Probably true, and equally true, one could debate this subject till the cows churn their own butter....with one factor continuously true...as you said, tastes change...with time, with the weather, with location, with culture...what works for us here won't work for someone in brazil or bengahzi or poland or naples, necessarily. Doesn't make it wrong. Just makes it different.

And I stand by my comment that it's about confidence more than anything else. So the OP should understand and believe in herself, and try to feel and act as confident as she can, because men are more attracted to women 'who've got their own' to quote Billie Holliday....independence has many faces...and one of them is confidence.

And yes, you are (silly), because yes, you did