But I do get a lot of... "you need a man in your life," from men. I'm not sure what that's about.
It's about you being cute and them wanting to get laid. But so what? I'm sure it's generally well-intentioned.
Also, there's a fine line between "rescuing" which is dysfunctional no matter which gender does it and "protecting" which is kind of a natural male instinct and "caring for" which is good no matter which gender does it. For instance, GP tried to "rescue" me from losing a bit of money gambling the other evening and I wouldn't let him but I was glad that he "protected" me from driving home past my bedtime which is dangerous for someone with my toddler metabolism and it was "caring" of him to give me a nice soft giant sports jersey to sleep in (even though he probably had ulterior motives-lol)
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver