Meeting women in Calgary

[Sakic19]

Ranchmans

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Muta

Recently single again after four years, and when I get back into the scene I'm not gonna use dating sites. I'm gonna just do the old fashioned way and go talk to women in person. That's how my last two relationships started. There's the chance you will get rejected, but as long as you're okay with that and laugh about it, it makes the process that much easier.

Plus, other dudes in this city make my job easier. There's LOTS of delta bravos out there, and women don't want them, so all you have to do is avoid being one and you've passed the first level in record speed.

For every type of DB guy, there's a corresponding DB woman. The reason guys do 'roids, wear Ed Hardy, etc...is because there are many women who actually go for that. They get fake tans, take duck selfies, get implants, etc.. Knowing your proper target is a good way to self-filter though.

If I was single again, I'd be all over the internet. Yes meeting people in person is great, but why limit yourself from a solid opportunity? Why not do both? Also, my single friends who drag insist on not doing the internet thing, always drag me along as a wing man (not that I mind it occasionally). They end up going to bars specifically to meet women (either consciously or subconsciously) and sniffing around a B-level talent consumes their night. These are always the guys that say they are just "going out to have fun". Sorry, there's no way to overcome that biological drive.

My advice, use all the tools at your disposal. Maximize your odds. Honestly, if you're a guy in your mid-30s with a job, you should be able to meet someone solid in a few months. If you haven't, then you've got a fundamental flaw you need to deal with and any kind of strategy you use is going to be wasted.

[troutman]

Ballroom dancing classes are starving for men.

Yoga classes.

[bc-chris]

learn an instrument and join a band

i'm amazed at some of the stuff ladies have said to me - but my wife doesn't hear those stories. ha! ha! like the guy who leads my band tells his wife, "we're only responsible for our actions and not those of the drunk girls on the dance floor!"

[Johnny199r]

Originally Posted by troutman

Ballroom dancing classes are starving for men.

Yoga classes.

I live in a small, remote, northern mining town where there are very few good looking women.

I went with my woman to yoga a few weeks ago, and I couldn't believe how hot some of the women were. Out of a class of 10, there were 3 stunners, which is a ridiculous ratio for this town.

I always found the best way to meet women was at work. I never had a job where there were any women, then I became a lawyer and I've dated lots of women I met at work.

Another great way is to tell your buddy to get his girlfriend to hook you up with a friend. They usually like doing that.

I don't like doing bars, Internet etc.

[peter12]

Grad school.

[troutman]

One more tip - gay friends are excellent at setting you up with their female friends. They will also provide frank advice on your dating profile.

[troutman]

I just saw a Tinder picture of a woman posing with Deepak Chopra.

I've recently had messages from:

A little person named "Midge" posing in a gold bikini.

A gay red-head named "Ginger Beef"

Someone going through gender transition

[blueski]

I have to say this about all the advice to go join this or go do this activity... Don't do it unless you are really interested in the activity itself, it won't work. If it does, your stuck with a girl that likes stuff that you don't.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by blankall

For every type of DB guy, there's a corresponding DB woman. The reason guys do 'roids, wear Ed Hardy, etc...is because there are many women who actually go for that. They get fake tans, take duck selfies, get implants, etc.. Knowing your proper target is a good way to self-filter though.

If I was single again, I'd be all over the internet. Yes meeting people in person is great, but why limit yourself from a solid opportunity? Why not do both? Also, my single friends who drag insist on not doing the internet thing, always drag me along as a wing man (not that I mind it occasionally). They end up going to bars specifically to meet women (either consciously or subconsciously) and sniffing around a B-level talent consumes their night. These are always the guys that say they are just "going out to have fun". Sorry, there's no way to overcome that biological drive.

My advice, use all the tools at your disposal. Maximize your odds. Honestly, if you're a guy in your mid-30s with a job, you should be able to meet someone solid in a few months. If you haven't, then you've got a fundamental flaw you need to deal with and any kind of strategy you use is going to be wasted.

