I don't even know how much this "problem" is a problem and how much it is psychological. I am 25 years old and you can say that I cannot find myself a girlfriend. But first things first.At the age of 15 - 16 when the "tough guys" from the class switched from toys and became interested in girls, I did not join their group. While everyone was running after the girls, trying to get to know classmates, building their own childhood relationships and getting their first kisses on a bench in the yard, I behaved like a child. He talked little with his peers and was carried away by his, only to me, interesting games. I have never had many friends, and those with whom I talked are 1 - 2 people. Basically, I sat, read books and thought about my own. But it was a long time ago and it is already difficult to remember everything.
A couple of years passed and I entered the first year of the institute. Here, many, having become a little older, began to look for "life companions". Fortunately, the diversity among freshmen was much greater than at school. But it had no effect on me. I've always been kind of weird, and I didn't get involved in society. A sort of white crow. And I kind of liked it, to stand out, to be somehow unusual, not like everyone else. Not a gray mass. But as time went on and the desire to find a girl for himself grew stronger and stronger. Why do Vasya and Petit have girlfriends, but I do not? I wondered. But every attempt at acquaintance ran into an invisible wall of misunderstanding, and more and more often the problem was in me. Having no experience of acquaintances and not understanding the rules of communicating with women, I often "stupid" and did not know what to do and what to say. In general, my pitiful attempts only led to disappointment, and after the second such failure, I quickly gave up. Well, my time has not come yet, I consoled myself and calmed down on this. At about the same time, I began to actively explore the virtual space, well, or to be more precise, the very popular and well-known then ICQ text chat. There I met many girls from different cities and of different ages. More often than not, within 2 - 4 years of difference with me. Strange, but in the chat I felt at ease. I was interesting, unusual, amazing. And I was often told this. I was glad that I was interesting to someone and every time I invented something new. He could talk for hours with this or that girl, constantly captivating her with new topics. Gradually, the virtual network took me to her place and I appeared less and less in real life. Chat and computer games fascinated me much more than the street and real communication. So I met a girl who seemed to me to be my ideal. She always understood and listened to me, sympathized, sent compliments and sent messages from which it became joyful and warm in my soul. She lived in Ukraine, I am in Russia. After about a year of our communication, I got fired up with the idea of \u200b\u200bgoing to visit her, but it was at that moment that discord began in our communication. Either we got tired of each other, or something happened, but she met another guy on the Internet and I didn't go to her. The parting, even if it was virtual, was insanely difficult for me, I worried and thought about death, that life had ceased to make sense for me. No, I can't say that I was seriously thinking about suicide, but I was in severe depression.
As you know, time heals and gradually I forgot my first and strongest virtual love. She was replaced by other girls from the same chat. I communicated with them with a new wave of interest. I got to know them better and better every day. And over time he parted. But it was no longer so painful and insulting. At about 22, I met Katya in a computer game. Katya was 37. She had two children and she naturally lived in another city, but it somehow did not float me. And then she decided to come. A week spent with her in the same apartment and one bed became a little paradise for me. This is probably not comparable to anything. I was so comfortable and cozy with her that I just dreamed of staying with her forever. But the week has flown by and it's time to say goodbye. I was upset, but deep down I consoled myself that we were not parting for good and in a few months we would see each other again, but for now we would still communicate on the Internet. In total, during the 2 years of our communication, she came to me twice, and I came to her twice. But over time, we got tired of these relationships. They started quarreling and swearing, then it seemed like they parted, but I could not forget her and thought about her all the time. And after a while we began to communicate again. But it was no longer the same, there was some kind of chill or something. I don't even know how to describe it. We parted as friends. They just stopped writing to each other, but they didn't quarrel either. I realized that I should still try to find myself a life partner in my city and my age. But here's the problem. Lack of relationship experience made itself felt. I don’t know how to behave with an unfamiliar girl. After a short correspondence in some kind of chat or via SMS, we meet, but I feel some kind of constraint, I get lost, all my talent to captivate with my interestingness disappears literally before our eyes, and besides that, in the process of dating, I begin to notice the mistakes that I make. It all seems trivial. He didn’t move the chair in the cafe, didn’t help to take off his coat, didn’t open the door in front of her, but it all adds up in my head and it seems to me that I was just terrible in relation to the girl. And therefore, when I come home in the evening, I am at a loss to guess whether I should call her, how she perceived me, maybe I should not impose, because she almost certainly did not like me. I don't know how to overcome this and what to do. Another departure to the virtual world at the age of 25 seems absurd to me. And a new attempt at a date causes a certain fear.
