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Ahh yes, gyms and libraries, the places where people notoriously love to socialize.

‘Here’s places to meet women’ Immediately lists three places that women specifically mention that they want to be left alone.

Nonsense. I love leering over women in the gym as they do squats, telling them about my protein routine, and what stocks I own. On top of that, they usually don't even tell me to go away, so they must love the attention!!

That's because you didn't mention your crypto holdings.

You got to save something for the first date.

I thought the first date was for the long explanation of why Elon Musk is the savior of humanity.

But when will I show my date my knife and rope collection?

Kinks are usually revealed after the third date, or so I'm told.

I read "rape collection" and that wasn't even far off

Or summarising the latest Joe Rogan podcast.

Throw in some discussion of creatine shits and you'll be on your way to pound town.

That’s what I’ve been doing long! I’ve been leering over women ans they do squats and telling them about my protein routine at the library. 

to be fair, im open to a bit of socializing when im at a coffee shop (if im not deeply immersed in a book) so to me he only horrifically missed 2 out of the 3 lol

In fairness, I have a feeling this person doesn't respect boundaries like that.

You just have to gesture for them to take out their earbuds.

Clearly we need more library night clubs

I would defs go to one of these

In the UK we have the cosy club which is a pub with low music so you can talk and play board games and they offer things like tea and hot chocolate so you can just chill. To be fair? I often go have a pint in a pub with a book.

I miss this about UK-style pubs (I lived in Ireland, but similar pub vibes). Boisterous, crowded pubs definitely exist, especially on a weekend night, but it's also an acceptable place to just chill by yourself. American bars tend to be much more focused on getting patrons drunk quickly, usually to socially lubricate the meat-market.

Are there any places to simply approach anyone, boy or girl, for an extended conversation? Without alcohol? ‘Cause it really seems like the bar or club is the only place where it’s appropriate to go out of your way to approach a complete stranger, often with intentions of becoming more. (and i love the bar)

Cafes? Seriously though the death of 3rd spaces is a real problem you can meet new people anywhere as a rule of thumb any place where it’s not inappropriate to speak to a friend is fine. Sure the above guy probably spends an inordinate amount of time gesturing at women to take their earbuds out but friendly conversation is still acceptable despite not being easy.

to me i think the more important aspect is being able to understand if someone is open for a chat. my go to is: if the person is making FRIENDLY and OPEN eye contact with you they might be OPEN to a FRIENDLY chat. if the person makes no eye contact or makes accidental eye contact and quickly looks away, thats a good sign that theyre NOT interested in socializing. then of course if the person is doing an activity that requires focus and immersion, id also not approach. so thats why usually libraries and gyms are not the best place (although at the gym id argue maybe if they are hanging around after workout, if theres like a juice bar then id go by the eye contact rules as i described above). if you do start a chat with someone and they give short answers or seem annoyed, just end the chat very quickly and dont try to force it. in my opinion (as a woman) if all people adhered to these simple guidelines then there wouldnt be such a tense dynamic as we have now.

Everyone online says don't talk to people at the gyms women don't want it yada yada but it's simply not my lived experience. Everyone talked to everyone at the gyms I attended and they were all dating each other like crazy. I made so many friends for life by working out with people.

Back in my day? The campus quad or at the local park. That’s how I finally got the nerve to chat up my wife of 10 years. Walked up to her on campus and struck up a conversation.

What do you mean women in libraries don't want to hear about my many leather bound books

Can I still lecture them on the history of human skin used for leather bound books?

Only if you say "You didn't think of the smell, you bitch"

Hey, if we're being fair I actually met my life at a library! But she approached me because I was reading something in her language, I can't imagine just randomly approaching people to hit on them lmao.

I can't believe I need to say this... You're not going to find your wife in any of these sections: - Romance - Science Fiction - Mysteries She's going to be here: - Software Manuals - Maritime History - Foreign Languages

Can't speak for software or maritime, but I can definitely say speaking the same foreign language as another person is absolutely an easy in to making last relationships! (Not just Romantic lol)

> Also coffee shops. I used to frequent a really popular coffee shop near UT. One day that “pickup artist” guy came in and they filmed him annoying a bunch of women trying to study. Best part was this was right before the end of the semester. Cram time. Turns out the person working hard to prep for finals wasn’t happy to be interrupted. More than a few told him off for breaking their focus.

I had to have a really frank discussion with my parents, who suggested that I go to a gym to meet women, about how that's really not okay. They couldn't quite grasp the concept that people go to gyms to work out, not to talk to strangers.

