My friend keeps complaining that she's single but won't talk to men she likes
I have a friend, let's call her Emily (28F), who keeps complaining that she's single. She called me the other day saying she wants to get married by 30 and she feels like a failure for not getting married by that timeline. She also said she's getting older, and when I tell her I'm older than her (29F) and happily single, she said she's scared she'll end up like me.
Emily had a crush on a guy at work, and I told her to ask him out for drinks after work or coffee before work (or during the weekends). She shot me down, saying she wanted him to approach her. I asked her how she expected him to know that she wanted that, she said men should always ask women out and he should have "the balls" to ask her out. She also said she finds men who take the initiative hot, and she wants a traditional man who makes more than her and can provide for her.
She then complained how men in her city never ask her out, and how all the men that do ask her out are assholes. I told her it'll probably benefit her if she asks a guy out once in a while, but she said I should respect her boundaries on this and this is something she will not compromise on. I'm tired.