Dating in Galway

moonlight06

Ok, as a single lady in Galway, Ive noticed as of late, how increasingly hard it is to meet any eligible partners in the city. Without making me sound like carrie bradshaw, but is it me? Or where does all the single people hang out in Galway? Im sick of the niteclubs where you go and be leered at by drunken twats. Im in my mid 20's but feeling old going to those clubs anymore. What do people think?? By the way, not looking for a date from this. lol

m83

Come to the Roisin, that's where all the cool kids go, like me!

Pingu

Ah you missed Shag Tag-Rugby Season!!! Any amount of eligible partners .

P.S. The Sex and the City reference will scare men off no end .

Sarky

Nightclubs are where the masses of carbon-copy nobodies go to wear stupid clothing, shout, spill alcohol on other people, and generally act like the obnoxious charisma-black-hole asshats they pretend not to be when they're not in nightclubs.

If you want to meet interesting people, go to interesting places.

brianthebard

Sarky wrote: »

If you want to meet interesting people, go to interesting places.

And in Galway these places are???

Srsly, I'm new here, would be nice to know.

chrussell

Sarky wrote: »

Nightclubs are where the masses of carbon-copy nobodies go to wear stupid clothing, shout, spill alcohol on other people, and generally act like the obnoxious charisma-black-hole asshats they pretend not to be when they're not in nightclubs.

Don't fancy going to your nightclubs much!!!

brianthebard

brianthebard wrote: »

And in Galway these places are???

Srsly, I'm new here, would be nice to know.

The clubs and societies in NUIG!;)

biko

Arus

brianthebard

Deleted User wrote: »

The clubs and societies in NUIG!;)

Which one are you selling?

CDfm

Isnt there a Fianna Fail Cumann near you - arent ya spoiled for choice

DRakE

Alright i'll go out with you. Pm me your number

JohnCleary

I'm down the Docks at the mo waiting for high tide - Plenty of hard working fellas trotting around the place, i'm sure one of them would lash it into ya

CDfm

doesnt she regret wearin her Garda uniform out now. No good ever comes of it.

Fionn MacCool

moonlight06 wrote: »

Im in my mid 20's but feeling old going to those clubs anymore.

Don't worry, I got a shag off a 24 year old I met in a nightclub.

The future's bright.

pointofnoreturn

moonlight06 wrote: »

Ok, as a single lady in Galway, Ive noticed as of late, how increasingly hard it is to meet any eligible partners in the city. Without making me sound like carrie bradshaw, but is it me? Or where does all the single people hang out in Galway? Im sick of the niteclubs where you go and be leered at by drunken twats. Im in my mid 20's but feeling old going to those clubs anymore. What do people think?? By the way, not looking for a date from this. lol

Ok, i get your point, and it's the same for the guys "i can tell you that for sure " but you know this has even been in the paper allot "that Galway has the most single girls in the country" from around 25- 35, but you also must as yourself the question "do you want to meet what you could be your love in a nightclub???"

My 2 cents, i've lived in two different countries in europe out side ireland, and i can tell you that our culture does not allow for meeting people, well not in the way that is is casual, comfortable and of course not in clubs or crappy pubs, it's better to have met someone over a friend social event, college, work, conferences etc.. kinda events that are not aim in the same scenario as pubs and clubs. not sure if you get the point i'm trying to make but i've found other cultures such as French and Swedish to be more adapted in allowing one to meet new people, be it friends or allows space and time for a relationship to happen.

So i hope i can share the same frustrations that you find but it's typical, i can tell you i am irish and i have never got a good opportunity to meet an irish girl.

So your not on your own in this problem

CDfm

i spot a bit of shennanigans here - two lost souls

cornbb

Wtf? Its the same for guys. Its just wrong. And yes, nightclubs are shítty places to meet people. Pubs aren't much better. The best way to meet people seems to be friends-of-friends, which might be very difficult for someone new to the city.

It should happen like this: all the single guys should line up in a row opposite all the single girls in a row. Everyone hooks up with someone else, in order of good everyone looks/nice everyone smells. Its all so simple. We could all go home early without all the leering, bullsh*t and awkward games.

By the way OP, how many PMs have you gotten so far?

fatgav

sounds like cornbb wants to go back to the time of the teenage disco haha

ukgalwaymcguire

stop looking. all the time you look you will never find,
open yourself too possibilities yes join new gropus widen your circle, but never actually look!!
things happen when they happen , could be in a supermarket anywhere
but clubs worldwide by the veyr nature arent the place really
grab and shag shops lol
have fun socialising

moonlight06

Thanks for replies. Possibly need to broaden my horizons. Niteclubs are grab and shag shops. Lol. Just become disillusioned every so often with the type of guys that facilitate this grab and shag shops. Oh dont mind me, im blabbing from sleep depravation.And i cant even spell. Lol. Keep posting opinions

DRakE

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

stop looking. all the time you look you will never find,
open yourself too possibilities yes join new gropus widen your circle, but never actually look!!
things happen when they happen , could be in a supermarket anywhere
but clubs worldwide by the veyr nature arent the place really
grab and shag shops lol
have fun socialising

yeah right :rolleyes:

DRakE

moonlight06 wrote: »

Thanks for replies. Possibly need to broaden my horizons. Niteclubs are grab and shag shops. Lol. Just become disillusioned every so often with the type of guys that facilitate this grab and shag shops. Oh dont mind me, im blabbing from sleep depravation.And i cant even spell. Lol. Keep posting opinions

disillusioned with the guys who go there yet you go there yourself?

two rolleyes in two posts for me

moonlight06

Actually i dont go there all the time, i was just saying whenever i get dragged there, Its the same crap chat up lines and no decent guys.That is all.:cool:

CDfm

try macra na feirme.

