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samsungsalt
04/14/24 2:15:14 AM
#51:


Ive been single for over a decade, I could never find the one before I became established in life with home and career

maybe one day Ill try dating but most women around my age have kids and baby daddy/divorce drama I dont want to deal with - maybe in a decade or so when empty nest syndrome starts to hit women around my age Ill try the dating scene again

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AlCalavicci
04/14/24 2:37:38 AM
#52:


Married. Coming up on 3 yr wedding anniversary, just hit 11 years together altogether.

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Mizznox
04/14/24 3:41:42 AM
#53:


Just got engaged last week!

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Ivany2008
04/14/24 4:17:48 AM
#54:


Single, wish I weren't. But it just seems like women in my area can't be bothered to text back. And I get it, we all get busy, but I don't hear from you in 3 full months, only to see you text and say "sorry, I'm only seeing this now!", sorry sister, your already off my radar. I work a ridiculous amount of hours and even I find time to text people back in an hour or two.
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RasterGraphic
04/14/24 4:33:11 AM
#55:


Single, and right now I think that's for the best.

I have a really bad history with hurting people when it comes to relationship stuff. It actually feels like there's this cosmic force, that merely opening myself up to someone a little can be enough to hurt multiple people around me. Because of this, me being in an relationship would just be inherently selfish.

So I need to work on myself, probably for several years.

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LightningThief
04/14/24 9:36:55 AM
#56:


Arcanine2009 posted...
how many women are you dating right now, and how many dates have you had with them?
Dating 3

Been dating 2 for almost 4 months. We havent really talked about getting serious, so I thought lil of it. We go out every week, different days ofc. Sometimes twice a week, sometimes once a week, sometimes skip a week. Depends how busy each of the 2 and me are.

The 3rd one we have been dating for a lil over a month, and she wants to get serious.

TBH, idk what I want right now since my career recently picked up. Last 2 months I was busting my ass for a promotion, and next week the work actually paid off (I got the promotion.) Haven't really put too much time in what I want in a relationship, and was just planned to go along with the flow.

Basically said the last paragraph to the 3rd women 2 weeks ago, and that we can circle back to this conversation in May after Im settled into my new position (my promotion.) She still seems interested, at least so far.
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bsp77
04/14/24 9:42:02 AM
#57:


LightningThief posted...
Dating 3

Been dating 2 for almost 3 months. We havent really talked about getting serious, so I thought lil of it. We go out every week, different days ofc. Sometimes twice a week, sometimes once a week. Depends how busy we are.

The 3rd one we have been dating for a lil over a month, and she wants to get serious.

TBH, idk what I want right now since my career recently picked up. Last 2 months I was busting my ass for a promotion, and next week the work actually paid off (I got the promotion.)

Basically said the last paragraph to the 3rd women 2 weeks ago, and that we can circle back to this conversation in May after Im settled into my new position (my promotion) She still seems interested, at least so far.
Not sure why career makes a difference, as casually dating 3 women is more work than seriously dating one.

At least in my experience when I dated that many women at once.

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Gobstoppers12
04/14/24 9:43:53 AM
#58:


In a relationship, about 4.5 years now

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LightningThief
04/14/24 9:51:20 AM
#59:


bsp77 posted...
Not sure why career makes a difference, as casually dating 3 women is more work than seriously dating one.

At least in my experience when I dated that many women at once.
Aside from the 3rd women, things have been casual. I work remote, so its eqsy for me to send texts, talk on the phone and go out 0 to 3 times a week. I just spread the days I go out with them so it's not back to back. The first 2 women have things going on as well, so it's easy planning around them when to text, talk on the phone, and date. The 3rd one however admittedly appears to have less going on so she needs more attention.

Not gonna pretend I have a bustling social life. I do something with friends once or twice a month. The rest of the month I'm just not in the mood since most of my energy went to casual dating or my career.

To answer your question though, my career the last 2 months my employer had a dangling carrot (a promotion) in front my face. I had to bust my ass the last 2 months, and will be for the next 2 weeks. I got the promotion, but to give you the short version, it involved a lot of hours I had to put in.
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bsp77
04/14/24 9:58:03 AM
#60:


LightningThief posted...
Aside from the 3rd women, things have been casual. I work remote, so its eqsy for me to send texts, talk on the phone and go out 0 to 3 times a week. I just spread the days I go out with them so it's not back to back. The first 2 women have things going on as well, so it's easy planning around them when to text, talk on the phone, and date. The 3rd one however admittedly appears to have less going on so she needs more attention.

Not gonna pretend I have a bustling social life. I do something with friends once or twice a month. The rest of the month I'm just not in the mood since most of my energy went to casual dating or my career.

