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re: the dating apps aren't cutting it for me in terms of meeting women

Posted on 9/2/24 at 5:55 pm to
Posted by Sidicous
NELA
Member since Aug 2015
19296 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

do tell where.

Wherever people gather. Any and every social event.

The decent women are also looking for alternatives to paying online and have the same issues just from a different angle. There’s your icebreaker: “Don’t know if public mixers/social events are any better than online apps/sites. How about you?”

quote:

I've never been much of a drinker.

Carry around an iced tea. It’s a brown liquid like many liquors and tea tastes good hot or cold so lukewarm is tolerable so you can hold and sip on just 1 the entire event.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24044 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 5:57 pm to
Does your work ever send you to 3-4 workshops or conventions?
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33017 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:03 pm to
met my wife 6 months after college but i always thought speed dating looked fun. I always say I know within 30 seconds if this could be something or not.

Look around your area, you'd be surprised how many events they have for singles. Happy hours, church groups, etc.

Thats the most authentic
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33017 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:06 pm to
it amazes me how unsmooth some guys are. They are so awkward around women. You'd be shocked how far just being nice and giving a random woman a compliment is.
Posted by jclem11
Chief Nihilist
Member since Nov 2011
9538 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:18 pm to
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Hinge is like $30 a month,


Just checked and Hinge X is priced:

1 week is $24.99

1 month is $49.99

3 months is $99.99

6 months is $149.99


Hinge + is priced:

1 week is $16.98

1 month is $34.99

3 months is $64.99

6 months is $99.99


Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
23398 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:34 pm to
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Just checked and Hinge X is priced:

1 week is $24.99

1 month is $49.99

3 months is $99.99

6 months is $149.99


Hinge + is priced:

1 week is $16.98

1 month is $34.99

3 months is $64.99

6 months is $99.99




You could buy a $25 book for a random at Barnes and Noble and get some digits tonight. They even have a coffee shop inside where you can spit your game.
Posted by jclem11
Chief Nihilist
Member since Nov 2011
9538 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:38 pm to
What’s your approach at B&N?

At least on apps you see a lot of faces for $25.

The apps are pay to play now. You almost have to pay to have any luck as a man.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
23398 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:42 pm to
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What’s your approach at B&N?



You have to actually have read a book before. You find a cutie thumbing through the romance, self-help, or career sections. When she reads the spine then checks out a sample of the inside, you say something like would it be awkward if I offered to buy that for you? You then introduce yourself and ask if she would like a coffee.

I've tried showing them my junk in the parking lot, but that had mixed results.
Posted by Tusk Till Dawn
Worldwide
Member since Sep 2016
53 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:43 pm to
Try pumpkin patches, given the right time of year.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53405 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:49 pm to
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What’s your approach at B&N?


I always tell 'em I just filed for Chapter 13

Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34069 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:30 pm to
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how on earth does one just start striking up a conversation at a farmers market?

“Oh hey, that’s looks great! Where did you get it?”

Cmon man. I’m not gng to be here forever to help yall through this kind of stuff
Posted by TN Tygah
Member since Nov 2023
7837 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:36 pm to
Scammers aren’t the issue. I dunno what you’re doing but atheists and liberals are pretty standard.

It’s women who are 5’s being treated like 9’s because dudes swipe right on everything. So they have no interest in normal looking dudes or even good looking ones, they think they have a chance with the Tom Brady’s of the world.

Then they get ghosted because the guys were looking for an easy lay, and hate men for it.

We see a lot of decent looking women, but not super hot, who can’t understand why they’re single. Guarantee this is a big reason. Overestimating their worth and getting bailed on because they should’ve never been pursued by a worthwhile dude in the first place.
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
2941 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:38 pm to
That's certainly a better icebreaker than going from "didn't I meet you at Coachella" to "would you like to be my pandemic partner" lol.
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
2941 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:44 pm to
Men are made for serial monogamy if they aren't family men.

The women will come and go, but it's still faaaar cheaper than being married.

And more fun, though no doubt not as satisfying as being happily married.
Posted by TrapperJohn
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
12102 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:51 pm to
Facebook has a dating option that blows the doors off tinder, bumble and Hinge. If hooking up is your goal, use Tinder. Looking for a girlfriend or wife, I’d recommend Facebook dating. I dated one woman for 6 months that I met on there. We didn’t want the same things. I wasted 2 months on the pay apps and dated a lot but nothing substantial happened. Then I met my future wife last December.

**also, during this two months I had 6 pay subscriptions at the same time. It was hella expensive but I stayed busy as a mofo. Shell out $300/month on apps on your phone will be blowing up.
This post was edited on 9/2/24 at 7:57 pm
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
29551 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:58 pm to
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you say something like would it be awkward if I offered to buy that for you?


Works better in the cereal isle.
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
29551 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 8:00 pm to
Honey Bunches of Oats? I’m actually looking to sow my oats, in bunches.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24715 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 8:01 pm to
Sorry you have no social skills or are unfortunate looking and can’t meet women in real life. Have you tried a sex doll?
This post was edited on 9/2/24 at 8:02 pm
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138124 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 8:05 pm to
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Lincoln Dawson


Go to therapy

Work on yourself

???

Profit
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
6679 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 8:12 pm to
Step 1: Go to bar. Let's pick a crappy one first time out.

Step 2: Pick out second ugliest girl in bar (a man's gotta have a backup option)

Step 3: Profit!

Step 4: Go back out each week and try to move up a level each time. Every success is a confidence builder.

Optional: Pick out a committed woman. Why compete with 7-8 dudes chasing a single gal, when you can compete with just one?
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