"Undateable"

[shootthebandit]

I can offer you some magic elixir which boosts your stats as follows

+50 charisma
-20 intelligence
-40 dexterity

N.b The effects are temporary and it may take between a few hours and a day to recharge your mana after consumption

fortunately you are in luck my friend, as my magic elixir can be obtained from most inns, taverns or ye olde shops

Spoiler: magic elixir

Please don't try and use alcohol to overcome any 'flaw' you might have. That's the way you start your path onto alcoholism. Don't rely on alcohol, it's a shitty thing to do for a multitude of reasons

My comment was intended to be a bit tongue and cheek and of course I dont advocate alcohol as a solution to your problems. However at the same time you cannot deny that in a lot of cases alcohol can help you turn the charm on. Im not lacking in confidence when talking to women but when ive had a few drinks I get a real gift of the gab (if having too much is a different story). Certainly in the UK the main way to meet women is to go to bars/clubs (yes I know our society is fucked) and at a bar you are probably going to be consuming alcohol

 

[Paragon Fury]

NOTE: I've made the "Part 2" to this thread in the Advice Forum, found here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/538.865940-Undateable-Pt-2

I wanted to reply to this one for a while, but I thought it would be better suited to Advice. Though if you want to continue the original topic I suppose thats fine.

 

[Jesterscup]

I mean, if you're making jokes about carbon dating, you're probably at least reasonably clever? Maybe don't use it as a pick up line, but eh.

I dunno, I've never really 'dated' in a traditional sense, though the first night I went out with my wife ( clearly she was not my wife at this point), we talked black holes and cosmology all night, I'd assume she found that rather attractive as we've been together 16 years and have 2 children.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

"Everybody's somebody's everything
...
Nobody's nothing"

The song says it so it's true gotdang it!

 

[Dizchu]

The way I see it, to enter a relationship there has to be a mutual feeling of desire.

Try to regard yourself from a third-person perspective. Would you like to hang out with yourself? I personally see relationships as an enhanced form of friendship, many of the same rules apply (if people didn't like you, nobody would hang out with you).

Wear your interests and hobbies proudly (well, if they are SFW), people will relate to you because of shared interests. Maybe one of those people will be interested in dating you.

But to be honest I'm not the best person to give advice. I have never been on a date, been in a relationship, done anything more than affectionately cuddle and kiss a few girls. Due to extreme insecurities I doubt I'll ever allow myself to be in a relationship, but that's my choice. I have not been rejected I just don't want to be involved. If you want to be involved then eventually something will happen. Just try keeping social.

 

[Mikeybb]

No, not radio carbon dating.

I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about how I've only ever gone on one date. He kept arguing that "Of course you'll meet women and go out" and that "everyone goes on dates on has a girlfriend at some time or another". I said that no, even I were to get lucky and get a first date, a second wouldn't happen. I told him that someone like me would be undateable not because of creepiness or being BAD; rather someone like me is just so bland and not interesting that people would rather go out with literally anyone else. He thought it was a silly idea.

I'm not sure it is. So I wonder; setting OBVIOUS things that would make a person undateable like being mean etc. Could someone be just so bland, average (or below average) and uninteresting that no one would want to go out with them? Or, to up the requirement, no one would want to go out with them that THEY would also want to have anything to do with?

I remember a saying.

"Still waters run deep."

For as many people who look only for that surface impression, there are just as many aware that there is always more to a person than that.
Some are even attracted specifically to that kind of person.
Perhaps because of an element of mystery involved in it.

Oh.
If you do go ahead and use shootthebandit's magic elixir, be careful.
A full bottle can have the side effect of public humiliation and/or nudity.