Consider myself not being able to get any girl

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tufguy

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"I consider myself not being able to get any girl".

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The message is good, if that is your attitude! It doesn't sound quite right.
You could write, "I consider myself incapable of getting a girl."; "I consider myself as not being able to get a girl."; "... unable to get a girl." In all these cases, "any girl" is implied.
 

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I just wanted to check, whether it is correct to use being here with able "not being able". So it's totally incorrect right?
 

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"I consider myself as being able to get any girl" is this also correct?
 

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It's correct, but it has the opposite meaning to your original sentence.
 

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I consider myself (to be) able would work better for me.
 
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