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

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23 Apr 2015, 11:26 pm

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this is why the whole you can just get married in your 60s theres till hope. yeah 60s :roll: have a no fun, no sex, no closeness relationship yay. i mean even if thats where all end up most generally get the rest too before they get to that stage. which is why I don't plan to live past 35. really no point in it.

hard for people who have had or have relationships to understand.

There's point. You can have a lot of fun doing things alone or with friends.
I've never been in a relationship and I hardly dated at all.


i think this is true for a lot of aspies and people maybe. however I'm a social creature. so i don't get fun from doing things alone. battlefield 4 alone is lonely and sad, shooting alone is lonely sad and dangerous, hiking same as shooting. camping alone, sad, dangerous, creepy and scary. I get enjoyment from being around others. I'm one of the few aspies on that end of the spectrum I guess :(

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this is why the whole you can just get married in your 60s theres till hope. yeah 60s :roll: have a no fun, no sex, no closeness relationship yay. i mean even if thats where all end up most generally get the rest too before they get to that stage. which is why I don't plan to live past 35. really no point in it.

hard for people who have had or have relationships to understand.

There's point. You can have a lot of fun doing things alone or with friends.
I've never been in a relationship and I hardly dated at all.


i'm almost 59 and my husband is 64. we have sex. we have fun (plays, concerts, games, joking around). we are best friends. i tell him everything. hard to imagine being closer at any age.

it's sad to see someone who has such an unnecessarily negative view of aging.


men lose sex drive as they age. so your husband likely has or wants less sex than he did when he was 20ish.

never meant not being close. just for the majority older relationships aren't the same as relationships at 20 which is what I desire. I don't think I'll be alive at 50 nonetheless running around through the woods or doing long hikes.

not to say I don't want the relationship one has in 50s I just want the younger one too like most other people get.
I know a few older people they'll cool but far less active than they use to be. they just cant do the things they use to do when in their 20s. airsofting in my 60s won't be a thing. i can hardly keep up with eh 15 year olds as is. many older shooters can't handle a shotgun anymore. reality is bodies age and get weaker. part of life. people get new hobbies and adapt. not so much of negative view of aging but wanting to experience all of life not just the last 10 to 20 years of it.

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In some ways I feel its easier for women to enjoy their youth than it is for men

Is there anything women don't have easier? :roll:


periods, childbirth, pms, menopause, trying to be a gamer, joining the military, joing police, fire department, any male dominated job force, goes on. I don't see why if they have it harder in some areas of life while its unreasonable the'd have it easier in others. life is give in take everyone has something easier and somethings hard then another.

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but I imagine there are some girls out there that would date me despite not being financially stable yet, not having a career yet, although I do have a job and a car at least, most likely a girl in that same situation as well.


Dating is not about finances, it's about commitment. You need the emotional connection and have to save your spot before you can settle down and walk down the aisle.


thats not what one of the people above said. think she said we are a losers for not being finacnely stable and having a good job. something I've found many women think.

what do you mean saving your spot?



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23 Apr 2015, 11:31 pm

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for me it is too late. at 27 and having already gone to college. there is no middle class job in my future. if there is even a middle class in the future. with so many women requiring that and it never going to happen. I have to accept fate
But some go to college twice. Can't you return to college?
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hard for someone who has been broken down and feels bad about being who they are what is good that they bring to the table. also hard for those who don't talk about themselves.

I bring a person not objects to the table. though I do have objects but not the income that is wanted.

just seems like theres this business type thing going on where man brings income and status and woman brings looks and sex. thats not a relationship but a business transaction.

I'd rather date a person then their job.
It sounds like you would have done better with this girl I was trying to get with tonight than I did. She was saying how she doesn't like shallow people who care about wealth and possessions. That worried me because of how shallow I am. I got her to admit that possessions can be useful but she said she still doesn't like conspicuous consumption (which is one of my favourite things). Before, I had been thinking of asking her out to a movie but judging from her reactions, she's not that into me yet, who knows if she ever will be.

