Tbh the title is a bit misleading but I desperately need help lmao; The post encompasses much more than just how or whether to get a gf or not, rather more on life in general since I had been pretty depressed and lonely after highschool ended about 2 weeks ago or so.

Abit of background of me:
180cm+, skinny guy not visibly muscular, no sports but great at swimming and track (regular training for years), Ib nerd GPA 4.0 students 1550 SAT whatever u get the idea, pretty good gamer (top rank in a month or so in pretty much any competitive shooters: pred/masters in apex, radiant/imm3 in valorant etc), anime lover (cringe), into programming and going to UBC’s compsci program next year, pretends to be confident in public but is a little insecure clown on the inside (hard time talking to complete strangers outside of work/school), constantly anxious and in fear of university and future in general.

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I spend alot of time studying and maintaining a decent grade to get into a decent uni. Overall my HS academics career was a bit of a let down all together (41 IB predicted score) since iv got high expectations but am too lazy to reach that full potential and I always hate myself for it. This messes alot with my confidence thing and together with being skin on bones I have pretty low self esteem, often doubting if im deserving of being loved.

Iv got many friends but absolutely no close friends. Before I immigrated to Canada, back in my homeland I got close friends but then since i moved here during grade 6 I pretty much had no close connections with anyone. This is fine during school years since my goal is to study and whatever shared activities/interests I had with my friends were good enough to keep us somewhat connected; However, now that school is over, poof and half of them instantly disintegrated into think air and the other half are mostly online friends who I cant really connect to on a more personal level.

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For about 3 weeks now all iv done is sleep a shit ton, workout, learn driving and gaming. Its not what I had expected at all being finally free from the Hell of IB and feel more depressed by the day. I look back and feel like i didnt do shit in HS besides studying and working while other ppl (probably) had so many interesting experiences. I feel alone and got no one to talk to or hang out with, because the friends I still have are either too attached to their house or too poor/lazy to go on trips or parks etc with me. And alot of those mfs are not even from my school so outside of online I havent seen them in years.

***Which FINALLY leads to the title of the post,*** getting a gf. I dont think its a good or even at all a solution to my boredom and growing anxiety, but unless u got a better plan then its the only thing I can think of. Iv never had a gf, and had only been in a few IRL friendship with a girl before. Yeah yeah laugh it up if u want. Naturally, a loser of this caliber would like anime and its questionable counterpart; honestly its like the chicken and the egg, which comes first? Liking anime thus never feeling the touch of a woman or vise versa? Jokes aside Im a decently attractive guy (according to my co worker) thats hardworking and upright by most ppls standards. Iv asked a couple girls out that I was familiar with and all failed. Most of the time it ended up with us playing Minecraft bedwars instead, which, to be fair, I enjoyed alot.

But now that school is over and I suddenly pretty much have no social presence, I feel like its going to be near impossible to get to know ppl, let alone get a gf. So yeah if u got any thoughts please let me know man. It doesnt even need to be related to the title of the post, because I myself am unsure of whether to get a gf or not because I have ZERO experience with this kind of shit and am only in it to find a close friend of sorts, someone I can talk to and hangout with ig. I mean boobies are nice too.

3 comments
  1. Might I add that if u couldnt tell from the post already Im a boring guy, and am fine with that. Anything like oh go workout more etc wont help me cuz: I know that, im lazy and already doing what I can.

  2. admission into UBC’s cs program isn’t guaranteed and is dependent on your 1st yr grades!

  3. Dude stop thinking like that. I’m a 31 year old who openly talks about anime, video games, and I am quite successful in life. When I first met my girlfriend six years ago, she was way too hot for me and turned out she was into anime just like me. Our first date was talking about food wars for 1 hour. We go to comic con and all that.

    What I’m trying to say is, I am just like you. It’s about confidence. If you just be yourself (seriously, it’s important) and be confident about not caring what others might think, you’ll get a lot of new friends with similar mindset as you. People love other genuine people. Don’t try to be someone you’re not. You’ll be surprised how many closet anime/game lovers are there.

    Download a dating app and practice talking to others just being yourself. You’ll have friends and maybe even a gf in no time 🙂

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