More loner men than women? More male gamers, card players, hobbyists than women?

[MuscleCarFan]

Just as my wife pink_sugar said, I was more heavily into when I was younger (like in high school), but now I play games more casually (PC and PS3), along with comics and anime. I hardly even read comics any more except for a couple of select titles!

[Els]

1. It was not a group dance. Just me and her.

2. We both realized it was a mistake for us to go and canceled the plans.

3. Nobody requested to go dancing with me. She's the one (and only woman so far) who expressed an interest in going out dancing with me, and I invited her not knowing that she was married.

 

Oh, hrm. I could've sworn I read that she'd asked you out to a group dance, not 1 on 1. But I could have been mistaken. If it was one on one, you definitely did the right thing.

 

I've never heard the expression "girls in a convent school" before.

 

Convents are what nunneries are called in some places. Convent schools are mission schools started by nuns, which have some male teachers and groundskeepers but 99% of the population there are female.

 

Trouble is, I don't know anybody who cosplays nor do I know anything about cosplaying itself or making costumes.

 

I think it would be fun to try and put together a costume and go out with people. Right now, I wouldn't even know how to start.

 

Check out cosplay forums and sites, there will be some for groups close to your place. Talk to them online and agree to go to gatherings. Most cosplayers 'actually' cosplay only 2-3 times a year, and spend the rest of the time planning, preparing, and just hanging out with like-minded folk to watch anime together or do stuff that most young people do together. So you can get started that way and they will show you the ropes. The key is to be part of the community and not just the guy who shows up at conventions and hits on girls.

 

Well, the tailor made my leotard because I was/am still too much of a beginner to work with tightly-fitted spandex, but I was determined to make the rest.... so cloak, belt, and gloves are all me!

 

I'm hoping to dress up like the character from Assassin's Creed next year; I think if I start sewing in February I can pull it off.

 

I think Talis from Dragon Age would suit you, too! ;)

[verhrzn]

I think Talis from Dragon Age would suit you, too! ;)

 

Eh she's a bit too much Felicia Day for me... thin and tall. I really enjoying doing cross-play... turning male characters into female ones, or adding steampunk elements. Next year, my group of friends and I are doing a Justice League group in which we're all switching roles... I'll be a female Batman, a guy will be male Powergirl, etc.

[Eve]

To each their own...but Id like to see why others think less women get pulled into these things. And also, if others seem to see a pattern in the lives of the males who are in these groups.

 

I think it can be down to how much male contact has been had during childhood. My having a number of brothers developed a wide range of interests that possibly could be seen as being 'male orientated'; I am a deadly pool player, master draughts player, excellent at card games etc.

 

It was do or die growing up!

 

.. and I never grew out of it.

 

Take care,

Eve x

[Negative Nancy]

If you click on my "Exhibit B" picture, I'm the shorter girl on the right.

 

Edit: This is a better shot.

 

I honestly don't understand why you have problems with men or why you would even think about plastic surgery. You're a very good-looking girl.

[pink_sugar]

It's funny really, as a kid, I got made fun of for liking certain anime or cosplaying as certain characters. Now as an adult...finding events where other adults are still into it like I am, cosplaying is the "in thing".