Are you in a relationship?

[Zyntoxic]

ever tried a convention? I've gone to a few and there always seems to be a lot of single people going in and a lot fewer singels leaving the convention but a hell of a lot more couples.

I had a friend who met his current girlfriend in the wating line for the Wii console release event at the local gaming store.

point is, there are plenty of irl social events for "geek stuff" and there is usually plenty of singles of both genders and every sexual orientation.

so snap out of it! silly excuses are silly! and you know it *angry glare*

Yeah I guess that's the problem; there ain't really any conventions here. I once went to the MCM Expo, but that's in London and I have baaaad experiences with falling for a foreign girl. Geek culture is so underrepresented in this country, or it's incredibly underground as a D&D dude told me during the MCM Expo.

The only geeky Dutch conventions I've heard of were anime conventions, and I'm really not into anime and it's associated culture.

google is your friend =)

http://www.startrek.nl/index.php?i=1782

http://foam-club.livejournal.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/sfterra

http://maastrichtminutiae.com/tag/comics/

these are all from last year from a quick skimming search for conventions in NL, but I'm sure that if you tried giving it more than 5 min and try to keep an eye out at dutch sci-fi forums and such, you'll find somthing, one of the conventions mentioned in the links above seemed pretty big too.

GL, and go find yourself a nice, geeky, dutch girlfriend/boyfriend (whatever floats you boat) ^_^

 

[Amberella]

Indeed I am! We just got ENGAGED last week too!!

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

I'm close to one. I know the girl I'm talking to likes ,me but I'm not sure if I want a girlfriend. I'm 16 only had 2, and I greatly enjoy being single, and I don't want to rub anything in, but I have options. All you really need is confidence, and having a pretty face doesn't hurt.

"Only 2" he says...

I'm 18 going on 19 and am no closer to getting my first so... screw it.

OP: I've been so unlucky with women who I like that my personal mantra has changed to:

Apparently, one of my friends knows someone who likes me, but considering they won't tell me who it is I don't really believe them. At all.

I know only two, what can I say, I'm still a geek

 

[Eveylon]

Congrats on your relationship, hope it'll continue to go well for you two!

I've been with my boyfriend just over a year. It's my first real relationship, and its really is one of the best things to happen to be. I'm very grateful to have him in my life :3

 

[Suijen]

Congratulations OP. It's good to hear good news in these pessimistic times.

I'm recently married, and so far so good. I don't feel much has changed though.

 

[Riobux]

I have feelings for a girl, but she's unsure if she loves me enough to want to try dating long distance.

 

[JackThomson1989]

yes, me and my hand are very happy with each other.

 

[JokerCrowe]

No. Thanks for reminding me... :'(

Actually I am interested in a girl, and she seems to like me back, but I can't really "allow" myself to date her. It's complicated...

 

[Vern5]

I have a girl back in America. We started out as fuck-buddies (It's always fun to meet new people, yes?) and then started getting to know each other over the course of a few months. She brought out the artistic side to myself that no other person ever has and, for that, I am pretty much indebted to her. We've both made confessions of falling for each other and expressed wishes of having a more serious relationship. Those few months had more magic than Disney spliced with concentrated Merlin extract.

And now here I am, alone, in a foreign internship. A time difference of 12 hours and very busy schedules make communication nearly impossible.

I'll be back in America soon but nowhere soon enough. See, I didn't have the heart to try and redefine our relationship as serious knowing that I would be away for nearly 3 months. Not really sure why I did that now... I miss her more than ever and, from the brief snippets of facebook messages and emails, she misses me just as much.

Life's a *****. A random *****.

 

[natster43]

Congrats OP. As for me, I have never been in a relationship.

 

[Sandernista]

Yup, our two year anniversary was a week and a half ago. As a friend once said 'He must be doing something right, or she's just weird.'

ETA: Oh and congratz op!

 

[latenightapplepie]

Yes. And I'm terrified.

 

[FightThePower]

Nope. Haven't found the right girl.

Nearly did, but then she decided to friend zone me, even though she remarked she would be 'happy' to go out with me. Oh well.

Similar to this, but her reasoning was, "I'm just not looking for a relationship with anyone any time soon."

Cut to a week later and she's now dating someone. I'm glad for you, OP, but I'm not quite joyful right now.

I think that both our respective girls were letting us down easy. Something I've never really understood - if you let someone down easy then they'll still hold onto hope. And in the long run that'll hurt them even more because they're constantly hung up over you instead of moving on because they might think "well, he/she might change her mind later".

Far better to just kill all hope there and then.

 

[dogenzakaminion]

Yeah, me and my girlfriend have been together for over two years. Going great

 

[Nimcha]

Yup, our two year anniversary was a week and a half ago.

Hey, mine too! Let's do an internet high five!

 

[Sir_Auron_the_Badass]

ever tried a convention? I've gone to a few and there always seems to be a lot of single people going in and a lot fewer singels leaving the convention but a hell of a lot more couples.

I had a friend who met his current girlfriend in the wating line for the Wii console release event at the local gaming store.

point is, there are plenty of irl social events for "geek stuff" and there is usually plenty of singles of both genders and every sexual orientation.

so snap out of it! silly excuses are silly! and you know it *angry glare*

Yeah I guess that's the problem; there ain't really any conventions here. I once went to the MCM Expo, but that's in London and I have baaaad experiences with falling for a foreign girl. Geek culture is so underrepresented in this country, or it's incredibly underground as a D&D dude told me during the MCM Expo.

The only geeky Dutch conventions I've heard of were anime conventions, and I'm really not into anime and it's associated culture.

I hear ya man... The middle of Kansas doesn't really offer anything in the way of geeky/nerdy culture. The only thing this area has is ONE, count it, ONE anime convention a year, and it's held in a relatively small hotel, so that gives you the idea of how many people they expect will come (it also happens to be during summer finals week, fml). My college is worse, given that the male-to-female ratio is about 5:1, while very few of those actually have (or at least show) geeky/nerdy interests, and that there are absolutely no clubs devoted to my kind of demographic. It seems nearly everything is going against me to find a relationship with someone that actually shares at least a bit of the interests I have.

 

[aba1]

hitting 5 years this monday I cant believe ive dated the same girl since I was 16 lol

 

[Magicmad5511]

I feel like a wet blanket after reading these posts but I am 17 and have never been in a relationship. I have fancied people but they then moved away and no, not because they found out(at least I hope for my sanity they didn't. Hven't fancied anyone since or at least I haven't acknowledged it yet. Bit cynical about it now.

 

[staika]

Not currently but since it's summer now I'll try to fix that soon.

 

[Sandernista]

Yup, our two year anniversary was a week and a half ago.

Hey, mine too! Let's do an internet high five!