There has always been a tension. Good men want to be perfect gentlemen whose courtship practices never make a lady uncomfortable. But, in the absence of telepathy, this sometimes results in frustration, when the courted party wishes that “the moves” would come a little faster:

a god damned perfect gentleman

The solution, as with so many interpersonal problems, lies in better communication. But that’s much easier to say than it is to put into practice.

Cartoon is from Sex To Sexty #44.

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