Seriously how do you meet decent young men to date in DC?

[Anonymous]

I am 24 and two years out of college. OLD is depressing me. Tips?

[Anonymous]

Go on Reddit. Most of the people on this site who are dating are in their 30s and up.

[Anonymous]

Join activities. Make friends.

[Anonymous]

Do not lead with politics. Yes, there are some views that are unacceptable to you - if the man happen to hold them, you’ll find out pretty soon without extensive interrogation.

If politics is THAT important to you, get involved in local groups and meet the men through them.

[Anonymous]

⁹Go to museum events. Seriously, Smithsonian museums have evening things.
Live at the Library https://www.loc.gov/visit/ Thursdays
Example https://hirshhorn.si.edu/event/state-of-the-arts-night/

[Anonymous]

Ask on Reddit or places where 20 somethings are, here most people are older.

Would definitely try local activities, clubs, churches, and DC social events like the pp mentioned above at the Smithsonian and Library of Congress.

[Anonymous]

Join a club or two. There's clubs for every state. Go to college alumni events. Go to museum evenings. Basically pursue your interests and then you will meet someone with the same interests.

Be slightly more open-minded about looks and height, but do not waste time on someone if there is not compatibility and chemistry.

[Anonymous]

Go to grad school.

[Anonymous]

Leave DC. This town is filled with type A dorks who don’t know how to socialize. Do you want a Russ Vought because this is the place to meet a Russ Vought.

[Anonymous]

Church

[Anonymous]

Church.

[Anonymous]

Grad school. Internship groups, parties, networking. Married 25 years ago meeting through those networks. All our dc friends pretty much met their SOs through those same networks.

[Anonymous]

Jdate

[Anonymous]

Your mate is likely waiting for you on an ‘outer layer’ of your network - so just let network know you are open to dating (if they don’t know already) and live your best life - mean invest in being interesting - good food, read widely, consider grad school, go to therapy if family of origin had ‘issues’ - we all do but I mean significant.

Prepare the foundation of your life - date if you must but network only with those you trust.

Bonne chance!

[Anonymous]

I was also going to say — join a Christian church.

I am grew up in a family that attended church every Sunday but moved to the big city, and became agnostic for a long time. I was not into religion at all.

But in my early 40s, after some serious personal failings, I decided to look at faith again and I was astounded at what I found the second time around. It completely changed my life for the better.

There was previously a gender gap in church attendance with women attending church more than men. That gap is gone now. Churches are now filled with young men and they are the sort of young men who you would probably want to date — instead of men who are only in it for sex, are afraid to commit, and have zero interest in personal change and growth — the men I meet at church are seeking true love, seeing inner beauty, dedicated to becoming better versions of themselves, deeply in touch with their emotions and shortcomings, and wanting to live life in a Christ-like way that is filled with compassion, kindness, and grace, but also leadership and being of service.

I admire them because they are much better people than I was when I was their age and only selfishly cared about myself.