To answer your question though, my career the last 2 months my employer had a dangling carrot (a promotion) in front my face. I had to bust my ass the last 2 months, and will be for the next 2 weeks. I got the promotion, but to give you the short version, it involved a lot of hours I had to put in.
I was only saying that even with a serious relationship, you probably only meet up twice a week and then just send texts in between. At least that is all I ever did. I find more than 2 (sometimes 3) times a week to be overkill. So that is less than what you are currently doing.

How would you compare the 3 women though? If it was truly awesome with one, I think you would know by now.

Congrats on the promotion!

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kinetika_
04/14/24 9:59:23 AM
#61:


12 years with mine... makes me feel old
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STEROLIZER
04/14/24 3:16:56 PM
#62:


bsp77 posted...
You guys are seriously disappointing me. @STEROLIZER thought that like half of y'all fit into the permanently single group and I thought it was better than that. And it is better, but I thought it would be about 30% and it is currently higher than that. Seems in between what we each thought.

To be fair this poll is vague or equivalent could mean a lot of things. Where do the folks that are single but not are not forever alone, but also simply not looking to date right now fit into?

What about folks with online relationships? GameFaqs did a poll not too long ago and a bunch of users were dating folks they met online through gaming.
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STEROLIZER
04/14/24 3:20:29 PM
#63:


IMNOTRAGED posted...
Went on a date with a woman last week, thought it went well but then she ghosted me, only to randomly text me today asking how I'm doing (completely ignoring the past couple of texts I sent her).

No idea where her head is at, think I'm gonna just keep it moving

Thats just how dating works.

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electricbugs2
04/14/24 3:22:02 PM
#64:


Im perpetually single.

Would love to have a nice normal girlfriend, but 90% of the girls in my city are stuck up weirdos who think theyre the next Kim Kardashian.

If I ever do find another girlfriend it will probably be when Im in Arizona, since the girls there are actually nice girl next door types instead of nutbars obsessed with the amount of instagram followers they have.

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LightningThief
04/14/24 4:24:19 PM
#65:


STEROLIZER posted...
Thats just how dating works.
Nah.

Man or woman, if the person you just started talking to just stops responding for several days, they need to at least acknowledge they ignored you for days.

I get it, people are busy. If they acknowledge it with a sincere apology or something, doesnt have to be all fancy, then great! A simple, "Sorry, I was busy with xyz" can even suffice. But they can't just pretend they didn't ignore you for days like nothing ever happened.
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random_man9119
04/14/24 4:34:57 PM
#66:


Single... Same as always has been and always will be...

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teep_
04/14/24 4:35:19 PM
#67:


perpetually single

and that's okay. I'm happy with where I am in life and the lifestyle that I have

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TuxedoCyan
04/14/24 4:56:34 PM
#68:


Permanently single.

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pedro45
04/14/24 5:05:19 PM
#69:


electricbugs2 posted...
Im perpetually single.

Would love to have a nice normal girlfriend, but 90% of the girls in my city are stuck up weirdos who think theyre the next Kim Kardashian.

If I ever do find another girlfriend it will probably be when Im in Arizona, since the girls there are actually nice girl next door types instead of nutbars obsessed with the amount of instagram followers they have.

You're going to have to look very hard. Dating in my 30s has been extremely lackluster. I may have actually found someone though. Dating was much better before online dating blew up. Everyone thinks they deserve someone better, but they forget they're also dating a human.

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STEROLIZER
04/14/24 6:13:31 PM
#70:


LightningThief posted...
Nah.

Man or woman, if the person you just started talking to just stops responding for several days, they need to at least acknowledge they ignored you for days.

That would be nice, but thats not how modern dating works.

Ghosting is just a part of it its actually the recommended (by mainstream magazines and their relationship therapists) technique to severing ties with someone you arent interested in.

So, thats just how dating works these days. There is no point complaining or fighting it. Just accept thats how it is, adapt, and move on.
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Bishop_Hastur
04/14/24 6:26:38 PM
#71:


Happily single.

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LightningThief
04/14/24 8:25:46 PM
#72:


STEROLIZER posted...
That would be nice, but thats not how modern dating works.

Ghosting is just a part of it its actually the recommended (by mainstream magazines and their relationship therapists) technique to severing ties with someone you arent interested in.

So, thats just how dating works these days. There is no point complaining or fighting it. Just accept thats how it is, adapt, and move on.
That sounds more like you have incredibly low standards for yourself. To the forever alone or forever singles out there, I do think some need to lower their standards to find someone as often those standards are too high. But I don't recommend lowering it so far of accepting someone not even at least giving you a simple, "sorry, I was busy the last X days."

What you are describing is not just ghosting. What you suggested was going out on a date, you messaging said date, that date ignoring and ghosting you for days, to them randomly popping up after ignoring you for days as if they didnt ignore you. Then you accepting such low respect for you. This person couldn't apologize or even acknowledge they disappeared and ignored you for days, since they don't respect you enough to even care.

