• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      7 days ago

      They say workplace relationships don’t work and they’re probably right, but the problem is that’s the only place you ever meet anyone these days.

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        7 days ago

        When you befriend the people at your workplace, you will also meet their friends.

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        7 days ago

        Before you started working you meet people at school, well, take classes and meet people you don’t work with!

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        7 days ago

        meeting women is really easy if you’re friends with women. they always have single friends who they’d be happy to introduce you to. obviously don’t be friends with women just for this purpose though

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            6 days ago

            If you don’t have time for friends you definitely don’t have time for dating.

          • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            Agreed, but seems like then you should do it for yourself (physical and mental health, stimulation from learning skills, broadening horizons) and if you make friends in the process that’s cool.

          • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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            5 days ago

            Most people have good qualities that make them attractive (if you have none then that might be something to work on). Just treat women like they are ordinary human beings (which they are) - ask questions, listen to the answers, check back with them at a later date to see if that thing they mentioned worked out, offer to help if they have a problem, etc.

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              I lack good qualities, true. I don’t know if that could be worked on, as large part of it is me being ASD.

              I treat women as you said, it’s simply that they generally avoid me.

          • PoPoP@lemm.ee
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            6 days ago

            Most men can drastically improve their appearance with some effort. Best plan for this is to ask your closest female friends what you can do. Also, having an attractive personality counts for a lot (potentially more than looks depending on the woman) assuming you aren’t fuck ugly.

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              6 days ago

              Welp, I am simply at another level of ugliness. Also friends? What is this thing called “a friend”?

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                If you want, send me a pic (privately) and I’ll tell you if it’s really over or what you can do to look better. As for friends, that’s more complicated, but I got all my friends by talking to strangers in public.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah I think that’s common, but it’s literally how we’ve been doing it since, well, forever.

      Big Tech wants you to think it’s scAAaRRrry BooOoOOo!

      (I mean, tbf, sometimes it is. Also humiliating lol).

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      7 days ago

      Opposite for me. I’ve gone on plenty of first dates via apps, and a few second dates, but have only ever “dated” people that I happened to meet organically.