Will I date someone new in 2023?
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NO

Resolves to "Yes" if I start dating someone new at any point this year.

Context (March 30): I recently broke up with a girlfriend I dated for most of a year due to not wanting to do long-distance. I'm currently in Providence but will move to rural Vermont in a couple months. I’m not on any dating apps currently nor am I super actively looking but would definitely be open to dating someone cool who I met in person.

Update (June 29): I moved to Vermont at the start of the month. The aforementioned ex-girlfriend is also in Vermont for the summer and we started dating again! However she is moving back to Providence in two months and I don't expect us to continue dating past that point.

Update 2 (August 18): She's gone and I am single again

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bought Ṁ15,000 of NO

Thanks to all 79 traders for taking an interest in (or idly speculating on) my dating life! I think the odds of meeting anyone new were pretty low given I spent ⅔ of the relevant period in rural Vermont, but I plan to be in either the Boston or SF Bay areas for the large majority of 2024, so hopefully I will have a better shot.

predicted NO

Does Replika count @derikk ?

predicted NO

@JoeC Nope, has to be a real human

bought Ṁ3,000 YES

Doubling down one last time

bought Ṁ3,490 YES

all in

bought Ṁ500 YES

@AndrewG go derik!

sold Ṁ19 of YES

Update: my previous girlfriend is in Vermont for the summer and we are dating again! However this market is about me dating someone new, so it won't resolve.

bought Ṁ10 of NO

@derikk Fair enough, but also shame on you for not making that clear in the title.

sold Ṁ18 of YES

@jskf Yeah I might've phrased it "will I date someone new in 2023", but I did write that explicitly as the resolution criterion so I think it was clear enough. (I also did not think this was a high probability outcome at the time of market creation.)

predicted NO

@derikk It's clear enough for your choice to not resolve to be valid. Regardless, the market would be significantly higher quality if you used the word "new" in the title.

predicted NO

(And I suggest you update the title, since the market is still open.)

@jskf Fair enough, done

predicted YES

What are you looking for in a girl? 😊

I should add that I have a policy of awarding a $100 bounty to anyone who causes me to meet someone who I end up dating (exclusively) for at least a month. And I’ve paid out before!

@derikk Do you have a way to contact you to help with this endeavor? Twitter? Blog? Email? etc?

@ES221712 My email is my username @ me.com. I might add details of this to my website if I think that would help, but currently expect any introductions to come from people who I know IRL.

How ambitious are you to look for a girlfriend? Are you hoping for serendipity without seeking? How often are you out and about in society? How often do you interact with strangers?

@ES221712 Right now, not very. But it is something that is important to me longer term and I don’t want to rely on chance for it. I’m a college student and so meeting a decent number of people, but I expect this number will go down after I graduate in a couple months.

How attractive are you? x/10

@levifinkelstein That’s hard for me to answer objectively; I’d say above median but beyond that I don’t know

@levifinkelstein He is a 9/10.

@AaronKirtland aww thanks Aaron!

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