I try to think through everything to the smallest detail. Where will we go, what will we do, what will we talk about. How much time will we spend in this or that place. But often my "ideal" plans do not actually coincide with what is really happening, at the right moment I do not decide on this or that movement. Take a hand, hug, kiss. After all, I had not thought of this before and the brain begins frantically to sort out the options of what to do. As a result, my slowness is fatal. Combined with my general isolation and rare chances to meet someone, I perceive my every new defeat on the love front especially strongly, wondering what is wrong with me. Maybe I'm not handsome, maybe I'm stupid? No, it seems normal, I study, I work, I earn good money, is smart and pleasant to talk to, at least that's what my friends say. So what is wrong and how can I find the one who will accept and understand me? Or maybe my time hasn’t come yet?
Question to the psychologist:
Hello. Tell me how not to go crazy. I am 32 years old. Not married. There are no friends, only acquaintances from work with whom relations are more or less normal, but not friendly.
I do not live in my hometown, I moved here a couple of years ago. I can't find myself a girl, on average on a dating site I try to meet one more or less beautiful girl. Acquaintance refusals on average about 40 times per week. When summer comes, I try to meet on the street from Friday to Sunday at least three girls a day. On average, there are 15 rejections in 3 days. And I have about 70 refusals a month. I used to help the gym, look after myself more or less trying to be in shape, a little more and I will be CCM in bench press. I change clothes as they wear out, do not drink, do not smoke. The work is relatively good and not poorly paid, I don’t want to take a mortgage, in 10 years I’ll buy myself an apartment.
I have never danced in my life and never been to a nightclub and what to do there alone ...
Previously, prostitutes helped more or less .. But now I don’t hunt for this dirt .. It's like masturbation.
Traveling does not help, on vacation I go somewhere, but this melancholy is green, well, trees and trees and trees, the sea and the sea are not interesting. I would drink it down, but I can't stand alcohol at all. After a little alcohol, I feel bad, I feel sick and have a headache ...
I used to think that if you have a swinging body, you will definitely find someone for yourself, but it turns out not. Nobody answers me on dating sites, on the street they just say no.
How to get used to living alone and not go crazy? And in general, what can be done here?
The question is answered by psychologist Natalya Gennadievna Garkavaya.
Hello, Alexander.
There is a wise saying: "That for one loneliness for another is freedom."
First of all, Alexander, you need to find friends. Learn to communicate, be friends. It is friends who can tell you how to get to know each other correctly, talk to girls. Sometimes you can go out with a company to cafes, nightclubs in them you can also meet the fair sex.
Girls and women need a special approach to each. Try to make friends with them first, chat on social networks in a friendly way. Send pictures, flowers, warm wishes to the beautiful half of humanity.
If you get a constant refusal, then you may be scaring the girls with something. Stop trying to find the girl temporarily. You need to take care of yourself, your manners, find friends.
Think seriously about what is wrong with you. It can be a gloomy look and manner of communication, treatment.
Stop dating on the street as you do. Women can be mistaken for a maniac and notoriety will quickly spread throughout the city. Wandering around and setting a goal of acquaintance is already a wrong impulse. Your attention is fixed on rejections on this and you will constantly select only those who reject.
