At this point, I just feel like I’m not enough and I’m behind

So I have a little bit of a story… I had 26F have been single my whole life never been in a committed relationship. The only experience that I really have is basically a friend with benefits, even though me and the guy never said that’s what we were but by definition that’s what we were… he came off like he didn’t want to date me and we never came exclusive, things went downhill and we no longer speak, I’ve also been on a few dates, but I’ve been ghosted afterwards and I don’t understand why I’ve tried dating apps and I got unmatched. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m so inexperienced other than my friend with benefits that I don’t know what I’m doing? I’m trying to look for a serious relationship, but it just seems so hard nowadays and I don’t know where to look. I don’t drive so Its hard to get out. And I have a feeling that if I do talk to a guy, he’s gonna expect me to drive me everywhere which I don’t expect people to do. I Uber all the time and I would be willing to pay money to go see somebody so that way they wouldn’t have to take me everywhere. I just wish instead of telling me, “ this isn’t gonna work out” they would explain to me why or Maybe what can do differently in order to have the talking stage keep going to me I feel like I wouldn’t expect a lot other than commitment, honesty, and no hiding anything. I’m not somebody that is expecting my partner to buy me things give me all the time in the world and not have a life of their own. I think that I would allow them to be able to go out and do what they like and communicate with them if I ever do anything wrong that might make them unhappy I feel like I would be a very considerate partner, and I also believe that there’s a lot for me to learn, but how can I learn if nobody wants to give me a chance? Part of the reason why I’ve been single my whole life too, was not only because of not getting a chance, but I also feel the longest time was very scared of physical intimacy, and I knew that relationships weren’t gonna work out because of that now that I’m a lot older I’m willing to explore that, but I want that to be with somebody that I’m connected to. Maybe if I can get tips on how to be more interesting and how to meet people more organically than on an app cause I’ve had no luck on there. I can work on myself.

Posted Aug 1, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC

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