Umm…I think my wife’s going to be upset when she learns I’m getting a girlfriend…
That's right!
Submitted 2 weeks ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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slingstone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
allidoislietomyself@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let her get a boyfriend and maybe it’ll all work out?
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Or let her get a girlfriend and you get a boyfriend
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Get a boyfriend instead. Problem solved. 🤷♂️
hperrin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Joke’s on you, I got married in two of those years.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Well, get ready to get married again!
bizzle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same lmfao 2016 (mid at best) and 2024 (extra good)
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Curious where you find something like this. Did you just Google “Local Speed Dating” or something?
burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
This sounds horrible, like high pressure interviews but back to back.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Amazing I didn’t know it was a real thing I thought it was a joke
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How do you even find stuff like that? Because I’ve definitely thought of giving that a try ngl.
slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Same, unfortunately. ;-;
Draegur@lemm.ee 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I do believe I’d love being a small part of a polycule…!
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
As a straight male, I could settle for half that.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Jokes on you, my sex doll is already on the way, be here before Christmas.
hperrin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Did you get the kind that can also make dinner? Wait, am I thinking of a microwave?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Bro that’s sexist.
And completely ignored that self cleaning functionality is the best feature of RealWomen™
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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
fnrir@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Joke’s on you. I’m gay (and still single ;-;).
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
That’s okay. The GF actually stands for gayfriend.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can invite her to my wedding
FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Another one?
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
No thanks, I’m good.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d be too scared to talk to her anyway
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
We outta room
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m waitinggggg
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
2025202621002525300010000???CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
And if I refuse?
Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Looks like 2025 is written with pee.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Who is this in the picture? Actress but cant place her.
PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Daisy Ridley. You’ve seen her in star wars.
B312@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
She’s all the jedi
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hope not, Im married…
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
No se rick parece falso
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 weeks ago
Hope my wife doesn’t mind.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Not to mention GFs '15 - '24.
Windex007@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Valentine’s Day set to bankrupt me this year
Obnomus@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Lmao
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