If you're 27 and never had a girlfriend, is it too late?

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03 Jul 2015, 8:45 pm

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idk guys seem to just pursue them more. whole playing hard to get thing.
Why do you think that is?


confidence.



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06 Jul 2015, 10:17 am

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So, barring some weird situation where a woman I find somewhat attractive who happens to have weird interests like I do is driving by my house, has a flat tire and has to come and knock on my door for help, I just don't see it happening for me.


I can't even imagine how that could possibly lead to anything other than helping her as quickly and to the point as possible, and KTHXBY, never to see her again, without having done anything creepy like exchanging phone numbers or establishing any other means of communication. I mean, is there anything else you can realistically do, and which isn't some form of harassment or worse?

It wouldn't be ideal, but it would provide an excuse/reason to talk to her where it wouldn't exist otherwise.



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06 Jul 2015, 11:36 am

I used to carry a lot of business-cards around. Then I would hand out my business-cards. Then I would ask if these nice young ladies had any business-cards for me that they had, and if not, I would let them use the back of one of my own business-cards. I got pretty damn good at being able to obtain lots of phone-numbers from girls I had just met.

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I can't even imagine how that could possibly lead to anything other than helping her as quickly and to the point as possible, and KTHXBY, never to see her again, without having done anything creepy like exchanging phone numbers or establishing any other means of communication. I mean, is there anything else you can realistically do, and which isn't some form of harassment or worse?

For follow-ups, before we parted ways, I just said something like: « Hey. Let's keep in-contact ! »
Nearly all of them were always like...: « Okay, sure, that would be great ! »
Then I would finish with something like...: « When would be the best times to call you ? » (...because you want to make sure that it's during her available-time rather than busy/occupied time... managed to have a lot of nice, long conversations with this one girl, weekly, and it would've very likely turned out to become a real & genuine-relationship, had I not been so inexperienced with what to do about girls back then, and eventually I got her to meet me at a buffet one day after like several weeks of talking to her each week, and she was a very beautiful girl, also managed to share a nice hug with her after our buffet, and come to think of it I have never been hugged by anybody else so tightly before the way she just squeezed me in her arms... actually she was the first adult-aged girl I had ever received a hug from... that was the happiest I had ever felt in my life... really sometimes kind of wish I could go back-in-time & re-do things so that I would have just proceeded to seduce her anyway & lost my virginity to such a nice & beautiful girl [because I was in-love with her actually at the time] although I did have a very vivid lucid-dream one day where we had sex with each other for over ten hours in a row in a hotel-room, and that I even got to orgasm inside her at the end after making her orgasm five times in a row in all of the different sexual-positions for a total of 30+ orgasms from her due to the ridiculously high sex-drive that I had, and the pleasures all felt very real as I still remember all of the physical-sensations that I had experienced with her, all before waking up from that lucid-dream [that was also the only time I ever experienced an actual full-orgasm during a dream before actually waking up from one]. She is still a very special girl to me even to this very day although she's since already gotten married whilst I had still gone on for another ten years without getting into any kinds of actual relationships but on the other hand I simply had changed my purposes & pursuits & priorities since the state of the world had made me realise that I had bigger fish to fry that would be of even more potential benefit to multitudes that I needed to do on my own !).

Apologies about that really long run-on-sentence. Must be that « Aspieness » aspect of mine...


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09 Jul 2015, 5:32 pm

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My bf was 26 when he got his first girlfriend (highly dysfunctional relationship that was on and off for 6 months). His undiagnosed aspergers certainly made it seem like he'd never find someone.
He and I were friends for Over a year before we actually dated, and I always kept my emotional distance because I thought he was too selfish to be in a romantic relationship with (I was attracted to him originally, though, and I liked being around him). He only texted me when I texted first, would only talk to me if I initiated conversation, never invited me anywhere, etc. I initiated all contact. At times he took this to mean I was interested in him romantically, but I wasn't. Mainly because he didn't seem like he cared about me (to my NT brain).
At some point he allowed himself or forced himself to do a couple of things that were kind of gestures. He offered to bring, then brought me food when I was sick, for example. He texted and asked me how I was doing the next morning. He told me good night or good morning via text. It was the first time I'd seen him be "sweet" and I was done. I had no idea he felt the things I later found out about because he didn't show it in the way I would have. :heart:
I've been with him ever since he showed me that, and we are moving in together next week. He just turned 29. It isn't too late.


so you made the first move on him first as in broke the ice first?



