Denver was home to so many eligible single men that it was nicknamed ‘Menver,’ but angry single women now complain of a romantic drought.
The Colorado city first earned the nickname in the early 2000s, after it acquired a reputation for being full of handsome, single men looking to date, The Denver Post reported.
But the Mile High City now appears to have been hit by a supply chain crisis, with hordes of local women asking where all the attractive men have gone.
COVID and the proliferation of dating apps have been blamed.
‘Menver’ may even have been a victim of its own success, with so many women flocking there in the hope of finding a good-looking outdoorsman or cowboy that local men no longer have to settle down with.
‘If you’re a woman and you’re thinking about moving to Denver, don’t do it. “I know the nickname is ‘Menver Denver,’ but men don’t live in Denver,” said TikTok user Fiona.
TikTok user Fiona (pictured) said: “If you want to stay single, move to Denver. Don’t let Menver fool you.”
A Colorado woman is complaining that Denver’s famous dating pool has dried up, claiming that single men in the Mile High City are no longer interested in approaching them.
“I have a theory that men who move to Denver have stopped dating, but they’ve also given up on themselves.”
‘If you’re the type of girl who’s used to wining and dining, or going on vacation, you won’t find your man here. Here men literally don’t pay for dates, they make you split the bill,’ said Fiona, who says she has lived in Denver for a year and a half.
“Prioritize buying $10,000 bikes, skiing, snowboarding, everything that’s expected of you.”
‘If you want to waste time and not find a husband, move to Denver. But if you want to find the one, stay away.
TO Stud WalletHubHe ranked Denver the third best city in the country for singles in 2024, based on economic, recreational and dating opportunity factors, but locals disagree.
Ashley Hughes, 38, told The Denver Post that dating was much easier when she first moved to Denver in 2011, at age 25, and men would approach her and her friends and ask them out on dates.
‘As I got older, people don’t approach you anymore. The effort is very low,” she said.
Hughes said he believes the social isolation of the pandemic has negatively impacted people’s social skills and that dating apps have made some interactions with suitors resourceful.
“Man, if apps could go away for a while, people could talk to each other again,” Hughes said.
TikTok user Ellie Abes posted a video about her complaints about dating in the Mile High City for a year and a half.
“Men here don’t approach you well, you could be out and about, in town, lots of guys, look at an attractive man, see an attractive man, but they don’t approach you,” she said. .
Abes criticized the effort men in Denver make to date, saying they don’t shave their faces, don’t wear hoodies and smell like dirt.
Denver first earned the nickname ‘Menver’ in the early 2000s for its surplus of straight single men. A WalletHub study ranked Denver as the third best city in the country for singles in 2024
TikTok user Ellie Abes posted a video about her complaints about dating in the Mile High City for a year and a half.
“It’s very rare to have a romantic, dinner-and-dinner experience here,” Abes said.
“It’s more like coffee, walks, walks, petting your dog, it’s like… it’s not romantic here.”
‘They have enough money to ski and that’s where their money ends. “They don’t spend money on dates, they don’t spend money on courting women,” she said.
“If you’re looking for a career guy who makes a lot of money, he’s not in Denver.”
Abes said: ‘Generally speaking, men here are not looking for their wives. They are looking to climb, hike, ski.;