What's the point of trying at this point?

I 100% agree with her here. There is no point in trying anymore. Men have checked out. You won ladies, congratulations. You don't need no man. You might want a man, but men don't want you. You're not worth it anymore. You wanted independence, you got it. And all the consequences that comes with it. No take-backsies.

Quick answer: the juice is not worth the squeeze for many men who would qualify as "available."

A more elaborate answer is that many men are either invisible to women such as this (whether or not they would make or want to become husbands) and/or have given up on trying to date because they see it as a bad return on investment due to a number of reasons. Many of the good men who are husband-material are off the market because they are already married or in a relationship. The men who can "treat women badly" are men who have options, and are not willing to commit to women when they most likely are getting everything they want without having to front all the commitment.

Regarding this point of commitment, I would want to know if this woman has kept her number of sex partners low (0 is probably not likely with today's women, so low is now the standard). If the number is not low, then it begs the question: why would any man who is willing to go "courting" want to court you? Did you prepare yourself for marriage in all the years prior to asking this question? While I do not have confirmed answers with just this screenshot for this woman in particular, these questions can be asked to all women wondering why they are still unmarried. If a woman wants to be married, she needs to make it worth the man's effort. And if you are a woman in her 20s still on the market asking this question, then the answers to my questions will probably not reflect well on a woman such as this one.

Courting???

This isn't the 1950s, you're not a virgin and we're not wide eyed high school boys with brill cream in our hair, penny loafers and varsity jackets. So....we're not going to be borrowing our father's Chevrolet and picking you up at your parents house with a single red rose, and then drop you back from the dance at 9.30pm.

We don't do courting anymore, just as we don't polish our suit of armour at night, or practice archery in the grounds of the castle.

Why is that women insist on a world where we act like they aren't over 30 and haven't sucked a thousand cocks, and that we're just going to gloss over all of that and enter a make believe fantasy world where they get to sleep with dozens of guys and THEN we treat them like virgins from the 1950s AFTER they've been ran through??

Men have been told by society that "they aren't shit", and "girl bosses" mean the "future is female".

So, enjoy - we have our lives to build, drama-free.

If women want to pretend they're men, they can do the 9 to 5 grind and support themselves with zero help from us.

Because when we try to do it the old fashioned way we get abused, taken advantage of, you lose attraction for decency because you’re so fucked up from years of chasing bad boys. Nice guys want pussy too and they know being nice to you ain’t the way to get it.

Right. Let me court you and pay for dinner and gifts so you can turn away saying you're not in the mood when we both know you've been getting railed for a shot of Tequila on the regular when you were still young and pretty.

If I want to burn money I can just go to a hooker and get my part of the deal with no issues. Hell, I'd even save money doing so.

This is a fabulous question and one that is answered by another question:

What strategy gets men laid the most?

If courtship, chivalry, politeness, and decency got men laid, her problem would be non-existent. But, as we see, the price of a ticket to poundtown isn't related to the more noble attributes a man can have.

We have learned, through firsthand and shared experience, that all a man needs to do is hit a minimum physical attractiveness and financial threshold (no morals or ethics required!) and he's got carte blanche to do any nasty thing he wants to a majority of women.

To sum it up: fuckboys are made, not born.

1) Men "play games" because that's what works with easy women. You only complain about "the game" when you're losing. When you're winning, you promote it.

2) Women who rate themselves as successful, pretty, and nice are usually (D) none of the above.

3) You do not even get to rate yourself. That's solipsistic and prideful. No one cares about your own self-assessment. Your SMV is what the man you are able to secure commitment from determines it is.

4) Abused? OMG, in that case I'll take you right to the police so you can file a report. Most likely you were the one doing the abusing.

5) Don't worry about putting in effort. You're about to hit the wall, it won't matter much anyway.