>>34704272
Yes, total possible

JUST DO IT

>>34704272
I'm older than you and never approached a woman in my life well I have but only when drunk at a party or something anyways, I just realized I have done plenty of approaching but every girlfriend I have had came to me. If chicks are really in to you they will come to you approaching is more of a sex thing.

>>34704272
Also start with women that look like they have low confidence like really young ones that maybe are a bit chubby black girls any girl that might see herself as inferior to you this is the best non blue pilled approaching advice you will get on this board. Imagine if Eliot Rodger approached 6/10's he probably would have had plenty of success with his fancy clothes and expensive car or whatever but he had to go for the Stacies. Women date up and if you're a 26 year old loser you should 1 pretend you are more successful than you actually are so they perceive you as above them and 2 always go for the low hanging fruit and always go for super young girls even 16 and 17 year olds if that's legal where you live. I will literally get turned down by extreme uglies my age but will get positive attention from college aged Stacies lol So use your age to your advantage OP

The older you get, the more anxious you become about your age and inexperience. I went too long and now I completely doubt that anyone is out there.

>>34704710
The older you get the more confident you become and talking to women becomes easier.

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>>34704272
yeah but quit this board asap
reading advice about dating/women/relationships is actually counterproductive because it makes you more likely to overthink (and not approach at all as a consequence)
not to mention most advice here is dogshit because given by actual autists

the best thing you can do right now is going outside and start by putting yourself in situations where smalltalk happens, and learn to actually like it. once you've mastered the art of talking to anybody about anything, and handling rejection gracefully, you're well on your way to get a gf.

>>34704710
if you do fuck all about it, yes
if you spend those years improving yourself, absolutely not

>>34704272
Yes, but you need to recontextualize dating in your mind, depending on what sort of relationship you're looking for. If you're just looking for something superficial, then you need to learn and play by the rules of whatever game she's playing. But if you're looking for an honest-to-god partner you could potentially marry, then you need to stop thinking in terms of "approaching" her, because that's not how most long-term relationships form.

Most emerge accidentally through repeated exposure, with people you meet in school, work, church, etc. Think back to the way you made most of your friends, and realize that romantic relationships form through the same channels. You're plenty young at 26, but if you're still thinking in terms of "approaching", and have to ask how to do that, you're frankly playing a losing game here.

It's not the easiest advice to take, but you basically just need to be 'normal'. That means being relatable and not making her uncomfortable. Importantly, try to avoid thinking of every woman as a potential mate, because that's going to make you act like a retard. The first step is to meet a girl as a friend, and for her to be comfortable around you. It's only THEN that the traditional "boldness" has its place. What you need is to learn how to take small flirtatious risks, and let your natural charm come out at key moments. Normal women are put off by men coming onto them too obviously and aggressively. Essentially, when there's a clear motive. The gray area between "just respectful acquaintances" and "he's openly flirting with me" is where you'll find yourself a woman.

>>34704946
This is good advice, also op should look towards opportunities for social interaction. Even if you don't make a girlfriend, you can make new friends which is really important. You can go to a sports club, do volunteering, see if there are any circles or communities where you can share interest in hobbies. Some of my friends succeeded in getting a gf this way (now don't ask me how successful it's going on)

No, god is paying attention to you specifically to make sure that it will never work out

>>34704272
I'm guessing you want to be told "no" so you have an excuse to give up and be lazy because it's easier than getting out there and approaching women

>>34704887
the only "improving" you can do to fix the anxiety that builds up from a life time of never being wanted by anyone is by positive reinforcement. You can work on yourself for 20 years but no man is an island, if you absolutely NEVER get even an iota of external validation, you will not budge. You need at least a small win, some form of recognition to get the ball rolling.

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>>34704946
This is real shit. Its also why cold approach has such a high failure rate, you're counting on women to who already have countless options to get with a total stranger.

There is a girl I like now and I'm kinda at that light flirting stage trying to establish a better connection, but its so hard to naturally befriend a girl when you're not forced to intereact.

>>34704272
A - Always
B - Be
C - Cumming inside women

At any age!

>>34704272
Walk before you can run OP. At least talk to a woman first.
Can you go from your starting point of being afraid of women or having zero interaction with them, to actually interacting, and then to dating? Yes.
Can you go from your starting point of NOTHING right to actually somehow successfully dating, with zero hiccups along the way and you not having to face your fears or learn anything? No you cannot, that is a fantasy.
Do with this what you will OP.

>>34704272
26 is totally fine. Don't be weird about it and girls won't.

>>34708326
>At least talk to a woman first.
nta Don't they find small talk weird? I mean, don't they expect some kinda motive?

>>34708329
They find it weird and suspicious when you make it weird and suspicious anon.
So in your case, almost 100% yes, but that's not some kind of objective truth about women in a vacuum.

>>34708329
I don't generally. I mean, depends on context. Like, I'd expect a chat about comics if I'm in a comic book store or something like that. Don't start with something totally out of left field depending on the situation.

>>34704272
I got my first real gf at 27 after deciding I should start making an effort. Like OP I'd never been approached by an (attractive) woman. We did see each other a lot in grad school but I did actually have to make a move (something I wouldn't have done before). Overall terrible experience but it demystified the process and I've slept with a few women in the months since we broke up.

Though I've not always been confident enough to go with it, the advice in Feynman's autobiography has been successful more often than not
>Uh… you mean… you don't… uh… you just ask them?
from page 72
https://www.chem.fsu.edu/chemlab/isc3523c/feyn_surely.pdf

>>34704946
Is going to a church weekly a doable strategy? To hopefully meet new girls?

>>34704272
>Is it even possible to start dating at 26 if you went your whole life without approaching a girl
yes

it's possible to get a PhD at age 26

i mean 26 years is enough to go from a single-celled organism to sending rocket ships into space

women start getting a little judgemental about male virginity once the man is ~24, because you had enough time to graduate college at that point, so the question becomes "what's wrong with him"

>>34704272
Ancestors raped and bought/sold others. Not even talking about just Africans they would give daughters up for materials. Just having kids to be sex slaves or otherwise slaves for labor. And if you didn't do it you were seen as the mentally ill one.

I've got my first gf at 26 last year, of course my inexperience was a big factor on the issues we had, but by the time we ended it was a small comparison to everything that happened
You just need to go along, all the time, just act naturally and let things happen that way

>>34704272
I met my to be wife at 26 after having never had a gf. It's been 7 years now and she still sucks my cock and swallows. There's hope bro.

>>34714678
I envy you desu
All I've got from my relationship at 26 it's becoming the second worst relationship in my life

there are beautiful white women who will fuck dogs and there's at least one that ships herself with bubble bass on twitter

you can do it but you have to choose to do it. get on the apps, puff yourself up, seem fun and cool, and don't do silly things like pick up lines or innuendos. be a good and lovely gentleman and be good to them and it works out.

>>34704272
last week I called my parents to tell them I had a conversation with a girl at work. Not flirtatious or anything, just a friendly chat. It was just a normal interaction that most people wouldn't think twice about. But I was intensely proud about it. I'm 34. I don't know how it got this bad.

I don't know about 26 but at 28 it is impossible.