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What is the primary reason you are going to school for, to get a degree in something you are interested in, or to meet a girlfriend?

If I were 18 or 19 years old, the traditional college students might give me a chance. But I will be 27 next week, and the regular college students will think I am too old--yet people closer to my age are looking for people who are already out of college who have full-time jobs, which I won't have because I am going to school.

I am worried that if I wait until I finish school, then all the good women will be taken, and I will be stuck with someone who I will not be happy with.

Tim

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sometimes the best is yet to come.

Tim,

I think that it's perfectly understandable that you're worried about that, but there seems to be some priority issues going on here. Going to school to get a degree seems to be a goal for you, just as finding a girlfriend is, but you are starting to let one of those goals interfere with the other (as you imply when you said that you chose "not to go to school in Hawaii partly because of the lack of Aspie women there"). And a lot of your frustration is based on the fact that you're not sure what you want to do. So somehow you'll need to make a decision about which goal is more important to you.

Keep in mind also that your focus seems to be on undergraduates in the 18-22 range. At ID, are there graduate students? They are older (usually 22-30+), closer to your own age, more mature, more intellectually stimulating, and sometimes available too. Sure they might be in relationships, but this possibility exists for undergraduates as well, so it's not like there are no people out there. Also, try not to think that "all the good women will be taken" when you graduate. There are lots of perfectly eligible ladies out there who may not be in a relationship, for a variety of reasons. Maybe they were in bad relationships in the past, or they had other priorities to take care of first, or something else. So just because they might be single and in their late 20s or older, does not automatically mean that there is something wrong with them. In the same light, there's nothing wrong with you, just because you're still single now, or in four years.

Quite so!

you married Stinky?

No

then you know how?

I know what?

Update: I have given up going to Boise State because there are no Aspie women there. Plus Boise is too conservative for me--a guy who watches South Park and has liberal views toward sex.

Tim

What are you doing for schooling then? Or have you given up on that entirely?

I guess I will be sitting out at least another semester. I would consider living in Seattle, but the cost of living is too high, and the University of Washington would cost $90,000 for me (Boise State would cost $28,000). I can only think of two places more conservative than Idaho: Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Tim

Would it save you any money to move to the state you wanted to go to school in, and establish residency before you start school or early on in your academic career?

Have you even decided exactly on where you want to go to school? Earlier I remember your mentioning Boise State and Montana, but now you mention Seattle/UW.

One thing to note is colleges are usually left of the politics of the communities there
located in. You really should take some classes part time at a community college in
Houston in the spring (if your planning on setting out the spring). You could maintain
your job, get a few credits, get a feel for college.

California?