Youre gonna be competing with dudes who are always around these women. But honestly, what made college dating seem so easy was the sheer number of women on my campus, the male-female ratio, and the fact that many college chicks wanna have fun and understand the broke life. At least on my campus and the few others I visited, it was no biggie being broke. You improvise and have fun. Which is why I wonder why so many guys complain about getting laid.
Im a pretty regular looking dude I feel. I have a few things that girls in college liked about me that made me unique in a way...but I wasnt super rare. Which is why I wonder just how much effort some dudes put into talking to or dating women. Things feel tougher after college, because you just dont have so many single women living in the same immediate area as you, and around you all hours of the day. Post-college dating takes more effort. If you didnt make the effort in college, youre really going to find post college dating to be a bit of work.
But all in all, I think dudes need to stop putting women on such a pedestal. College women arent too much of anything special. And personally, at 27, I see most of them as annoying kids who I dont have anything in common with. Unless they are seniors or grad students, they cant get into bars or clubs with me that I enjoy going to...because Im not a fan of lame college bars anymore. And these chicks have no money or set life direction...which means youre always footing bills for some youngin.
Id much rather date a woman whos done with school and already has her ish together. And at your age OP, theres plenty attractive working gals to go around. And they arent super hard to date, and they usually have their own place, or at least less roommates than a college girl. And they are more mature usually too (not always though).
Anyways, I really think dudes here need to just shoot the sh!t with as many people as possible. I always do this and it opens doors. For example...this guy who works at my gym...we alllllways talk. We are friends now and have worked out together and such. And through talking to him, last week I ended up meeting this chick he knows at the gym who Ive seen around. Now me and her are getting in workouts together and will be hopefully soon hanging out outside of the gym.
Friendly banter can take you places.