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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I've decided I kill the grass on whatever side of the fence I'm on. I was in a very similar situation, 26 and wondering if this was it for me, would I ever be single again? It really bothered me to be honest. I wasn't sure if I was done with the whole single thing. Then thanks to some extremely Jerry Springer like events, I found myself single again. At first it obviously sucked, coming out of a long term relationship especially under completely messed up circumstances you never saw coming. Now however, being single is pretty awesome... mostly.
I went on a Flames trip to Florida with a bunch of guys (we do this every year) but I was always the one who was on his cell phone at 11pm letting her know I wasn't getting rebellion in the scrip club. This time it was so much more fun.
I went Euro Cup this June on a guys trip, all of us single, and it was amazing. I'd never been on a big trip like that with anyone but my girlfriend or family, and it was totally different. Don't get me wrong, both ways are good, but this was an experienced I had missed out on. Next week I'm headed to Oktoberfest with another single buddy. We'll probably get shut down the whole time by stuck up Euro chicks, but who cares, it will be so much fun.
Going to the bar is actually fun again, I don't have to worry about having a really busy schedule and not 'making time' for anyone.... life is great. Except for dating. Dating sucks and is way too much work. I'm amazed at the number of first dates you can go on without finding anyone worthy of a second. It's a waste of time and money, and I'm usually left wishing I had stayed home and played video games instead. Especially at 26, you see a lot of good girls who are married or with guys long term and really start to wonder about what selection is left. The good thing as a guy, is you'll always be able to go younger if need be. I think I have a good 10 years left to find a wife, and I'm in no rush... haha. I'm often pretty envious of my friends who have found good girls and locked them up, as they don't have to suffer through the dating crap and are getting them through their good years before they're old and wrinkly 
I was going to try and convince you that being single sucked more than you think in this post (which is for sure true) but I think it's working out pretty well for me for now... haha. It'll be out of my system eventually though, and hopefully the dating scene picks up for me by then. |
Great post!
Dating does suck. And is totally expensive. And totally time consuming. I think I could honestly have about 20 first dates this month. Wager my chances of liking any of them at about 5%, wager the chances of them liking me at about 60% and know that it'll be a headache to deal with all of this.
Yes staying at home is often the best choice, looking back at a few times yes, I should have just stayed at home.... But, the older you get, the more it seems.. I don't know.
For sure guys can totally date younger though. I'm working on a range of 22 - 27, MMMmmm 22.
That's impressive you've found a group of guys that are single. It's starts dwindling pretty quickly as the years go on. My friends do it up (mostly the married ones) once a year. It's the inbetween time that gets pretty dull.