Mary Killen Mary Killen

Your Problems Solved | 29 January 2005

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 29 January 2005

Dear Mary…

Q. I am a 22-year-old man and I recently left university. While I had thought that I would at least be engaged to be married by now, the truth is that I find it almost impossible to date girls. It seems to me that girls of my age adopt a herd-like strategy when they go out, making it terrifying or threatening for boys to approach them individually.

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