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Why You’re Still Single Even If You’re Going to Meetups

by Alex

with Single Player George

๐ŸŽฏ Going to meetups every week, showing up to events over and over again, hitting nerd conventions annually, and still single? You’re not alone. George is a 47-year-old Marvel and Star Wars fan who attends events regularly, has female friends, and can dance without drinking. So why hasn’t he found his Player 2? ๐Ÿค”

๐Ÿ”’ The problem isn’t the meetups. It’s staying stuck in the container. George would meet women he liked, exchange Instagrams, but never unlock his social tree. He’d only connect 1-on-1 with women he was attracted to, then disappear if they wanted to be “just friends.” Why? He believed women decide whether you’re dateable within 30 seconds, so friendship = game over ๐Ÿ‘พ

๐Ÿ“Š According to my surveys, 70% of nerd couples who didn’t meet on dating apps started as friends (usually for 6 months to a year!). Even 20% of the couples who met on dating apps started as friends first! That “women decide in 30 seconds” rule? Debunked. The friend zone fear? Actually blocking him from the exact path most nerds take to find their Player 2 ๐ŸŽฒ

๐Ÿงฉ So what’s the missing piece? How do you turn meetup connections into actual dating opportunities? ๐Ÿท

๐ŸŽง Press Start to find out how to unlock 2-player mode! ๐ŸŽฎ ๐ŸŽฎ

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Related Content:

  • ‘I’m Cooked’ (Where to Find Dates After College), with Single Player Brandon
  • “You’re Nice But I’m Not Interested” After Every First Date, Aaron’s Nerd Dating Transformation
  • Cold Approaches Failed. One Night With New Friends Worked, Mrinalโ€™s Nerd Dating Transformation
  • Rejected, Friendzoned, and Not Reading the Signals: the Nerd Love Story of Vir and Diego
  • Physical Escalation from Friends to Lovers: the Nerd Love Story of Jose and Julian
  • The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir
  • Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose
  • Find Love Through Online Games, with Kaylee Lopez
  • The Twitch Streamer on Discord, the Nerd Love Story of Luna and Jason

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:38 What Makes George A Nerd
  • 00:01:10 Going to Meetups
  • 00:04:16 Starting Out As Friends
  • 00:07:42 The Friends Next Door
  • 00:10:39 How Many Relationships Start As Friendships
  • 00:12:55 The Benefits of Friendships
  • 00:17:33 Meeting People At Meetups
  • 00:20:33 Scheduling Problems
  • 00:23:41 Choosing The Right Friends
  • 00:29:14 Being Vulnerable
  • 00:37:17 The Awkward Friend
  • 00:46:18 Final Thoughts

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Dating, Single Player Mode

‘I’m Cooked’ (Where to Find Dates After College)

by Alex

with Single Player Brandon

๐Ÿซ How do you find dates after you’re done with college?  ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ For many people, high school and uni gave us the perfect place to meet people. But once that’s over, what do you do? How can you meet someone to date if you’re not meeting… well, basically anyone? ๐Ÿคท

๐Ÿ“œ After graduating, Brandon went from having built-in social circles to basically meeting nobody new. His dating life? Non-existent. His social life? Hanging out with the same small group of friends 2-3 times a year. His solution attempts? Cold approaches (didn’t work) and dating apps (traumatizing) ๐Ÿ˜ฐ

๐Ÿข “I’m stuck in the office for most of the time,” Brandon explains. Between his 9-to-5 and studying for nursing boards, he’s caught in the classic post-college trap: knowing he wants to meet someone but having zero clue where to start and feeling like he has no time to do it.

๐ŸŽฏ But here’s the thing: Brandon actually HAS opportunities. He goes to Riot Games Arena to watch esports matches, he’s into skateboarding, snowboarding, and wants to learn surfing. He just hasn’t connected the dots on how these hobbies can become his social networking goldmine.

๐Ÿฅ˜ If you’re feeling “cooked” because college social life seems like a distant memory, this episode breaks down exactly how to transform solo activities into friend-making (and potentially date-finding) opportunities ๐Ÿ’˜

๐ŸŽง Press Start and learn how to set your single-player hobbies to multi-player mode!

