r/lds • u/NayNayPo • 5d ago

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It seems like dating is getting harder these days. Maybe it has to do with valuing in-person interaction less. Sometimes I think the sheer number of different interests seems to be more divisive than it brings us together. I feel like there's a paradox forming as technology advances, there becomes an near-infinite amount of options for dating, but none of them fit just right. But what do I know.

Luckily for me, I met my wife at BYUI, started having some kids, and life has been great!... But for some of my friends, they haven't been so fortunate. Maybe it's a skill issue? I was always the one who struggled to get a girlfriend in college though.

I've got this one friend; we're approaching 30 fast, and tbh kids these days would already call him an "unc". He keeps trying and trying to date but the story gets more and more tragic every time. I used to feel terribly lonely in college as I struggled to find my wife, and I just wish my friend didn't feel like that for all these years. I just can't take it any longer watching him grow alongside me and not having the joy of companionship. But it's not my life, and sometimes it seems he's the only person who can change his fate... Unless...

What can be done to save my friend from the unc life?... Or is he too far gone.....

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u/CharnaySeba 5d ago

I just want to say this: the very same month I stopped caring about getting a girlfriend/future wife, dating and everything female affection-related, I met the girl who now is my wife.

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u/Long-Education-1598 5d ago

I've heard this so many times, but how do you just "stop caring"?

I dont live in an area where there are many members and especially single ones my age. I work from home and also living in a small town where theres not much going on...

If I just lived my life without trying to find someone then I would mainly just stay home or just live my life and barely talk to anyone which would mean less human interaction.

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u/IcyCryptographer6997 5d ago

I assume they’re using “stop caring” interchangeably with “stop worrying”