If every single man begins to analyze his thoughts about his personal life, then he, most likely, will sooner or later catch himself in a kind of self-flagellation. Covered in a very simple-looking thought: "I can't find a girl, because ...", and then further, after that "because" everyone finds a million reasons that, in theory, should justify his loneliness.
And it is difficult for people to admit to themselves that the basis for all these reasons, as a rule, lies in their lack of confidence in their abilities, inability to communicate with women, sometimes even in their unwillingness to learn this.
Making excuses to oneself, of course, is easier than taking responsibility for the lack of confidence in the ownership of the forces, and starting to do something to change the current situation. As life shows, however, it is to those who, nevertheless, throwing away doubts, begins to work with their own character, study female psychology and try to apply the knowledge gained in practice, that success comes. Such men very quickly notice that, in general, they could not find a girl before only because they were afraid ... of their own far-fetched fears.
Getting rid of which, however, is just the first step on the way to a full-fledged personal life with many (yes, of course, because the world cannot always revolve around the same young lady) beautiful girls in all respects. The second step, and it is also the main one, is to comprehend not only the depths of female psychology, but also to hone the ability to manipulate them with the help of your knowledge.
What can such manipulation consist of? Of course, it is impossible to achieve absolute control over the actions of the fair sex - there are always objective factors preventing this. Any guy who really wants it can learn to learn the basic rules of proper dating, organizing dates, beautiful seduction.
The reasons for the difficulties in communicating with girls can be roughly divided into 2 categories:
- problems with appearance;
- problems understanding how to get acquainted and build relationships.
Let's consider each of them in more detail.
We solve problems with appearance
The role of appearance in communicating with the opposite sex should not be underestimated. Not everyone is lucky to be born with the face and body of Brad Pitt, but it is within the power of each of us to dress well, keep fit and look after ourselves. You should not rush to extremes and assume that girls are only fooled by handsome men - a man who has a 10/10 appearance and does not know how to build a relationship will be much less successful than an ordinary outwardly, but at the same time experienced and confident guy.
Let's take a look at the main appearance issues that need to be addressed first:
- Acne... The presence of acne not only critically affects the appearance, but also strongly affects self-esteem. This is an extremely complex topic, and the advice to pay more attention to hygiene is of little use here - anyone who has had acne knows how difficult it is to get rid of them. First, find out the cause of acne - it can be hormonal problems, an improper diet, or excessively oily skin that requires special care. Spend money on a trip to the beautician - if the specialist is intelligent, he will tell you what and how to do. The combined use of Zenerit + Baziron and the regular intake of vitamin A tablets help many people to get rid of even severe stages of acne.
- clothing... No girl will let a poorly dressed guy dismissive of his wardrobe. There is no need to use the services of stylists or to spend not expensive designer items, you can do with simple, but neat and tastefully selected clothes. Get a standard set of wardrobe - jeans for a figure, nice shoes, a few plain shirts, a leather jacket. For the first time, this will be more than enough. Choose the right size to fit your figure well, wear only clean clothes, and always iron them before going out. Also consider the appropriateness of the particular style in the place you plan to visit.
- Hairstyle... Don't bother going around with uncut, greasy hair - wash your hair regularly and see a good hairdresser who can get you the right haircut. A well-chosen hairstyle can make even an ugly face more attractive.
- General grooming... It's funny, but such a trifle as uncut nails or bad breath on the first date will make any girl give up on you. It is extremely important to take care of yourself - take a shower regularly, use perfume or eau de toilette, do not neglect brushing your teeth, watch your posture, fight dandruff, if any.
Many guys who cannot find a girl associate the problem with their own figure, but this is far from the primary factor. It is worth worrying if you have excess weight, which, with the appropriate efforts, you can get rid of in a few months in the gym. Large muscles are valued only by a small number of girls, so you shouldn't make them an end in themselves, just have a slender and toned body.
