tcc76 Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 I'm in my late 30's, a soldier and single father. I am in an all male unit and all of my friends are male. I get told all the time from friend's wives or girlfriends that they cant believe that I'm single. I'm told all the time that I am good looking and people cant get over that I don't have a girlfriend. I really do want a girlfriend, it's been four years since my divorce, but I don't know where to go to meet any single women my age..... Any advice?
anglosaxon Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 I'm in my late 30's, a soldier and single father. I am in an all male unit and all of my friends are male. I get told all the time from friend's wives or girlfriends that they cant believe that I'm single. I'm told all the time that I am good looking and people cant get over that I don't have a girlfriend. I really do want a girlfriend, it's been four years since my divorce, but I don't know where to go to meet any single women my age..... Any advice? I'm a soldier myself mate, just finished my final tour in Afghanistan. Nice to see a fellow soldier on the forum, British or American? I met my ex girlfriend in a nightclub going back 4 years, that's a great place to meet single women regardless of what age you are. Have you tried online dating websites? They seem to be effective also. Finding a woman in the military is tough especially if you are in the marines or the infantry which as you well know are all male and no women allowed. As I said nightclubs, pubs, dating websites or cafes are useful. If you are in England, Liverpool is crawling with single women of all ages and they are keen aswell. Best of luck finding a woman mate, shouldn't be too hard being a soldier.
Author tcc76 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks Anglo. Welcome back from the 'Stan. I'm American, and it's nice to meet a fellow soldier from across the pond. Met some very good dudes from Britain in Iraq. I've tried some nightclubs but I'm finding out that that's really not my thing as I get older. The online thing looked promising for a while but I found out it's not all it's cracked up to be..... I appreciate you advice, Brother, and again, welcome home!
d0nnivain Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 I'm assuming you don't want the women who hang out at the bars on base looking for guys. That seems like shooting fish in a barrel. The next time a buddy's wife or GF mentions your single status, point blank ask her if she has any friends to introduce you to. Women love to play match maker. Try OLDspeed datingmeetup.cominterest groups -- there are groups that focus on something pets, sports etc. so you have common interestbookstores / librariesvolunteering
curly sue Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 I'm assuming you don't want the women who hang out at the bars on base looking for guys. That seems like shooting fish in a barrel. The next time a buddy's wife or GF mentions your single status, point blank ask her if she has any friends to introduce you to. Women love to play match maker. Try OLDspeed datingmeetup.cominterest groups -- there are groups that focus on something pets, sports etc. so you have common interestbookstores / librariesvolunteering ^^^ Agreed. I live in a military town and avoid those bars like the plague. I'm past that stage and don't want to deal with guys who aren't. My friends have all said their husbands have single coworkers and once things settle down a bit for me, I am looking forward to being set up, at least just to get back out there. This has the added benefit of knowing they won't set me up with a complete tool/they know I'm a decent person. Depending on the type of woman you are looking for, I think the bookstore is a great idea. I spend a lot of my free time in bookstores and have never been approached in one but would love it if I were. I can't exaggerate how much I would love it. I'm a bookworm and would love to find somebody who appreciated that as an aspect of my personality, as opposed to deriding it.
AnyaNova Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 I'm in my late 30's, a soldier and single father. I am in an all male unit and all of my friends are male. I get told all the time from friend's wives or girlfriends that they cant believe that I'm single. I'm told all the time that I am good looking and people cant get over that I don't have a girlfriend. I really do want a girlfriend, it's been four years since my divorce, but I don't know where to go to meet any single women my age..... Any advice? Come to my graduate program? Decide on going to small indie bookstores that are open on Friday and Saturday nights where single nerd women like me to when were tired of our apartments and want to be out, but don't have a date? Church? You think I'm kidding, but by and large, sine men won to to church. You want a good selection, start there! Don't really have any advice other than that. :-)
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