I’m in the prime of my youth, and that’s basically my whole dating history. Not to sound like an incel but being alone and constantly rejected fucking hurts, it just sucks so much.
I guess you could say I’m still so young or whatever but that’s even worse because like I’m supposed to be dating and having sex and having fun at this age lmao. And soon enough I’m going to reach a point where my lack of experience is going to be unattractive, I’m definitely looking forward to that.
I just want love. :doomjak: Not to get too “we live in a society” but maybe this world/society isn’t meant for love and lovers. In which case I’d rather not exist here anymore.
Go at your own pace, it'll be okay. Society is putting pressure on it, but so are you. You can lift that last load off of yourself by forgiving yourself for the "opportunity costs" you're thinking about. Nobody cool will care about any of the things you mentioned. Some will even get a kick out of it.
Dating is a weird thing and you're having a common experience on that front. Also there's been a pandemic for over 2 years so at least give yourself a break on that!
This, completely. My partner had practically a nonexistent sex life into their late 20s -- it's totally immaterial. They're still and always will be the coolest, sexiest and most bad ass person I've ever met. That's how genuine connections work.
The real problem is that 20 year olds are vain, shallow and boring. 20 can be fun (in spite of the fun I had, I usually thought it fucking sucked, and I'm 1000x happier now at age 30) -- its by no means "as good as it gets."