Wow, look at that, teenage boys making awful choices, who’d have guessed

Awful choice for whom exactly? From their point of view, it is the rational choice.

Awful choice for themselves and their futures. They may think they are making a rational choice but they’re not thinking about the future. Just like teenagers have always done.

Not that any of it is gender specific. The women on /r/myboyfriendisai are making the exact same mistakes, in many ways it’s worse because many are fully grown adults.