# Do girls that like to stay at home get dates? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505 "2004-08-12T06:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/21 "2004-08-13T02:20:19Z")
I’m an “I love being inside my safe and comfy home” girl married to an “I love being outdoors” guy. We met at work. ---
**Author:** ![Paulies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Paulies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paulies)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/22 "2004-08-13T02:59:14Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > Hey, the OP wasn’t bitching about noisy, expensive pubs and clubs, he seemed to be talking about something more deep-seated, that he was “not enjoying going outside, or people”. But if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick, I’m sorry, **Paulies** > > **Paulies** , do you have any particular interests? Sports, hobbies, that kind of thing? A favourite type of movie, or band? If you have anything of that sort, there’s a lot of low-key groups of people with similar interests out there. If you’d prefer not to meet them straight away, maybe there’s a board like this one that specialises in your hobby, in your area. I only enjoy some people. Most are just annoying. I talk to a lot of people at school, but when they ask me to do something with them outside of school I say no. Same goes for work. I think its just people in general that turn me off from going out. I do not mind going anywhere where I don’t have to deal with other people. I won’t go to a club, a party or a football game. So I spend time by myself. Which handicaps my ability to meet females. If I do meet a girl while going out, then that girl would probably like to go to all the places that I wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/23 "2004-08-13T07:18:23Z")
Book clubs. Hmrmph. I’m going to look into that 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/24 "2004-08-13T13:52:43Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > So there are tons of great girls out there who just have lives they have to lead, and chores they have to do, and hobbies they pursue, and prefer to meet people out in the real world. Finding us is just a bit harder, but we figure if we don’t want a guy who spends all his time or money in a club, then we aren’t going to look for him in a club. How _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/25 "2004-08-13T15:28:48Z")
Easy there, **elmwood**! Maybe we should start a “Homebody Dopers Hook-Up and Cotilion Thread” - what do you think? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/26 "2004-08-13T22:24:02Z")
I’m also a girl who prefers to stay home. I’ve done the bar thing, and I just got tired of the noise and the annoying people who tend to frequent bars. I used to date, during the whole bar thing, but was dissatisfied with the type of guys I was meeting. So, I stay home now, get together with my friends to go to the movies or we have dinner parties or whatever. Luckily I met and fell in love with a wonderful man online, and we’ve been together three years now. Next summer I will be moving to California to be with him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/27 "2004-08-13T22:54:54Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Easy there, **elmwood**! Maybe we should start a “Homebody Dopers Hook-Up and Cotilion Thread” - what do you think? 😃 Great idea! I have a bit of crush on someone who works near me, but I think I scared him by moaning that I needed a boyfriend. It was the subject matter we were discussing that made me say it, though. Now I look desperate…sigh. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/28 "2004-08-13T22:59:29Z")
My brother said he was ready to meet a nice girl and settle down but he didn’t like going out. We scoffed and said he had to go out sometimes to meet people. He ended up with a hot new roommate, and they got together. They’re still together something like seven or eight years on. Sooo… um… no real point but I guess it _is_ possible to meet the right person without putting yourself out there. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/29 "2004-08-14T01:00:01Z")
I’m a guy who is much in the same boat. I like my friends, and I can get along with other people, but sometimes when I got out, I feel preoccupied the entire time (Hell, this even happens when I go out with my friends), like I could be getting more done at home, THat there’s something I want to be doing that I can only get done at home(like writing or reading). As such, I don’t go out that much other then business, school and exercise. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/30 "2004-08-14T06:59:42Z")
> [@Paulies](#): > > Do girls that like to stay at home get dates? I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/31 "2004-08-14T15:20:12Z")
No one is going to seek you out hiding in your Fortress of Solitude. If you want to date, uncomfortible as it may be, you have to go where other people are. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/32 "2004-08-14T15:40:11Z")
[stayathomeanddate.com](http://stayathomeanddate.com) I think it could work! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505/33 "2004-08-14T21:51:00Z")
> [@Jessity](#): > > > [@Paulies](#): > > > > Do girls that like to stay at home get dates? > > I don’t. Nor do I, but apparently, some do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-that-like-to-stay-at-home-get-dates/259505.md?page=1)