Dating after college – How to meet women/guys after college is over?

Hi everyone, welcome to another informative and useful guide on meeting people after college.

In this article, I’m going to be talking about:

At the end of this guide, you’ll know what happens to college relationships after graduation, so let’s get started!

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Having a Love Life After Graduation

So you’ve recently walked on stage, picked up your certificate, and thrown your graduation cap high in the air.

Now that you find yourself in the real world, what next?

While in college, there are diverse opportunities to meet and interact with a lot of people.

Whereas the reverse is the case after graduation, so, you must utilize offers such as dating sites, team bonding activities at work, friends, and family get-together, parks, gyms, etc to your advantage.

By the end, you will have plenty of ideas on how to meet guys/girls after college or graduation.

You will come out of this article with newfound hope and plenty of new ideas on how to jump right into the dating scene.

We really don’t know what to expect when dating after college, that is why meeting girls after college is so hard.

Because the truth is, dating after college can be very difficult for lots of people.

You have got so used to meeting people and classes, labs, college groups, etc.

None of this will exist outside of college so you will need to learn to adapt quickly.

Let me stop jibber-jabbering and hop right into how the two are different and what you will need to get accustomed to having a successful dating after the University.

We’ll have two primary sections, one dedicated to women trying to meet men after college and another one for men trying to meet women after college.

Dating during college and after college (any difference?)

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In a nutshell, the differences between college dating and post-college dating are the number of opportunities that are sitting on your lap.

In college, you’re continually going to classes, sporting events, joining groups, and going to frat parties and sorority parties.

You see thousands of college students every day just walking through campus.

Being on campus is the equivalent of living in a big city where everybody is flying around and going in every direction.

The dating landscape after college is much different, and it takes a little bit more planning to meet with potential dates.

This is especially true if you move back to your small hometown.

People that move to larger cities typically have more of the college feel even after college has ended.

Dating after graduation takes more effort.

Most people are on a full-time working schedule at this point so even simply trying to organize a time to meet and talk to people can be much more complicated.

What it comes down to is organizing your time with your friends to be put in a social situation where you could meet new people.

Commonplaces are meeting up in bars (for 21 year-olds and above), art galleries, book clubs, sporting events, online dating apps/sites, or even joining local meetups.

For you ladies out there, let’s start with how to meet guys after college.

How to meet guys after college?

Meeting guys after college is very different from while in college.

Typically, one’s perception of where to meet people to start dating changes after graduation.

For example, during college, there is a stigma for people that use online dating to meet other people.

After college, however, that stigma completely disappears.

This is due to the difficulty people generally have after college with meeting new people.

Most people use online dating services (modern dating services) at some point after recently graduating.

Online dating

With online dating, an entire world of meeting people opens up to literally within hours of finally giving it a shot.

Here, there are no college dating rules or codes.

What makes online dating so great is that you can pick from a much larger pool of people than those you typically see during your day-to-day routine.

Another benefit to online dating is the ability to search and filter through the type of people you want to get to know.

There are dozens of different niche dating websites such as men looking for older women, Nerds looking for other nerds, fitness individuals looking for similar gym-goers, and many more.

Finding people online with similar likes and dislikes has never been easier than it is in this modern dating era.

A large part of this is because so many people are now using online dating as the stigma has slowly been dying over the last 20 years.

Some great dating websites for women include bumble, match.com, eHarmony, and Zoosk.

These are just a few of our favorite dating sites where you can land your first date.

Depending on what type of niche person you are trying to find, there are hundreds of other ones to choose from for adult dating.

Overall, in our perspective, match.com and eHarmony are the best depending on what you are looking for.

Match.com and Zoosk have a lot of people in the dating pool to choose from.

They have strong search and filter features and offer premium memberships with additional features to find the potential partners you are looking for.

eHarmony is great for people that like to sit back and let the dating website do all the work.

It will send you five compatible matches a day based on its dating algorithm.

Not sure how the creators of eHarmony did it, but they really came up with a fantastic way of matching compatible individuals for long-term relationships.

Bumble is a cool idea for a dating website because it requires the woman to message the man first.

You can rest assured that you will not be bombarded by gross messages from random guys on this platform.

You should know that these websites only guarantee success when you do your part – the part where you get to build up your own profile.

Your profile has to appeal to the psyche of the kind of partner that you want.

That is what makes the connection happens.

You would have to put up a picture that shows your best features and the kind of places you visit.

The username you choose should represent your personality, and above all, you should get over shyness and flirt with the kind of women you want to date, ask guys out, and be able to get contact details.

This can be very exciting, and it will open your world to learn and meet new people.

Real-life spots you could meet men post-graduation

If you are still holding onto the notion of “love at first sight” and you refuse to get into online dating, here are some great spots to meet men after college.

Instead of meeting single people walking around campus, you can try going to public parks.

This works extremely well, especially if you are interested in meeting a girl or a guy that has a cute dog.

This is an avenue to spend time talking when you are both walking your dogs.

Just as you used to meet guys in class, you can try joining a club or coed sports team.

Most cities offer some sort of Parks and Recreation type service that you can join a team.

You do not need to gather up to 10 to 15 people to do this.

You will be able to join one all by yourself if need be.

In place of the sorority and frat parties that you used to go to, you will now have the whole wide world of bars and clubs to give it a try.

