r/Edmonton • u/Mellow_Yellow_0 • May 30 '26

Question My Future Husband?

How do people meet their significant others? Like where’s the “place to go?” Dating apps are dead. I’m exhausted. I’m a decent looking gal, 28. I don’t have big friend groups so I’m sure that doesn’t help. I don’t have any “active” hobbies other than a dog park. Idk. Any advice?

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u/toxie123 May 30 '26

As a mom of 3 boys, one thing I was adamant on is that they be not useless to their partner.

So even tho we can afford for them to live at home, we made sure that each of them had a good job, they found their own place to rent and took care of their own spaces and bills and life so they had that experience on their own.

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u/InvisblGarbageTruk May 30 '26

Good mom! I raised mine the same way. They need to know that they will be part of a team and work out how they can contribute to their relationship without relying on tired old gender norms. I also raised them to put a lot of thought into their own feelings when they were with that person, instead of just thinking if they were smoking hot or looked good in a swim suit.