From kindergarden to HS I have had a total of 5 female classmates out of a total of 163.
2 of which were single moms by age 11/12 respectively, the dads were homeless early 50s yo gypsies.
2 which had birth defects which made them invalids (to the point one could only drool and only used her limbs to reach out to her mom if she was nearby otherwise someone had to push her wheelchair around, the other was severely retarded but could count and spea, had a mustache and was morbidly obese by 12)
and the last one advertised her OF when she was 14 on the same social media account her family, grandparents, highschool and middle school acquaintances knew her on.
This is the dating pool which I locally have access to.
I am going to an eastern european engineering university where for the past 5 years there hasn't been a single female graduate and historically very few if any women attended.
I intend to work in the merchant navy since it's the only way to make above 1k usd legally here.
This town is a semidecrepit and most of the people are in their late 40s and 50s.
The youth if they can, move away. Whoever remains are generally losers, criminals, prostitutes and a small segment of people which attend this one university as it is the only maritime university in the entire country.
In such an environment how am I supposed to get a gf?
I am almost 21 and was interested in commisioning as a reserve officer in the navy while studying to minmax military and civilian benefits and be a conscript to get more admission points for the aforementioned reserve program as I would be "prior service".
However the romanian military cancelled the entire western style reservist system in favour of voluntary conscription where for only a one time sum of 2k usd and a "salary" of 100 usd a month for the 3 months of "training"(sitting around barracks and cleaning the base likely not even touching a rifle once much less firing it) you are going to be permanently on call as a "tactical reservist".
Fined if you don't show up to unpaid trainings(where there's only capacity for 100 or so people and if you're extra you have to sit by and watch the entire thing otherwise you get fined, you also get searched and have to change into uniform which takes a while to sign the proper documentation due to missing seals) which are organized at randomized times and notified only 1-2 days before they happen by mail so if you work outside the country and nobody lives with you to pick your mail you are likely fucked even more so if you would work in the middle of the ocean.
It could be you don't get any training for years, or you could constantly be on-off training for months, all without being paid a single dime.
But alas, to get back to the actual point of the thread and not just whine about how shitty my country/country's military is, "In such an environment how am I supposed to get a gf?"