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Why will I never date a Peter Pan again

Anastasia Green
8 min readSep 5, 2018

DISCLAIMER: This is not a crazy-ex-girlfriend revenge post. This article was discussed with my ex Peter Pan, edited by several amazing men and proofread by a few great girlfriends who dated Peters. Based on real stories and personal research. No Peter Pans were hurt while this article was created.

In 1983 psychologist Dan Kiley released the book The Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up which popularized the term “Peter Pan” in pop culture, identifying it with someone who is socially immature and acts like a famous name-fellow character.

Immaturity of such a person can reveal itself in many aspects of life, starting from the inability to take responsibility or care of another, working only pleasurable jobs, never committing to anything or anyone, to not being able to physically take care of oneself, like doing laundry or cleaning the house.

Peter Pans are usually perfect at dating, they are romantic, sweet and try hard for the first couple of months. They are playful like kids, often great lovers, they know how to enjoy life, without “paying the bills”. Dating Peter Pan can be the most romantic adventure you will ever have. Mr. Charming will take…

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Anastasia Green
Anastasia Green

Written by Anastasia Green

Tech Evangelist from #SiliconBeach. Connecting tech #startups to #venturecapital. Founder @GetFundedTools.com, Mentor at @500Startups

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