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College. And trust me when I say this: Try to meet more dating options in college. Because by the time you turn 25, all the best guys and gals are paired off. Occasionally they re-enter the dating market, but they're usually not struggling for options. 

 

Well, I'd say this is the biggest problem you likely have: you're not friends with enough women. When I was in college, I had more friends that were women than I could count. Just friends, nothing more than that. But through that, I met more women. Naturally, a few I found myself rather fond of, including my now wife. 

If you're good friends with women and you've got your shit together, there's a high chance they'll try to set you up with their friends if you just ask. 

 

usernameladiesman217

College. And trust me when I say this: Try to meet more dating options in college. Because by the time you turn 25, all the best guys and gals are paired off. Occasionally they re-enter the dating market, but they're usually not struggling for options. 

I agree.  The beautiful, smart, good personality types come off the market quickly.  The opening is usually right after they break up with their high school bf after a year or so in college. After that, there are many suitors. 

Have compassion as well as ambition and you’ll go far in life. I am interested in digital immortality. Check out my blog at digitalimmortality.com
 

usernameladiesman217

College. And trust me when I say this: Try to meet more dating options in college. Because by the time you turn 25, all the best guys and gals are paired off. Occasionally they re-enter the dating market, but they're usually not struggling for options. 

This is terrible advice in many cases. 

People after college change quite often: you can't extrapolate someone's behaviour in their early 20s to their mid-20s and beyond.  

 

Most people don't really change. They might change viewpoints, but core reflection on your personality and individual flaws is incredibly rare. Most people will never change, unfortunately. 

Surface level things are one thing, who you are fundamentally is another. 

ESG
 

Met mine in college - had an overlap extracurricular music class we both took, didn’t count for any credit for either of us, but we definitely got more out of it than any other class

 
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My most recent ex? Grindr.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Whatever1984

My most recent ex? Grindr.

wow, somebody got pissed off and threw monkey shit at me for being honest.  He got a associates in textile design from FIT, and had an intelligence best described as lukewarm. Great abs though.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

We worked together part time after college while we were both working low paying daytime jobs. I'm in my late 30s now, but we met when I was mid 20s and she was early 20s. 

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ojapar20

I'm actually cooked.

Stop talking about LLMs on dates so much. Girls don’t worship that shit like you do. 

And don’t deny you do it. I know you do. 

...but is it REPE?
 

In college at the University of Hawaii. I saw her and her friends from far away the first week of Fall semester and thought to myself “this is going to be a good year” (I know it sounds creepy).  

Later, my friend who went to another college that was on Trimester, so he did didn’t start school until mid-Sept, he was hanging around with me checking out my lecture classes with me.  He pointed to a girl in my class and said “she’s cute.”  

A couple months later, I was talking to this girl after the lecture class, and she walks by and I’m like “that’s the girl my friend thinks is cute.”  The girl knew her and we follow her and she introduces us. 

We’ve been together for over 25 years. How I asked her out is another story. 

Have compassion as well as ambition and you’ll go far in life. I am interested in digital immortality. Check out my blog at digitalimmortality.com
 

On_The_Edge

I didn't realize CFA classes were a thing. How did that work? Did you find a tutor, or was it a program through your company?

Yeah I took L1 classes in DC and L2 classes with Peter Olinto live in NYC. It was like normal college class with 60 people. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I met all my previous ones through acquaintances. I remember meeting one in my 20s during a large international trip with a few people I sort of knew, a lot of alcohol was involved (probably why the relationship fizzled out after we had sober dates after the trip lol).

Otherwise, as I got older - it was often through a friend introducing us to each other thinking we would be a good match.

 

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