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Re:‘Why am I talking to 10 guys?’ The rise and fall of datin... by watwut on Sunday November 20, 2022 @08:58AM (#33680900)
It might depend on who you socialize with. But among my peers, the dating after one meetup in club or pub was super rare. Like, I know one guy who dated like that and none of those relationships worked out. I had exactly one relationship that started with only few days on knowing each other, but those days were pretty intense (first relationships ever and short one).

Pretty much everyone else including me dated people we knew before at least as acquittances. And those relationships are the ones that ended up being long term and with kids.

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Re:‘Why am I talking to 10 guys?’ The rise and fall of datin... by stevekemp on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:10AM (#33681454)
90% of my relationships between 16 and 30 started by flirting with strangers in clubs. Usually the next morning one or other of us would say "That was fun, same again next weekend?" and after a few weeks/months of that we'd be in a relationship.

Sure talking about politics and similar things took some time, we started with the more physical side, but I had a good tendency to choose interesting people so even when it didn't last for any significant amount of time it was still fun, and still worthwhile.

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