I have been single for nearly 10 years. Haven't gotten past the first date with anyone really. And I recently was let down once again. Met a girl in person at my side job, we exchanged numbers and texted a lot. We were both in the same area of town by pure chance, so we hung out for like 45 minutes. Walked around, lots of touching and kissing. Then we had our first official date 2 days later. Just getting a coffee. Was super fun, no lulls in conversation at all, and still very flirty from both sides. We went our separate ways for the day. I finally thought my 10 year drought was gonna be over. She was pretty, smart, and funny. The complete package. And best of all, she seemed to like me for me and be genuinely attracted to me, something I definitely don't experience often. I texted her an hour or two later after getting home, and said how much fun I had and how I would like to plan a second date soon. Then she says she doesn't have feelings for me and doesn't wanna continue.
I bring this up because this really fucked with my head. After 10 years of being single and only a handful of first dates to show for it is very frustrating and it's finally prompting me to get a therapist because with how promising this one was, and then for it to end the way it did, was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of mental health.
But I post this because the dating world is pretty well known to be a hopeless wasteland for a lot of people. But sometimes people need to be they aren't alone or to not give up. Post any story about dating you see fit here. Whether that be one that really messed you up like mine to show everyone they aren't alone. Or maybe the story of how you met your forever person in an effort to inspire everyone to not lose hope. Or anything between. This post is a safe space. Let's cheer up those with a negative story, and congratulate those with a happy one. What do you got to tell?