any successful relationships in which the girl initiated?

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Just wondering if any girls, women here have ever had a great, long-term relationship, long-term boyfriend in which they pursued the guy first, they made the first move and approached first, started a conversation first, asked him out on a date first, etc.

Yes i know and i am aware of the fact that me being a guy it is not wise or smart to be passive like this, and i don't hold my breath for this, because the overwhelming vast majority of women still expect men to be the initiators when it comes to getting a date, establishing a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, etc., but i have known for a while there are some exceptions in which there is a role-reversal, but have any of you women ever pursued, made the first move or asked a guy out first boyfriend and it turned out great, successful? For you guys, men, have you ever been approached by a woman first, asked out by a woman first and there was mutual attraction, it turned out great?

Overall, just wondering if there are any success stories of any dating/relationships that were initiated by the woman, because i hear a lot of arguments from women, they say the reason why they will never approach a guy first or ask a guy out first, initiate with a guy, is because they feel if the woman initiates, the relationship won't turn out as good or last as long as compared to the traditional other way around, but i want to hear success stories to this exception.

I can only think of two long-term relationships I have had that I did *not* initiate, and those were the least successful of any long-term relationships I've had.

There were others that I *tried* to initiate, but got shot down.

So, no, I absolutely don't buy that
a) it has to be the man who makes the first move,
or
b) it's always the women doing the rejecting.

Nope, but then again I´ve only dated 2 guys.
The first guy was a lot older than me and it was when I was 15. I told him I had a crush on him. We did not have an official relationship but we did date and experimented. It did turn out to be more of a physical thing for him and it did not end well.
The second pursued me on tinder, but the initiative to go on dates ALWAYS came from my side. It did not work out. We dated casually for 4,5 months. We rarely even talk anymore on facebook.

So, so far me pursuing the guy DID NOT work. My sample size is 2 however and the second guy was an aspie coping with depression (first one a workaholic that thoroughly enjoyed single life).

I've heard the likelihood of successful long term relationships is a lot, lot higher when the woman picks up the guy, yes.

From the one example I can think of right now it seems to be true.

In all three relationships I've had, the gal I dated initiated our relationship. However, looking back on it, technically all three times we both initiated it together. It seemed I didn't initiate because it all happened so fast. The automatic mental machinery did all the work for me. So I suppose that in my case at least, formally seeking out relationships doesn't work for me. Just meeting people works just fine.

And in all three instances, I was trying something new. Hmmmmm...

My current girlfriend messaged me 1st after reading a lot of my post here on WP(her SN is Casstranquility but she doesn't post much) & we've been living together two years now.

In the two relationships I had (and the girl I slept with and dating for a little over a week) were all met online and all three initiated contact. I took the "lead" shortly after but looking back, of all the girls I messaged I only got one lousy date out of it. Either I am completely incompetent or its just a waste of time for guys to message girls. In real life relationships I know, the relationships where the girl initiated are universally more successful so take that for what's its worth.

LOL If it had been left up to my husband, I'd likely still be that "really nice woman" he met .... 100%, I initiated. In fact, I told him to stop chasing after a much younger girl who was clearly uninterested in him (he couldn't tell) and pay attention to me because I was going to marry him.