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was it easier

  • 11-05-2015 02:42PM
    #1
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,130 ✭✭✭✭


    Was it easier for guys to meet girls back in the old days eg 1960's,70's. ??

    For a single guy today it's near impossible to find a girlfriend eg tinder, good looking east European guys etc.

    I'm 25 now fed up of the single life

    Discuss


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  • #2
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    25?

    You're washed up mate. Game over.


  • #3
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Was it easier for guys to meet girls back in the old days eg 1960's,70's. ??

    For a single guy today it's near impossible to find a girlfriend eg tinder, good looking east European guys etc.

    I'm 25 now fed up of the single life

    Discuss
    Well don't be so ugly then.


  • #4
    dilapidating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭dilapidating


    It's never been easier, eg tinder, good looking Eastern European girls etc


  • #5
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    PTH2009 wrote: »

    Discuss

    No


  • #6
    Nucular Arms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭Nucular Arms


    Why is boards so full of whiney little man children recently?

    "My mum always told me i'm the most handsome boy in the world but all the mean girls don't seem to think so.... Waaaaaaahhhhh" :(


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  • #7
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Not easier back then, just different.


  • #8
    skittles8710
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »
    25?

    You're washed up mate. Game over.

    28 year old single female here.
    Ouch .


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Of course it wasn't easier. You have to put in the effort.


  • #10
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    It was much easier back in the day.

    The sound of a minimally talented showband used to turn even the most respectable girl into a raving nymphomaniac.

    Statistically speaking 99.9% of all Irish people born in the 60s and 70s were conceived in the back seat of a car outside the local dance hall.


  • #11
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    skittles8710 wrote: »
    28 year old single female here.
    Ouch .

    What are your feeling on dating younger men?
    I know of a fella let's just use his initials of O.P. for now.


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  • #12
    skittles8710
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    razorblunt wrote: »
    What are your feeling on dating younger men?
    I know of a fella let's just use his initials of O.P. for now.

    As long as he has wads of cash I'm game.!






















    Jokes..prefer an older man. Rb I suspect you are said type.


  • #13
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Was it easier for guys to meet girls back in the old days eg 1960's,70's. ??

    For a single guy today it's near impossible to find a girlfriend eg tinder, good looking east European guys etc.

    I'm 25 now fed up of the single life

    Discuss


    Maybe by the time you're 30 you'll be married and Waterford will have won an All Ireland...Never know!


  • #14
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    skittles8710 wrote: »
    As long as he has wads of cash I'm game.!



    Jokes..prefer an older man. Rb I suspect you are said type.

    Older yes, maturer .... TBC.


  • #15
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    You could not hide behind technology if you wanted to submit a young lady to a wooing


  • #16
    Nucular Arms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭Nucular Arms


    skittles8710 wrote: »
    28 year old single female here.
    Ouch .

    And you're approaching 30 too.. Everyone knows that's like 50 for a woman.

    :pac:


  • #17
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Arsemageddon wrote: »
    It was much easier back in the day.

    The sound of a minimally talented showband used to turn even the most respectable girl into a raving nymphomaniac.

    Statistically speaking 99.9% of all Irish people born in the 60s and 70s were conceived in the back seat of a car outside the local dance hall.


    Ya do the hucklebuck, ya do the hucklebuck, if you don't know how to do it then you're outta luck...


  • #18
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Op, please surrender your man card on the way out.


  • #19
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Can someone explain how Tindr makes it harder? Have a single mate constantly getting the ride from it.


  • #20
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    iDave wrote: »
    Can someone explain how Tindr makes it harder?
    Dunno tbh, must have Vibrate function on the phone?
    Have a single mate constantly getting the ride from it.
    eurgh..... Sticky handset I bet.


  • #21
    skittles8710
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    Nucular Arms wrote: »
    And you're approaching 30 too.. Everyone knows that's like 50 for a woman.

    :pac:

    Time to get on tinder, solicit a bareback ride and trap a man so I guess!


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  • #22
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,130 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Women love gay men so if I act gay and then suddenly convert I'll be in there lol


  • #23
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Dunno tbh, must have Vibrate function on the phone?
    eurgh..... Sticky handset I bet.


    Well played


  • #24
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Back in our day it was all smoke signals and morse code...


  • #25
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    As the Irish branch of the human race hasn't died out yet, I'd hazard a guess it's always been relatively easy to meet members of thew opposite sex.


  • #26
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    In theory it should be easier because there are more options now. The interweb is a bit of a double edged sword though. Yeah you have tinder and facebok and the like, but people spend too much time online now. I think social media has ruined the nightlife too because people spend more time recording the moment than actually living it. It's hard to approach someone when they're glued to their smartphone. In the old days it just seemed to be more simple and most people found someone and got married. People generally stay single til they're older now, and not always by choice.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wow. What a silly thing to complain about. If you think Tinder and Eastern European guys are affecting your ability to find a partner then you're most certainly doing it wrong. If anything, Tinder should aid you in this prospect. And as others have suggested, you should just hand over your man card.

    Do people actually use Facebook as a dating site?


  • #28
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Yeah I'm not sure what Eastern European guys has to do with anything? You don't see many Eastern European guys with Irish women. It's usually the Irish men dating the Eastern European women.


  • #29
    swimming in a sea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭swimming in a sea


    I'd say your problem is you have your eye on the top self ladies, well if you don't have the looks or the €€€€ you have no chance so you may have to go the bargain section.


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Was it easier for guys to meet girls back in the old days eg 1960's,70's. ??

    For a single guy today it's near impossible to find a girlfriend eg tinder, good looking east European guys etc.

    I'm 25 now fed up of the single life

    Discuss

    No, in fact I would say its quite easier these days to find a girlfriend if that is what you want. There is many more opportunities today to meet women that wouldn't have been there decades ago, when women might have been married at an earlier age etc.

    Women aren't all the same, looks aren't the be all and end all. If you have a good personality and are fun to be around then eventually you will find someone you like and likes you. Make sure you don't come on to strong and seem desperate whatever you do, nothing turns women off more than desperation.


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  • #31
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    skittles8710 wrote: »
    28 year old single female here.
    Ouch .

    You may have missed the sarcasm in my post :D


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