What do people do when they start feeling hopeless with dating?

[Anonymous]

I'm about to turn 25 in September and still single.

[Browneye57]

Your dating career has just started. Everything up to now has been just for fun, for practice, for entertainment purposes. You weren't ready to marry anyway.

Secondly, guys your age are just reaching maturity - their brains don't even fully develop till about 25. So they are in no place to be making any life-changing decisions.

You'll likely need to date up a little - as much as ten years. Guys are simply way behind the girls in adult development and maturity.

So if you've had bad experiences, chalk them up to experience, and date anew. Go out with a fresh respect of your wisdom and experience in being able to properly assess whether they're a match, whether they're worthy.

And make sure you do the work to bring high value to a relationship. For a high-value guy will expect it. It's time to quit chasing bad-boys and find a quality guy. You have another decade of good opportunity to find a worthy mate. Now is just the beginning.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

The harder you try, the more you will fail.

And the more you will obsess about it, which leads to you trying harder.

The circle goes round and round.

Funny.. I used to try so hard in my youth, but I never had successes until I stopped trying... I literally gave up and stopped even looking at females, then boom all the sudden they all came to me.

[Anonymous]

Find friends and hang out with them. Ask ur close friends to hook u up with their guys friends. It’s that simple

[poneglyphs]

What if your guy friends don't know any women?

[Opinion Owner]

How’s that possible? I guess make friends with guys who know how to get girls

[poneglyphs]

Why is that hard to believe? Most of my friends are weebs and gamers.

[rcljr]

I spent $9,000.00 on a Realdoll, she doesn’t bitch gripe and complain ( doesn’t talk at all) never has a period , doesn’t refuse sex, doesn’t wreck the car, doesn’t overdraw the checking account, doesn’t compare me to her girlfriends husband, doesn’t bitch when I lock her in the closet and go fishing for a week, it’s a win/win.

[InferiorElegy]

You're female and you're young, don't worry you'll date.

As for me I lost all hope in dating because well, I've only ever been rejected and a good portion of those I've been told it's because of how ugly I am, which is something I've been told my entire life even by family and friends. Eventually starting to realize all these people throughout my 34 years can't be wrong about what I look like.

[Interstate]

Just keep living your life, and don't go out looking. Just do what you do on a daily basis, and if it is meant to be, he will walk into your life.

[Sweepthelegjonny]

I just take breaks from trying. I think the worst thing you can do is use apps and dating as a source of validation.

[Gustav1]

I'm going for 28 and still a virgin... I simply turn into episodes of denial and crying. After that I re-emerge by treating myself and spending my money on myself instead of someone else... It works for now.

[Lionman95]

I´m 26 and I´m still single I gave up on dating and turned to other stuff.

[scott04sa22]

Everybody loves playing games now!! That's why it's hard!! Relationships ain't very guaranteed nowadays!! Also technology is the root of it too.

[Snakeyes7]

You still got a long way to go. If you want to give up now that’s your call but the dating market will still be open.

[jzi94]

put urself out there or focus on ur own wellbeing and career. either works

[Alonelyf]

Yeah I am also still single by the way

[JosyJosy]

What did you do to find a date?

[Iron_Man]

That’s nothing look
at my age and I’m single

[ballweevil]

lose hope

[Luckycharms12]

Make myself happy