I've written about her before written about her before.


nope I can never get funding again. the new changes obama made are very limiting and put an end to the career students. you get a certain amount of funding for a limited amount of credits and then you're cut off. I actually still owe 11k for that degree I won't even use. :(

I like possessions. I have a bit of them and am attached to them. they have practical purposes though. I have few items that are just for looking at. I don't get that and its odd I have them. I don't have many posters or pictures on my wall, those don't serve a purpose. excerpts are I have few mlp stuffies and pop figures. I guess my dvds count as I don't watch dvds. I want to but its hard for me I enjoy watching them but so hard to start one.

getting another 9mm pistol but it's going be my new carry gun for economic practically

buying new things brings me happiness for a bit. but its short term cause eventually I'll reach a point where my needs are met. I hit this with electronic devices last year. I have no need for more as I have more then enough for my needs. could likely do without the vita even, but that was a mistake. though it did seem it might fulfill a purpose but I hardly go out so it doesn't



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24 Apr 2015, 6:32 am

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didn't you say you only had 1 ever girlfriend? And it lasted very short?
You are correct. I have only ever had one girlfriend... only one so far. Gods willing I will get a second one or convince the original gf to come back to me. Unlike you I wouldn't mind if my first relationship was the one to last a lifetime. I measure my success not by how many girlfriends I've had but by how few I can have before I find the one.

I can understand if you feel you need to play the field for a while to find out what type of girl would suit you. Trail and error can be an effective technique.

True that it only lasted for a very short time but each time I date a girl I get a little bit further. This was the first time I actually got up to boyfriend status. Next time I shall do better still.

Anyway, I think my point still stands, if you get to be 27 and you haven't yet had a girlfriend, that doesn't prove that you'll never have one. It's possible to have your first relationship at or after your twenty seventh year. As you've seen there are plenty in successful relationships who didn't have their first one until they were after 30. It's not too late for you. Don't give up trying.

Ya there are times I hate, despise, loathe the cards I was dealt with for being born a guy, in which it makes me feel bitter and resentful



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24 Apr 2015, 6:42 am

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Anyway, I think my point still stands, if you get to be 27 and you haven't yet had a girlfriend, that doesn't prove that you'll never have one. It's possible to have your first relationship at or after your twenty seventh year. As you've seen there are plenty in successful relationships who didn't have their first one until they were after 30. It's not too late for you. Don't give up trying.

Yes, it's possible. Winning a lottery jackpot is also possible. Many things are possible, but some are so unlikely that we never hope they'll happen.



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24 Apr 2015, 7:42 am

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By all means, carry on doing the exact same thing that has resulted in zero dates for 27 years.

Carry on railing at the women who don't date you cuz you've never bothered to ask them out OR have bare-bones minimum standards for the men they date (be gainfully employed and financially indepemdent at 27). It's totally working for ya!

Make sure you rail against feminists and Aspies who work hard and earn a decent living -- it's so appealing!

And, yes, you're a loser for not having had a relationship at age 27. It's the universe's way of telling you you're awful and undatable!!


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24 Apr 2015, 7:48 am

Why haven't you banned her/him already? Can't you see she's the same person of the banned Katekay?



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24 Apr 2015, 8:10 am

Well this is the first time I see her being reported, I'm not sure how we were supposed to know that she maybe is her next reincarnation. :scratch:

I checked the IPs, they don't match, but do point to the same country, so thanks for the info...:)

two more of such warnings and she's out, whoever she may be.



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24 Apr 2015, 8:10 am

Now please let's return to the topic.



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24 Apr 2015, 8:46 am

sly279 wrote:
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In some ways I feel its easier for women to enjoy their youth than it is for men

Is there anything women don't have easier? :roll:


periods, childbirth, pms, menopause, trying to be a gamer, joining the military, joing police, fire department, any male dominated job force, goes on. I don't see why if they have it harder in some areas of life while its unreasonable the'd have it easier in others. life is give in take everyone has something easier and somethings hard then another.


Exactly. Things tend to even out.

