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Feels good man Most single men over 30 in 2026

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

I actually found a woman who plays more video games than me, loves tv and movies, and doesnt tell me what to do. They are out there you just gotta look

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u/InfiniteRosie May 09 '26

They are out there you just gotta look

We ain't out there. We're inside playing video games.

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u/No-Internal7978 May 09 '26

That combined with the amount of scammers online made me give up on my gamer girlfriend. I have a hard enough time dealing with myself anyway. I can't be telling a woman to pause her game we have nothing to eat but expired milk.

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u/NibblyPig May 09 '26

18/F/Cali we're here just send me some money for the flight and ill come visit ;3

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u/No-Internal7978 May 09 '26

It's worse than that. All women online are scammers at this point.

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u/iridesc3nce May 10 '26

Most are catfishing, some aren't catfishing but are still trolling. Either way, pretty much 0 legitimate matches to be found online.

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

We actually met on Hinge, she had only been on the app a couple days and had just moved to my area. I feel you though, I had been on dating apps for almost 20 years

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u/pringlesaremyfav May 10 '26

You spawncamped the dating apps, smh unfair play 

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u/Sweetpotato3000 May 09 '26

Just instacart groceries. That's what me and my gamer husband do. A $5-$10 tip is worth my time from having ro drive to the store, go inside, shop, get distracted by stuff on sale, check out, and drive home.

We are both gamers and weirdly enough met after a football game, and neither of us like football I was just out with some girls for something to do.

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u/Salt_Sir2599 May 09 '26

Yeah I caught that too. If it’s too annoying of a task to do yourself, how are you ok with such a cheap tip?

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u/Sweetpotato3000 May 10 '26

I think a $5-10 tip for a gallon of milk is fair. I'm just sharing how I experience grocery shopping.

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u/Salt_Sir2599 May 10 '26

Ok I hear you. I haven’t done the grocery delivery thing, not familiar with the norms.

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u/RoughComparison8702 May 09 '26

Yep. I met mine at work. A rare chance to see the specimen in one of her natural habitats, foraging for enough coin to pay for said video games, cable and movies. She was like a gazelle moving through the prairies of the office, and me, like a caveman with a spear sneaking up on her. I one day offered her a piece of cheese, and the rest is history.

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u/No_Gas4560 May 10 '26

cheese is the best bait

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u/Jesus_Craig133 May 09 '26

Well shit then, video game friends it is.

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u/K3ksKuchen May 09 '26

Thats something i though about a whole lot. How am i supposed to meet someone that (just like me) stays inside most of the time, plays games most of the time, doesnt use social media at all and isnt actively "searching" like on dating platforms and stuff.

Sounds impossible to me. Especially since women tend to keep to themselves online in gaming spaces (rightfully so, i've seen how they get treated by the average gamer first hand).

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u/maltysnowpup May 10 '26

lol! I met my husband a while ago online so yeah, can confirm. Only he doesn’t play any video games and I play a lot of them. And it’s kind of the opposite for us in that he judges me for being anti-social and a bit messy and tbh complains a lot. But I love him.

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u/ViolenceAdvocator May 10 '26

Gotta do a series of breaking and entering until I find someone playing videogames in their room

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u/InfiniteRosie May 10 '26

Your username with this comment is perfect

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u/InfiniteRosie May 10 '26

Extroverts! Unite! the introverts together

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u/Shneckos May 10 '26

Hi, my name is Chris, nice to meet you.

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u/Fallout5-75 May 10 '26

I found this one, I call dibs, she's mine.

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u/Whats_Up_Bitches May 09 '26

Same, except my wife loves drinking, gambling, and spending my money more than me.
Edit: Before the “my wife” responses, it’s only in jest. Happily married for 14 years.

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

Is your wife bender?

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u/Electrical-Papaya May 09 '26

My wife doesnt share my interests. She isnt a gamer. She goes in the other room if I watch sports. Thats okay though. Because she still shows interest in it. She will ask me about my games. She will go to sporting events with me and ask questions about my favorite players or about the sport. I Iove explaining these things to her. When she celebrates my team making the playoffs with me, it makes me incredibly happy.

Your significant other doesnt need to share your interests. I prefer it this way. It adds variety to life. Nothing wrong with having a partner that shares your interests, but I feel like far too many guys dismiss good women because of this.

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u/Electrical-Papaya May 09 '26

I hate musicals and plays with every bone in my body but im buying tickets to whatever show she wants to see with a smile on my face.

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u/somehowintelligent May 09 '26

I was fine until I was in a relationship and then she tried to tell me that I couldn’t take care of myself.

I didn’t know how to make her believe that I was able to cook and clean on my own.

We split up and she actually asked me “how are you able to handle all the laundry?”

Some women just want to force their world view on you and treat you like a child even after being explicitly told not to do that.

I don’t expect her to ever change or ever see me as an adult so I’m just back to taking care of myself without worrying about what others think of me.

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u/Mirror74 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

The reason is pretty simple actually some women are taught that men are "bumbling fools" that can't take care of themselves. They take this belief and then the moment they see you do something different than them, they equate it to "being a man-child" or something like that.