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14 Jul 2015, 10:08 pm

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but if you take to long to message a girl back she'll take it as you're not interested anymore and move on to another guy :S


Same with guys. If a girl take to long to message back typical guys will take that as she is no longer interested.


idk guys seem to just pursue them more. whole playing hard to get thing.


Or maybe the girl just isn't interested. Or swamped at work that week. Or has the flu and isn't checking her messages.

Women who play hard to get are best avoided. The ones who like you back are the ones who return your texts/calls.



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15 Jul 2015, 12:20 am

I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.



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15 Jul 2015, 1:45 am

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I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.
Which competition are you referring to? The competition between the sexes? The competition between rival women? Or the competition between men to be seen with the hottest girl?


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15 Jul 2015, 6:06 pm

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I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.
Which competition are you referring to? The competition between the sexes? The competition between rival women? Or the competition between men to be seen with the hottest girl?



well it's often argued, debated that womens peak attractiveness years start earlier than mens do



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15 Jul 2015, 8:11 pm

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I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.
Which competition are you referring to? The competition between the sexes? The competition between rival women? Or the competition between men to be seen with the hottest girl?
well it's often argued, debated that womens peak attractiveness years start earlier than mens do
In that case don't envy them. Their power is short lived. Your power will last much longer. At 27 a girls looks have faded, her best years are behind her. Your power is increasing. Your best years are still to come.


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15 Jul 2015, 8:21 pm

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I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.
Which competition are you referring to? The competition between the sexes? The competition between rival women? Or the competition between men to be seen with the hottest girl?
well it's often argued, debated that womens peak attractiveness years start earlier than mens do
In that case don't envy them. Their power is short lived. Your power will last much longer. At 27 a girls looks have faded, her best years are behind her. Your power is increasing. Your best years are still to come.


if you're gotten into a career with advancement. men's attractiveness in later years rely s on having a good career.
men age just like women do, older you get less physically attractive you are.



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15 Jul 2015, 9:03 pm

You'd be surprised.

Many times, people actually get more attractive as they get older. Women most definitely included!



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15 Jul 2015, 9:24 pm

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I envy the power women have in their youth, people will say it's not a competition, but yet at the same time, people say life is a competition, so sounds hypocritical.
Which competition are you referring to? The competition between the sexes? The competition between rival women? Or the competition between men to be seen with the hottest girl?
well it's often argued, debated that womens peak attractiveness years start earlier than mens do
In that case don't envy them. Their power is short lived. Your power will last much longer. At 27 a girls looks have faded, her best years are behind her. Your power is increasing. Your best years are still to come.


well the reason why I do envy them is because I feel women are far less likely than men are to miss out on dating, relationships and sex throughout your 20's, and that's why I have said to myself if I don't experience having a girlfriend for the remainder of my 20's, then I strongly feel like giving up once my 30's begin, never bother to deal with women ever again, sadly unfortuneately the desire for wanting a girlfriend does not go away.



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15 Jul 2015, 9:50 pm

Em. No. My brother-in-law started dating my sister when he was 28. First girl he dated ever. Bit of a nerd, but not an Aspie. Heck, lately told me that he never though my sis would fall for him.

Married, with a kid, family life, stable job, and happy.



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15 Jul 2015, 10:11 pm

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Em. No. My brother-in-law started dating my sister when he was 28. First girl he dated ever. Bit of a nerd, but not an Aspie. Heck, lately told me that he never though my sis would fall for him.

Married, with a kid, family life, stable job, and happy.


so he married his first ever girlfriend? that sucks, I believe a person should experience a couple of relationships with different people before getting married, settling down.



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15 Jul 2015, 10:17 pm

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so he married his first ever girlfriend? that sucks, I believe a person should experience a couple of relationships with different people before getting married, settling down.


Point, but not my life.

Plus, it works out for some people. While others are fine by themselves all their lives.

We are all different.



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15 Jul 2015, 10:22 pm

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so he married his first ever girlfriend? that sucks, I believe a person should experience a couple of relationships with different people before getting married, settling down.

That is lucky, beautiful and does not suck at all. You have issues.