Poll: Girlfriends: Are they worth the effort?

[Sjakie]

If you dont care about it...then it's not important to you. So why bother questioning yourself about it? I dont think your really that okay with it are you?
If your just curious about actually having sex, i'd advise looking for a nice prostitute (not the average streetwhore) and explain your situation. If she is a true pro, she will deliver without embarrassing you.

 

[Abedeus]

No. Unless you find by a huge leap of faith/luck your soulmate, it's basically a "1-3 years" relationship. 4 years if you started dating in one school (primary/middle) than you went together to high school and somehow still liked each other.

Once you find the right girl, you'll never want her to leave. So yes, it is worth the effort.

Never is just "reven" spelled backwards.

You get bored/she gets bored/you both get bored/you simply stop seeing each other. End.

 

[fesc]

I'm rather stuck here, as it depends on each person. I have had two girlfriends, and is in a relationship at the moment, and I don't regret it at all. I can see how some think it's too much hassle, but for me, it's worth every second of it, especially since it isn't much effort.

 

[Zorg Machine]

every (non family member) girl I know atm is either a lunatic, an asshole or my best mates crush...in other words, I'm fu**ed.

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

If it's the right person there is no effort, as corny as it sounds.

 

[Ldude893]

I'm currently in High School, and I make it a fact that no pre-High School relationship lasts past Graduation or College.

 

[twaddle]

with the right one it is. i'm a loner type but we been 2gether 3 years straight

 

[twaddle]

Reading all these successful stories is depressing. Eh whom I kidding, I don't even have a failed story. My advice: if you've got the goods, go for it. If you don't, you'll end up miserable for the rest of your life. And that's one of the reasons why I hate society.

you don't even have to have the goods or good looks just have some bloody charm and be able to carry a halfway decent conversation. I've had a conversation about somthing as stupid as a toy cow with utters is a girl and not a guy.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

I dunno, I'll get back to you on that one once I do get one

 

[Tharwen]

Once you find the right girl, you'll never want her to leave. So yes, it is worth the effort.

Unless she leaves.

 

[Sgt Doom]

I'd have more luck helping Kratos win the Nobel peace prize.

 

[Blue Musician]

It seems nowadays, that everywhere I go on the internet people seem eager to "advise" me (or the reader) to get a life, to get laid or to find yourself a girl. I am now in my late twenties and never had a romantic relationship (euphemism for never got any) and it's not that I'm terribly upset about it or anything, but I feel sometimes I'm missing out.

One of several reasons I'm alone is, that I could never bother to get my lazy ass out there and talk to a woman. I just don't get it, what is the big deal? In High School I occasionally had a crush on a girl, but even then I would never have thought something like "I would do anything for that girl".

So I ask: Is having a girlfriend really worth all the effort, is this sex thing really so much better than Rosie Palms, is the jumping through hoops for a woman, the nagging and annoying talks and everything that rewarding at the end? Or are people exaggerating?

This post is obviously targeted at male readers, although women are certainly invited to share their insightful opinions about the value of romantic relationships. And yes, this is the right website for this question, being a nerdy gamer and all.

I did a thread like this before, but it was more if they had a girlfriend or not...

Anyway, I do think it's worthwhile, as long that you find someone who IS special to you, someone who you do know you REALLY love her. Having a girlfriend was probably the best thing it happened to me. But of course it may depend on other people. Before I fell in love I, well let's just say I didn't like life, I found death much better. But love can make many things change. Of course, it's up to you to have one or not.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Where's the simple "No" answer? Or the "just slit your wrists emo boy"?

I'm married. I don't miss playing the headgames involved in relationships. Mastubation will get you by just fine when there are too many chemicals interfering with your brain.

Seconded.

 

[Chewster]

It depends on your own personality, but companionship can be a nice thing. It sounds like you're happy though, so I wouldn't pay much attention to the typical Internet insults of "go get a girl". Getting laid, I can recommend, however.

In any case, I can say for certain that I personally sleep better at night with another warm body next to me, if only because it helps keep me warm.

 

[esperandote]

Yes everyone should have that experience but dont spend all your youth in a relationship, dont miss out on having friend girls either like im doing.

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

girlfriends are awesome. i've had a round dozen of them in my lifetime, and it's a lot of fun. i don't really know what you mean by "effort," though-we girls are usually happy if you just hang out with us and pretend to listen to us talk.

 

[Coalhada]

To sum up what I've read in the comments, I'd say this:

Having a girlfriend is awesome when she is someone that you really like and someone that really likes you. GETTING a girlfriend is a whole different matter.
I'm pretty much like the author of this thread: too lazy to chase after women. I've had a girlfriend and it was nice, but the thing is you shouldn't chase after women unless you actually FEEL it is worthy it, if you feel in your guts that that girl will be someone special to you (and believe me, that kind of thing you just know).

Ultimately, the goal is to be happy (without harming others) and be true to yourself. If you achieve that with or without a girlfriend is irrelevant.

 

[Fearzone]

If the answers are: "yes," "no," "sometimes," I go with sometimes. There are good women out there. Most just like to play games.

 

[Sleekgiant]

Its not up to me to decide, some people find relationships a pain while others find them wonderful. Honestly I find a relationship can be worth the aggravation (if its the right person) and would love to be in one at this time but alas poor me, I am lonely : (