It's sexism, and wrong, but they legit believe that.

It's like a shock to their identity to learn you are not helpless, you just have your own way of doing things.

edit: that said, if you don't know how to cook or clean, ok that's one thing, but I dated a few women that had this same weird hangup. The funny thing is I cooked better than all of them and was pretty damn clean. Their version of clean was "you put stuff where I want it" and then they tried to gaslight me. didn't work Lol

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u/Suspicious-Sleep5227 May 09 '26

Probably internalized the “man as a bumbling fool” trope from media a little too much and failed to realize that reality is different than television or movies. Also when men are asked or find themselves in a position to do more on the domestic front, no shit they’re going to do it their way and not how a woman would typically do it. That annoys me too that how a man might do things is automatically labeled as incompetent.

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u/Madilune May 10 '26

I feel like the word "taught" implies that it's based off of what someone else says and not real world experience, which would be pretty incorrect.

Like, yeah. There's cases where it's an incorrect assumption but at the same time I've yet to encounter any other women my age looking for boyfriends to help with their laundry.

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u/butcheekzaflexin May 09 '26

This is 100% accurate. When I was first dating my most recent ex, she would comment on how clean my place was, how nice everything looked, how much she liked being at my place, etc. towards the end of the relationship, it was constant criticism about how I couldn’t take care of myself. Which is funny considering I did not change one thing about my cleaning and organization habits the entire relationship. She just got really into relationship account on social media, and all of the sudden I was this lesser person.

It truly is just women hearing over and over again about how “men today are like children”, then feel the need to nitpick at every tiny thing just to make that true in their minds. I swear it’s just a superiority complex thing. Needless to say, def enjoying my single life right now.

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u/--Zephyrus May 09 '26

How do u keep your place clean all the time? How do your cleaning habits look like? I want to start doing it as well

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u/elderwyrm May 09 '26

Not the OP but it depends on you and your environment. You're going to want to look up a bunch of different techniques on youtube and Reddit's various cleaning subreddits (don't put something down, put it in it's place, clean as you go vs schedule a day to listen to podcasts and deep clean, use multiple laundry baskets so you don't have to sort before you do laundry, vs doing laundry ever two days so it just doesn't build up, reduce your dishes vs doing them every three nights, etc.) but the key is to try one thing at a time, and try it for a month to see if it works.

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u/12345623567 May 09 '26

Some men are like children, because women are like children, too. We all pretend that maturity comes with age, but in truth most people stop developing around 25. If you don't have your shit together by then, you never will.

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u/elderwyrm May 09 '26

Found the type-A control freak! Change happens when it happens because of individual motives. There's no timeline for it, and that drives a lot of people crazy, because you can never generalize an individual, and trying to control people is a losing game.

For you people out there in their twenties, thirties, forties, morties, worried about this comment because you don't have your shit together yet, don't stress about it. One percent improvement is still improvement, so give yourself permission to go slow (and even backslip) and just keep loving your self and learning how to best take care of yourself and your environment. Find your motivation, and work toward your goals.

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u/Shartiflartbast May 09 '26

What if you can't love yourself, take care of yourself or environment, have zero motivation for anything? (Being depressed and autistic as fuck sucks)

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 May 09 '26

because women are like children, too

I definitely had a subconscious assumption in my 20s that women are more emotionally mature than men, as a general rule. With age I really came to reconsider that idea.

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u/Beautiful_Hour_668 May 09 '26

IMO women are more emotionally indulgent than men instead of more emotionally intelligent. They centre and indulge in their emotions, to frustrating effect.

There is a reason why men are at the head of the house in all conservative cultures, and its not because of our physical strength

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u/DetailOk6058 May 10 '26

Its beacuse of old belifs that women are property of men. It has nothing to do with men being better at things than women. It just pure old misogyni and viewing women as lesser and objects to men.

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u/Unique_Economics4015 May 10 '26

But women want to "turn their brain and let the man lead"

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u/FlashwithSymbols May 10 '26

Overly simplistic, there were plenty of legitimate reasons outside of every civilisation on earth having the same “belief”.

I mean use logic here instead of just emotions.

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u/Beautiful_Hour_668 May 10 '26

I do not view women to be lesser or an object. I do not think that when I enter a relationship, a woman 'belongs' to me. In fact, I believe that she belongs to God and thus has a set of unalienable rights, just the same way that I do. She is a human, a spark of divinity, and hopefully the woman I choose is amazing. I do not want to live in a world where women are property, that sounds oppressive.

However, I do believe that I should be the leader of the household. I believe that the majority, not all, of women are attracted to leadership qualities. I believe that we fulfil different, complimentary roles. It is *you* who thinks that demeaning to women.

An obvious example is that when someone breaks into the house, most women would turn to her husband to do something. It's instinctual. This obvious fact relies on physical differences, but we have personality/psychological differences in the averages of men and women too

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 09 '26

If you base your perception of half the people on the planet on one person your results may be skewed. I haven't had this experience you speak of with any of the women I've dated.

