Found this reddit feeling quite down figured I'd share.

Don't know how or if i contributed to my predicament but as a lonely person you start to assume and accept it probably is self inflicted.

Outta x amount of years people consider a dating age to start I've had two long term girlfriends. But despite the great connections they fail because they resent my parents and myself because my parents are ridiculous strict catholic and won't accept someone outside of religion, different values, particular country of background (prejudicial nonsense/hate them for it)

The double down on awful is that they expect a certain standard of woman, which are not attracted to me because, I am mediocre, im not ugly but not good looking, i work hard but do not have a lot of money etc.

So I am between either too high unattainable standard of woman or too low and parents won't accept to the point where they resent and end it.

So after 12 years, hang up the dating boots and settle into crazy dog dad life.