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Single, not seeing anyone. I haven't had a date in over a year, and I've never had a serious relationship in my life.
I used to think that maybe I was just a late-bloomer, but now, at 27, it definitely feels like there's more to it than that. I don't know... I'm certainly not one of those people who thinks that they need a partner to validate their existence, but lately, it has kind of felt like something's been missing from my life.
I guess I'm starting to feel a bit... abnormal because of this. Like I've missed out on some important life experience. And I don't like it, since, as I hinted at above, I've always been somewhat proud of my self-sufficient nature in this regard... my not relying on someone else to define me.
Now I do seem to want some form of companionship, but as I've gone without it my whole life, I truly have no idea where to begin, nor do I have a clue what I would do if I actually found myself in a relationship.
Oh yeah, and FWIW, I don't live in a basement. So I've got that, at least.
I used to think that maybe I was just a late-bloomer, but now, at 27, it definitely feels like there's more to it than that. I don't know... I'm certainly not one of those people who thinks that they need a partner to validate their existence, but lately, it has kind of felt like something's been missing from my life.
I guess I'm starting to feel a bit... abnormal because of this. Like I've missed out on some important life experience. And I don't like it, since, as I hinted at above, I've always been somewhat proud of my self-sufficient nature in this regard... my not relying on someone else to define me.
Now I do seem to want some form of companionship, but as I've gone without it my whole life, I truly have no idea where to begin, nor do I have a clue what I would do if I actually found myself in a relationship.
Oh yeah, and FWIW, I don't live in a basement. So I've got that, at least.
Single, not seeing anyone.
And I go downtown often to chill with friends at the bars, huge sports fan so go out to games whenever I can, go to tweetups... there just ain't girls worth dating.
And I go downtown often to chill with friends at the bars, huge sports fan so go out to games whenever I can, go to tweetups... there just ain't girls worth dating.
The wedding is just three months away.
Single, not seeing anybody. It's not that I'm "afraid" or I'm still moping over my last breakup, but I haven't been as pursuant of the opposite gender as I have been. It just seems like an extraneous hassle with all the other stuff I've got on my plate at the moment, but if I could I probably would.
BTW Congrats Finn!
BTW Congrats Finn!
In a 12 year relationship. I was a lonely nerd before that though(I've never had a house that had a basement so I guess I was a lonely bedroom nerd).
If i recall right there are actually pretty few virgins-not-by-choice here. Plus one isn't a virgin anymore and one might have been abducted by a cult of transsexual cheerleaders.
If i recall right there are actually pretty few virgins-not-by-choice here. Plus one isn't a virgin anymore and one might have been abducted by a cult of transsexual cheerleaders.
There's no option for "Retired but has had relationships (of a sort) in the past and may be open to coming out of retirement under the right circumstances." Part of it is the being picky thing (or the Holdfast philosophy) and part of it is just the weary contentment that comes with age.
I can't ever seem to make a poll that covers all the nuances. 
I think I might be kinda/sorta on the verge of dating a girl, but I honestly have no idea what I'm doing.
I don't think anybody does, really. Just go with it!
Congratulations! That is a long time, you must be a world-class diplomat to get along with another human being for so long.
Thank you. And, "diplomat" is one way to put it ....
Well, Robert, now you know for next time. 
I understand what you're saying about the unbalanced gender divide, but I reckon it would still be interesting to see if there are any differences between the male and female members, as unscientific as the results may be.
I understand what you're saying about the unbalanced gender divide, but I reckon it would still be interesting to see if there are any differences between the male and female members, as unscientific as the results may be.
Your description of it was rather punchier than mine, though. Does brevity come with age too?
In a long term relationship. Though sometimes I question my signifigant other's taste in men.
Well, Robert, now you know for next time.
I suspect super geeky girls may be just as prone to being single as super geeky boys... you should do a spin-off poll and let's see how it looks...
Just 6 years ago I was firmly in the stereotype myself:
Geeky - check
Living with parents - check
Basement - if we'd had one I'd have been deep in there and loved it, yep
Single - check
And check to all the other stereotypes you can think of as as well, may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
Except for my sex, I was exactly the demographic trek caters to, and a fine demographic it is, too. I'll take a trek geek over a mainstream airhead, any time.
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