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My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

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Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#31
Not a bad strategy even if it didn't work, dating is often purely a numbers game.

Meet as many people as possible, be as social as possible, create as many opportunities to meet new people as possible.

Also if you're a single male and you want to meet a female partner, I'd recommend moving away from the west coast. The south and midwest have far more women, and a generally friendlier culture which can make the entire meeting/dating process a bit easier.

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#32
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it unethical to go out with someone that wants out of their marriage? A divorce is costly, takes a lot of time, and the relationship is usually dead long before the papers are finalized. If there's trickery involved, then sure. But it's not quite so clear-cut. Where it gets murky is if you don't have a job, you're stuck -- it's very difficult to leave your marriage without at least attempting to find someone else…

Yes, it is still unethical. > Where it gets murky is if you don't have a job, you're stuck -- it's very difficult to leave your marriage without at least attempting to find someone else before a divorce. Are you saying that you should continue to live off of the spouse's salary while shopping on the side?

It's easy to turn this question around: Are you saying that you should live your life beholden to someone else just because they're supporting you financially? Isn't that servitude?

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#33
post #3

Problem number one, that girl in the opening picture has a ring on her left hand. Perhaps try again with single girls?

I did not read the whole post yet but it could be a picture of his fiance. I could not quickly find the source of the image through google image search [0]. What are the odds?

[0] http://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-images-1.me...

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#34
post #11

"150 dates without success" --> what happens when engineering meets the red pilled world of dating.

Seems like the problem was that his bot didn't filter very well and ended up matching him with tons of people that he had to instantly reject on the date. I wonder if there is a mentality problem here too. He had invested so little into each date that there was little incentive to put in the effort to pierce the surface and look for common interests. Going on 150 dates and not finding a single match tells me that you…

Yeah, either his "optimal" picture made him look a lot better than he looked in person, his personality was off, or he was really picky. 150 dates in a place like the bay area, where probably lots of his dates had something in common with him (blogging, tech, etc.) and not being satisfied with any that liked him back? That seems crazy to me.

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#35

Step 1, for success, is moving away from the Bay Area.

> Step 1, for success, is moving away from the west coast

FTFY.

I'm not joking either, for straight single men they will certainly have better odds in the midwest or south. Demographics plus minor cultural differences matter.

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#36
From my friend group there are two types of individuals:

1. Individuals who date many people, breaking up if they find something non-optimal. These include minor things like, not cleaning up on occasion, or not liking something you do.

2. Someone who dates very few (1-3) individuals, sticking with them until a serious, fatal flaw appears, like being racist or physically harming others, etc.

If you define a successful dater as someone who has both longevity and quality in a single relationship then Group 2 has far more success in their relationships, in my experience.

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#38

Opens with the secretary problem and shows no evidence of actually following the algorithm.

I'm guessing because the secretary problem doesn't have this twist:

>Dating is like enterprise sales. When your customer goes for a competing, more compelling product, you’re never told and you don’t get any feedback.

Re: My Failed Attempt at Engineering Love

#39
post #36

From my friend group there are two types of individuals: 1. Individuals who date many people, breaking up if they find something non-optimal. These include minor things like, not cleaning up on occasion, or not liking something you do. 2. Someone who dates very few (1-3) individuals, sticking with them until a serious, fatal flaw appears, like being racist or physically harming others, etc. If you define a successful…

Group 1 is mostly women and group 2 is mostly men.

At least in my experience.

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