Every man who has ever kissed me (52F) has asked first. My older sister thinks that’s weird—no one has ever asked her first. Are some women permission-only?

You gotta realize we are on the internet, ON REDDIT, and on niche subs. I hate to use stereotypes but it is what it is. This type of combination attracts a certain type of miserable bitter people who are angry at everything (me included). Never get your sample size from reddit, or the internet in general.

Every time I thought I’d learned something on the internet because it seemed “the vast majority of people did X” and I went out into the world it turned out he vast majority of people did the exact fucking opposite.

This is one instance. I’d bet my fortune that the vast majority of real women in the real world do not need verbal “consent”. Consent is given by giving THE ONE look that unmistakably means “I want you to kiss me”. If you do not know what that look is, watch any romantic comedy.

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