Male beauty is an extremely subjective concept. Ask 5 girls how he sees his standard guy, and in each case the answer will be different. Remember, no one will require you to look like a model from the cover of a men's magazine, the main thing is to fix the main flaws in order to look NORMAL and well-groomed.
The importance of social status
How girls react to you will be largely determined by your social status. And now we are not talking about the material condition or the presence of an important position in the bank, but about how your environment perceives you. Indicative is the situation when, from a joke of one guy, all the girls in the company burst into tears, and the other responds to a similar humor - "What are you, a clown?"
The reason for this is precisely the social status - girls are drawn to those who are respected among their acquaintances and seem to them an interesting person. It doesn't matter how such a position is deserved - you can stand out for your intelligence, sporting achievements, unusual hobby or the ability to show tricks.
The main thing is not to be a typical representative of the gray mass - stop wasting all your time on the Internet and wasting your days, choose an area of \u200b\u200byour own interests and develop, trying to become the best in it. And in the future, the girls themselves will express a desire to get to know you.
Learning to interact with girls
But even handsome and somewhat successful guys wondering “why can't I find a girl” are not such a rarity. An example is an athlete who spent all his youth on training and had no experience of relationships with girls in his youth, who simply does not know what and how to do.
Typical mistakes that prevent you from finding a girl are:
- Fear of meeting a girl you like... Not a single girl who is approached by a handsome guy who compliments her and offers to meet her will ever shame him or do anything negative. The worst thing you can count on is a banal refusal if the girl has a boyfriend or she just doesn't like you. Even so, you will get the experience of dating and become less worried in the future. If this does not convince you, try to find a Vkontakte girl, chat with her online for several days and invite her on a date - it is much easier to communicate live with a person whose interests you more or less know.
- Insecure behavior... Girls love confident guys who take the relationship into their own hands and constantly take the initiative, rather than expecting them to take the first step. Do not be ashamed of your desires, do not be afraid to lead her, joking and knocking down arrogance from a seemingly unapproachable lady. Impudent guys are much more likely to please girls than those who exalt them to the skies and act from a position of servility. Forget about the generally accepted rule that a girl needs to be achieved - if you are an interesting enough person, then she will be interested in you and try to earn your favor.
- Obsession with the girl... If, after meeting and a couple of dates with a girl, an ignorance began on her part, then she has lost interest in you. This can happen either because of your lack of self-confidence (which girl will date a guy who is afraid to kiss her on the third date, when experienced guys put her to bed on the second date), or because of excessive intrusiveness. Constant calls, SMS, gifts and signs of attention - all this indicates that the guy puts the girl above himself. Girls quickly sew such individuals off, since any of them wants to see a self-sufficient man next to her, and not a guy with the behavior of a helpful puppy. Therefore, in relations with the opposite sex, you need to show adequate egoism, be guided by your own desires, interests, and not be afraid to realize them.
Many guys have no problem finding girls, but they do not understand how ordinary communication can be translated into something more. In order not to stay at the level of friends, from the very beginning of dating, you need to demonstrate that you are interested in her as a partner for a relationship.
This is done with the help of kinesthetics, in a simple way - touch. A guy who counts only on friendship, is limited to only one communication, while a man who sees a woman as a sexual object is not afraid to close the distance with her. You need to start everything with banal, socially acceptable touches - touch her elbow and take her to the desired table in a cafe, take her hand as you cross the road, touch her shoulder to indicate something.
In the process of communication, the intensity of such touches must be increased, up to the mutual clutches that lead you to bed. The rate of kinesthetics depends on many factors - how interested she is in you, where you are (obviously, kinesthetics in a cafe and a nightclub will be completely different), whether the girl is sober. The main thing is to do everything in accordance with the moment so as not to frighten off the girl with inappropriate behavior.
Motivation for self-development
Most inexperienced guys can be confused by such recommendations, they say: "I'm afraid to look girls in the eyes and constantly look away during eye contact, what kind of arrogant and self-confident behavior we are talking about." Indeed, if you suddenly start behaving like a dominant, without being such, at the first check the girl will merge you, since most of them are perfectly able to determine the real personality of a man.