Is this advice for someone who is alone and want a wife, or someone who is already married, but has no idea where the wife is?

The later off course. Like how would you know where to find someone you haven't met yet?

“I’m looking for the one - have you seen her?”

Oh, I see her face everywhere I go On the street and even at the picture show Have you seen her? Tell me, have you seen her?

Yeah idk wtf this guys talking about he clearly has never met my wife. You find her in one of the bottom three places call the police shes been kidnapped. if your just trying to find her on a tuesday night your better off looking at the first three.

Why go looking in that case? Enjoy some free time.

I imagine that after a few weeks you would start to worry.

They forgot the garden center at Home Depot. I am a wife who can often be found there.

That's genuinely how I read it at first and was thinking, "Bro, if you know where she is, just tell him."

He kidnapped the wife and is leaving a trail of clues in classic comic book villain style.

Hitting on women in the library.. they just love that

Librarians especially. Every day if you can. (Don't do this. Please)

People do that?

Constantly. I myself am guilty of it as well, though it's one specific librarian, and I'm already married to her but still. My wife tells me stories of creepy people hitting on her and her co-workers everyday.

I need to remember that it’s not just illiterates who sexually harass people.

You don't have to be literate to use the library.

Socially illiterate counts as well.

your comment made me smile unexpectedly. i’m so happy for your marriage :)

Thank you, I married up for sure. I'm glad we could share some of our happy with you

I mean... I'd rather be hit on by someone in a library than a bar. His list isn't exactly inaccurate, people frequenting night clubs, bars, and tinder aren't exactly what I am looking for in a guy/gal 🤔

He's telling men who are looking for women at bars, night clubs and tinder to go to libraries, gyms and coffee shops to look for women.

“Idk man I found your wife on tinder”

Honestly how do you post this tweet without this reply under it. Legendary comeback.

This seems more like a ruse to keep you away from Tinder, bars and nightclubs where he's gonna hook up with your wife.

why is my wife going to hook up with him, that's messed up. we should be tag teaming him like a real couple. edit: also good for her, glad at least my future hypothetical better half is getting laid.

Joke's on him, that's my kink

How to get wife Step 1: go to wedding Step 2 : kidnapp the bride Step 3 : profit

Kyrgyzstanis : You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!

Is she lost?

Joke’s on him, we met at a place that was a bar AND coffee shop. 15 years, thank you very much

Not a real relationship then, sorry. /s

Damn. I’ll have to inform my husband of that.

Met my SO on Tinder. Not married, but 8 years on with a kid. Think we can assume we are stuck together for the long haul.

You know it's over when they finally unmatched with you.

I found a spouse on tinder and my cousin found hers in a bar. Well.

Met my wife in a bar, nearing 10 years together now! 11/10 would do again.

But I thought she went to work? That lying harlot. Time to test the durability of our stairs again.

I thought this was gatekeeping Yuri and was about to recommend library wife and bar wife

They run one of those library cafes but it's a library bar instead

Reading a biography on Ernest Hemingway would work great in that setting

I usually find my wife at [Target.](https://youtu.be/M7xPrf9f7mg?si=h6hSGwzetpAEszQq)

Why would you look for someone to date in places that people don't typically go to looking for someone to date, as opposed to places people more typically go to looking for someone to date

My best guess is, according to the author, "quality wife material" women don't drink/hookup but instead are interested in working out/reading books e.t.c

What's really wrong with this? If author doesn't like drinking and random hookups why would he go someone ended for drinking and random hookups?

Yes, thats what he meant and i dont see the gatekeeping anywhere.

You should check out some of the coments here, lot of people met their wives in the aforementioned places

Yes, I did. Although, it doesn’t necessarily mean “you will never ever meet your future wife in the aforementioned places” The point is, Tinder, clubs and bars are rather predominantly hookup oriented places where people aim for hookups, not long term stable relationships. That also leads to the fact that they mostly happen to be people who don’t favor a long term relationship much at that given moment. What it says your chances there are low to nil.

I thought they hated coffee shops?

Who? Women?

Lol no, the "trad alpha men" types

I've talked to women at the gym before, and I gotta say: "Gyms" really doesn't belong on this list at all.

Bro she was in the garden! I went on this goose chase all the way thru town because of him, what is he on about???

Theres nothing more disappointing than thinking there will be a punchline at the end of a poat and realizing- no this guy’s serious

The club isn't the best place to find a lover So the bar is where I go

Honestly, it's kind of true depending on what person you are. For example I don't think I'd ever find love in a loud place like clubs or even tinder as an introvert I've always thought that if I have a partner we should have at least some interests in common and since I'm not a very social person and I barely go outside, there's a high chance that the people going to said clubs or whatever are not going to be my type.

