Sounds like the modern day Middle East . Assortative mating , developed and enforced by the patriarchy , is arguably what made modern Western civilization possible . By giving betas a place in the sexual marketplace as husbands and providers , it gave them a stake in society , the middle class emerged and Western society experienced unprecedented economic growth and social stability . Now that the patriarchy is dead , enjoy the decline . <| sep |> Met this girl in college I immediately fell for . I was crazy about her for two years . Due to our schedules and my fear of rejection , I did very little about it for months and months , but we did hang out from time to time . One day , she texts me and asks if I wanted to go over to her town and see a movie with her . I got pretty excitedwas she really asking me out ? Of course , I said yes and went over . Given the length of the trip , and the fact that it was a cartoon I would never have wanted to see otherwise , I thought this probably was a date . But during the movie , whenever I edged closer to her , she moved away slightly , like she would if we ' d accidentally bumped into each other . I still couldn ' t work up the courage to ask her out until I got home and called her . She was surprised and maybe a little flattered but said she already had someone . Later , she apologized and said she hadn ' t realized she was sebding mixed signals . We ' re still friends , but due to schedules and distance , we can almost never see each other .