It is worth understanding that the ability to build relationships with the opposite sex is a common skill that can be obtained as a result of constant practice. When someone wants to learn how to stand up for himself, he goes to boxing and after a year or two classes he can pile on any bully. In seduction, things are the same - set a goal and start communicating with girls regularly, asking them on dates and going through all stages of the relationship - from dating to bed.
Yes, you will get rejected and fail, but it is learning from your own mistakes that ultimately leads to success. Use the knowledge gained from this article in practice, and soon the question “why can't I find a girl” will remain in the past.
About hopeless situations and complexes
Many guys who are aware of their own failures in relationships with the opposite sex do not even try to change anything. They have no desire and motivation to leave their comfort zone, as they believe that they will not be able to cope with their problems.
In fact, only people with cancer have unsolvable problems, and then everything happens. The reason for your difficulties in 99% is complexes and negative beliefs, which simply prevent you from responding adequately to things.
Consider the typical "unsolvable problems" of guys who don't have girls:
- Girls don't look at me because of their small stature... Firstly, there is no need to approach the female composition of the local basketball team, you are surrounded by a huge number of beautiful petite girls. Secondly - remember Al-Pacino, Tom Cruise or Daniel Radcliffe, did their short stature (all of them below 170 cm) prevent them from becoming world famous actors? Growth is absolutely not important, especially there is charisma.
- Have i don't have a girlfriend because I live with my parents... Living with parents after 20 years does not benefit any guy, as it suppresses the feeling of independence and self-reliance. Do not think that there is no way out - rent an apartment, if you do not have enough money, rent a house together with friends. This is the first thing that a mother's son needs to do if he wants to become a man.
- I'm 20 and I'm a virgin, I have no chance of finding a girl... You will really be in the role of a laggard if you don't have the experience of relationships with the opposite sex, which was necessary to get in high school, where young people usually meet, have sex, swear and everything is repeated in a circle. However, by getting down to business thoroughly, you can not only catch up, but also surpass ordinary guys. Work on your appearance, learn pickup theory and practice, and soon your personality will change. The main thing is to start, while at first you can be content with the simplest girls, and if you do everything right, gradually the level of women will rise.
The list of such problems can be continued for a long time, but any of them can be solved. In this article, we described in detail what to do if there is no girl. Read it and forget, start working on yourself on your own or go to
I don't even know how much this "problem" is a problem and how much it is psychological. I am 25 years old and you can say that I cannot find myself a girlfriend. But first things first.At the age of 15 - 16 when the "tough guys" from the class switched from toys and became interested in girls, I did not join their group. While everyone was running after the girls, trying to get to know classmates, building their own childhood relationships and getting their first kisses on a bench in the yard, I behaved like a child. He talked little with his peers and was carried away by his, only to me, interesting games. I have never had many friends, and those with whom I talked are 1 - 2 people. Basically, I sat, read books and thought about my own. But it was a long time ago and it is already difficult to remember everything.