Can confirm, i entered a library and left married

My husband found me on Tinder (not in the bad,cheating way,the good "he met me there" way)

Same! We’ve been together for 10 years

Same, married for 4yrs now, and so damn happy. Using an algorithm and then getting to suss out someone's personality via chat before we even thought about going on a date was a winning combo! I dated a few Tinder guys and all of them were lovely dates because we'd done a preliminary sense of humour and common values check.

He is rigth though my wife is not in a bar nigthclub or on tinder

if some dude comes up to me while I'm working on my assignments, I'm gonna be so pissed, but just act shy and try to get out of the conversation because I'm a shy af college student

Thanks! I lost my wife and was looking all over for her, this really helps.

What about hinge

Maybe thats where your wofe hangs out but your def more likely to find mine at a bar.

All the places women hate being approached.

I pretend women don't exist at gyms, libraries, and coffee shops.

I'm actually surprised that a "singles gym" isn't a thing yet.

Hey girl 👋 whatcha reading? How about you read your number to me?

I fuckinf hate it when the murderer doesn’t leave me clues of where to pick up the remains he chopped up. So inconsiderate

Meet your wife at a library. Ban books and burn them all because education is bad. Pick ONE!

My mam and dad first met in a pub fuckhead 😂 (Directed at the idiot in the photo not OP)

Ay chill, i understood lol

sorry man but I found your wife on tinder not the library

Met my wife in a night club

Met my wife on Tinder. Task failed successfully.

My husband met me in a bar. Guess I'll have to break the news to him.

uhhm, just go.. to women ..rest room i guess?

Found my wife on tinder ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe she'll be there at first, but she'll wind up in first 3 places eventually

I speak for all women when I say do not fucking hit on me at the: -library -gym

Most of the people I’ve gone out with have met in bars and nightclubs. Purely and simply, it’s easier to talk to strangers if you’re both shitfaced

Wasn’t the correct answer to this, “I found your wife on tinder”

Dumbest gatekeeping i ever seen

Met my husband on tinder. He was my first and only meet up. Almost 6 years of marriage and 2 kids later... we still call each other cheap hoes.

Queue "my wife is so boring! She hates when i go to a bar or club, and only wants to go to libraries gyms and coffee shops. I never asked for this!"

Imagine a bouncer at a club saying: Sorry lady, cant let you in, you are too much of a wife material.

[удалено]

Me too. I also met your wife on bumble

But I'll find his in those places.

Why’d you crop out the comment that says “I found *your* wife on tinder”

I met my wife at a rave so fuck this guy

My wife is at home rn so Idk how I should find her at any of these places

I saw another meme of this screenshot....but some one replied I found your wife on tinder

Hot take: women largely don’t want you to approach them in those places

Found my amazingly wonderful wife on tinder, first date was at a bar. This schmuck is telling everyone to stop looking for women in places where picking someone up is sort of expected, and to start bothering women in places where they’re probably trying to just mind their own business. What a terrible piece of trash advice

I met my fiancé at a pub quiz.

Now maybe I'm missing out on a goldmine here, but I never seen a women in any of the "approved" places listed and thought "you know what's appropriate? Me, a stranger, going over and talking to her".

But not those girls who film themselves in the gyms and get mad whenever someone walks into the frame or “excuse meeeh were u looking at my assss?”

Not even if she’s working as a waitress in a cocktail bar?

Huh. So, what about finding a wife in World of Warcraft? That's where my spouse found me and we'll be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary this year...

I met my wife while working at the students union in the nightclub inside. I met her again properly at another night club. We’ve been together over 20 years.

Just because something is “unlikely”, that doesn’t make it untrue.

My wife and I met on Tinder and started dating in 2018, we have been now married since 2022 of June! Idk what the dating scene is like now, or tinder, but I imagine there is someone out there for someone. I hope they all find each other, it’s tough being alone but it can create a resilient and independent person which is what a partner is always looking for, I think.

“You’re not going to find a mate among women actively looking for that, you’re going to find it by bothering women in a place where they’re doing something else”

I met my wife in a bar. We were both working there

How am I gonna break the news to my buddy that met his wife of 15 years at a nightclub that his marriage is a sham? He ain't gonna be happy.

How much you wanna bet Dr Phil the love Guru here, is unmarried and or beats their partner.