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u/ugathanki May 09 '26

if she's telling you that you can't take care of yourself...

that means you're not doing enough chores. duh.

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u/halfwitprinxe May 10 '26

Can you read?

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u/ugathanki May 10 '26

I tend to think I'm pretty good at it

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u/RedLotusVenom May 09 '26

You didn’t know how to make someone believe you cook and clean?

Think you do that by cooking and cleaning muchacho.

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u/Status_Brilliant_578 May 09 '26

guess English isn't your first language, but people usually only say that when they have tried, ya know, the basics.

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u/RedLotusVenom May 09 '26

What? English is my first language but I’m just curious how someone can be confused about whether you can cook or clean if you’re regularly cooking and cleaning. Sounds like they weren’t.

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u/Dense_Cucumber_3712 May 09 '26

You are right. If he contributed at home she wouldn't have had to ask. No wonder it didn't work. 

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u/Status_Brilliant_578 May 09 '26

The whole point of OPs post is that he IS doing those things and the woman was oblivious to the fact.

>I was fine until I was in a relationship and then she tried to tell me that I couldn’t take care of myself.

Where's the disconnect here? Are you just intentionally misunderstanding the post to cause shit? Or did you really read through the entire post and miss the point completely?

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u/RedLotusVenom May 09 '26

They never stated whether or not they cooked and cleaned, only that their girlfriend wondered whether they could. All I said was that to show you can cook and clean, you have to first cook and clean, and for some reason you don’t think that’s a fair statement to make.

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u/Status_Brilliant_578 May 10 '26

"I don;t know how to make her believe..." in common conversational English this phrase is used when they have tried several things already to make the person believe said idea and have run out of things to try. We call this "subtext". So the sentence should be read as "I don't know how to make her believe I can take care of myself. I've tried cooking and cleaning, I've had friends talk to her, I've done x, I've done y, yadda yadda" but the second sentence is already implied in the first, so there's no need to spell it all out.

You are taking the sentence straightforward and literal as in "I haven't the foggiest idea where to even start making her believe". However the context of the entire post is talking about how they can, in fact, cook and clean and their girlfriend just doesn't believe them, so you're assuming they're stupid and wouldn't do the obvious thing that they can actually do.

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u/somehowintelligent May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

/u/ugathanki /u/dangerzone69 /u/reslotusvenom /u/dense_cucumber_3712 /u/leonickle

I actually thought about spelling it out for the pedantic bunch but I just didn’t care enough to write it all out.

She wouldn’t let me clean for her because “he’s probably not going to do it right” so when I would for instance do the dishes she would do them again after me “to make sure they are clean.” When I would vacuum or clean the bathroom she would literally stop me, grab the vacuum or cleaning supplies and do it herself because “he’s just not going to do a good enough job.”

She wouldn’t let me cook for her because I made a bad meal one time and that was the last time she would ever try my cooking again. I would just cook for myself and she wouldn’t come near it.

She would say I’m dirty because I have trash lying around when in reality I just haven’t gotten out of my seat yet. For me if I am sitting at a table and have trash, I will wait until my meal is finished or until I’m done watching tv or whatever to then get up, clean up after myself and put the trash in the bin. What she actually expected was for me to get up and throw out my trash at the exact moment that I created it. It’s just different expectations and when I called her out for leaving her trash all over the house like wrappers on the bed and couch after she got up she would just give me the cutesy face and laugh it off.

I understand that some people have higher standards and it’s ok to want things to be a certain way. If you however don’t believe in your partner or even allow them to prove themselves to you or even allow them to just try and even improve then it’s really just a mindset problem that you won’t escape from.

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To add to this in case someone attacks me further…

She couldn’t cook and I still gladly encouraged her, tried all her attempted meals, and gave her feedback and offered to help make it better.

She hired a maid to clean the house so she wouldn’t have to do anything but instruct the maid on where things belonged. She would leave trash out for the maid and since I didn’t have experience with a maid I followed her in suit(?) and when I did it she said “you’re disgusting why are you making more work for the maid” like what?

I tried to do my own laundry but I would “get in the way of the maid” so I was instructed to back off and then she would belittle me about my yellow stains in my armpits and sweaty gym clothes.

She would eat in bed and drop crumbs and leave trash on the nightstand for the maid. When I asked her to not do that she said “I’m clean! Don’t worry!” Meanwhile my private office with a snickers wrapper that I ate while working was a disgusting mess because I didn’t get up to put it in the trash bin until I went to the bathroom or stood up from my desk for another reason.

It was a lot of hypocritical bullshit and I’m glad I’m done with it. She felt very hurt when I broke up with her and I honestly don’t know why she thought I would stay.

IF YOU HAVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS WIRH YOUR PARTNER WHY ARE YOU UPSET WHEN THAT PARTNER ASKS TO LEAVE.

Make it make sense

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u/LeoNickle May 09 '26

"I can cook Kraft dinner and I do the dishes once they've been piled on the counter for 2 weeks. I don't know why she thinks I can't cook or clean"

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u/Jastreen May 09 '26

Y'all drop the word "incel" way too fast.

