How does someone find people to date and be in a relationship with in GVA? I’ve been here for 5+ years and it keeps getting more and more difficult.
But quite a rare opportunity to spend the night with strangers in an enclosed space.
Airport? Could you explain?
Gva is the airport code for Geneva
GVA is the international code for Geneva airport. The city is known as Geneva, Kalvingrad or g'nève.
Things like this are why it doesn’t get any easier :)
GVA is short from geneva airport
Hahahahahaahah everyday you learn, eh? I’ve been typing GVA short for Geneva for the longest time and nobody ever told me lol I do live in the city 😂😂
That's why they don't match you, they think you live under an airport bench 😂
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Otherwise known as "the jet set".
Just messing with you. Everyone understands lol. Good luck!
A lot of people use GNV as a shortcut for Geneva
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That's been my dilemma for the 22 years of my existence, not only in Genève but the world in general 🫠🤷🏽
Honestly… I’m almost 30 and it does get more difficult. The dating apps don’t work anymore and everybody around me is married or at least having long term relationships. It’s wild…
It's bad for me as well, I'm bisexual, literally have double the amount of choices, but still struggle! All the people around me are dating or have been daring for a while
One word: passport.
I'm sorry I didn't understand haha😅 I'm an international student btw, that's why 'the world' in the rant 😆
Go south brother, invite someone from the south...you will be shocked..
In my experience: dating the swiss french is a loooot harder than others. I would say even harder than swiss germans. You'd have better luck with the germans and the french (especially the french) and other foreigners. I get a good portion of dates... But I might be biased as a woman. Approach single people in parks. It's very easy to get phone numbers when everyone's chill and relaxed. Especially now that summer is in the corner. It is still hard, and I'd suggest to not take it too seriously and have no expectations whether one date is going to lead to another and/or something serious. Think of it as a fun side quest you're on. Eventually you'll find good ones. Once you do, the challenge is to keep it lol
Approach single people in parks
As a middle aged dude attracted to beautiful women I am going to pass on that.
Anyone similar care to go with this technique and let us know how it went?
Well... I'm biased as a woman in my late 20s who commutes through monrepo everyday. But it's 98% hit for me. Again, a lot easier with foreigners and swiss germans though. I found that swiss french and genevois are a bit more reserved and you need A LOT more effort to get their attention.
And I always have my badge on - save the 'what do you do where you work' questions. I just usually point through the direction of Nations lol. So we kinda skip small talks and get to the point. They like it that way.
That being said, I'd say shoot yout shots. The oldest I got was 11 years older than me, and I think that dude was fine 😅
Go to events and join clubs of interest. Do things you love doing anyway in a group setting.
I gave up.
I was born here and I am still wondering...
Did you go to meetups on meetup.com ? Dance clubs like https://www.genevadance.ch/lindy-hop/ ?
I know so many people who got together while dancing Lindy Hop! Some ended up getting married.
I don't feel it's harder than in other cities
One of the best possibilities is some "danse de couple" sessions. What's more in summer some are open air so nice setting to meet people from the opposite sex. If you need some ideas or suggestions I can give you some addresses
Tinder, Salsa classes.
Have you tried dating apps? I’ve had tremendous success with them in GVA, and in fact I went on more dates in GVA than I ever did in my home country hahaha — and I’ve dated people from several ethnic backgrounds, including Swiss French!
Dating apps are kind of iffy in general, but they worked for me here! I exclusively used hinge during my time here
I've had the same problem. Even my Random Acts of Muff Dive posts have bombed. Geneva isn't the wildest city in the dating department.
What I fail to understand is everyone wants to find somebody, and find dating a struggle… yet somehow we can’t find each other. It’s crazy
My theory is that everyone wants someone who is out of their league.
Yeah... If you have any advice I'll take it haha From my experience, dating apps works but only for short term relationships. If you want to build something, best thing to do is to join a club or something similar. Do you have outgoing friends ? Have you joined an association ? Whether you're a man or a woman, dating in Geneva isn't easy. My theory is that we have the standard of other big cities but the shyness of the villages.
Clubs/associations to get people to know first before trying to hook them up, activities in organizations such as Internations and the security control in the airport 😅
As some others said, try social events and groups. Especially around a sport or hobby. That's how all my friends over 28 met someone. We have a local running group (Geneva Runners on Glocals) that's produced like four marriages.
Get out? I mean... Geneva is pretty small and women are expecting Brad Pitt with Elon Musk's salary while having the IQ of a shrimp...
Passport. Passport my friend. The precious it uuuuuuse it.
Maybe broaden your scope to the whole city? Dating in an airport is quite limited.