A couple of years passed and I entered the first year of the institute. Here, many, having become a little older, began to look for "life companions". Fortunately, the diversity among freshmen was much greater than at school. But it had no effect on me. I've always been kind of weird, and I didn't get involved in society. A sort of white crow. And I kind of liked it, to stand out, to be somehow unusual, not like everyone else. Not a gray mass. But as time went on and the desire to find a girl for himself grew stronger and stronger. Why do Vasya and Petit have girlfriends, but I do not? I wondered. But every attempt at acquaintance ran into an invisible wall of misunderstanding, and more and more often the problem was in me. Having no experience of acquaintances and not understanding the rules of communicating with women, I often "stupid" and did not know what to do and what to say. In general, my pitiful attempts only led to disappointment, and after the second such failure, I quickly gave up. Well, my time has not come yet, I consoled myself and calmed down on this. At about the same time, I began to actively explore the virtual space, well, or to be more precise, the very popular and well-known then ICQ text chat. There I met many girls from different cities and of different ages. More often than not, within 2 - 4 years of difference with me. Strange, but in the chat I felt at ease. I was interesting, unusual, amazing. And I was often told this. I was glad that I was interesting to someone and every time I invented something new. He could talk for hours with this or that girl, constantly captivating her with new topics. Gradually, the virtual network took me to her place and I appeared less and less in real life. Chat and computer games fascinated me much more than the street and real communication. So I met a girl who seemed to me to be my ideal. She always understood and listened to me, sympathized, sent compliments and sent messages from which it became joyful and warm in my soul. She lived in Ukraine, I am in Russia. After about a year of our communication, I got fired up with the idea of \u200b\u200bgoing to visit her, but it was at that moment that discord began in our communication. Either we got tired of each other, or something happened, but she met another guy on the Internet and I didn't go to her. The parting, even if it was virtual, was insanely difficult for me, I worried and thought about death, that life had ceased to make sense for me. No, I can't say that I was seriously thinking about suicide, but I was in severe depression.
As you know, time heals and gradually I forgot my first and strongest virtual love. She was replaced by other girls from the same chat. I communicated with them with a new wave of interest. I got to know them better and better every day. And over time he parted. But it was no longer so painful and insulting. At about 22, I met Katya in a computer game. Katya was 37. She had two children and she naturally lived in another city, but it somehow did not float me. And then she decided to come. A week spent with her in the same apartment and one bed became a little paradise for me. This is probably not comparable to anything. I was so comfortable and cozy with her that I just dreamed of staying with her forever. But the week has flown by and it's time to say goodbye. I was upset, but deep down I consoled myself that we were not parting for good and in a few months we would see each other again, but for now we would still communicate on the Internet. In total, during the 2 years of our communication, she came to me twice, and I came to her twice. But over time, we got tired of these relationships. They started quarreling and swearing, then it seemed like they parted, but I could not forget her and thought about her all the time. And after a while we began to communicate again. But it was no longer the same, there was some kind of chill or something. I don't even know how to describe it. We parted as friends. They just stopped writing to each other, but they didn't quarrel either. I realized that I should still try to find myself a life partner in my city and my age. But here's the problem. Lack of relationship experience made itself felt. I don’t know how to behave with an unfamiliar girl. After a short correspondence in some kind of chat or via SMS, we meet, but I feel some kind of constraint, I get lost, all my talent to captivate with my interestingness disappears literally before our eyes, and besides that, in the process of dating, I begin to notice the mistakes that I make. It all seems trivial. He didn’t move the chair in the cafe, didn’t help to take off his coat, didn’t open the door in front of her, but it all adds up in my head and it seems to me that I was just terrible in relation to the girl. And therefore, when I come home in the evening, I am at a loss to guess whether I should call her, how she perceived me, maybe I should not impose, because she almost certainly did not like me. I don't know how to overcome this and what to do. Another departure to the virtual world at the age of 25 seems absurd to me. And a new attempt at a date causes a certain fear.
I try to think through everything to the smallest detail. Where will we go, what will we do, what will we talk about. How much time will we spend in this or that place. But often my "ideal" plans do not actually coincide with what is really happening, at the right moment I do not decide on this or that movement. Take a hand, hug, kiss. After all, I had not thought of this before and the brain begins frantically to sort out the options of what to do. As a result, my slowness is fatal. Combined with my general isolation and rare chances to meet someone, I perceive my every new defeat on the love front especially strongly, wondering what is wrong with me. Maybe I'm not handsome, maybe I'm stupid? No, it seems normal, I study, I work, I earn good money, is smart and pleasant to talk to, at least that's what my friends say. So what is wrong and how can I find the one who will accept and understand me? Or maybe my time hasn’t come yet?