discussion Anyone else tired from Dating/Relationship IRL?

[darknesu]

It's exhausting when you both don't connect with each other and is just there for the benefits
Try things out together with your partner and it'd be less exhausting

 

[adam1111113]

With the right person, it's less tiring and more adventurous. But yeah, sometimes, I just don't want an emotional connection, I just need something physical.

 

[fabiusg]

Dating sites and apps are a massive waste of time

Relationships are a work but that has to be expected from both sides, if only one side invests then it will inevitably drain and fall

A lot of guys make a mistake of investing too much into chasing a girl and catering for her, and not getting anything back so you cannot build a balanced relationship that would last.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

I'm just burnt out from dating. Most of my relationships have been short-term, but it's been stressful and tiring to make it work. I did had a lot of happy moments, mostly in my mid-20s. I'm in my 30s now.

My last relationship was last year and she was very manipulative. Stalked my reddit page and she gets so irritated when she doesn't get her way. I'm glad that we broke up.

I just want to stay single and play my porn games to jack off.

How about you guys? Do you also feel exhausted from IRL Dating? And to the married people, how is your relationship doing?

sounds like she is a brat needing to be tamed lol, my methods are quite mind manipulation games (bdsm shit) yah know.

 

[Redyscom]

In my life, I've had five relationships that seemed like they were going somewhere, and they ended like this:
- She cheated on me.
- She told me, “You're not good enough for me.”
- She dumped me because she thought I was cheating on her.
- She dumped me for someone else (who later cheated on her).
- She cheated on me.


For the past six years, I’ve stopped pursuing any kind of romantic relationship. I haven’t closed myself off to it, but I’m not actively looking for anything. If it happens, great; if not, then so be it.

 

[linbei]

If dating feels like a burden, maybe you just don't like them enough. Five years ago I fell for someone — before I met him, I thought being single was great, but after that I threw all of that out the window. I couldn't help liking him, and it never felt tiring. But I messed that relationship up, and now I'm single again. I probably won't meet anyone I like that much again.

 

[Hulitan]

Post-COVID, the dating market is cooked cause everybody meets online now. Social interaction will never be same when people got used to being online all day. Also everything is expensive af and dating usually cost a lot of money, even back when things weren't like this.

 

[richpalmer]

Post-COVID, the dating market is cooked cause everybody meets online now. Social interaction will never be same when people got used to being online all day. Also everything is expensive af and dating usually cost a lot of money, even back when things weren't like this.

I used to be a fan of online dating in my 20s. I met my partner and a bunch of others on Okcupid back when it was good. But now, almost every dating app and service has been bought up by Match Group and they enshitified them en masse. I met my partner and a bunch of others on Okcupid back when it was good. Now, Okcupid feels like a poorly gamified Tinder clone.

Feeld isn't terrible, primarily because it is more niche and independently owned. On the whole, though, online dating has been bought and paid for by those who have no real interest in helping folks meet other people. They just want to milk you and not in the fun way.

I am so unbelievably glad that I met my main partner pre-COVID. We tried dating others after COVID and it was just a shitshow out there.

 

[Eve D'Apple]

Online dating was fun before it was all algorithm driven apps

 

[dude4real]

Wife hasn't touched my dick since 2023, so... pretty tired of it. Bought a pocket pussy. Not happy having to buy a pocket pussy. Wanna. eat. fucking. pussy. goddess. damnit. I have friends who strip and do burlesque and are doms but I fucking took vows...

Would fucking LOVE to find someone actually a freak. I have a suspicion I know a few, been friends for a very long while, at least I'm sure she'd shrug and say "okay". But 'divorced and got with younger shared friend of many years' would come off as 'was cheating with friend' even though we weren't. Even if she told me I could live with her if it crumbles. Even though I dream about it...

Speaking of: how long with no affection or sex until I decide it's worth losing a house over do y'all reckon?

If you get exhausted by IRL dating, it is a good reason to take a break from it. Single life is not bad.

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