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Jonas Žvilius

Woman Shares Weird Text She Got Before A Date, People Say It’s A Warning Sign

Dating in 2026 is nothing like it was a decade or two ago. People today have very different values, largely shaped by technology and social media.

Red pill dating tactics, for example, may be unfamiliar to those used to traditional romance. It is an approach purportedly rooted in toxic masculinity, which many women today experience.

This Threads user appears to be one of those victims, based on a screenshot she posted showing a seemingly harmless text from a man she had planned to meet up with.

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