Dating doesn't work for me. I don't smile, I dress for comfort, and I often forget that other people exist. I don't actually want to be alone, but if there are people like me out there I don't know where to find them. Besides, relationships take so much effort, and my reward for trying to make them feel special (daily texts, date plans, memes, etc.) tend to result in my getting dumped. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but what I do know is that dating makes me the most pathetic version of myself. I spend so much time chasing people I could never relate to, and it never amounts to more than a month of friendly courtship followed by collapse.

For the record, I know I don't inherently deserve a partner. No one does. I'm not whining because I feel I'm owed something. It's just frustrating when being yourself is basically a death sentence.