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Related Content:

  • The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir
  • Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose
  • Animรฉ Los Angeles: Where to Meet Nerds, with Matt
  • Find Love Through Online Games, with Kaylee Lopez
  • Hobbit Hike: Where to Meet Nerds, with Sompi Harmetz
  • Dating In The Tolkien Association, with Jose
  • How to Make Nerd Friends, with Pete โ€œBelmontโ€
  • Where can Nerds Find a Partner? (Without Dating Apps!)
  • Challenges of Dating Without Apps (for Shy, Introverted Nerds)
  • How to Find Groups and Socialize as a Shy, Introverted Nerd (Step-By-Step Guide)
  • I Surveyed 273 Nerds in Canada: Here’s The Dating Strategy That Worked

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:01:02 Dating Life After College
  • 00:05:03 Dating App Trauma
  • 00:09:57 Getting Rejected
  • 00:18:26 Riot Games Arena
  • 00:20:33 Where to Meet Someone
  • 00:24:35 Step 1: Your Hobbies
  • 00:29:45 Step 2: Where to Meet People
  • 00:33:00 No Free Time to Socialize
  • 00:35:18 Socializing with Snowboarding
  • 00:40:05 Being shy… or not?
  • 00:46:26 Socializing At The Riot Games Arena
  • 00:53:14 A Video Shoot Missed Opportunity
  • 00:58:48 Having Options to Meet Someone
  • 01:03:53 Difficulties for Meeting Partners

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Dating, Single Player Mode, Solo, Where to Meet Nerds

From No Dates to Feeling Truly Seen and Accepted

by Alex

Kirk’s Story

๐Ÿ’” How can you find someone to date when dating apps aren’t working for you, and all you do is work, stay at home, and meet with the same D&D group or spend full days with one single person at a time playing Warhammer? ๐ŸงŒ

In this episode, Kirk shared his challenges to date as a single nerd ๐Ÿ˜ฐ Like many people, he was promised that “if you focus on yourself and sort your life out, someone will naturally come.” Unfortunately, that was not the case. He found a steady job and a home, but nobody to share his life with ๐Ÿก

๐Ÿ“ฑ Since dating apps weren’t working, he decided to shelf the thought of a partner and focus on hobbies like Warhammer and TTRPG. Ironically, that’s what led to his first date ever. Even though Kirk started feeling like he was way too busy and almost without options, he managed to find a date. And in the same way that he found one, he can find another. And so can you ๐Ÿซต

Sometimes, we create our characters in ways that don’t help us reach our complete specific quests ๐Ÿคฌ We thought a certain build would do the trick for every single area, but that’s often not the case.

๐Ÿข The life you thought would lead to happiness may feel more like a trap than anything else. In those cases, taking a step back and thinking of ways to find your Player 2 may be the best strategy. Like Kirk, with some brainstorming and looking at your past successes, you may find a way to defeat the BBEG and get the loot! ๐Ÿช™

๐ŸŽง Are you ready? PRESS START! ๐Ÿ‘พ

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โค๏ธ FREE GUIDE: ๐ŸŽฎ
Where do nerds REALLY meet their Player 2?

I asked hundreds of nerds and made a guide based on those results.
Are you going to keep grinding without finding out the truth?

FREE DOWNLOAD

Related Episodes:

  • Find Love Through Online Games, with Kaylee Lopez
  • IRL Lessons from Video Games, with Dr. Daniel Kaufmann
  • Physical Escalation from Friends to Lovers: the Nerd Love Story of Jose and Julian
  • Shy meets Socially Anxious, and Going Slow: the Nerd Love Story of Steven and Christin

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:51 What Makes Kirk a Nerd
  • 00:02:27 Not Focusing on Dating
  • 00:06:11 The Battle of the Sexes
  • 00:13:02 Confessing to a Friend
  • 00:16:38 Rejection Aftermath
  • 00:24:39 Where to Meet Someone to Date
  • 00:26:52 Dating in Online Games
  • 00:31:30 Dating Apps
  • 00:37:38 Finding Possible Dates
  • 00:45:50 Expanding Your Social Network
  • 00:52:32 Leaving Your Comfort Zone
  • 00:56:41 Relationships Take Time
  • 00:58:33 Moving Forward

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: single, Single Player Mode

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