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I’m genuinely curious what’s got everyone stuck? (34/M/USA BTW) Stuck as in… Most dating posts here involve me in the same mindset. “All women are the same” “Women choose bad men” “Women don’t want to be approached” etc. Whats the issue/deal? And, I’d like you to consider your answers heavily. End of 2024 I was in the same boat and dedicated to living my life out alone. I was positive that there wasn’t anyone who matched my insanely weird interests and difficult to maneuver values. I’d told friends many times that being single was superior to dating in modern times, this and that. 2025 something clicked. It was an adjustment on how to talk to women, and, it was like finding a Bic lighter in caveman days. I was turning dates because I was still stuck in my head space that I didn’t deserve anyone, that nobody understood me, and that dating wasn’t for me. It was a self fulfilling prophecy, but, I didn’t meet my match. I moved states and found nothing but quality options and suddenly had too many limes for these hands. I found an amazing girl right away, locked that in, and I’m immensely happy, but, it’s been dumb easy since the switch from “aiming to meet people vs aiming to score”. People out there also wanna score, and also want a partner, and idk if yall knew you can just meet them first and then identify what they want, and meet them where they want it. But genuinely curious here, why or what is holding you back? Don’t blame it on the opposite sex. What’s holding YOU back that YOU control? submitted by /u/DanielAlexHymn

Originally posted by u/DanielAlexHymn on r/AskMen