I can't anymore
"It will be so worth the wait. Just enjoy being single." You have absolutely no idea how many times I've heard variations of this comment/conversation. From friends and family alike, and I know they mean well. They tell me about what's happened in their lives and the things they've gone through and the men they've dated before meeting the one. Then they explain they understand where I am and I shouldn't worry about being single at my age. I will find him, just not now. I love them. So much. And I love that they care and want to make me feel better. But it really, really hurts. Typically the people I talk to have dated people in the past. Their Mr Right is not the first they've been with, and therein lies the first issue. No one has ever shown interest. Like not even a little bit. Which leaves me feeling completely undesirable, which leads people to pity me and express vehemently that that isn't the case at all. It just isn't my time yet. Like ...