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I live in a tiny ass town where the only two ways people socialize with strangers is drinking and maybe gambling and even then this is not a very social area. I am a currently sober alcoholic and even if I liked gambling I don't have the money for it. Thoughts on how I can date 'correctly'?
Move.
That's basically what the rest of us did.
That's advice on the level of "Just take a small 10 million dollar loan from your father."
Laughably unserious.
You need to meet the people where they are at.
I moved recently, and nearly died as a result. It was hell. And I got lucky too. I've moved 10 times. Each move was hell. I never benefitted from moving. I just treaded water. I often moved because I had to, not because it was good, and by often I mean each time. Often one aspect would improve while another would go into the toilet. Not a single move was a pure win or a solution to anything. Fuck every trashcan out there that casually, completely mindlessly, suggests moving like moving is so easy, like it has no downsides, like moving is a solution, like moving is affordable to anyone any time, etc. Fuck that kind of "advice." Fuck every trashcan out there with this kind of "just take a small 10 million dollar loan from of father" style of advice. Or like "just learn how to code." Another trash advice. In fact 99% of all life advice is trash.