If you have given up on dating, what would you say caused it?

[Danny_dan92]

For me, it’s the concept that there will always be someone out there that the potential partner or current significant other will find more appealing.


And the probability of them sticking with you after the fact instantly vanishes. Resulting in them dropping you for that other person.


Yes. I have been through this one too many times. So I have opted out. Became very disconnected from the concept of dating.

[IslaTheWitch]

that I don't want relationship anymore

but I treat relationship seriously... I take my time to get to know people... to learn and accept their different traits... and I make educated decisions about my feelings...

it takes me about 6 months to get to know the person... to be sure that I know them good enough and be sure about how I feel about them... and it's before the first date... I simply don't date strangers...

so, if I don't want a relationship it doesn't mean I can't find the right person; it just means I want my isolation...

[ImAlondra]

I have not and need to keep looking until the right person is found

[VanillaSalt]

• 56% of marriage end in divorce
• 80% of the time it’s the women filing the divorce
• No-fault divorce
• Alimony even if she cheats
• 90% of the time she takes my children
• People don’t understand the meaning of commitment. It means when things get bad you accept that you can only make the best out of a situation.
• What do women even bring to my life that I can’t find elsewhere and won’t be taken away if she gets bored?

[BadApple69]

Sorry to say this is coming from a person with zero self confidence. Plus you seem to have the belief that things last forever. Live for today. No one ever knows what tomorrow will bring.


If I can enjoy love for 1 day and one day only…. I would gladly take that over never loving at all.


And work on your confidence buddy! You won’t keep your girl (s) if you have no confidence in yourself.

[VanillaSalt]

And alimony and child support? How do you raise the children in separate homes?

[BadApple69]

They were not living together so no alimony. Child support is a must. You play you pay.
And yes the dad might get visitation.

[VanillaSalt]

So more single mother homes… because that worked out so well thus far.

[BadApple69]

@VanillaSalt both he and she made bad choices. From her story it seems she was in love and tried to trap him with a baby. The only real victim here is the baby.

[Goahead76]

Partly just the number of men that I've run into who have been wrecked by their past relationships. I always thought it was a fairly low percentage and then then realizing, no it's a lot higher than I thought.
Also just looking at the totality of dates I'd been on, how many of them were either political fanatics, doing onlyfans, were argumentative. I felt a lot of times almost like I had gone out with an obnoxious guy friend. But yeah haven't regretted it a bit, best thing I've ever done for my net worth at least. I would recommend to to any young guy, put women out of your mind for a decade. Buy a fast motorcycle, travel, build your career and your bank account.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't say I've given up so much as I'm giving it the attention it deserves. Which is not very important in my life. I'd say it's when I realized whats left in the dating world after age 25 is really slim pickings. Most good women are married off by 25 and after that you're definitely picking from 2nd tier women. And those women getting married is not high on thier list if it's on thier list at all. This mean all of her choices towards men will always be short term. Kind of like you said she''ll always be looking to trade up. And you cannot invest in a woman like that.

[Redstang88]

I wouldn’t say I’ve given up completely but sure not trying very hard
But for similar reasons for sure. No matter what you do, how hard you try, you can and probably will wake up one morning to find yourself a complete to her. Be sad, mad, hate me, whatever - at least that shows you cared enough to feel something.
I suppose it goes both ways, but the seemingly increasing ability to just throw everything away on a whim just makes it all seem bloody pointless

[McLlovin]

I dated a woman. Her friends said she was complaining about how she can't find a nice guy. We went out, and she wasn’t interested in me. Afterwards i found out she was dating someone dude who just got out of jail. Lol life is crazy

[exitseven]

I did give up on it. I had a string of 4 or 5 bad relationships in the course of a year. I was sick of all the games and the dishonesty. I was going to give up on dating for a while, maybe forever.

[Staximus]

I haven't given up, my friends say I just need to lower my standards haha. They are probably right. I'm not going to get Miss America until I stop working at a gas station at night and fighting bums on meth in the parking lot.

[serious]

I never tried dating so there is no question of giving up

[jamesgoldman]

Slowly dying and the cynicism this business fosters and the material I consume like Felix Dennis and John Cooper Clarke

[Anonymous]

My relationship ending recently. I know I will never find another guy like him who understood me completely.

[LiamJHayden]

I haven't, but I am interested in reading the answers of others.

[Sharkstealth]

I do dates that are free until I trust her. No spending money only to be put down and used.

[jack1924]

Girls will give up on dating because of guys like you

[chrissykerdock]

guys like you

[Retsam]

that's why you need a roster

[MoroccanPrincess]

Cheating

[Dongie]

Limpdickitus