How do you find a relationship?

Hi! I’m a fan of anime and have watched thousands of episodes. I once had a friend who watched it with me. I fell in love. It was very painful because it was unrequited. How do you find a relationship?

Luck and mutual connections.
Go out and meet people. A friend of a friends friend is my wife.

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Saw a survey that indicated 60% or so of long term relationships started as friends first.

So if you aren’t making friends with women (on a platonic level) then you’re giving up over half of your opportunities.

Also you didn’t fall in love. That was lust. Love comes later.

My long term gf was a friend first

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I had to join the military and be trapped on a tropical island for a year with a beautiful woman to bamboozle her into agreeing to marry me. Seems to be working out so far.

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best advice is don’t go LOOKING for it. Just do you and have fun and it’ll fall in your lap.

Who knows, you may fall in love with someone who isn’t into anime as you are. maybe not at all.

keep yourself open. but don’t force it. Let it happen naturally.

I was engaged to a woman that was not a techie or anything like me except morals and music, with a similar sense of humor.

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I think we’ve (as a community) gone over this topic once recently.

Finding someone with the same interests is something that burns out very quickly. You most likely wouldn’t want a relationship with a friend just because they spend their free time as you do.
Maybe it could be a starting point, but what’s gonna keep you together are moral values, sharing the same view of the future, having the same outlook on many things in life, sharing how to carry forward a relationship and so on.

That being said there’s not a clear and cut answer to that. It either happens or not and you’ll never know when it’s going to or not.

But there’s one thing you need to stop doing if you ever were or are still doing: never ever ever project on someone your deside to be in a relationship. You’re gonna miss all the possible red flags someone is showing. Be honest with yourself about the other person and question multiple times if someone is worth investing time into or not.

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Just got one thing to add; We all got a need to connect with and interact with someone, just as we do being alone.

Do not confuse that need for the “need” of a partner. You are a grown human being. You do not need anyone to feel good and be happy. You just need you. Far too many fall into the trap of “If only I had a partner, life would magically fix itself!” - it doesn’t, same with fame and fortune. Sorry to say, but the only person that can make you happy… Is yourself.

Now go out there and build your dreams! :slight_smile: As a bonus, the more you focus on your dreams and being happy, the more attractive you will be.

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The better odds, are involving NOT directly rummaging for it AND not being desperate

Major NEEDs to be fulfilled [after enough exposure]:
Have enough “sustained” common interests, along some [non-jarring] differentiators
Assess how well the person treats strangers/workers [compared to those regularly around]
Assess how well the person deals with various life stressors [“fight or flight” stuff]
… + Being able to feed off one-anothers humour

… I really shouldn’t be talking-
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A Focus first on being independent and put together really helps. If you are confident and self assured in your place in the world (yet huble), you will be more attractive to others. Be honest with yourself in why you want to be in a relationship.

  • It’s best if you don’t “need” the relationship, it should always be willing and a mutual decision between two people.
  • Take care of yourself first and foremost before entering into a relationship. Nobody wants to become a caregiver.
  • Have realistic expectations of others but don’t be afraid to reach beyond what you think you are capable of. You might surprise yourself.
  • The worst anyone can ever say is “no” and that’s ok. Accept that and move on.
  • Ask them out long before you build a strong attachment in that way. Learn to accept that many people may not live up to your standards either.
  • You don’t need to settle but also understand that happiness can be found in unexpected places.
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treat-yo-self-treat-your-self

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Lol same exact story, except replace tropical island with ship in the Atlantic. Did actually meet on an island in the Med though.

Mine was medical on the island, lol.

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I actually got mine a long time ago when I pretended to be neurotypical (not as well as I thought)

4/5 were huge fails since I couldn’t deal with people

luckily my so is cool af so we been keeping together for over 10 years

I’d say you need dumb luck and opportunity to get a relationship

and you need to be a bit on the visually pleasing side so you get easier access through the first filter

i hope this thread doesn’t devolve like the last one

now

put urself out there be confident to be open and ready to just be you invite others to hang with you do things play a anime dnd game go to a con and attend panels hell volunteer at cons or work them

ren faires are anime cosplay friendly go out to a shoot with a group i met alot of cool people these ways for anime based stuff

but you need to just do stuff and invite those who you enjoy to do more things slowly you will link with a few and find your fish sometimes it takes many

be open and communicate

do a community theater gig stage hands need help

join a coding team

take a free online code / skill class that is with others

look at community college r&d labs they are cheap and its a great community car weebs are fun

try airsoft its active very friendly in groups and its full of weebs and anime fans left and right

if you are happy doing things people gravitate to you and things develop

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Very well said. Couldn’t agree more :clap:

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If this is how your relationship starts, perhaps run now.
Free Candy

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A friend of mine once told me a story:

He was on holiday with his girlfriend in the Caribbean and they’d had a major argument. She kicked him out of the room and he ended up sitting on a rock at the end of a pier in Antigua. It was 1am and he spent a couple of hours looking up at the crystal clear sky and contemplating things. He eventually ended up proposing to her the next day and has spent the past 30 years with her.

Sky has a lot of answers.