Like the title says, I've never been particularly good at making romantic connections. The woman that I crush on have all just wanted to be friends and nothing more. I have no problem with being just friends, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit upset that it's been like that with every last one. I've lost count of how many women I've told that I was interested in and they didn't like me in a romantic way. I'm 29 now, didn't lose my virginity until I was 26, had a one night stand with a girl I knew back in high school. She got engaged a month later to some other guy. Only had sex one other time with a different girl and she also ended up engaged a month later. Dating apps have never worked for me and the bar scene doesn't do it for me. I crave the romance, intimacy, and the mind blowing sex(God do I love the sex), but for what ever reason it just alludes me. Again, I have no problem with becoming just friends with women, but it's discouraging that I'm not seen in a romantic way. Maybe I'm overthinking things or I'm just being selfish, idk. It just hurts some days you know? I look around and my other friends are in happy relationships, getting married, or having kids. So clearly whatever it is that these women want I don't have.

Sorry for the long winded post. I'm just needed to vent.