Yeah, good points... there are delta bravo women out there too.

I find the ultimate litmus test is to start a conversation with a girl about Star Wars. Their reaction will tell you all you need to know about their personality! Haha.

I dated a girl once that had really pretentious friends, and they were always all about being cool. So I decided to have fun with them and asked if they've ever been to Hoth, or atleast the Cloud City. They were dumbfounded, and I trolled the crap out of them all night. They hated me by the end. Fun times.

[blueski]

And for bars, a lot of people say they don't work. For the most part, this is true. But for certain days of the year, its a great place to meet eligible women. Stampede of course, but also St Patrick's Day and Halloween are pretty close to being the best time to go to a bar to meet women.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by blueski

And for bars, a lot of people say they don't work. For the most part, this is true. But for certain days of the year, its a great place to meet eligible women. Stampede of course, but also St Patrick's Day and Halloween are pretty close to being the best time to go to a bar to meet women.

Gee really?
Who'd have thunk the two most drinkingest, partyest days of the year are a good time to go to the bar and meet women?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by blueski

And for bars, a lot of people say they don't work. For the most part, this is true. But for certain days of the year, its a great place to meet eligible women. Stampede of course, but also St Patrick's Day and Halloween are pretty close to being the best time to go to a bar to meet women.

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Gee really?
Who'd have thunk the two most drinkingest, partyest days of the year are a good time to go to the bar and meet women?

Yeah, thats not really 'Meeting Women' thats more 'Hooking Up with Chicks.'

The two are not always synonymous.

[blueski]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Gee really?
Who'd have thunk the two most drinkingest, partyest days of the year are a good time to go to the bar and meet women?

I don't think its the alcohol (yeah okay it is) but its that you get a whole different group of non regular bar goers out partying. Much more fun than just another Saturday night.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by blueski

I don't think its the alcohol (yeah okay it is) but its that you get a whole different group of non regular bar goers out partying. Much more fun than just another Saturday night.

Yeah dude, we know how St. Patrick's Day and Halloween work.
I was joking about the fact that you were saying it like we all don't know about it.

[Otto-matic]

*taking notes*

[Tron_fdc]

Join a small gym or start doing a lot of fitness classes, or find a social club to attend regularly.

(warning: shameless crossfit plug)

I've met more HOT ladies in the last 2 years doing daily crossfit than I have the last 20 years of training in the gym. The weird thing about it is the "community" aspect that a lot of affiliates push; hikes in Ktown, gym events, and "nights out" which involve alcohol. Meet girls at the gym, have all kinds of friendly banter, then go out and get loose at a bar.

If I wasn't old and married with 3 squawking children I would be furiously dating every girl I talked to at my WOD, which on a daily basis would be anywhere from a few to a few dozen. It's a goldmine.....50/50 guy to girl and everyone knows and communicates with each other when they are there.

I found girls at hot yoga were there for the "spiritual" thing, and didn't want to chat. Girls at the gym (like Goodlife) either had headphones in, or thought every guy in there was a creep for staring at their ass. It was pretty rare to have success in those environments.

So yeah, not saying specifically crossfit but find something similar like Soul Spin, or those Orange theory things I see everywhere where people are a little more interactive.

[lazypucker]

Good points about meeting women at gyms, yoga classes, sewing clubs, etc. But isn't the case always that the A's are out of your league, the B's and C's are probably taken, and you are left with only the D's, E's, and F's that you don't even want to touch?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Good points about meeting women at gyms, yoga classes, sewing clubs, etc. But isn't the case always that the A's are out of your league, the B's and C's are probably taken, and you are left with only the D's, E's, and F's that you don't even want to touch?

So if the A's are out of your league, you are not an A.


If B's and C's are probably taken, but you are single, then you are not a B or C.


It might be that you are a D, E, F.

[Coach]

Actually, a lot of A's remain untaken because us guys are too afraid to talk to them.

If you ever see an incredibly attractive woman with a sub-par guy, it's likely he's just the one that sacked-up and finally talked to her.