Umm…I think my wife’s going to be upset when she learns I’m getting a girlfriend…
That's right!
Submitted 5 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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slingstone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
allidoislietomyself@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Let her get a boyfriend and maybe it’ll all work out?
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Or let her get a girlfriend and you get a boyfriend
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Get a boyfriend instead. Problem solved. 🤷♂️
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Joke’s on you, I got married in two of those years.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Well, get ready to get married again!
bizzle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Same lmfao 2016 (mid at best) and 2024 (extra good)
TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bro, I’m trying. I work all the time and online dating sucks butt. I think I’ve been on every dating app there is at least twice over the past 7 years with zero success. Like, I know I’m an introvert but it shouldn’t be that hard. Especially when everyone and their mom tells me how great of a dude I am.
I think my problem is that I’m just not built for online dating. My last girlfriend and I met through fucking Reddit of all places… They should make a dating app for introverts where there are no pictures until you match with someone. Because I’m sure I’m not the only introvert that cannot for the life them take a good picture of themselves.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Introvert here. I met my now introvert wife at speed dating.
If you haven’t done it before, you are in a room (usually a rented out restaurant so its just for this event) with lots of tables. At each table is a woman. As a man, you are directed to sit at a specific numbered table where there is a woman seated (all the other men do the same to the individual table they are directed to). A bell rings. You have 5 minutes to talk to each other and learn as much as you can about each other. After 5 minutes, the bell rings, and the woman stay seated, and the man moves to the next higher numbered table. You have a card with the woman’s name on it and you should REALLY make notes, because you won’t remember which things you thought with each person. The women do the same with their cards.
In under 2 hours each person now talked to 14-18 potential mates. At the end of the night you go online and mark which of the women you’re interested in hearing more from. If any of the women you mark also mark you on their side, you’re given an in-app communications channel and you can choose to share personal contact information from there.
When you’re sitting at the table talking with a woman sometimes it seems like that bell rings as soon as you sit down and you wish you had more time. Those are the ones you mark on your card to talk more with. Sometimes, you’re 1 minute in and you’re dreading waiting though the next 4 min. Those you do not mark.
I’d recommend you give Speed Dating a try.
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Curious where you find something like this. Did you just Google “Local Speed Dating” or something?
burgersc12@mander.xyz 5 months ago
This sounds horrible, like high pressure interviews but back to back.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Amazing I didn’t know it was a real thing I thought it was a joke
TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do you even find stuff like that? Because I’ve definitely thought of giving that a try ngl.
slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Like, I’m in that position too, except I have a touch of the 'tism to go along with it. Not so much that I can’t function, but enough to the point that socializing is exhausting. I get nothing but bots when I try online dating, and going out mostly just results in people asking me why I’m always just standing in a corner by myself.
Really, I just need a wingman, but I don’t know anybody who would be willing or able to do it; my brother and both of my closest friends live an hour-and-a-half away and my BIL has very young kids.
I’m at a point where I’m not sure if it’s ever gonna happen.
ikidd@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There was an episode of Ted Lasso that referred to a dating app with no pics. I thought it was a great idea.
kn33@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I met my girlfriend at a meetup for the local area discord. You could look for a local reddit/discord that has meetups, or a local meetup.com group.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I’m too fucked up for an SO. There’s a song lyric that goes “How’s anyone else gonna love you, if you don’t love you too” and like, yeah. Way too full of self hatred to be appealing to anyone.
ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Same. I know my red flags, you don’t. If I were a used car I’d strongly recommend against getting it.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, see, the real red flags are the ones you aren’t aware of yet.
Those are the ones I’m frightened of. Like there’s just this itty-bit of something just waiting for the right bump to break and cut my brake lines while I’m on the highway.
I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s there, so I gotta be self-critical until I find the piece to fix!
At the very least I can tell you my job isn’t in sales.
big_slap@lemmy.world 5 months ago
at least you are self aware enough to potentially fix this self hatred you have for yourself. people go on their entire lives living like this, its a vicious cycle. good luck!
fnrir@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Same, unfortunately. ;-;
Draegur@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I got a girlfriend in 2023
The experience was mid.
She’s cool and we still hang out sometimes but being in a relationship kinda sucked and I’m glad we reloaded the friend save state.
I’m just not cut out for being someone’s only partner.
angelmountain@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Exclusivity in a romantic relationship is a social construct. Look into ENM. It might not fit you or it just might.
Draegur@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I do believe I’d love being a small part of a polycule…!
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I appreciate the confidence, but girlfriends require time. While it would be cool and could be helpful to have that extra support around, all I can do is provide money and dick.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As a straight male, I could settle for half that.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I know right? Turns out the kind of fish you attract with that bait are on the “catch and dispose” list.
paddirn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Jokes on you, my sex doll is already on the way, be here before Christmas.
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Did you get the kind that can also make dinner? Wait, am I thinking of a microwave?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 months ago
Bro that’s sexist.
And completely ignored that self cleaning functionality is the best feature of RealWomen™
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Oh daisy, yet another year has come and gone and yet another year you lie to me. Your words of encouragement are only gonna work like 3 to 4 more times max then I’m giving uo
robocall@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can invite her to my wedding
fnrir@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Joke’s on you. I’m gay (and still single ;-;).
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
That’s okay. The GF actually stands for gayfriend.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Another one?
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
No thanks, I’m good.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d be too scared to talk to her anyway
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
We outta room
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I’m waitinggggg
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
2025202621002525300010000???CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 months ago
And if I refuse?
Samsy@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Looks like 2025 is written with pee.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No thank you. I don’t have the time, the money, or the energy to go looking for a girlfriend… Or spend it on a whole other human and their unique set of needs.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 months ago
What if I were to tell you you’re supposed to get some of that back in a relationship as it moves towards becoming a partnership?
Or that hanging out with them, aka a date, is supposed to be fun?
Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you feel like it’s fun or that you need a partnership, then go ahead. My time is already divided as it is, and I just don’t want it even more divided.
I hardly have any time left to do the things I want to do, to study art and practice 3D. Any time I spend on other things most certainly will not be taken away from my job hours, but will be from my free time.
So I don’t want to waste time and money trying to find someone in the first place (most people are incredibly unitereresting), and then waste even more time trying to make it work.
3ntranced@lemmy.world 5 months ago
To the other dudes still like me searching for a meaningful relationship, if you haven’t discovered yet there’s a huge part that makes it easier. Become friends first, then date. If you force right into intimacy there’s no relationship developed. It’s not like HighSchool anymore unfortunately, persistence is key but know when to move on.
v01@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Who is this in the picture? Actress but cant place her.
PetteriPano@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Daisy Ridley. You’ve seen her in star wars.
B312@lemmy.world 5 months ago
She’s all the jedi
tomi000@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I hope not, Im married…
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
No se rick parece falso
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 months ago
Hope my wife doesn’t mind.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Not to mention GFs '15 - '24.
Windex007@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Valentine’s Day set to bankrupt me this year
Obnomus@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Lmao
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