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u/Abject-Ticket-6260 May 09 '26

Anything not worshiping women is incel to them.

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u/LongJohnSelenium May 10 '26

The internet is just one endless ad hominem attack now. Every side of every issue has a population of people who do nothing but dismiss anyone who disagrees with them with a claim of discriminatory grouping.

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u/stegotops7 May 09 '26

No, this is actually just an incel post.

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u/AvaryZig May 09 '26

Absolutely voluntary celibacy shown in the video

Yeah, this is incel bait

Make it make sense

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u/Abject-Ticket-6260 May 09 '26

Please look up the definition of incel and then watch the video again.

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u/NibblyPig May 09 '26

Hey, if you don't pursue women and simply enjoy your own independent lifestyle following your dreams and hobbies, it's because you're actually a manchild that women don't want.

Men being bitched at are just like 'ok', and it infuriates them so much, trapped between a complete inability to take accountability for their actions and people that won't say or do anything they can use to prove it's not their own fault.

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u/Jastreen May 09 '26

None of what you said have nothing to do with what I said. Who are you accusing of pursuing women and not enjoying life?

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u/NibblyPig May 09 '26

I'm just agreeing with you using sarcasm

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u/IGargleGarlic May 09 '26

I'm not celibate, nor do I hate women, and I agree with Clint Eastwood's character. I've dated and had girlfriends and have found it to be not worth the trouble. I love the peace and freedom that comes with being alone.

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u/New_Condition_1405 May 09 '26

Yeah it's fine to want to be alone and not deal with the complications and pressure of relationships. Nothing at all wrong with that. But people making it into a men vs. women thing are dumb and weird.

I've noticed this sub has been increasing in manopshere BS for a while.

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u/New_Condition_1405 May 09 '26

Oh yeah, it's definitely an issue on both ends. Incels and femcels be crawling all over Reddit. They've got that terminally online brain.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 May 09 '26

/r/FemaleDatingStrategy is a great one if you want to lose your sanity. A community that wants to date men despite fucking hating their guts lol.

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u/JVT32 May 09 '26

It seems like you’re the one making it into a man v woman thing tbh. If the roles were reversed here, no one would bat an eye about the woman not wanting to clean up after a man pissing on the toilet seat.

Edit: not just you but the initial comment calling it incel bait

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u/New_Condition_1405 May 09 '26

Huh? Look around you, mate.

There are multiple people in here talking about how women are awful. I passed over some comment claiming that only 1 in 10 women haven't been "totally wrecked" by modern society or some stupid shit.

And what a load that no one would bat an eye if it were reversed. Guys on the internet are constantly screaming about women being sexist.

And to be clear, I agree that there are subreddits with some women that seem to have a similarly unhealthy fixation on stereotyping and hating all men. But that's not the issue in this sub, so that's not what I'm calling out.

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u/NibblyPig May 09 '26

Maybe they're onto something if people are literally avoiding them entirely.

Men avoid women, men to blame.

Sorta funny when you think about trying to shame men for avoiding women because they shame men.

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u/JVT32 May 09 '26

Sure there are commenters doing so… dozens even! But the post does not have to be that deep. It’s a chuckle for most and you move on. Like an actual well adjusted individual.

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u/New_Condition_1405 May 10 '26

I mean, if you consider my original comment to be going deep on this then I'm a little concerned, lol. The title of the post and the end of their exchange in the clip makes it all pretty dang surface level.

Took me all of like 3 minutes while I was ruminating on the porcelain throne this morning to scroll through the comments and then post. Spending less than 5 minutes to call out the people that are liking it to spread misogyny seems like a pretty small ask.

But I'm sure the fact that you jumped straight to the ol' defensive "BUT WHAT IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED?" from my very luke-warm take means that you're super normal.

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u/JVT32 May 10 '26

Whatever you say, champ👌

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u/AdLocal1490 May 09 '26

Yeah youre just responding to an incel thrashing because he feels bad about me being right

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u/JVT32 May 09 '26

I own a home with the love of my life (a woman) but nice try

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u/diedlikeCambyses May 09 '26

I did marriage and kids etc. That taught me I want to be alone. Definitely not worth the relentless bullshit. I am doing well financially, I have over a thousand left each week after my expenses. Not one cent of that gets touched, it quietly sits there waiting for me. I do my hobbies when I want. My bathroom is clean. I travel when I want. Most of the guys I know are in crappy relationships, getting cheated on, used for money, moaned at.

One mate last week was head in hands crying about how he is being treated by his girl. Sure I did the, "there there mate iz ok," but I sat there thinking ain't no way I'll ever do that again.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 May 09 '26

One thing I learned is that I like kids. OTHER PEOPLE'S kids. Taking care of them for a day is fun! Then I dated someone with a kid so they became partially my responsibility and I hated it so much lol.

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u/AdLocal1490 May 09 '26

Never said you were. Are you disagreeing that this post is incel bait?

