I’m 26 M currently on day 6 of a 7-day family vacation with my parents as well as my mom’s sister and her husband (in total a group of 5 of us) in Cancun.

I want to preface that I don’t hate family vacations or my parents. It’s been a fine time so far. However…

Everytime walk along the beach and I see couples relaxing together or playing in the water, I get sad and start wondering what it would be like if I had a girlfriend by my side on beach vacations like Cancun.

One time at a pool party, I saw this girl dancing alone and went up to try small talk with her (I was just seeking a temporary acquaintance for the vacation, no sexual intentions). Small talk was going fine, but she told me her boyfriend was watching from the balcony. I had to apologize if I came across as hitting on her; thankfully she was chill and said nothing to worry about…

Just last night, I tried going to a late night disco club. I felt like the only single guy in the club because everyone else was with a significant other or their entire family (strangely enough, most weren’t dancing in the middle of the stage).

Ultimately, my vacation time was okay; however at 26 I feel like I want a different group of people to go on vacation with whether it’s friends or even a girlfriend. I’ll hopefully break out of my loneliness and find a girlfriend so that future vacations won’t feel so lonely ever again. (Bonus points if she likes wearing bikinis, apologies for the incel-ish nature of that last point).

Please comment down below if you think I’m being too whiny, petty or downbad with my long story (I’m ok with getting roasted…)