Really confused on what to think/feel
I'll try to keep this concise so I don't drag on, and I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post this but I feel like I need to get it out.
I'm a 23 year old guy who's been struggling to find a relationship for a while now after one ended 5 years ago. I've had a lot of opportunities but things always seem to fizzle out pretty quickly. Once I meet someone I say a prayer along the lines of "If this person is right for me, please allow us and guide us to having an amazing Godly relationship. And if it isn't meant to be, please help guide us to the right person". It seems that once I say this prayer things will end pretty quickly, or something will happen. Even though I'm not thrilled about it at first, I know God is protecting me from things I don't know about.
My issue with not knowing how to feel stems from something going on right now. I met this absolutely gorgeous, smart, funny, and amazing woman last spring (I'm going to try to make a long story short here). I said the prayer I always say and things kept getting better. I kept praying and then all of the sudden things went flat. I was angry again but life moved on, and all of the sudden a few weeks later things started to work out really well timing wise with her again. Our mutual friends were trying to set us up, but right when I finally asked her out she told me she was leaving for Chicago the next day for her summer internship. Again I felt mad, but tried to move on. I couldn't shake the thought of her all summer, and haven't felt this way about someone since my last girlfriend in 2020. I kept praying and again right around when she was coming back home (last week) things started to work out really well timing wise. It felt like more than a coincidence to me.
Like I said, I continued to pray throughout this time, and things felt like they kept working out better and better. I was able to see her last week when I was out with all of my friends. Our close mutual friend kept telling me that she liked me and next time to just ask her out. Next time came today and I had been waiting for it all week. We were all out as a group and had a great time. We talked and had fun, but I never got a chance to talk to her one-on-one despite trying. Overall nothing bad happened, but nothing good happened, and I'm stuck feeling empty and weird.
I'm just so confused on what to think/feel and I don't know what God wants me to do.
I have such an amazing life and so many things to be grateful for, and I am. But this just feels like another punch in the gut.
I know God would never try to hurt me, but I just don't know what to think right now. I'm sorry this came off like a rambled mess, but I just want to get it out.
God bless.
Posted Aug 31, 2025, 12:10 AM UTC