I Offered to Pay for My Ex-Boyfriend’s Breakfast. His Reaction Is Indicative of a Larger Attitude Among Men These Days.

Unhinged They can’t meet me where I am. Sept 02, 202611:39 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash, pinglabel/Adobe Stock, Unsplash, Rawpixel/Getty Images Plus, soulgems/Adobe Stock, and Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash. Unhinged is Slate’s advice column on the wild world of modern dating. Have a dating question of your own? Send it to Steffi here. It’s anonymous! Dear Unhinged, I’m a woman in my late 20s and independent where I need to be; I have my own friends, my own hobbies, a loving animal companion, a thriving and growing career, and most notably, a life where I want someone to join but I don’t need someone to be able to survive. As I’ve navigated the dating battlefield, I find myself going on dates with men, from dating app matches and in-person connections, w