Why is it girls have an easier time getting dates than guys?

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Friends first?

Friends first, I believe, provides substance to relationships.

I find the idea of dating my female friends to be strange and discomforting.

I think friendship could lead to skyrockets and sparks.

It could also lead to a regular life-long friendship without romance.

I wouldn't want to try it but it can work for some.

My view on this: if it happens, it happens.

I used to entertain the idea of trying that approach. Then I read that comic strip. It was a few years ago.

I thought about it when I was younger. I was 20. She was a 22 year old aspie anime nerd, tall and thin. I waited too long. I was always going to do it "later". Now she's been madly in love with the same NT guy for the last six years. We're still friends but I find seeing her to be strangely unpleasant. Now she's a very youthful and slender 30 year old who still gets ID checked every time she buys a cider.

That's why I don't want to befriend anyone before dating them. Guys say that asking a friend out can damage a friendship but the sexual tension of being around a really attractive friend can be just as damaging to friendship.

I don't think Kraftie is saying that you should start dating your female friends on a whim or that you should befriend a woman you really want to ask on a date. It's just that sometimes when 2 people spend time together they start to fall for each other. They both want to be together to the point where it's obvious to all their other friends and these 2 just gravitate towards each other. It's not a risk because they so obviously fancy each other.

Dating isn't really a thing in the UK. It's still seen as a bit of a strange American import. You hear people saying, thank goodness we don't do that here. We just hang out with someone until one day you're drunk enough to admit you fancy them.

yep....very much what Hurtloam is saying. Thanks, Hurtloam.

I have found, actually, quite a few instances where friends become lovers. They are friends without the intention (conscious at least) of love--but then things just "develop."

Yes, there could be unpleasant consequences to the friendship if the "love part" doesn't work....but that's the chance we have to take, right?

This is Human Relations. Really it is.

Starting and maintaining any friendships let alone a wide range isn't much easier, once the social capital is extinguished it is pretty hard to get back and that is if you had any to begin with.

Probably because making it hard and risky to approach the girls is the whole point. It weeds out would-be suitors who get forcefully turned away by some badass, and those who, knowing what's good for them, keep a low profile.