Finding Romantic Partners
Discussions center on advice, challenges, and strategies for finding compatible romantic partners, including mindset shifts from transactional dating to genuine connections and critiques of common approaches.
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Suggestion: stop thinking about it as 'getting a girl' start thinking about it as 'find someone to share and do stuff with'.
Finding the right partner isn't trivial.
You might be overestimating your peers' ability to find a date relative to your own.
It's just a mismatch of goals: are you looking for a partner, or a date?
If you're not looking for a mate as unique and weird as you are, you're setting yourself up for failure
I can think of a more efficient order to get a romantic partner.
If you ever interested in a partner...
There are millions of lonely guys in decent physical, mental and financial shape who would make devoted husbands and fathers and are actively and obviously looking for a mate. I am sure there are millions of women are like that too, but back when I was looking online around two decades ago, I have never met a normal woman who would give a normal guy some patience to see if initial meeting would grow into a friendship and then a relationship. It always has to be immediate butterflies in the stoma
Why is looking for a romantic partner where you do most of your socializing weird?
That is correct, discussing how to find a romantic partner (especially in the terms you've used) is probably not going to be well received on this particular site.