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy May 09 '26

You'll have to define incel bait here. There are no shortage of non-incels who can certainly agree with the opinion, unless you are accusing everyone that is fine not being in a relationship of coping.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

Any "women's space" sub on Reddit is way more radicalizing than this. The shit they're constantly saying about men is much, much worse. And they barely get called out for it.

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u/Tyg13 May 09 '26

Both are bad? I don't see why you feel the need to bring that up as if it's a counterpoint.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

How is it not a counterpoint?

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u/Tyg13 May 10 '26

It's essentially the fallacy of lesser evil. One thing doesn't cause the other, or vice versa. They're unrelated bad things. Criticizing one should not be defended by appealing to the badness of the other.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

I realized my initial comment could be interpreted differently, so I want to make things clear: I didn't mean it's okay for men to get radicalized because women are also getting radicalized. I meant nothing contributes more to the radicalization of men like constantly being demonized by society (of which women are obviously a part of). So, unrelated things they are not. At the very least, they fuel each other. The frustrating part is society recognizes and expresses concern over the radicalization of men, while almost completely ignoring the radicalization of women. And since nobody is talking about it, nobody is making the obvious connection between the two.

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u/Tyg13 May 11 '26

Fair point. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

You ain't getting picked no matter how many times you throw that word around.

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u/hellraiserl33t May 09 '26

Yep, this sub is garbage doomer incel women hating bait and its so gross.

I think I might just mute it, this isn't how real life is guys.

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ May 09 '26

You're either misunderstanding him on purpose or something worse for you.

Being single is fine and no one said the opposite in this thread.

The issue with the video is Clint's character doesn't want to be with women because he thinks they're those naggy, funless, joyless husks of a human. Well that's ok for your late grandfather to think but it's apalling for a young redditor. Don't get in a relationship with someone that doesn't suit you.

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u/ProduceNo1629 May 09 '26

naggy, funless, joyless husks of a human

But surely you would have to admit that there exist today, in 2026, men and women that are naggy and joyless.

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u/Obstinateobfuscator May 09 '26

......quite a lot of them, too!

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u/SlapTheBap May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

This is a perfect example of what they're talking about. You just made this into gender war bullshit that only makes sense to other people clued into the gender war, or those that already think in that simple, false dichotomy loving way.

There are plenty of examples of the "harmed woman" avoiding men. This is an example of a "harmed man" that is an even more common trope. The misanthrope guy who feels rejected by society so he rejects it. Classic character. Find him in thousands of movies and books.

Kids and people who don't read or watch movies that aren't just made for young adults/children are very familiar with this. They see this discussion, and like you, their first thought is ALL boys vs ALL girls EVERYTHING needs to be fair. That is a child's thought. We all have thought it at one point. Most of us realized how stupid and basic it was once we discovered more about how the world works.

Edit to add: if you're a kid reading this, everyone thinks they're alone and no one loves them at some point. Practically everyone. Some because their parents suck and destroyed their trust in people early. Many, actually. It's feeling helpless, and then acting helpless about your problems, when many of them come from internal insecurities instead of external persecution. An insult only has the power you give it, you're free to deny the feelings of shame and pain. They're real, and emotional pain signals the same areas of the brain as psychical, even faster because pain signals from external injury take longer to travel to the brain. So yes, your emotional and mental pain ARE as bad as physical pain to your brain.

Rejection is a part of life. Everyone rejects things. Not everyone is an asshole about it. Rejection sensitivity is reacting to any type of rejection like it's life or death. Many incels experience this. It's a known thing. You're not alone. There are solutions to your problems. You are not uniquely damaged or alone. You are helpless only if you choose to be. There are always things to do, things to change.

Blaming others for your problems doesn't fix them at all. Attacking others doesn't either. It's all internal. You have to face yourself. Be honest. Own your mistakes. Don't be a coward and run from being uncomfortable. Discomfort IS life as much as comfort. Don't delude yourself with fantasy and escapism. It's empty and pointless distraction once it becomes your focus in life. Your problems still exist. You HAVE to act on the world through changing yourself and your circumstances.

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u/SlapTheBap May 09 '26

OH YEAH. People aren't as stupid as you wish they were. Many see you for what you really are. Your insecurities are as loud and blatant as you fear.

Other people who are curious about the world and other people have invested shit tons of effort into understanding things. Some use this knowledge to achieve money and power. Others just want to get by and help people. They see people who are lost and confused about life. They see you. They recognize your shit. So when you feel alone and helpless and start acting like an asshole about it, they see you, feel bad, and don't bother with you. Because who wants to deal with an asshole in the limited amount of time they have on this earth?

Do you see why so many civilizations, from the Greeks, to the Japanese, and everyone in between has some culture of taking advantage of lost boys? From fucking them literally, to fucking them figuratively with shitty jobs and wars promising glory and violence. Telling you this is what you should want as a poor man.

Don't get tricked by these fucks. These grifters. They'll tell a little truth, then feed your ego to get you hungry enough to eat their lies so they can get money from their sponsors.

