Couldn't agree more than that. Whenever I visit Facebook and I see posts like "my kind of boyfriend, etc." inside of me feels like disgusted because these days they want men to be like for example Kylie Jenner's bodyguard, Justin Beiber, etc.
Most of those posts that I've mention came from pages like Samy Irssak, Fortafy, and other pages that posts more on gf and bf
This is why social media should be moderated and not taken seriously. I may be using social media but that's only if its used well.
That's true, but the expectations I was talking about were more along the lines of expecting constant communication and constantly knowing your whereabouts and what you are doing. Call me old school if you like, because I am

, but there is no one on this planet that I want to be in constant contact with, nor anyone that I want to know everything about. I love my gf but I don't want to know what she had for lunch, who she was with at 2:30 pm and I don't want to talk to her every hour on the hour all day long. I know guys in that situation and most of them are driven crazy by it but there is such an expectation around it that to try to do anything different would make them look suspicious and weird at this point. So they just put up with it.
Anyone I've ever dated over the last 10 years or so I tell them straight up front that I don't do social media, I don't always respond to texts right away and I don't always answer my phone. Sometimes *gasp* I even turn my phone off


. I also believe in phone etiquette. I don't answer it or respond to texts or even look at them when I'm in conversation directly with another person, be it a friend a customer, across the counter at a place of business or anywhere else. I think it's disrespectful to behave any other way. The only exception is work because I'm sometimes on call but it has a different ringtone so I know when it's work and will still wait for a break in the conversation or even go to the washroom to look at it. That means, in a practical sense, that if you text me, I might not get back to you for hours if I'm really into something or someone.
Not everyone can get used to it. One girlfriend I had to move on from because she just couldn't handle that I wasn't always available. She would call me all the time and when I didn't answer, she would barrage me with texts. I patiently tried to change her ways but she just couldn't get over it. No thanks, this is a no drama zone
It's important, IMO anyway, to be yourself and let the other person know who you really are, right from the get go. Compromise is ok for some things and not others and if you compromise things that are really important to you, you will end up regretting it and resenting the other person for it. Speaking for the men here, IMO again, when you are young you sometimes fall into the trap that doing everything your woman wants is what she wants. I know I did. Giving in, giving up, going along to get along becomes the norm because you fear losing her or fear rejection. It's not the case. Most women and all of the women you really want to date, will respect and admire a man that stands up for what he believes in and is an independent person with his own thoughts and ideas and preferences. Knowing when to draw the line is a huge part of a successful relationship in the long term. It takes a lot of trial and error to find the right balance but you'll get there eventually.