Houkago, Bokura wa Uchuu ni Madou - Ch. 29

[olivetho]

Here's a tip kids : you have time for what is important to you. School is not the most important thing in your life. Being with the people you love and enjoying your life is.

i tell myself that my degree takes up all of my free time i could otherwise use for a relationship in order to feel better about not being in one/not going out and talking to people enough in order to get into one.

 

[cajones]

Japanese men seem deeply pathetic when it comes to women.

 

[Sunji27]

Just revolve around her always




Thank you for the TL

 

[timotheus_rex]

i tell myself that my degree takes up all of my free time i could otherwise use for a relationship in order to feel better about not being in one/not going out and talking to people enough in order to get into one.

I spent 11 years getting my degrees and had no time for romance. But now I am getting married in less than a month at 33. Some times things take their time.

 

[olivetho]

I spent 11 years getting my degrees and had no time for romance. But now I am getting married in less than a month at 33. Some times things take their time.

how long ago did you finish your degree? and how long did it take before you got into a relationship? was it someone you already knew during those 11 years, or did you meet them randomly afterwards? did you have any romantic experience prior to your degrees?

tbh my main issue is exactly what i said - meeting people. i don't think I'll have too much trouble maintaining a relationship (though i can't say for sure, since i don't have any experience), especially since ideally in a healthy relationship the other party would probably understand my circumstances and wouldn't give me too much trouble if i don't have a lot of free time as a result - but i can't even get into that situation because I'm stuck at the "meeting someone in the first place who's interested and whom i have interest in" stage, and unfortunately that doesn't have much to do with my studies - I'm just not really the outgoing type so i tend to stay at home, and what few outings i do go on are usually to a friend's house - not many opportunities to meet people of the opposite sex unfortunately :/

 

[Statyc]

Ah ok, he it's not that dense... He just making wrong choices

Absolutely. He thinks he needs to choose between romance and academics. He's suffering from the common rom-com trope of False Dichotomy.

There's time for both, especially when the romantic interest's goals align.

 

[eddkim]

This right here is my religion.

 

[draxdeveloper]

This right here is my religion.

Wait... Thigh straps (don't know the name of this piece) with blood circulation? This is allowed in mangas?

 

[timotheus_rex]

how long ago did you finish your degree? and how long did it take before you got into a relationship? was it someone you already knew during those 11 years, or did you meet them randomly afterwards? did you have any romantic experience prior to your degrees?

tbh my main issue is exactly what i said - meeting people. i don't think I'll have too much trouble maintaining a relationship (though i can't say for sure, since i don't have any experience), especially since ideally in a healthy relationship the other party would probably understand my circumstances and wouldn't give me too much trouble if i don't have a lot of free time as a result - but i can't even get into that situation because I'm stuck at the "meeting someone in the first place who's interested and whom i have interest in" stage, and unfortunately that doesn't have much to do with my studies - I'm just not really the outgoing type so i tend to stay at home, and what few outings i do go on are usually to a friend's house - not many opportunities to meet people of the opposite sex unfortunately :/

I had an unofficial gf in HS: eat much together and went to dances, but nothing more. Did not date during 11 years of university.
I graduated in late 2022 and got into a relationship with my SO in early 2024 (dated some one else summer of 2023). Admittedly we found each other on an online dating site (eharmony, or the like, idr). There is a lot of junk on those sites but at the least if you find treasure you know you can pursue a relationship. We are the same age and in similar life stage. I was always nervous about flirting irl, but at the least on those sites everyone is there is expecting to be open to relationships. I was ghosted a lot: I thought there was chemistry then account deleted. But finally I found someone who actually wanted to meet irl. It was a frustrating process dodging cat fisher scammers and letting ghosts not get me down. I first connected with my SO by discussing cats and museums.