Seattle: awful for single men?
I've talked about this with bunch of colleagues and they're miserable because it's so bad for single men. Anyone else feel the same way?
Yep. Better than SF though.
And there are plenty of places within dating distance (Tacoma, Everett) with more reasonable gender ratios.
Idk if it's harder to find a partner in SF, but damn, the girls there are SO much prettier.
Market is good for the gays. Can't speak for the heteros but the pickings look pretty slim from my perspective.
All of this is great. But even someone that's good looking will date down dramatically in seattle vs what they could get in many other cities. It's an awful place relative to most other major cities in the US, but of course it's still possible to make work.
For good looking people there are plenty of options so if they are dating down I would say they fell for something else but still it feels that's rare.
Dude it's not the city :) moved to Seattle a few months back and haven't had any problem finding girls to date... just play your cards right! What the others said above is true, but it should go without saying. Also, regarding the gym... you don't need to be super fit (depending on the kind of girls you want, that might even be counter-productive as girls feel more at ease when they're with a guy who has a bit - not much - belly).
I'm 6 feet, pretty fit. Not sure what's going on, but in nyc I had multiple dates per week, but here it's been dry. My friends are urging me to move back to nyc. Lol.
Also, please dress up nicely. Leave your engineering t-shirt that you wear on campus at home. And drop your iWatch. Put on a dress shirt and long pants (please, leave Bermudas for the beach), roll up your sleeves (the right way, styles 1-2 here: http://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/advice/a29402/how-to-roll-sleeves-2014/ ) and keep the first 2 buttons open.
I wanna move to Seattle :( Boston isn't bad I guess
If you work for Amazon, you are already a tier-one dating candidate. Don't complain. Do the grooming and shit mentioned by other Blinders here. Be confident and you will do well. Most importantly, you need to go out and meet people. Dating is a numbers game. The more you meet and talk to people, the higher the probability of hitting pay dirt. Approach it with an Agile and Open mindset - not kidding. Do small weekly Sprints, go do a hike or social event each week. Treat each of those events as a "breadth first search" node, use that event to find out who is doing what other events so you have the next event to go to. BTW, present your self as a good person.
Disagree. If you work at Amazon you're jsut another "tech bro" out of the sea of thousands. You need something else interesting about yourself
Lol at "present your self" as a good person.
If you can make comfortable eye contact, groom yourself, and wear clothes without wrinkles, you're literally head and shoulders above the rest of the Seattle male dating pool.
Q: How can you tell if Seattlite is into you? A: They look at *your* shoes when talking.
I don't get it
Dating is a market like any other. Gender ratios and a city full of 5's/6's screw it for men
Yup. Since moving to Seattle 6 months ago, I've only seen a handful of women I find attractive. It's truly horrendous.
oh the abject horror of it all π
Not if you are good looking. If you feel miserable, go to the gym, get rid of that belly(if you have one), buy better fitting clothes( Amazon pays enough), look and smell nice. Everyone has a personality so up the game elsewhere.
Instead of hitting the gym and all the bullshit mentioned in this thread I just moved to New York. Got a girlfriend within a week.
Contrary to popular belief supported by our president, exercise is good for health and it pays to look good in general