Only advice I can give you is to have more respect for yourself. It's one thing to ghost someone after the first date and never speak to them again. Rude, but the other person moved on. It's another for that person to ghost you for weeks or days, to randomly pop back up and don't even acknowledge they ghosted you. Shows that person isn't all that interested in you, until they got bored.

But, you do you. Not saying this to put you down or bash you. Just saying have more respect for yourself.
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thronedfire2
04/14/24 8:29:28 PM
#73:


nonexistent

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TheOnionKnight
04/14/24 8:34:06 PM
#74:


Currently have two partners. One I've been dating for like two and a half years. The other I was dating for a few years before the pandemic, then we amicably parted ways until early this year, when we got back together.

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TheSuperSilver
04/14/24 8:55:16 PM
#75:


Married (4 years married, 13 years together)

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IMNOTRAGED
04/14/24 9:43:35 PM
#76:


LightningThief posted...
Only advice I can give you is to have more respect for yourself. It's one thing to ghost someone after the first date and never speak to them again. Rude, but the other person moved on. It's another for that person to ghost you for weeks or days, to randomly pop back up and don't even acknowledge they ghosted you. Shows that person isn't all that interested in you, until they got bored.
My thoughts exactly

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STEROLIZER
04/14/24 9:46:14 PM
#77:


LightningThief posted...
But I don't recommend lowering it so far of accepting someone not even at least giving you a simple, "sorry, I was busy the last X days."


I mean whats the alternative to just accepting it?

Spam them with angry messages they can screenshot and submit to the nice guys subreddit?

Just stop dating entirely?
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bsp77
04/14/24 10:06:45 PM
#78:


STEROLIZER posted...
I mean whats the alternative to just accepting it?

Spam them with angry messages they can screenshot and submit to the nice guys subreddit?

Just stop dating entirely?
You just don't go on more dates with that person. Don't put up with being treated that way.

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crayola555
04/14/24 10:15:32 PM
#80:


I'm gonna marry a pillow with anime girl

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LightningThief
04/14/24 10:20:14 PM
#81:


bsp77 posted...
You just don't go on more dates with that person. Don't put up with being treated that way.
@STEROLIZER

bsp77 beat me to it, but what he said. No need to blow up that womens dms or even respond to such disrespect as theres nothing to gain after that point. Jusy move on to the next women who treats you right.

I'm not saying this to put you down, but have some respect for yourself. Because anyone date/potential partner ignoring you, ghosting you, then popping back up in your life days/weeks later without even apologizing and acknowledging it happened, doesnt respect you. They just hit you up because they were bored.

Don't normalize people literally treating you like shit.
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STEROLIZER
04/14/24 10:50:55 PM
#82:


LightningThief posted...
@STEROLIZER

bsp77 beat me to it, but what he said. No need to blow up that womens dms or even respond to such disrespect as theres nothing to gain after that point. Jusy move on to the next women who treats you right.

I'm not saying this to put you down, but have some respect for yourself. Because anyone date/potential partner ignoring you, ghosting you, then popping back up in your life days/weeks later without even apologizing and acknowledging it happened, doesnt respect you. They just hit you up because they were bored.

Don't normalize people literally treating you like shit

I mean thats common sense.

I was just saying thats the dating scene. Get use to it. Dont let it bother you. Just move onto the next.

I dont understand why you guys are trying to overly complicate my comment. Ghosting is just apart of dating, its going to happen, dont dwell on it.

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IMNOTRAGED
04/14/24 11:02:37 PM
#83:


I know that ghosting is normal, and as I said from the start I have no interest in trying to continue anything with her. It was her texting me a week later that I thought was weird.


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LightningThief
04/15/24 9:09:44 AM
#84:


STEROLIZER posted...
I mean thats common sense.

I was just saying thats the dating scene. Get use to it. Dont let it bother you. Just move onto the next.

I dont understand why you guys are trying to overly complicate my comment. Ghosting is just apart of dating, its going to happen, dont dwell on it.
As the context of what was being talked about was not just simply ghosting. We were talking about going on a date with someone, you sending them messages after the date, that date ignoring and ghosting you for days/weeks, then randomly popping back up to message you without even apologizing and acknowledging they ignored/ghosted you for days/weeks.

We are complicating your comment because of what you were implying based on the context of this conversation. The other guy wasn't simply ghosted, there was more to that story. We were saying that is not simply ghosting, that what was described is not normal, acceptable or respectful behavior and that you should go find another man or woman to talk to if they do that to you.
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GS4Life
04/15/24 3:19:14 PM
#85:


crayola555 posted...
I'm gonna marry a pillow with anime girl
relatable

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garan
04/15/24 3:26:43 PM
#86:


Happily single and done with relationships.
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