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Ya there are times I hate, despise, loathe the cards I was dealt with for being born a guy, in which it makes me feel bitter and resentful

Being a woman is not a ticket to happiness.
If you feel bitter and resentful ask yourself why. When I feel that way I blame humanity. Lol. Men and women. What do you think would be different if you were a woman?



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24 Apr 2015, 8:58 am

Remember: men DON'T lose their sex drive when they get older; neither do women. I know from experience!

I'm 54, and I have at least as much of a sex drive as I did at 24 (perhaps more!)

I've met some pretty frisky older women. Some women actually feel "liberated" because they've experienced menopause, and know they can't accidentally get pregnant.



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24 Apr 2015, 9:08 am

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Well this is the first time I see her being reported, I'm not sure how we were supposed to know that she maybe is her next reincarnation. :scratch:

I checked the IPs, they don't match, but do point to the same country, so thanks for the info...:)

two more of such warnings and she's out, whoever she may be.


Personality check is way more accurate than IP check. They are the same person, with the same attitude and same way or writing, I have zero doubt in that.

Most IPs change.



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24 Apr 2015, 9:33 am

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Well this is the first time I see her being reported, I'm not sure how we were supposed to know that she maybe is her next reincarnation. :scratch:

I checked the IPs, they don't match, but do point to the same country, so thanks for the info...:)

two more of such warnings and she's out, whoever she may be.


Personality check is way more accurate than IP check. They are the same person, with the same attitude and same way or writing, I have zero doubt in that.

Most IPs change.


I can see what you mean, but we can't ban her on assumptions however accurate or not they may be. She'll be monitored closely though.



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24 Apr 2015, 10:26 am

androbot01 wrote:
sly279 wrote:
androbot01 wrote:
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In some ways I feel its easier for women to enjoy their youth than it is for men

Is there anything women don't have easier? :roll:


periods, childbirth, pms, menopause, trying to be a gamer, joining the military, joing police, fire department, any male dominated job force, goes on. I don't see why if they have it harder in some areas of life while its unreasonable the'd have it easier in others. life is give in take everyone has something easier and somethings hard then another.


Exactly. Things tend to even out.

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Ya there are times I hate, despise, loathe the cards I was dealt with for being born a guy, in which it makes me feel bitter and resentful

Being a woman is not a ticket to happiness.
If you feel bitter and resentful ask yourself why. When I feel that way I blame humanity. Lol. Men and women. What do you think would be different if you were a woman?

The pressure, on us is not placed on women to be the initiators in dating and relationships, they don't have to make the first move, do the asking out



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24 Apr 2015, 10:54 am

WantToHaveALife wrote:
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Being a woman is not a ticket to happiness.
If you feel bitter and resentful ask yourself why. When I feel that way I blame humanity. Lol. Men and women. What do you think would be different if you were a woman?

The pressure, on us is not placed on women to be the initiators in dating and relationships, they don't have to make the first move, do the asking out


Is that bad? I've thought it would be empowering to be in that role. Mostly because being in the role of the pursued is stressful for me. I tend to think successful relationships evolve naturally from circumstances. Doing social activities leads to meeting more people which increases the chances of encountering someone you connect with.

Dating is not shopping. You don't decide you want a girlfriend and go out and get one. It's in the hands of the gods, so to speak.



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24 Apr 2015, 11:36 am

I'm pretty shy, and was more shy when I was younger.

Still.....I would feel uncomfortable, somehow, if a lady asks ME out.



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24 Apr 2015, 12:52 pm

WantToHaveALife wrote:
The pressure, on us is not placed on women to be the initiators in dating and relationships, they don't have to make the first move, do the asking out

I used to think much the same thing. But now think it's nowhere near as black and white as that. With there being a strong sense of the grass on the other side of the fence being greener on the part of both men and women.

More that these roles tend to be imposed on people socially without consideration of things like personality, even consent.
Things might suck rather less if people could identify as 'asker', 'askee', 'ether' or 'not interested'. However the only form of non-verbal communication which would work equally well for NTs and ND's would be to wear something fairly obvious, like a wrist band... Kind of the opposite to engagement/wedding rings. (Possibly in addition to one indicating their orientation.)