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How will I ever find the one if I'm home all the time?

I'm a straight male and I'm just wondering how I'll ever find the one if I'm home all the time and I only go out to go to college and to the shops and I'm scarred to approach women in public.

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Original post by Anonymous
I'm a straight male and I'm just wondering how I'll ever find the one if I'm home all the time and I only go out to go to college and to the shops and I'm scarred to approach women in public.


Social circle? Face down your approaching fear. Online dating - be clever about how you do online dating. Don't do the same things as most men in online dating.

Find out how to talk to women in a way that they will find your attractive. And then pratctise, practise, practise.
Find out what sort of inner beliefs and thought patterns will make you into the sort of man that women find attractive. These inner beliefs make sense in other (all?) areas of your life.
Reply 2
I've accepted that it's never going to happen. My personality and my life are not conducive to forming any kind of relationship.
Reply 3
To maximise your chances of finding 'the one', you need to have an active social life and good communication skills.
Give positive first impressions to strangers, have some hobbies, a broad skillset and compatible dealbreakers & lifestyle preferences to those that you are keen to date.
Plus spend quite a bit of time getting to know single women who are looking to date or have close female friends who are.
Offline as well as online.

Online forums and dating apps can be very good places to meet lots of new people.
But there are plenty of criminals and weirdos as well as normal people.
With many reasonably normal people only using the internet to chat with strangers when they are bored or to grow their social media followings.
Online only friendships & ldr's that don't go beyond video chats or online messaging will most often have a limited shelf life.
Frequently ending with one person either closing down their account, ghosting or never logging in to read their messages.
You won't. You need to put yourself out there and meet people. Socialise with people at college. You don't need to be hitting on women - just expanding your circle of friends will organically improve your chances of meeting a woman you click with.
Reply 5
Original post by 1582
You won't. You need to put yourself out there and meet people. Socialise with people at college. You don't need to be hitting on women - just expanding your circle of friends will organically improve your chances of meeting a woman you click with.


Doesn't really help that I've found it impossible to make friends since I finished school.
Reply 6
Original post by Dunnig Kruger
Social circle? Face down your approaching fear. Online dating - be clever about how you do online dating. Don't do the same things as most men in online dating.

Find out how to talk to women in a way that they will find your attractive. And then pratctise, practise, practise.
Find out what sort of inner beliefs and thought patterns will make you into the sort of man that women find attractive. These inner beliefs make sense in other (all?) areas of your life.

Yh I totally agree with ya I should.Oh I don't deal with online dating because I've done that before it's hard and I've had a bad experience from that too. Yh I'll try that thanks for the advice
Reply 7
I agree that's true.I mean like I know how to communicate with females because I've got quite a few female friends.I've been in a ldr before so I guess it might help from that experience through communication.
Reply 8
I agree that's true.I mean like I know how to communicate with females because I've got quite a few female friends.I've been in a ldr before so I guess it might help from that experience through communication.

Original post by 1582
You won't. You need to put yourself out there and meet people. Socialise with people at college. You don't need to be hitting on women - just expanding your circle of friends will organically improve your chances of meeting a woman you click with.


Original post by Anonymous
I've accepted that it's never going to happen. My personality and my life are not conducive to forming any kind of relationship.

Maybe just gotta try.Like maybe joining like clubs and groups of interests might help
Reply 9
Original post by Anonymous
I agree that's true.I mean like I know how to communicate with females because I've got quite a few female friends.I've been in a ldr before so I guess it might help from that experience through communication.




Maybe just gotta try.Like maybe joining like clubs and groups of interests might help


I have joined clubs. It doesn't work.
You go out, you develop a social network, you meet people through work/education, etc.

Or you stay single. Your choice.
Reply 11
What do you do indoors all day long? this might be the clue to what you need to change.
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Reply 12
Original post by Makro
What do you do indoors all day long? this might be the clue to what you need to change.


Eat, sleep , cook and clean a little,watch footy sometimes when it's on, watch tik tok, watch YouTube a little and watch a movie once in a while and do assignment here and there and that's about it and sometimes text random people on some random app lol. Yh it sounds lame lol
Reply 13
Original post by Crazed cat lady
You go out, you develop a social network, you meet people through work/education, etc.

Or you stay single. Your choice.


Oh I talk to quite a few people in my course but I'm not attracted to anyone in my course really
Trust me, stay single. A lot cheaper.
Reply 15
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Original post by Anonymous
I have joined clubs. It doesn't work.

Oh ok makes sense. What about approaching randoms and hitting them up for there number
Reply 16
To be fair like I'm so focused on looks like it's rare to find someone that looks attractive because my standards in looks are through the roof so that may be an issue too
Original post by Anonymous
To be fair like I'm so focused on looks like it's rare to find someone that looks attractive because my standards in looks are through the roof so that may be an issue too

And when you do come across a woman that you find ohysically attractive you come over as nervous and tongue-tied. And therefore weird or creepy?

Which is where the importance of a good inner you as well as understanding good man to woman social skills as well as lots of practise comes in.

Original post by Anonymous
Eat, sleep , cook and clean a little,watch footy sometimes when it's on, watch tik tok, watch YouTube a little and watch a movie once in a while and do assignment here and there and that's about it and sometimes text random people on some random app lol. Yh it sounds lame lol


Time to kick your tik tok and youtube addictions.
Spend half the time saved on meeting and talking with people. And the other half on some higher purpose life goal.
Reply 18
Original post by Anonymous
Eat, sleep , cook and clean a little,watch footy sometimes when it's on, watch tik tok, watch YouTube a little and watch a movie once in a while and do assignment here and there and that's about it and sometimes text random people on some random app lol. Yh it sounds lame lol


hmmm..I bet the Youtube/TitkToks etc aren't just a little but taking up a considerable amount of your time. Try going cold turkey on all the social media and look for things to do away from home. Addictions to these things can kill vital social skills.
Reply 19
Original post by Dunnig Kruger
And when you do come across a woman that you find ohysically attractive you come over as nervous and tongue-tied. And therefore weird or creepy?

Which is where the importance of a good inner you as well as understanding good man to woman social skills as well as lots of practise comes in.

Yh that's true practise makes perfect

Time to kick your tik tok and youtube addictions.
Spend half the time saved on meeting and talking with people. And the other half on some higher purpose life goal.


Oh basically in general I think to myself I can approach but then when I see an attractive women like my brain stops me probably from being nervous or fear of rejection more so I guess.

Yh I agree I need to practise approaching and practise makes perfect and I've only ever approached once and I was really nervous and couldn't look her in the eye and it wasn't even someone attractive I was just like testing myself one time. But I don't get like when I'm chatting to a women like in my class for the first time for example I feel confident and chilled which doesn't make sense.

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