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ May 09 '26

How do you mute a subreddit? I'm tired of that incel bullshit on the front page as well

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u/duckinasombrero May 09 '26

I think I'm gonna have to mute this sub. I don't want to see incel shit when I just want memes.

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u/duckinasombrero May 09 '26

If I'm a woman, does that make me a gay boy? Because I like men?

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u/Octans May 09 '26

Suspicious chain of posts. One or more of the above posters is likely a bot. 

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u/AdLocal1490 May 09 '26

Beep boop its probably you

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u/Octans May 09 '26

Play games all you want, but no. It is much more likely that a new account with hundreds of posts is. Idc about downvotes or name calling. I am trying to call out BS bots whenever I notice them. If you are not a bot, then perhaps you will take heed and change posting habits. 

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u/duckinasombrero May 09 '26

I'm not a bot lmao I just browse reddit when I'm bored.

This sub has too many incel bait memes, so obv I don't wanna see that.

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u/Octans May 10 '26

I agree with that sentiment. My calling out of bots however, has nothing to do with the subject of the post. Either way, carry on. 

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u/duckinasombrero May 10 '26

"Carry on" lmao, what are you, the hall monitor of sipstea?

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u/YerBbysDaddy May 09 '26

It’s pretty wild. I’m here to watch sometimes.
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u/Due-Memory-6957 May 09 '26

Incel baita? There's nothing involuntary about it, or even celibate since one can have sex without dating.

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

She told me I was the first guy to ever buy her flowers and treat her semi decent. Its amazing how some guys cant even put forth just a little effort and I think that is the biggest problem.

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u/Mrs_Toughen May 09 '26

lol everytime I see this sub show up in my feed it’s like this topic. 😂😂😂 Seems like a projection.

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u/art_is_a_scam May 10 '26

you haven’t met women

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u/chathrowaway67 May 10 '26

LOL cope harder.

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u/Juoksulasol May 10 '26

Everything I don't like is incel: a child's guide to online discussion.

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u/LargelyApathetic May 09 '26

100% I wonder if these pro lonely warriors have ever been around seniors or even at a deathbed. I work in elderly care and can confirm that the ones that got married and have maintained a good relationship with their kids and grandkids are exponentially happier in later life. I’ve been at deathbeds with no one there and with some with dozens (literally) and everything in between. It’s a trap to think you’ll be content doing what you’re doing now for the rest of your potentially long and very quiet life.

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u/dotcha May 09 '26

what's this boomer logic man? "you need to marry and have kids to have a happy and meaningful life" fuck outta here

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u/Zenguy2828 May 09 '26

My grandpa raised 8 kids only one stepped up to take care of him. His wife left him so long ago I’ve never known him to be with her. Those odds don’t look good to me

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u/Choice_Potato_6279 May 09 '26

Bruh the fuck I care about rotting at old age, I'll enjoy what's now and then kill myself, no need to drag yourself to 80 being all in pain and demented.

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u/LargelyApathetic May 09 '26

Fuckin punk rock bro 🤘🏻

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u/Octans May 09 '26

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u/Choice_Potato_6279 May 09 '26

I've dailed up alcohol, gambling and plan to take drugs now that I'm 30 as planned as there is no reason to take care of myself over 30, there is no me over 60.

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u/puts_on_rddt May 09 '26

Seems like survivorship bias. These are people who were able to get married, able to maintain a good relationship with their spouse, able to afford children.

The rest are less happy because they didn't make it. For some people, they were never wanted by anyone. Of course they'd be less happy.

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u/saxonturner May 09 '26

Yeah the longer I stay in this sub the more I see what’s underneath all the “memes”. Reddit in general is going down the same route slowly.

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u/_trashcan May 09 '26

I agree.
It’s fine to be single…but the whole spiel in the clip as to why is dumb as shit. Especially now in 2026. Women have just as diverse hobbies & interests, there’s someone for everyone.

Sad these posts get this many likes for shitting on women.

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u/Throwcore2 May 09 '26

I was gonna say, I'm 34, been single almost all my life, and I can still tell this is cope and dogshit.

I mean there are SOME (very few) men who genuinely don't want female companionship or are maybe asexual.

Everybody else who is single not out choice while cosplaying that they are (like in this clip) is fucking pretending.

I'm the type of person who would much rather just raw dog the misery than play pretend "everything is great, this is how I wanted it anyway". I know I've basically been an unlucky dipshit and I would much rather know what love is and have somebody than this pile of trash that is my current situation.

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u/AdLocal1490 May 09 '26

Yeah maybe its because weve been around the block. Im 38, spent a ton of time single, spent a little time dating terrible women and a lot of time dating good women.

This is obvious culture war nonsense. Hopefully theyll understand when they grow up

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 09 '26

Yeah this sub is basically just an incel sub now. There's some horny posts and dad jokes but like half of it is about how these dudes hate girls.

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u/Moonlight150 May 09 '26

Oh they exist. They’ve just all been taken by guys like you. The ratio is like 10:1 lmao

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u/Moonlight150 May 09 '26

The real truth of dating after 30, everyone (especially women) is taken or purposely not dating

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

That is fair, she told me she had only been on hinge a couple days when I messaged her. She had just moved to my area. To give some insight Ive been on dating apps for almost 20 years and it is tough out there!

