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The "friends thing" will help a man understand women better. No doubt about that.

I've had quite a few Platonic friends whom I wanted to date. And it was frustrating.

But I did learn a lot about how to relate to women. I had to learn all this in order to keep my relationships from dying a certain death.

I'm just going to chime in here and say that a good portion of women won't make the first move. I'm not sure why, but it is what it is.

It’s because of our society. Our social mores.

It's pretty simple, actually.

Women are reluctant to "make the first move" because it is seen as being rather risky to their dignity.

Because of notions which continue to this day--notions which are not necessarily actually true. There is the sense that a woman who "makes the first move" is somehow "aggressive" and "acquisitive." And not "modest" enough.

Within the vast majority of societies, even "primitive" ones, I find that if a man waits for a woman to "make the first move," the man will inevitably be "left hanging."

Like I said, I am a man of below-average height, and "cute" sorts of looks. And socially awkward. I've never, in my 40 or so years of "active dating life" been approached by a woman for the purpose of any sort of "date or "hookup" or "wanting to get to know you better." It just has never happened. I've always had to "make the first move."

It never ceases to amaze me how many men presume to 'know' what motivates women, when women themselves don't even seem to know.  If men truly knew what motivated women, there would be no lonely men, and no man would ever again complain that women pay no attention to them.

Women are motivated by different things, obviously. They run the gamut, really. I cannot presume to make a generalization about women....and apply that generalization to one woman.

It is still RARE for a woman to blatantly initiate things when it comes to dating and relationships with men. The Proof is in the Pudding.

This is really simple (the advice, not the actual “work” involved):

Stop overthinking this. Start finding opportunities to socialize more and make friends. How could that hurt? Maybe you could develop a relationship with a friend or a friend of a friend. Sometimes friends set other friends up. I actually dated someone in this manner.

If you have no friends, a woman might wonder why. That’s sort of a red flag.

Perhaps put a relationship on the back burner for now and just work on putting yourself out there instead. Maybe join some group centered around a special interest.