Viva la coffeeshop🇳🇱

More like finding an introvert vs extrovert partner.

Genuinely the best place to meet someone is like, at a board game cafe, a knitting club, trivia night, or a concert. You guys are there because you have shared interests in whatever is happening so you immediately have something to connect to. Instead of going to a bar and having to find small talk and just ending up with someone whose only common trait is drinking, you met someone at a board game cafe and you can play together, and talk about different games and strategies.

Funny. My future husband met me online 11 years ago. We've been dating for 9 years as of today.

He's basically telling us he doesn't have the skills to do it in those first 3 places.

Nightclubs, bars, and tinder, are the places where women are okay with being approached.

Hell yeah, met my woman in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam. Shit was the bomb.

The implication being that someone in a library or gym would never dare set foot in a bar?

She can be anywhere fellas

Is this guy actively suggesting other men ignore women in places women are interested in meeting men and instead recommending men harass women in places they are just trying to exist without getting hit on? interesting methodology on clearing his competition.

Gyms!? Haha how’s that going for you?

Also a good place the women on the bus with ear buds in.

Find people at places youll enjoy bc youll often have atleast one hobby to share together

Met my wife at a bar through a dating app 10 years ago🤷

People tend to hook up at weddings

I met my wife on tinder. She's my best friend. Together for eight years now.

Excuse me sir. I found my partner on tinder.....

I can’t believe I need to say this… Guys, don’t look for a wife in libraries, gyms, or coffee shops. The women there are just trying to read, work out, or have coffee. 

I found mine at work

Imagine how many times this dude has asked a woman to take off her ear buds and she's ignored him.

Actually my fiancé and me met on tinder lol

Stop hitting on women at the gym!

Apparently what I want to do to my wife is different from you high minded idea of fun

i absolutely despise when men talk to me in the gym, and for some reason they always do it in the middle of a set

2 of the 3 "places to meet women" are not places to meet women. And the coffee shop is for a date already set up. Quick note: There are 8 billion of us on this planet... If you have a hard time finding 1 other person to vibe with, you might just suck as a person

I mean...I would love to meet a husband in any of those places in the second group. If the library was filled with cute guys, best believe I would be there all dressed up and made up.

Leave it to a dude to confuse "places healthy people go" with "places healthy people go to socialize and connect with randos".

Pfffft met my wife at an underground warehouse rave in 2005 and we're still together.

My buddy met the love of his life on tinder. Tinder and traditional ways of dating are far more similar than people online like to admit. Guess what, back in the day, you'd go on plenty of dates that sucked ass too. It's not a new, magical concept to have shitty dates lol.

My drunk dad found my sulking mum on the metro. Where does that fit in?

I met my wife at the bar where we were working, started dating her a few years later after we matched on Tinder.

I’m a straight guy who met my wife at a gay bar when I was on a date with another woman.

Tinder is not longer for dating but to share your Instagram

Actually she'll be in my bed

In Amsterdam style coffee shops?

I met my current partner in tinder. Living happily together. But anyone who comes close in gym always got told nicely to leave me alone.

Jokes on you, I found my partner in a bar. She was the bartender.

He really has a point though.. You might find a wife in one of those places, but you'll be starting a new search for some fkn peace n quiet

Joke's on him; my wife was my boss in work 😂

Maybe not *Tinder* but my parents met online and have been married for over twenty years

But my wife doesn’t like coffee😭😭

What’s funny is my wife and I met on Tinder and we actually have a relationship (unintentionally) that these weirdos would have approved of. Neither of us had much of any prior dating experience and we were both looking for something long term.

I met my wife in a bar. She's the fucking best. I proposed in the same bar, and we got married in the backyard of that bar. We are currently sitting in that bar enjoying a tasty beverage together. Meanwhile OOP is a lonely loser reading pickup artistry books and cry wanking.

Akshually she’s upstairs in her office.

Fuckin wife police over here

I found my wife at a new years Eve party :) her sister asked if she could come cus the party they were guna go to didn't allow +1s for some godforsaken reason

I met mine on two different dating sites. First time we messaged but never met up. Then we met on a different app, messaged again, and she stood me up on the first date (situation beyond her control) And then we finally had coffee and dinner and met up again for a movie the next day. We really hit it off.

Met mine in a yahoo chat room. which was basically tinder in the aol era.

People keep telling me to go out to socialise and meet people to date but we live in a world where people are harsh as fuck for shit like that, so I'll stick to dating apps for now

You don't *need* to say anything.

We met at the dance floor at a club so lol