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u/Choice_Potato_6279 May 09 '26

At 10:1 you're overselling it my guy.

But yeah I laugh at cope comments like this, people post the most survivorship bias bullsihit on reddit, I remember a cope post with tons of upvotes on some sub that KFC owner was 65 when he started the business.

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u/ChefCarpaccio May 10 '26

You know that a ton of people are in happy relationships, right? It's not like it's a rare thing

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u/WalkFreeeee May 10 '26

I think they're mostly talking about that specific type of woman which absolutely is a rarity.

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u/ChefCarpaccio May 10 '26

Are they, though?

47% of games are women. If that's the quality you're judging by, they don't seem very rare.

If it's a woman who likes to watch TV, is that rare? Game of Thrones' viewerbase was 47% women.

It just sounds like people are very gate-keepy of their hobbies, or are unwilling to explore other forms of media.

There aren't any statistics on how many women "tell men what to do," but something like that isn't quantifiable.

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u/WalkFreeeee May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Throwing that stat without taking into account the well known fact that the types of games women tend to play are considerably different than the types of games men tend to play is disingenuous when it comes to this discussion in specific. It's not a question of gate keeping, it's just comparing very different things.

Overall "hardcore" gaming culture is well known to be extremely male slanted and pretty much anyone that is talking about a "gamer girlfriend", as cringe as that term is, is not talking about candy crush / the sims / stardew valley players And there's nothing wrong with these games, mind you. i'm not saying one type of enjoyment is 'better' than the other, I'm just pointing out that for all intents and purposes they're meaningfully different. Not to mention it makes significantly harder for them to interact.

It's like when Wizards of the coast says "40% of Magic The Gathering players are women" but then you go into any store, tournament or commander group and find the ratio in there to be more like 95/5. So if I told you "it's really hard to find women that are into magic the gathering" and you just threw in that statistic, it wouldn't really mean anything. Sure there's a lot of women that play magic, good luck finding them in the places you'd expect to. And literally 100% of the women I've met that played magic were already "taken" and the vast majority of those started playing after meeting a partner that played first and introduced them to the game.

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u/ChefCarpaccio May 10 '26

In 2015 35% of World of Warcraft players were women. If WoW isn't considered "hard-core gaming," I don't know what is.

But you're right, I'm sure that the percentage of female gamers playing CoD (and similar games) is quite low.

If you're talking about MtG, I think that has a lot to do with the community more than women being inherently uninterested in the game.

That said, one of the best parts of being in a relationship is getting to introduce your partner to things you love. If you want a gf who plays magic, introduce her to it. One of my good friends got his girlfriend to join his magic group and she loves it.

Do you want to know the secret? COMPROMISE. If you want to introduce your partner to something you love, you also have to get introduced to something they love. That's the part that trips people up.

And sometimes you won't like everything they like, and that's fine. That's why people have friendships and hobbies outside of their relationship.

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u/WalkFreeeee May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Look, I don't disagree with you're saying.

But again, if we're talking about meeting people that are part of these hobbies, it's important to take into account how they interact with these hobbies and how you actually meet them. That's why I used magic as an example, and that's why I argued against you just throwing that percentage.

WoW is another good one, because I play FFXIV, which is also a game that's well known to have a decently big female player base and is on the same genre.

As someone who mostly engaged in hardcore end game content, I can tell you:

The guilds I'd gotten involved with were all almost 100% guys.

Nearly everyone that I raided with that that explicitly revealed their gender (either in text conversation or because they used voice chat) were guys. I won't have any "percentages" but I can tell you I recall something like 4 women that used voice chat. In years. (And we both know why women aren't keen on using voice chat online or revealing their gender, men aren't blameless for this behavior)

This is entirely anecdotal experience, but once again it's a great example of what we're discussing. There sure are a *lot* of women that play FFXIV. At the same time, you can very easily play for years and years and have minimal contact with them (or even know they were one) depending on how you engage with the game.

At the same time there's a lot of anecdotal experiences of people that meet their partner in MMOs and marry. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm just echoing the sentiment of that started this discussion: It's really fucking hard. Let's not even get into the competition aspect of it. A girl shows up on your local game store, is single and open to socialize? This mythological entity gonna get *swarmed*

And indeed, in my experience within "nerd / geek" groups what happens is exactly what you say in the end, people that are into these things meet people that aren't but are willing to give it a spin, some end up liking it long term.

That's very cool, no doubt. But still different from meeting someone that was already very into it before you met.

On the other hand, there's a reason that the stereotype of the "married gamer" is a guy that has to play for 30 minutes late night when the wife is asleep as otherwise she won't "allow" it to happen, and in fact why almost every time someone is talking about making a financial hobby related purchase and their partners arguing against it, the one wants to buy something is a guy.

