u/TuneSoft7119

Hey guys, I am a 28 year old guy who has never gone on a date and has no experience with women. Now as a guy, I know and am totally fine with being expected to put in all the effort into dating and getting to know women. But is it normal to have never gotten any interest, or even signs from women at all? Like never?

Even a few of my friends who are also somewhat inexperienced, they have at least had women try to flirt with them, match with them on apps, show interest in them or anything like that. I dont know what thats like.

Now I am not a bad guy, I think I am a really solid catch. I have a job I love, a good head on my shoulders, am in good shape, social with good friends, and cool hobbies. But I guess thats not enough to attract interest.

I have asked my girl friends from time to time if they know anyone who might be interested, had a crush on me at one point, or knew of any girl who though I was cute. And nothing. How normal is that? It seems like most other guys have at least had a girl like them, but I havent.

What gives? Is this common for guys? What am I lacking or missing that other guys have?

Hey guys, I am a 28 year old guy who has never gone on a date and has no experience with women. Now as a guy, I know and am totally fine with being expected to put in all the effort into dating and getting to know women. But is it normal to have never gotten any interest, or even signs from women at all? Like never?

Even a few of my friends who are also somewhat inexperienced, they have at least had women try to flirt with them, match with them on apps, show interest in them or anything like that. I dont know what thats like.

Now I am not a bad guy, I think I am a really solid catch. I have a job I love, a good head on my shoulders, am in good shape, social with good friends, and cool hobbies. But I guess thats not enough to attract interest.

I have asked my girl friends from time to time if they know anyone who might be interested, had a crush on me at one point, or knew of any girl who though I was cute. And nothing. How normal is that? It seems like most other guys have at least had a girl like them, but I havent.

What gives? Is this common for guys? What am I lacking or missing that other guys have?

Hey guys, I am currently a forester in a mid cost of living area. I'm 28 and have pretty much maxed out my career making 60k. I don't really have any promotion opportunities for another 10 to 15 years which will only net me another 1 dollar an hour raise. While I love what I do, and the benefits are amazing, I am unable to live the life that I want. I will never be able to afford a house or provide a family. (Plus since I live in a small town, I have no dating prospects).

Pretty much, I need a change. I would like to live in an outdoorsy city like Denver, Seattle or salt lake city, but I don't know what jobs are in cities. And those are just ideas. I enjoy my smaller town as well as I have all my hobbies here like skiing, hunting and camping.

I cant afford to go back to college and besides, I failed out of computer science and engineering when I was in college.

What jobs or career path could I pivot into over the next year or so that could allow me to make 75k in 10 to 15 years and allow me to afford and live a modest middle class life?

Some things I like and dislike about my job.

Things I love

-I love being in charge of 50k acres of forest. I help plan and solve our management problems. Balancing the need for producing timber with needs of the environment, playing to all the regulation that we have. Its all a big puzzle with many solutions each with their own benefits and drawbacks.

-I love being able to take a lunch break on a rocky outcropping overlooking IMO one of the best views that you can find.

-I get to ride snowmobiles in the winter. Enough said lol.

-I like solving smaller problems like how are we going to get the timber out of a specific area, how do we designs the roads to allow for that.

-Road design. All of it, from paper planning to calculating cut and fill ratios. All for a 80 year old guy in a bulldozer to do it his way anyways.

Things I dont like-

- Writing contracts and environmental impact statements.

-Repetitive field work (theres a lot of it), like I hand handle a week or two, but after a month of doing the same thing every day, I get sick of it.

-Unpredictable summers with wildfire firefighting that makes summer trips hard to plan.