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I know several good guys who came to work as an engineer and no longer have any place to meet women! You need to either plan for a life of solitude or else find something outside of work that will give you the opportunity to meet women under 50.
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<p>Work isn't the only place to meet women...</p>
<p>yeah it must be hard to meet someone after you graduate if you haven't already...</p>
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yeah it must be hard to meet someone after you graduate if you haven't already...
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<p>There's a couple of schools of thought here: one is that while at college, you're (usually) around people close to you in age who are (likely to be) available, so you have more opportunity to meet available people. The other is that while you're a student, it may not be possible to devote time to finding and/or maintaining a relationship because of the pressures of studying, etc. So it depends on one's personal circumstances.</p>
<p>As for me, I didn't have a gf during undergrad. Long story ... short version - high m/f ratio (I'm straight); available women I knew on/near campus weren't interested in me romantically; did not always have time to get to know women from other campuses, especially during my last two years when I really had to focus on my studies in order to counteract lower grades in previous years. In grad school, I had a little bit more success, but a couple of times they were LDRs that were difficult to manage.</p>
<p>In general, I have had more success in relationships when I've had large blocks of available time that can be devoted to them.</p>
<p>lol I Hope UT. I remember some time ago when u were debating on whether u should go to A&M or UT, but when u got into UT engineering u got all happy and hyped, dont let this fear of not getting a gf make u change ur major all of a sudden</p>
<p>uh...theres no way in hell i'd be caught at A&M...so you must have the wrong person?</p>
<p>dont limit meeting women only in school; one can meet women anywhere; just keep your eyes open</p>
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What about that one night at that party?
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<p>Despite certain of my friends' wishes that they haven't hid very well, still no. :p</p>
<p>LOL, there are two types of engineering majors in men. Nerds and Drunks. There is not much in between. I remember they had this little geek in one of my engineering classes that kept answering all of the teachers question. I wanted to hang him off of one of the sliding clalk boards and let him stay up there for a little while. He had the most annoying voice. And he was always asking if we were going to have some totally off the wall problems on the test. Then the professor would say I might have to consider that and sure enough everyone wanted to stab him test day when the last question on the page had something to do with what he mentioned. As a petroleum engineering goes most of the guys never settle down, and if they do they are stupid. Every petroleum engineer I ever met was on there 2nd or 3rd wife. Long periods of time away equals your wife finding someone else to keep her attention. I remeber asking a few for advice about the job and what not. The only thing they had to say was wait to get married until your 35, lol. So much for gaining inside knowledge. Both my father and uncle have worked in the upstream oil industry and both have gone through a divorce.</p>
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LOL, there are two types of engineering majors in men. Nerds and Drunks. There is not much in between. I remember they had this little geek in one of my engineering classes that kept answering all of the teachers question. I wanted to hang him off of one of the sliding clalk boards and let him stay up there for a little while. He had the most annoying voice.
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<p>Soooo... you're... a drunk?</p>
<p>I guess I'm a drunk.</p>
<p>It was just a joke aibarr. No, I don't even drink. My family is a bunch of alcholics though. That is why I don't drink. We have a long line of alcohol abuse, but that is besides the point.</p>
<p>I do, though it did take awhile.</p>
<p>You get two types of people. Engineers who have girlfriends in engineering and engineers who have girlfriends not in engineering. For the first type, it's hard for them to find a girlfriend because there are not that many girls in engineering to begin with. For the second type, it's hard for them to find a girlfriend because non-engineering majors tend to not want to date engineering majors (in general).</p>
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You get two types of people. Engineers who have girlfriends in engineering and engineers who have girlfriends not in engineering. For the first type, it's hard for them to find a girlfriend because there are not that many girls in engineering to begin with. For the second type, it's hard for them to find a girlfriend because non-engineering majors tend to not want to date engineering majors (in general).
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<p>That's a pretty rediculuous generalization. First of all I don't know any engineers who limits themselves to only dating other engineers. Second, I don't know any girls who would not want to date someone because of their college major.</p>
<p>Wait until you graduate, engineering guys. I bet lots of girls will be glad to date you!</p>
<p>^i wonder how true that is if you already arent getting dates. if you arent getting dates now, wouldnt you have a problem afterwards because of your same problems (lack of confidence, being too nice, not being good looking, etc)</p>
<p>Well many people learn to open up more and grow up a bit by the time they graduate. Students also tend to have a lot more time for things like dating once they graduate. Though you are right many people who have trouble meeting girls will continue to due to personal problems. For guys I think this is usually a lack of confidence and poor communication.</p>
<p>I think that girls grow up too and realize that the best guys were the ones that used to be under their radar. ;)</p>
<p>If by “under the radar” you mean, “languished hopelessly for years after a girl they were afraid to approach or a friend they were afraid to admit affection for”, then you can’t exactly blame the girls for not noticing. =P</p>
<p>definitely false. my boyfriend is a mechanical engineering major. and he obviously has a girlfriend.</p>