"When you encounter a stranger, be pleasant but aloof. Disengage."
To
"Keep women in your friends circle"
Without mentioning how to get from A to B. I mean, how to actually befriending them in the first place, which is probably one of the biggest hurdles and stumbling blocks for most people here who have the same problem.
I.e. Women who are single, available and are my friends are represented by the empty set.
Asking your non-single friends to introduce you to single friends doesn't accomplish anything, since they might talk about doing that, but it'll never happen (I've seen it multiple times)
That was the case even when I was going out regularly, before the pandemic... Since unfortunately most of my social interactions are in groups heavily biased towards male representation.
The only way around that, as I recognize... Is to get different hobbies. But it's not that simple to get yourself to start liking a new thing (and spend multiple hours every week on that!) If you have
1 - A job draining most of your energy
2 - already happily spending time on hobbies that you enjoy.
"Thankfully" the pandemic solved the gender bias problem regarding the friends that I regularly meet... Since now all in-person friend interaction over several months can be counted on your fingers
(Btw, now I'm in a LDR... Which is definitely not ideal, but at least helps a lot with loneliness)
"When you encounter a stranger, be pleasant but aloof. Disengage."
To
"Keep women in your friends circle"
Without mentioning how to get from A to B. I mean, how to actually befriending them in the first place, which is probably one of the biggest hurdles and stumbling blocks for most people here who have the same problem.
I.e. Women who are single, available and are my friends are represented by the empty set.
Asking your non-single friends to introduce you to single friends doesn't accomplish anything, since they might talk about doing that, but it'll never happen (I've seen it multiple times)
That was the case even when I was going out regularly, before the pandemic... Since unfortunately most of my social interactions are in groups heavily biased towards male representation.
The only way around that, as I recognize... Is to get different hobbies. But it's not that simple to get yourself to start liking a new thing (and spend multiple hours every week on that!) If you have
1 - A job draining most of your energy
2 - already happily spending time on hobbies that you enjoy.
"Thankfully" the pandemic solved the gender bias problem regarding the friends that I regularly meet... Since now all in-person friend interaction over several months can be counted on your fingers
(Btw, now I'm in a LDR... Which is definitely not ideal, but at least helps a lot with loneliness)