I live in dublin now but joined up down the country a few years and it was my lifeline for the first 6 months.It beat am dram and night classes.

You might learn to cook and sew and then you need never be lonely again(joke)

cornbb

fatgav wrote:

sounds like cornbb wants to go back to the time of the teenage disco hahasounds like cornbb wants to go back to the time of the teenage disco haha

Ah, them's were simpler times :pac:

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

stop looking. all the time you look you will never find,
open yourself too possibilities yes join new gropus widen your circle, but never actually look!!
things happen when they happen , could be in a supermarket anywhere
but clubs worldwide by the veyr nature arent the place really
grab and shag shops lol
have fun socialising

Spot on. Thats what I like to tell myself anyway...

Pingu

moonlight06 wrote: »

...grab and shag shops....

You say that like it's a bad thing

But on another note, your first post said looking for a partner, so just try having a laugh and not evaluate lads as a partner - at least then you can just have a laugh and get less disillusioned - or more illusioned - or......*too much coffee

Also I like this idea of bringing back a teenage disco type night - a simpler time *sigh

fatgav

Pingu wrote: »

You say that like it's a bad thing

But on another note, your first post said looking for a partner, so just try having a laugh and not evaluate lads as a partner - at least then you can just have a laugh and get less disillusioned - or more illusioned - or......*too much coffee

Also I like this idea of bringing back a teenage disco type night - a simpler time *sigh

indeed pingu. the more i think about it the more my joke-y suggestion is making sense. crisps on sale for when you're a little hungry, pop/rock anthems for dancing to instead og house/trance/whatever, only minerals on sale... ok maybe not that one. but the re-introduction of the slow set at the end of the night can't be a bad idea! could dance in that with OP and solve both of our problems

Pingu

Nothing like a slow set after a bag of Tayto!!!:pac:

ScumLord

I think ye're onto something. Next board beers.

moonlight06 wrote: »

Im in my mid 20's but feeling old going to those clubs anymore.

O good, it's not just me so. Damned youth with their loud music, quieten down so we can stick on the late late and complain about Pat.

T runner

Moonlight, take up a new hobby: maybe one you always wanted to do. Join a club or group for that hobby and youll meet like minded people. Anyone of these groups are potential new pools for friends or partners.

Remember as a kid you thought you could do anything you want as an adult?
Well maybe you can. Go out, get new interests meet new people and enjoy life to the full.

PopeBuckfastXVI

This thread is useless without pics

balu

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

This thread is useless without pics

lol so right.

I need to know if it's worth it to write a PM.

biko

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

This thread is useless without pics

fatgav

Pingu wrote: »

Nothing like a slow set after a bag of Tayto!!!:pac:

oh god ya, and feelin slightly light headed after a can of scrumpy jack!

ScumLord

scrumpy jack comes in cans?

fatgav

it did when i was a lad. thankfully i've moved on since then

gaeilgegrinds

Clubs are soul destroying. Pubs all the way, have had three dates this month cos I asked guys out. Maybe they could start doing the same?

brianthebard

Pfft, if girls are already asking guys out why would guys bother doing the work??

Creachadóir

Well I'm in my mid-20's and of late I've had a Galway guy ask me out via a mutual friend:rolleyes: and I mean the mutual friend was texting on his behalf and stuff. And now come to think of it, he's older than me, in his late 20's. Ya, think us girls are going to have to have a bit of back bone when it comes to these things in Galway....

gaeilgegrinds

Hmm... I rest my case!

brianthebard

Btw ladies, I'm free tomorrow night if you want to treat me to a few drinks....form a line now...

I was (by accident) at a junior chamber of commerce meeting recently. Plenty of fine looking young women there. I'm thinking of joining.

Or you could sign up for some class or other? This is the time of the year.
Or toastmasters or whatever.

Or just come work in the big technology company I work for: the men are mostly young (25-35) and outnumber the women 10:1

moonlight06

Ya, unfortunetly i work in a predominantly female workplace so i might just start hanging around industrial estates, see what i see... Joke... Not that bad.... Yet

chrussell

gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

Clubs are soul destroying.

its a bit dramatic......

DRakE

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

This thread is useless without pics

Stop stealing my gimmick.

ScumLord

brianthebard wrote: »

Btw ladies, I'm free tomorrow night if you want to treat me to a few drinks....form a line now...

You can treat him like **** too, he doesn't mind.

brianthebard

ScumLord wrote: »

You can treat him like **** too, he doesn't mind.

absolutely, I have very low standards and expectations.

moonlight06

Ha ha right up my street then

fatgav

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brianthebard

moonlight06 wrote: »

Ha ha right up my street then

Score just name the time and place.

ScumLord

brianthebard wrote: »

Score just name the time and place.

2pm tomorrow, Eyre square. That way we can all watch.

Boards perv tomorrow?