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Ask Dr. Helen: Should Single Men Be ‘Bagged and Tagged?’

July 14, 2008 - 1:01 am - by Helen Smith
Lea
2008-07-15 08:01:05

Ranting about “it’s all your fault because of your poor choices” is like blaming a mugging victim for walking down the wrong street at the wrong time.

That’s not what I’m saying at all. I’m just saying that people make bad decisions, both genders do, and then blame the ENTIRE gender. All women are terrible. All men are terrible. And it’s not good for any of us. And I see alot of that here in the comments.

…I think she’s either (1) paranoid or (2) someone touched a nerve. Perhaps even both; the former because of the latter.

Or possibly I’ve been reading the threads. I won’t trouble to pick out all the “women are horrible’ quotes, because I think you can see them for yourselves.

Indeed. I made two of them. Both of them looked alright, but both of them ‘changed’.

Ignorance on my part. I’ll admit to that. So I learned to be a LOT more cautious. And I counsel others to be just as cautious.

And here you come claiming its wrong to do so?
Of course not. I’m just saying that some men (and women, as I’ve said) come in with that chip on the shoulder and that is going to turn some decent folks off. I think in dating you have to be careful not to blame your current partner for your past partner’s sins. That’s not to say you shouldn’t learn from the past, just realize that the person you’ve just met is not responsible for it.