31 M, almost 32 in a few days - completely starved of any physical contact or affection. Physical touch is my love language, but I’ve been very hug and touch-deprived for a lot of my life. I can normally connect with women, I have some female friends, but romantically, it just hasn’t happened for me yet. I am losing hope to be honest. The last person I was talking to wasn’t really interested in me, but I ignored some red flags (while making generous assumptions) to keep talking to her until I was too drained to continue mentally & emotionally - so that was a lesson learned. I am working on my people-pleasing tendencies. As the typical Reddit advice goes - I am well groomed, have a six figure salary, have some interesting hobbies and life skills, work out regularly (consistently for a year now, so I’m not athletic, but average) but none of that seems to matter. I still feel very unworthy of love, and struggle to be open about my needs at times because it feels like I’m being too demanding. So, in spite of a stimulating & fulfiling career, it leaves me feeling very dissatisfied with life. This has been a recurring feeling around my birthday every year since I’ve turned 30.