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Let’s say she starts off as a pretty girl always single (everyone has a boyfriend while she’s in HS) then transitions into her being in her late twenties and realized nothings changed. Those former friends are now married and she’s still…well single. Is it a reflection of her? The dating pool? I know it’s a case by case kind of thing but is it assumed it’s her choice vs lack of options? Or just bad luck on her side? Asking for a friend 🥴. I always assumed relationships would happen naturally & I don’t feel desperate enough to make it feel forced with any person that comes my way. Where I’m going with this: is she likely not pretty if she’s always single?

PS-not being conceited in saying I think I’m *attractive*, going based off feedback I’ve gotten.

I recently started talking to a friend of a friend one on one and so far I think we get along pretty well. Our mutual friend previously told us in group, we should be dating (prior to us talking) but now we've actually started talking. He remembers and follows up a lot of things I've mentioned before & also shares things about his personal life.

My boyfriend known before we started dating that I love Halloween I plan my costume months in advance. He's acting all surprised saying he didn't know it was important to me and he hasn't dressed up since he was 15. Now he's going to dress up but only because he feels obligated to... I told him not to do that because he won't be happy and neither will I knowing the reason he's doing it. Now the enjoyment has been sucked out of it for me.

We've been together 2 years. 1st year we didn't spend together because I lived 2 hours away, last year I was pregnant so I didn't feel well.

I spent 2 years with a guy who initially said he didn’t want a relationship, but we eventually fell in love. He treated me like his girlfriend—introducing me to friends and family, celebrating birthdays with surprises, traveling together, being deeply intimate, and talking every day. He listened to my problems and helped me through tough times. I truly believed we had something real, and from the outside, it seemed like the perfect relationship.

But over time, he started pulling away, prioritizing friends and family over me. He bluntly told me, “I won’t marry you,” and then left for Iraq, saying he’d been honest from the start about going back to his country. When I asked about trying long-distance, he called me a burden, criticized me for my family issues, and even said he had to tell me what to do about a cockroach in my condo. He claimed I should have understood when he said he wouldn’t marry me. I begged him to reconsider, but he quickly moved on, even saying we could still be “friends on Facebook.”

He’s already back on dating apps, seemingly unaffected by our breakup. Now I’m wondering—was I being used? Was I wrong to think we had something real? What kind of person moves on so easily?