This is where the majority of single guys that are ready to mingle will congregate.

Another place to find men is in your local gymnasium.

While you are both there trying to better yourselves, working up a sweat, and letting your pheromones run wild, this could be a perfect opportunity to spark up a conversation.

These are the most common places to meet a guy after you graduate from your university or your college relationships didn’t work out.

To be honest, online dating is much safer than meeting a random guy in a random club or bar in the real world.

Always make sure to be responsible for your drinking when you go out.

How to meet women after college?

Okay guys, now it’s your turn.

Wondering how to meet girls after college?

Or where are the best places to meet women after you graduated college?

Although there are some differences, there are also some similarities.

Once again, online dating

I’m sure you are not surprised about seeing this once again.

This is how to find a girlfriend after college.

After all, for every guy that uses online dating, there’s typically one other girl as well.

The male to female ratio overall with online dating is pretty close to 50-50.

With online dating, you will be able to assess your compatibility with the various women that are using the website.

This all depends on what you are trying to find with online dating.

Are you looking for something serious?

Are you looking to date around and test the waters or are you simply looking for a quick fling?

If you are looking for a serious relationship, we suggest checking out either eHarmony or match.com.

Both of these websites have huge user bases.

Online for serious relationships

As already mentioned above, match.com is great for searching and filtering through the population on their website to find the perfect match (no pun intended).

eHarmony is for people that would like to sit back and let compatible matches come to their inbox every day.

Online for dating around

For dating around, if you’re into dating games, you can use free websites such as OkCupid or Zook.

Online for a quick fling

For hookups, quick flings, and one-night-stands, you can check out some popular websites such as Tinder, Benaughty, and Adultfriendfinder.

If this is all you are interested in, we recommend checking out our article on one-night stand websites.

The biggest recommendation we have is to stay away from entirely free websites as they typically have tons of fake profiles, people that are looking to scam, or girls that are simply there for an ego boost as part of their dating experience.

It could be dangerous unless you recognize those words that alert you that this person could be fake or just a pervert that is preying on unsuspecting users.

An online dating website is also a place you can try out long-distance relationships, as it helps you to know how far you can go to connect with someone you haven’t really met by just communicating better.

Most people even go as far as setting goals and creating a mutual future with an online partner and it eventually works out when they meet.

Paid dating websites, on the other hand, typically verify the identification of their users, are safer, and have people that are looking to meet up with one another.

The typical price per month ranges between $10 and $20 for paid websites.

Although this might have seemed like a lot of money before graduation, you probably have a big boy job now and can afford it.

Trust me; you won’t regret it.

Real-world places to meet new women after graduation

If you are looking to meet women in the real world, a lot of the suggestions mentioned above still apply.

The bars and clubs are always a popular option to find single women ready to mingle.

The only thing is, it’s difficult to open up to a group of women especially if you don’t have your guy friends with you.

Our suggestion is to come in a group of approximately 3 guys.

This is the sweet spot between not appearing like a guy that doesn’t have friends and an overwhelming amount of guys.

Walking your dog around a local park is a great conversation opener especially if the girl you notice also is with her puppy.

The park is also a great place to go on the weekend with friends to play sports, drink some beers and relax.

Typically, there are lots of other groups doing similar things that you can connect with.

Talking to girls at the gym might seem daunting at first, but it is one of the better places to meet women in the real world.

It establishes that you both have similar interests which are already a great conversation starter.

Just make sure not to bother her especially if she has her headphones on.

Wait until she hits up the drinking fountain or is in the lobby.

If you are somebody that works online or from his computer, we suggest going to a sweet coffee shop as there are typically lots of other people just like you that are working there.

Talking to a woman at a coffee shop is a lot easier than one might think.

Overall these are the best places to meet women after college.

This, combined with online dating, is the way to go if you want to meet people after graduation.

You should definitely use a combination of the two to have the highest chances of success.

Methodology

Our approach to this article was to gather candid information from both newly graduated college students and those that have successfully entered into new relationships after college.

We combined these findings with our experiences and analyzed the results critically to arrive at a logical conclusion to determine the reality of dating life after college.

Frequently Asked Questions

The conclusion on dating after college

Well, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the ultimate guide on dating after college.

Our recommendation would be to put a lot of this dating advice in mind, as the dating landscape is significantly different from pre-graduation and post-grad.

Dating after college for the first time means there are some things that you will need to get used to.

Overall, it is not nearly as easy to find somebody when you want to start dating in a new city, for example.

The biggest thing is to get over the stigma of online dating and embrace it as part of your new social life.

It’s not 1999 anymore, and basically, everybody is now using online dating a whole lot to meet new people to avoid waste of time.

If you refuse to use online dating, there are still plenty of other ways to meet people.

You have to put yourself out there, join clubs, start new hobbies and create a schedule that will allow you to do this.

If you’re afraid of having pesky feelings and disappointments that being human brings from the number of dates you will meet before meeting the love of your life, it doesn’t matter, as you’ll find it is a part of a dating life.

What other tips and recommendations do you guys have for dating after college?

What has worked for you and what hasn’t worked?

We want to start a good conversation down below so that we can continue to add to this article and improve on it.

Until next time everybody and good luck with dating after graduation and we’re sure you will find that particular person with a little bit of searching!

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