Belonging in a different time

Does anybody else feel like they would be so much better suited in an earlier time?
with this i'm talking both general and romantic relationships.

personally, i believe that i am quite old school - a gentleman of sorts; eloquent in speaking and polite in general mannerisms.
i'm not posh or anything (i'm from yorkshire...) but sometimes i just don't feel like modern day sociality suits me too well.
i think that a generation of two ago would have been perfect for me.

nowadays, it is very difficult to meet a girl without going on a night out or to a party - events generally associated with alcohol.
i would rather not meet a potential partner on a night out, simply because i don't feel like the circumstances are suitable to meet a potential partner, so it deters me a little at times.
i just think that in such an age of technology, with us trying to maximise time saved and minimise effort, we have lost just that bit of elegance that we used to have.

but yeah, just me then?

Time is a human illusion; if you want to return to a 'golden age' then you must make it yourself. Live the life you want to live.

interesting concept but we as humans are social beings.
if the social convention of this time does not match that which i wish it was, there is little that can be done.

i think that as humans we have become more technologically advanced, but as people we have regressed.

I could never live in a society that condoned racism, homophobia etc. etc.

Does anybody else feel like they would be so much better suited in an earlier time?
with this i'm talking both general and romantic relationships.

personally, i believe that i am quite old school - a gentleman of sorts; eloquent in speaking and polite in general mannerisms.
i'm not posh or anything (i'm from yorkshire...) but sometimes i just don't feel like modern day sociality suits me too well.
i think that a generation of two ago would have been perfect for me.

nowadays, it is very difficult to meet a girl without going on a night out or to a party - events generally associated with alcohol.
i would rather not meet a potential partner on a night out, simply because i don't feel like the circumstances are suitable to meet a potential partner, so it deters me a little at times.
i just think that in such an age of technology, with us trying to maximise time saved and minimise effort, we have lost just that bit of elegance that we used to have.

but yeah, just me then?

Utter insanity.

The likelihood of you dying a violent death would be quite considerable if you lived a few generations ago. Not to mention how racist, sexist, homophobic and prejudiced the world was at the time. So for all your alleged "class" and "elegance", even recent history was the time in which a relatively high percentage of people were prejudiced and hateful, not to mention illiterate by today's standards. Your skewed perception of the past is highly idealized and most likely based on stereotypes of upper middle class and upper class, which comprised a considerably small percentage of humanity, especially in British society. So, unless you were born among pomp and circumstance (which you likely wouldn't be), you would face low wages, relative poverty, threat of nuclear war, civil and social unrest and lack of most daily utilities you hold so dear today, like the very computer you're using to access this forum.

Also, I can't resist but to point how your alleged "eloquence" translates into a very poor, crude post with numerous grammatical errors and misspellings.

Does anybody else feel like they would be so much better suited in an earlier time?

but yeah, just me then?

Probably a 17th century court, have quite strong country ethos, no racism or anything, not really religious but more so than the radical atheism today (I respect the church as a sort of communal function), kind of spiritual more than anything (but not in a superstitious sense), idk perhaps consider myself a couriter gentleman with an appreciation of old architecture, handwriting and horses, of which have been displaced.

I don't mean to sound rude, but could you elaborate on the 'no racism' bit?

Racism as in hatred of minorites is quite common in late centuries, 18th, 19th, 20th especially etc, but is not actually that common in previous generations, partly due to the inexperience of other cultures, but hostilities were more religious in nature because of the family relationships between European nobles in general. That's not to say the Irish were not disliked for example, but that they were disliked more for being Catholic, and largely by the landed gentry and ignorant rather than the courts. I was just clarifying that

Does anybody else feel like they would be so much better suited in an earlier time?
with this i'm talking both general and romantic relationships.

personally, i believe that i am quite old school - a gentleman of sorts; eloquent in speaking and polite in general mannerisms.
i'm not posh or anything (i'm from yorkshire...) but sometimes i just don't feel like modern day sociality suits me too well.
i think that a generation of two ago would have been perfect for me.

nowadays, it is very difficult to meet a girl without going on a night out or to a party - events generally associated with alcohol.
i would rather not meet a potential partner on a night out, simply because i don't feel like the circumstances are suitable to meet a potential partner, so it deters me a little at times.
i just think that in such an age of technology, with us trying to maximise time saved and minimise effort, we have lost just that bit of elegance that we used to have.

but yeah, just me then?

Ignoring the rampant slavery? Point conceded on the religious front, though.

I might be wrong but early slavery was based on considerations of citizenship and property rather than racial hatred, with almost all civilisations, including Africans themselves participating in exchange of labour, however I don't think it's until the mid 18th century that theories of racial inferiority are actually put forward.