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As of recently, my popularity has dwindled on the dating apps & I’m unsure of the exact cause. Is it my age? As I look the same & I haven’t moved yet things went downhill a few months ago. I mainly use hinge & noticed this drought on all the other apps too, which makes me even more worried considering it seems to be across all platforms. Because of this, I’ve also been second guessing my decision to brush off the guys that previously showed interest in me. At the time I was somewhat interested in a few but either I wasn’t in the mood/doubtful because of negative dating app experiences I dealt with at that time/was too anxious. I question if I genuinely feel regret because this is a delayed reaction or if I’m reminiscing/liking the idea of them since things aren’t going my way at the moment. How can someone be told they’re “attractive” yet quality guys NEVER show them interest in person? If I got attention from these guys from the apps in person, maybe I wouldn’t be as anxious.

29F & I’ve always had this type of deep rooted anxiety when it comes to relationships, I’ve always been a loner & not the friendliest I suppose, to the point where I’m currently content with online/gamer “friends”. There’s this part of me though, that struggles with knowing I’ll never find romantic love. I’m very sure I’m only romantically attracted to men but in a way, I question at times if I really want to be with one long term. Let’s start with: I’m not very affectionate, I don’t trust easily, I get turned off quickly by “innocent” cocky or conceited banter, I’m very antsy about intimacy & not crazy about sex/masturbation to begin with. These might all seem like cop outs because I truly feel the right person will change how I feel about all these “issues”. As a woman I don’t think it’s that rare to not really have much of a sex drive, I keep hearing stories about other women in the same boat that meet their husbands & realize they weren’t “asexual” after all.

My friend, S, has been asking for my advice with a guy. She is a senior in high school and is trying to figure out where she is going to go to college, and has been meeting with alumni and current students at her top contender schools she's considering. Last weekend, she met with a previous classmate for coffee to ask about his college. Both of them went with their moms to this meeting. She said that the meeting went good and that they talked for 2.5 hours but she is confused about whether or not he likes her. I guess while they were taking his mom invited her and her mom to a concert in September or October, and then he invited her to a football game next month (he plays football) and told her he would show her around his favorite spots after her tour of his college she is going on this week and to let him know if she has any more questions. I feel like it is important to note that she liked/likes? (I don't know fs but my guess is she still does) this guy last year. I also think that it is important to note that she knows his mom because of something that their moms are apart of. She has been asking me for advice on whether or not he likes her (she is his type based all on previous girlfriend's and similar interests) and I thought that maybe he did until I heard through the grapevine today that he's dating someone else. She has been asking me for advice on it all week but I don't know what to tell her and I can't ask anyone else since she asked me to not say anything (hence why I tried to go anonymous with this). I haven't told her yet about what I heard (about the girlfriend) but am going to before she sees him after her tour this weekend. SO, does he like her? Is she just being delulu and reading into things too much? How do I help her?