she’s dated or come across during her 2 years in Austin, TX. She said the common thread between most of them had to do with money issues, job issues, child issues, ex-issues, car issues, or some combination of these. Or, the other party simply wasn’t interested.

My friend made it a point to clarify that she knew exactly what she was looking for in a life partner, and her father has drilled it into her for years to never settle for less than what she wants or what she’s worth. I couldn’t agree more with her or her wise father. Her father’s comments also reminded me why it’s so important for fathers to be active in their children’s lives.

A few weeks after that conversation, and after a few interviews she set up in different cities, she informs me that she met someone nice and they’ve had a few really great dates. Genuinely happy for her, I inquire what makes this guy different from the rest of the pack she’s crossed off her list so far? She replies with the usual “great-until-they’re-not-attributes.”

“He’s really smart. And just a nice and thoughtful guy. He kept me talking even when I didn’t want to discuss something. Just being so eager to really hear what I have to say was refreshing. I really like him, and I’m afraid I like him too much, because I think I can be exclusive with him.”

“Great!” I exclaimed. “So he must fit all your other criteria for a future husband, right? That’s awesome!”

“Welllll, not exactly.”

“What’s wrong?”

He Told Me He Was Done With Dating Site But He Still Logs In Home

“Welllll, he really doesn’t make as much as I hoped.”

“You discussed his salary already?”

“No, but he’s still in school, and he wants to help people his whole life. He’s not really into the whole money thing, so I know he doesn’t make much from his current part-time gig. And he was also recently engaged to be married less than a year ago, so that’s kinda fresh too.”

One of my personal philosophies has always been –You can’t make a grown person do anything they don’t want to. It’s a simple reminder to myself to not engage grown people in judging their life decisions even when they are directly contrary to the information they gave me just a few weeks or days ago.

“Ummmmmmm, okay, that sounds like at least a few red flags, but if you’re truly happy, then all the best to you two and just remember not to force a round peg in a square hole.” I replied to her.

“What does that mean?” she asked.

“Just exactly what I said. A few weeks ago you were abundantly clear about what you would and would not accept in your future boo boo, and this doesn’t seem to be close at all; and, while we all grow and learn about what our true wants vs. needs are, things do change, so I’m not trippin’.

But do have a good understanding of why you needed those things in the first place, and what makes this guy so different that he doesn’t have to fit those characteristics? Just know for yourself.”

Wellllllllll, there’s one more thing I haven’t told you about him……….he’s white.

At this point, I’m definitely not trippin’. For her as a black woman, the black man dating pool can be slim at times – especially in Austin, TX. And myself, a product of interracial global love, am the last to hate on the swirl.

BUT – I can’t act like I didn’t immediately think that his whiteness allowed her to bypass every single one of her recent pre-qualification requirements she so eagerly bestowed upon her brethren. She admitted that this was the first time she would be “trying something new” and it did kind of excite her. She also admitted she wanted to make sure she didn’t do anything to potentially ruin this new budding romance of hers.

“Would you still be so eager to date him if his life circumstances were exactly the same, but he was black?”

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Long silence. “Yeaaaaaah. I think so. I believe so.”

I mentally called BS on her unconvincing answer and ended the convo there. It made me wonder about:

• White privilege
• Male privilege
• White validation in the minority community
• The emergence of American black women finally seeking romance outside of the traditional black man en masse
• The underlying need for companionship for almost all people on the planet
• All those poor other brothers who got their hopes dashed once she realized his day job wasn’t going to be enough to fund her regular trips to Chicago and occasional trips to Italy and China.

In Austin, whose official city motto is “Keep Austin Weird,” to see a white man with a beautiful black woman on his arm is no more surprising than actually seeing another black person walking around in Austin.

What I have noticed is there is a standard, wide, ear to ear grin these women wear while holding hands with their progressive boo thang. The #blacklivesmatter movement has already proven there is a longstanding history in this country with devaluing black lives in general. Black women generally have it even worse when placed on an imaginary American Value Demographic Race Continuum.

For black women open to dating men outside their race, do they view their white men as trophies to show off?

It made me think about other single black women looking for a person to share their lives with and how many of them would overlook their “Acceptable Man Criteria List” if a white man made it clear he was genuinely interested in bringing her home for Christmas every year?

Let’s be clear, there are terrible people everywhere. White, black and otherwise. Just like there are great people everywhere – no matter which city, state, or country we happen to be in. My questions are not meant to be accusatory but their basis is rather more immediately reactionary.

For someone who was so sure about what she needed in her life to be happy and fulfilled, did being desired and publicly claimed by a white grad student rationally eliminate her listed needs in a man? Is white male validation still that strong in America?

Whatever the answer, I wish them many years of struggles and triumphs as they deal with people like me who can’t help but to ask themselves these questions when we witness kool-aid grins by the dozens around the streets of Austin.

BMWK, is she interested in ‘the man’ or ‘the white man’?