Male, 33. I need to vent, its been another rough year in my life for dating. Considering I've spent the prior 3 spiraling downwards, this year I've made some somllod progress in moving forward with my life in all but one aspect, dating. Dating continues to be one of the most crushingly depressing part of my life … or should I say the lack of dating. I dont meet very many people naturally, so I often turn to online dating to bridge that gap, and honestly I meet more people in my day to day than on any of those. A normal amount of likes I get in a month on any app tops out at 5 before my profile loses all traction, and out of those likes I maybe talk with one person for all of 2 days before they disappear. When i say apps, I mean FB Dating, Bumble, Tinder, Hinge and CMB (cmb being the absolute worst of the 5). Even had a slightly flirty few weeks with a co-worker before that stopped going anywhere (no its not awkward at work lol) … but yeah, im burnt out from the lack of volume and it feels like ill never get to a level of excitement that can last. Ive done as much as I can to make myself stand out more, and even broadened my search by opening up to different backgrounds, religions, cultures, which btw lacks compatibility wheh you have none yourself but yeah, I read a lot of posts on here about people in relationships having trouble with their partners and its really discouraging considering I can't even get to that part.
Anyways, venting over i guess. I usually vent to chatgpt when I get this low but its repetitive responses that lack depth and reassurance were really getting on my nerves lol. Writing all this didn't make me feel any better anyways so 🤷♂️ im just ginna stew in this feeling like I always do.