Be single in your late 20s ==> Gradually get edged out of social circles

Keep yourself busy. Get involved in volunteering. Get out of the same old circle of acquaintances through selfless activities.

Just make new friends.

All a guy needs is someone to go to bars with.

Dinner parties etc are to be avoided unless you know done single women are there. It's a waste of time unless you can't stand your own company.

Once you have kids you've got the perfect excuse to avoid any unwanted social commitments.

Don't get married. It's a trap. I'd even consider a vasectomy.

You can date a different woman every night these days thanks to online dating if you're that lonely. You should have a few in your stable to hang out with other couples.

What do you want out of male relationships anyways unless you're doing hobbies together? Men don't make that great of friends.

jamin wrote:

The majority of my college buddies are married without kids or are in a relationship. That means they hang out with each other as couples and I only get invited once in a while to be wheel 2N+1 (out of pity, I suspect). Anyone else know that feel?

Congratulations your life has become the plot of Bridget Jones' Dairy.

Single is still better in many ways wrote:

Don't get married. It's a trap. I'd even consider a vasectomy.

You can date a different woman every night these days thanks to online dating if you're that lonely. You should have a few in your stable to hang out with other couples.

What do you want out of male relationships anyways unless you're doing hobbies together? Men don't make that great of friends.

You must be new here.

jamin wrote:

The majority of my college buddies are married without kids or are in a relationship. That means they hang out with each other as couples and I only get invited once in a while to be wheel 2N+1 (out of pity, I suspect). Anyone else know that feel?

I know this feel. The solace I take is that I can spend my money/time on anything I want, and know they envy me.

They are out picking apples or other stupid s hit with the fam on a Saturday AM before I've even woken from my Friday night stupor.

Nope, just a observant guy stating the facts.

Rockstar Games wrote:

Nope, just a observant guy stating the facts.

"It's not worth trying to fit in man." - opinion

"Most people are miserable but want to send the opposite message to the outside world." - opinion

"I taught this was evident by now." - opinion

"Now that sounds like a fun evening right?" - opinion

"Married people are some of the most boring people you can find." - opinion

"People get conformed, sloppy, let themselves go and run out of things to talk about. My parents are no exception." - sure

Agree. Stay single, kids are overrated and they drain the money and life out of you. Women are nothing but trouble.

Dude, who cares? Trust me on this, your friends who are getting married and settling down in their 20s are going to be uninteresting, suburban white folk very soon. They will stagnate and before long will dress, look, and act like their fathers, losing touch with pop culture, technology, etc. Their conversations will center around their jobs, Netflix, and whatever material possession they are saving up to buy.

Don't be one of them. It takes some work, but I recommend being like Kentucky or Duke basketball ... when your teammates leave, reload with younger, better ones. It will keep YOU younger too.

anyone see the new season of orange is the new black yet?

Hi Jamin!

Apparently you can meet interesting women at truckstops, although they may not be suitable for long term relationships.

M.A.G.A.

S.O.W.P.

D.D.M.P

jamin wrote:

The majority of my college buddies are married without kids or are in a relationship. That means they hang out with each other as couples and I only get invited once in a while to be wheel 2N+1 (out of pity, I suspect). Anyone else know that feel?

How’s this a problem? I’m 29 and I have zero friends at this point and I’ve never been happier. I get to do what I want, when I want. I don’t have to impress anyone. I can just be happy and do what I want. If someone wants to join me, I’m always open and never say no but if nobody wants to join me, I’m just as happy.

Living life to impress others is a sad way to live life. You’re the only one that should matter to you.

If people are asking to join you on your activities, they are most likely what the rest of us call "friends."

Kiyosaki wrote:

Dude, who cares? Trust me on this, your friends who are getting married and settling down in their 20s are going to be uninteresting, suburban white folk very soon. They will stagnate and before long will dress, look, and act like their fathers, losing touch with pop culture, technology, etc. Their conversations will center around their jobs, Netflix, and whatever material possession they are saving up to buy.

Don't be one of them. It takes some work, but I recommend being like Kentucky or Duke basketball ... when your teammates leave, reload with younger, better ones. It will keep YOU younger too.

Time passes quickly my friend. Soon you will be in your 30’s, then 40’s .... clinging to the 20-something single lifestyle starts to make you look pretty silly.

Need to get faster wrote:

Get your 5k under 14:15 and the girls will be swarming you. Then you don't need a Russian GF or to be a 3rd wheel

Nah, these days with hypergamy, women won't even look at you unless you are a sub 13 guy

If you want sex or friends. Train harder.... Enough mileage will put you right to bed. While they waste their 20's breaking up and complaining.... Pretty cynical. But kind of true.

Kiyosaki wrote:

Dude, who cares? Trust me on this, your friends who are getting married and settling down in their 20s are going to be uninteresting, suburban white folk very soon. They will stagnate and before long will dress, look, and act like their fathers, losing touch with pop culture, technology, etc. Their conversations will center around their jobs, Netflix, and whatever material possession they are saving up to buy.

Don't be one of them. It takes some work, but I recommend being like Kentucky or Duke basketball ... when your teammates leave, reload with younger, better ones. It will keep YOU younger too.

...so the upside of staying single and free is staying up with pop culture and technology?

you make fun of old boring suburban people with nothing better to do than save up for things like a sailboat, but i'd rather have a sailboat than have an apple watch and be up to date on pop culture.