still single
Santa Maria, Brazil
Today, it was still easier for me to get an engineering PhD than it is to get a girlfriend. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
United States
Prepared
Today, I realized that a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering does not offer enough knowledge and experience to accomplish some simple, everyday tasks. I have spent the last 12 years designing large robots to scour the seabed for shipwrecks yet the mechanism used to unhook a bra eludes me. FML
Anonymous
Perth, Australia
Today, I realised being the only female engineering student sucks. I have exactly one friend, because everyone else is too busy staring at my boobs to have a conversation. FML
RogerReady
United States
Today, I was offered a job. It only took me a year and 17 interviews to get an offer, and I have a PhD. FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Today, I found out that the engineers I work with believe that a woman with an engineering degree working in an engineering company is apparently equivalent to a "secretary for engineers." I am that woman. FML
Anonymous
Edmonton, Canada
Sore loser
Today, after graduating from the same program, I was offered several jobs, while my boyfriend wasn’t. He couldn’t be happy for me, saying, "She got in with the right people, and they just keep handing her jobs," and dismissing my work ethic. FML
pirsquared
United States
Today, I had to Google how to find the area of a circle. I'm working on my PhD in engineering. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I lost my job to a girl that graduated with the same bachelor's degree from the same college as me. She also got a master's in an unrelated field. I've been working there 7 months, and her master's in maths apparently makes her a better athletic trainer than me. FML
Anonymous
Bangalore, India
Simping
Today, my girlfriend moved to Germany for her Master's degree and perhaps a PhD. I'm still stuck in this third world mess which we call India. I simped for her and agreed that she can have non-serious relationships with other men. I'm so broken. FML
BrokeAF
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Your Losss Tho Babe
We live in a society
Today, I was yet again rejected by the man of my dreams. He’d rather date these girls with no college degree, no career, can’t cook/clean, etc., just because they have a pretty face and a nice body, instead of me who has a respectable future, career, and education. What is wrong with society nowadays? FML
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Jowisee 29
Build yourself a girlfriend!
igg125 30
There are lots of guys who would rather have an engineering PHD than their current girlfriend.
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neuronerd 29
I think it's the grad school curse. I broke up with my ex-boyfriend after the first semester, and I've been single ever since. At least my thesis defense is in November.
caterfly 14
Are you actively trying to be in a relationship or just hoping it will happen to you? You have to date and put yourself out there just like you had to apply yourself and study to earn that phD. Be well groomed (looks aren't everything but good style is!), don't bore her to death with engineering talk (women like smart men only when they're also interesting), and crack some funny jokes. That will gain interest, it's up to you to keep that interest going! Read some articles man!
whatarethisss 23
Now you have more time to find a gf. But make sure she likes you for you though. Good luck.
worldclassrager 41
Well with an income like that it shouldn't be too hard...try a dating site
fmljosh1015 20
Hey now that you have a phd, get yourself a nice car and expensive watch and let them crawl to you...
Drama_Queen67846 9
you've got an education. that's way cooler than being taken :)
ftloosenfanzfree 7
The fact that you think the two things are comparable is probably part of the problem. Girlfriends aren't something you "get." You put in the work and you earned a degree. Congratulations. But you cannot "earn" a girlfriend.
FMLusername969 21
I heart smart guys.
thesmallwarriorr 19
I'd rather be smart then get a girlfriend.
emenesso 13
It's not really that big of a deal, OP. Once you realise that and move on with your life, when you least expect it, it will happen. Trust me. Just keep going about your life and doing the things you're interested in, that way when it does happen, you'll at least have some common interests.