Do you just want to be loved by someone who sees you for who you are?

I know this is really deep but I want to know if people can relate to me. All I really want in life is to be loved by someone who chose me. Not family because they innately do, but someone else romantically. My girlfriend of almost a year broke up with me a few weeks ago and since that point I've just been struggling so much. She broke up with me because she wanted to focus on study rather than our relationship and I was too much effort to keep happy. Its not that she didn't love me, she told me that it wasn't my fault and that she'd never have a relationship again, and that I was the perfect boyfriend. And now she's gone I just feel empty. That reassurance that someone loves me for who I am is gone and its all I really need with my life. I want to do good things in the world and it's not like I don't value myself. I'm a pretty decent looking guy, not particularly muscular but quite fit, I'm 6 3 as well and have nice, quite long, wavy hair. I actually like how I look as well. Plus I am really quite smart, got some of the best results in my year last year for gcses (i live in the UK), plus I go to a grammar school so its really quite impressive, and I have a decent number of friends. I also really do feel like I'm a kind person and respectful. I'm only saying all these things because despite me being content with how I am, I just crave someone to love me for who I am, I am lacking that right now and it's killing me. I feel so damn lonely, hope someone can relate.

Posted Dec 6, 2025, 6:22 PM UTC

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