Single guy glut in Reading
A report released earlier in the month by market research company EuroDirect revealed that Reading is the worst town in the UK for single men to find a female partner:
When it comes to the greatest proportion of single men, Reading tops the stakes with the largest disparity between single males living alone to women, with over 10,000 more single males than females.
So what do these single males say about the situation? One told The Independent:
We have to take some of the blame, but the girls in Reading are hard to approach. Every weekend you’re searching for somewhere else to go. Girls up North, or even in London, are much friendlier. There’s nothing more the men of Reading can do.
The Evening Post reported one 23 year old single man as saying (and this is hilarious):
Let’s be honest, most of the girls in Reading are stinking. All my friends go to London for a night out because they are much nicer there.
Girls in Reading seem to think they are it but they really aren’t. I was out in Birmingham the other night and they were so much more polite and friendly.
Girls in Reading are not like that – they all just go out and get too wasted.
To be fair though, a lot of guys in Reading are knobs too.
It has turned into a real chav town. It didn’t use to be like that but now we’re always looking for somewhere else to go out.
Now, I have been a young, single male in Reading and I have dated in the town. I have both succeeded and failed. I’m not going to reveal any more than that, but I am willing to share my top five learnings (writing from personal experience):
- Don’t get wasted. Stay coherent
- Talk! Whatever happened to the art of conversation?
- Focus on what the other person is saying (i.e. listen)
- Don’t be too earnest. Take it easy
- Don’t be put off by failure. Failure happens!
I’d also recommend avoiding those places where it is difficult to hold a conversation (noisy clubs, for example). They encourage dancing and drunkenness, and leave little room for talking. Lastly, you could always try internet dating - try my friend’s site, for example, DateReading. Good luck!
Matt Brady on December 27th 2006 in Culture
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Nell responded on 05 Feb 2007 at 2:01 am #
Where are all these single men??
Mike responded on 05 Feb 2007 at 4:36 pm #
Yep this is so true. I am now dating somebody from Scotland and I have lived in Reading for nearly 40 years.
Buddylove responded on 13 Feb 2007 at 3:55 am #
So true, things are hard in Reading. This makes me laugh because I was just at home, alone, thinking the same things. Why Reading girls are so stucked up! personally I will like to suggest some reasons why this is so which I have proven:
- Many of the ladies are hooked up and concerned about drugs and same sex relations than to bother with men.
- Men are giving the ladies competition in terms of dressing, speech and behaviour so ladies try to avoid those men. (geeks and crossdressers).
- As a lady stated to me :”too many men in reading fancy the same sex”.
( foreigner)