25M here, it has not been a good year in my non-existent dating life. Maybe it's because I'm average or ugly looking, but I feel really defeated and burnt out in trying to find a potential partner. The Dating Apps were not working, and after being stood up twice by two different people, I deleted them and will never redownload them. I thought I found someone when I exchanged numbers with a former coworker, but she never responded back to my texts at all despite seeming interested in person. Asking in various subreddits if anyone is attending events I am makes me look desperate for anything, and I hate it (you can find them on my profile, securing a girlfriend isn't the point of the questions being asked, but I still feel stupid for asking them). I'm seeing a therapist this upcoming week, but I'll get upset if I get the same "that person is out there" BS, if they are, I haven't found them and may never find them.
I'm very lonely and burnt out at the moment, it's only going to get worse as it gets closer and closer to Christmas. 🙁