If I don't go to uni, do I still have as many chances of finding a guy to date?

I'm 19 btw.

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Of course you do!
Three of my closest friends didn't go to uni and they all found boyfriends.
One met her boyfriend at the shop she worked in. Another met hers through a mutual friend and the third goes to a local sports club and she met her boyfriend there.
I didn't meet my boyfriend at uni either (admittedly we got together before uni started for us, but we didn't meet at school either). My friend was dating his friend, so they set us up.

Reply 2

mattc272

Just ask all the single people on here :wink:

Thank you.

So long as you stay active and socialise. What uni does is make it VERY easy to meet new people - once you're out of there or if you don't go in the first place, there are far fewer opportunities to just be put into close situations with new folk and get to know them.

Reply 5

Molly_16

of course !!!!
but there are some guys who only wants to date girls with the same level of education as him .

Reply 6

Reflexive

Girls are never stuck for someone to date, unless you're really ugly.

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

Original post by Reflexive

Girls are never stuck for someone to date, unless you're really ugly.

What a generalisation. So not true :no:

Reply 8

Anonymous #1

Original post by Molly_16

of course !!!!
but there are some guys who only wants to date girls with the same level of education as him .

Why?

Reply 9

meenu89

There are always arranged marriages....

Reply 10

Reflexive

Original post by Anonymous

What a generalisation. So not true :no:

So is true, you have a vagina, it is much more sought after than a penis. See the post in my sig.

Reply 11

Dekota-XS

I am under the impression that girls who don't go uni and have a boyfriend consequently are the ones to become young mothers, I'm not sure how true that is but it has some sense in it because girls who do go to uni are career focused, girls who don't are family focused hence go on to settle down earlier.

Reply 12

Young Spade

Original post by Anonymous

I'm 19 btw.

I mean you can just "go" to the campus and lie and say you go there, technically you'd have the same chances as any girl on that campus. Now if you mean finding a guy to have a meaningful relationship with and live the rest of your life with, it's going to be a little harder.

Us guys that are going to Unis (well I would hope anyway) are going to look for women that are also doing something similar with their lives as well. I am constantly confronted at school by women and I rarely talk to them; iI'm not just going date someone because they look good, I also want someone who is going to get a suitable job and can take care of herself as well.

Reply 13

Anonymous #1

Original post by Dekota-XS

I'm just not sure I am smart enough for uni, is all. I still want a good career though, that should be possible without uni, no?

Reply 14

Dekota-XS

Original post by Anonymous

I'm just not sure I am smart enough for uni, is all. I still want a good career though, that should be possible without uni, no?

I felt like you when I applied to uni and I wasn't expecting to be accepted, infact I was accepted at the most prestigious university of my choice so that was a shock.

There's no compromise or two way streets here, you can't have a good career without a degree and I mean that because you'll be competing against graduates and specialists in a job market. If you want to get somewhere career wise, university is the only best option. You're frame of mind is bad, that's all.

Reply 15

Anonymous #1

Original post by Dekota-XS

Fair do, but I am only being realistic here. I tried very hard and only got Ds and Es in my A Levels, so what's the point? :frown:

Also, there are lots of successful people out there without degrees, so how much is it really needed in the grand scheme of things?

Reply 16

Dekota-XS

Original post by Anonymous

Fair do, but I am only being realistic here. I tried very hard and only got Ds and Es in my A Levels, so what's the point? :frown:

Also, there are lots of successful people out there without degrees, so how much is it really needed in the grand scheme of things?

Oh ok fair enough, determination for a career is one thing, requirements and qualifications is another :redface:

It is needed, the successful people that did accomplish what they did was because they saw a gap in the market which they filled, we don't see that happening anymore. It's upto you in the end.

Back to the topic of the thread: Yes! It's possible.

Reply 17

Anonymous #1

Original post by Dekota-XS

Oh ok fair enough, determination for a career is one thing, requirements and qualifications is another :redface:

A lot of graduates end up in crappy jobs anyway, because the grad job market is too full up, so what much difference does it make having a degree, other than getting you into massive debt for most your life? There's a lot of decent careers that don't need degrees anyway. And if I really have to get a degree, I'll do Open or summat.

Reply 18

Anonymous #1

And not to mention, there are also many graduates who are UNEMPLOYED! So uni does not seem amazing or anything to me.

Reply 19

Dekota-XS

Original post by Anonymous

And not to mention, there are also many graduates who are UNEMPLOYED! So uni does not seem amazing or anything to me.

You're right in what you're saying too, but I have to make it clear, a degree does make a difference. It's a qualification recognised worldwide, aside from the debt which you will be only expected to pay after securing your graduate job, when the job is secured, you'll have greater flexibility of moving up the career's ladder and the debt will seem worthwhile.

I'm not arguing with your career plan by the way, what type of job do you see yourself wanting to do in the future?