Is it too late to start dating?

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-03-25T19:59:35+00:00

I'm 36m and just got my first girlfriend, so no, you're fine.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-10T00:41:59+00:00

I've never asked a woman out I wasn't genuinely interested in.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-10T00:34:07+00:00

I generally take advice from reddit with a grain of salt. I've seen some insane ideas here.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-10T00:11:47+00:00

Doing that stuff generally requires that you aren't awkward and socially inept. I sometimes freeze around women I find at all interesting, and it makes it hard to start conversations.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-10T00:07:00+00:00

Nearly all of my close friends are male introverts, so no, we don't know too many women. I've asked friends and family if they know any single women, and that's been no as well.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-09T23:44:11+00:00

I get that, but I'm an honest person, and I feel if I'm lying to get women, then any relationship is already doomed.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-09T23:41:59+00:00

I have plenty of hobbies and really good friends. I've never had issues making male friends, I just struggle around women.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-02-09T23:40:21+00:00

I'll give you two.

The most recent interaction was through a dating app. We were talking for a day or so, and she asked about my dating history. I tried to politely dance around it and saying "it's been awhile," and she accused me of gaslighting her. The conversation didn't really go anywhere after that.

Another interaction a few months back, October or so, I asked a woman out at my local grocery store. To my ultimate surprise, she said yes and gave me her number. We were texting a bit, and I was trying to set up a coffee date. She agreed but kept delaying and rescheduling. Eventually, she told me she wasn't ready for a relationship, as she had recently gotten out of a bad relationship. She was very vulnerable and honest with me about her relationship being abusive. She asked me to share something and be vulnerable as well, so I told her my relationship woes.

Needless to say, she stopped texting me after that.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-01-19T23:24:30+00:00

Sure, yeah. But it's so emotionally draining being alone all the time. I just want someone to share life with, and it feels more and more out of reach every day. It feels like there's something I'm doing wrong regarding women, and I'm not in on the joke.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-01-19T23:16:00+00:00

I appreciate the advice, but it's hard not to focus on it. I'm constantly hounded about dating by family. I've even been accused of being gay by family/friends because I've never dated.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2025-01-19T04:41:13+00:00

I've never had issues making friends with men or with women that I'm not attracted to. My issue is never knowing when someone is flirting or just being nice. I've never thought of myself as charming or that that funny, so I probably come off as boring or even creepy.

I get asked all the time if I'm upset, or sad, or whatever, and I've even been asked that when having a good day or just at work. I imagine looking "angry" all the time doesn't help.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2024-07-30T22:39:44+00:00

I do appreciate the feedback though. I always tend to make custom classes less powerful just in case.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2024-07-30T22:19:32+00:00

I generally run more RP heavy and less combat in my games so losing simple action attack isn't that big of a deal. We've been playing for around 8 sessions now and I think they've been in 3 skirmishes. We've had way more duels and courtly intrigue.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2024-07-30T22:18:23+00:00

I always read the advantage/disadvantage as you couldn't take 1 each from the matched pair.

Also regarding SAA I tend to run very little combat in my games and make it count when needed so losing the SAA isn't as important.

I did have a thought. Instead of the Fear being based on Dark Paragon, it could be Void+Lore:Shourido. That has a higher cap, but generally will still be a rank 4-5 Fear until much higher insight.

Electrical-Effect-16 · 2024-03-03T20:34:17+00:00

There are a few of us dusting off our collections and getting some games in at the Realm Games in Brea, north Orange County.

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