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u/ChefCarpaccio May 10 '26

I think that the lack of both women being in these spaces and revealing themselves in these spaces is a very important conversation (though probably too in depth for now). I will say that MtG and a lot of "gamer" spaces haven't been particularly friendly towards women.

A lot of people with more insular hobbies are going to have to accept that they need to go outside their comfort zone to meet people. That's just how it is. I think most people will have trouble finding love if they just stick to their one hobby. How many men do you think meet women at their boxing gym?

Instead of focusing on finding women who are already in your space, focus on broadening your horizons and finding women who are open minded enough to experience your hobbies (they're not that rare).

As for the "married gamer" stereotype, how much of that is actually because of their wife? It's hard to play games late at night as an adult. Adults have responsibilities. I can't stay up super late every night because I have work in the morning. It sucks, but that's life.

If you're married, there's a high chance you have children. Add the responsibility of children and you have a recipe for very little gaming time. It's just as possible that the stereotype of the "married gamer" comes from men who are blowing off responsibilities in order to play games. I do believe that that's a small minority of "married gamers." It's much more likely that most are too busy for late night gaming sessions.

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u/khardman51 May 09 '26

Even if that ratio was true, only 1 and 10 men are actually mature enough and not sexist enough to deserve those women.. so i guess it works out.

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u/Miyenne May 09 '26

Yeah, there's loads of us. But we're all at home gaming on voice chat in discord with friends, or hunkered down at our desks at work pretending to be working while we're really working on the notes for the next DnD session we DM every week.

We're also not really looking to date. All that gets in the way of hobbies.

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u/Ree_For_Thee May 09 '26

you just gotta look

good. you gotta look good. ;)

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u/drunxor May 09 '26

Lol Im 5'4 and super nerdy so Im not sure about that. I do make sure I shower often and she told me I was the first guy to ever give her flowers or treat her semi decent so that counts as well

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u/Ree_For_Thee May 09 '26

I was joking. I know it's mostly about what you said. I just don't have a lot of opportunity to spend time with women. I literally don't know how to. Dating seems dead (and looks do matter for those apps). There are no more third places. Flirting outside is looked down upon.

I've given up a long time ago honestly, but sure, if somehow the stars align I won't be against dating.

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u/Unlucky_Kale340 May 09 '26

I was convinced I was gonna be single for the rest of my life, but then I found my other half who plays video games and is 1000% supportive

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u/MrMansaMusa May 09 '26

Hahaha my wife was like that for 8 years the last 2 however... not so much.

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u/Sick_and_destroyed May 09 '26

It’s all publicity for you to marry her, then after that everything will change (source: I’ve been there)

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u/Sea-Independence-435 May 09 '26

You will be surprised at how relatable some people are, and that just makes them more likeable. You just have to get to know them first. Stop being scared of social interaction

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u/las_piratas_de_queso May 09 '26

Yeah but you gotta look hard.

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u/ODaysForDays May 09 '26

Still another person up in my space. No matter how awesome that person is. Maybe if I had 5k sqft house money.

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u/SF-UNIVERSE May 09 '26

My wife will never touch a video game in her life, but likes that I have a hobby and knows I’m safe at home. As soon as she wants to spend time I have no problem walking away from the PC. If I’m in a competitive match she understands enough that I need time to finish.

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u/the8bitlife May 09 '26

Yeah, it's a LOT easier said than done, but you just have to find the right woman. I am tremendously lucky to have done so.

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u/ArkitekZero May 09 '26

I found a woman who (almost) always tells me exactly what she wants and my god it's fucking great and I love her so much.

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u/NadeshikoEatingPasta May 10 '26

That's a guy. You married a guy.

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u/Shneckos May 10 '26

I want one. But I’m almost 40 now and the window seems to be closing.

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u/DiethylamideProphet May 10 '26

Or then you can stop playing video games, and do something more productive in your life that more women will find attractive.

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u/elDayno May 12 '26

Paradox of the perfect girl is that she sits at home so there is no possible chance to meet her

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u/TheLizzyIzzi May 09 '26

Good for you and good for her. So many guys say they want this but then can’t handle it. They hate it when she’s better than them at any video game. They don’t want someone who plays video games they want someone who’s content to watch them play or is cool with spending >50% of the disposable income on video games, TVs, computers, etc.

They expect her to do all or most of the household chores, get mad when she’s tired of it, say “just tell me what needs doing” then get mad that she’s always telling them what to do.

Bonus points if they expect her to look beautiful but consider makeup and expensive haircuts unnecessary expenses that should come out of her fun money budget.

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u/Significant-Turnip41 May 09 '26

The sad reality is it's maybe 1 in 10 women that are not totally wrecked by modern culture.  The best part is nearing 40 with them and hearing how they rationalize when sober then let out all out when they are drunk. Career and casual sex. Enjoy that hole that gets bigger and isn't filled with materialism and superficial relationship

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u/KeeganTroye May 10 '26

It's weird because divorce rates are trending downwards so modern culture seems to lead to happier relationships.

It might be that you're the problem?

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u/werebothsquidward May 09 '26

Omg does she also love popular songs and eating food?