Let’s hear some stories from the thready-verse about how you guys met your significant other.

For me it was during the first year of COVID, my company asked who from Europe (I was living in Sweden) wanted to go for a three month business trip to coach a big Korean automotive supplier on how to do modern software development. Most of the other people had families and especially during COVID nobody wanted to travel. I said I could do it, even though I never coached before. But because nobody else volunteered they sent me and and another guy who also was single without a family, etc.

I was convinced that the other guy would have good game with the women here, and thought that there is no harm in installing some international dating app and to try my own luck. During COVID I just lost a ton of weight and found new confidence and it was far away from home and what happens in Korea stays in Korea and so on :D

Anyway, to my surprise during the first two weeks I got some matches and I hit it off with one of them. We met and started dating and very quickly fell for each other. Then when the 3 months were over, I asked the company if the customer would still have some use for my skills and they said yes and send me for 3 more months. I had to go back to Sweden to get a new Visa and spent another 2 weeks in quarantine (as the first time). But then the second tree months were over too and I asked again for more. By that time I was really sick of all the time in quarantine and asked if they could move me from the Swedish office to the Korean office and they agreed.

I went back to Sweden, threw away most of my stuff and put the most valuable things up on a friends attic and moved to Korea with one suitcase. I stayed at AirBnB’s for two more months and then we found an apartment and moved in together.

She has a daughter from a previous marriage and we now have a 1.5 year old son together and we still live in Korea :D

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Basic reality is hard to believe?

    I didn’t even mention how she impressed the entire class and made the teacher scramble for his book when she referenced a page and paragraph number for a quote during an oral presentation

    Or how I proposed to her at Disney World in a way that according to staff has never been done before, though I sincerely doubt that

    And those are both way less believable. All true, too!

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      4 months ago

      It is for me. But is not your fault, is probably just me coping. I can’t believe someone is this lucky, meanwhile I’ve been gaming my entire life and I’ve had nothing, if anything probably ruined me even more.

      I love final fantasy X, loved VIII. I didn’t got anything for it except realise that the world doesn’t work like those places, I’ll never get the girl. And nobody gives a fuck about what’s your favourite Final fantasy. Especially at my age.

      Now you understand why I find it hard to believe?

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        4 months ago

        Sounds like incel talk. Be careful about that.

        Meeting people requires taking chances, being in uncomfortable situations, and often times, facing rejection. Rarely do people meet and click right off the bat.

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          4 months ago

          Have you read the guy? he only mentioned a videogame and boom, love of his life. Why that never happened to me? Why I do I have to do way more and suffer more or become more physically attractive and active when deep inside I don’t wanna that?

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            Why I do I have to do way more and suffer more or become more physically attractive and active when deep inside I don’t wanna that?

            Do you want an attractive and active partner?

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              4 months ago

              Active? Not really. Just love me and be loyal, that’s it.