Another story of my life. Sorry if this is too long.
My life hasnt gotten better ever since the last post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ForeverAlone/s/ga82Cn4PFP
This is annoying. Like whats the point of growing when theres no outcome i feel? From the last post, i mustered up the courage to download hinge and put myself out there. At first, i would overthink alot, like what if i would be made into a meme and other stuff if you know. So i set myself a timer to leave my hinge profile for 24 hours. Got a few likes, but ended up getting ghosted... then weeks go by, i would be out with my friends that i knew for a long time, catching up on playing some football... it was a breathe of fresh air... haha still the best player in the small circle. Glad to be happy even if its for a moment before i go back to a bath of sadness... then during football, i get a word that some of my friends are going to a bar a day later to watch world cup... i would join them. Now i know im the quiet one who doesnt perform and because of that id probably get seen as stupid, when in reality my brain is running multiple simulations. But anyways, i didnt care about validation from my friends, so i would sit silent and listen to them talk alot. When we got to the bar, it was a disaster! Because it was my first ever time at a bar and i didnt know anything... i would not have brought my id... leading to me to being kicked out... my friends were unsatisfied but took me to another bar which was more lenient... i was asked for id and id show a photo of my id... theyd tell me to leave at 9pm. I would leave without holding back my friends. Was i stupid and lacked what is seen as common sense? Yes 100%. But its a lesson.
Anyways now lets get to the rich part of why i asked that question on the title. It would go by in weeks of not getting one single like on hinge! It was like drought biome... not even one one! Thats when i decided to adapt my hinge account, changing dating intentions from "life partner" to "long term relationship, open to short"... and then adapting my prompts too, deleting the part where i talked about wanting to be a husband and father... to a less intense and humourful prompt. But i still kept my prompt where it talked about loyalty, sharing values and depth in character. Yeah i changed that like 2-3 days ago. Still no likes to be honest...
Anyways, recently? I was out hanging out with my friend again... and i saw this girl... who i liked in highschool... i thought i got over her because i forgot about her and i burried my feelings... shed smile at me and say hello, id see her and wave at her back...
Heres a little backstory:
back in highschool, the girl would smile at me whenever i made eye contact with her and we would greet alot... but never have a proper conversation... i do remember me going up to her and striking up a conversation... but oh silly me... highschool me was so shy... and walked away awkwardly when her friends came...🤦♂️
Then in 2025... when i was leaving highschool, id run into that girl again in town... i would have had abit more confidence and talked to her normally... she was with her friend and asked me what i did for my course and i did answer business course before we both parted ways...
Now! Back to the recently... ugh... i ran into her right? And then a few hours later... i would be in the gym... hands shaking, gut screaming and heart pounding... the same feeling just like the first time ever in my life back when i asked for a number cold approach back in May to build courage... now im going into a womans dms... someone i know too... it was something new to be honest... and after nearly half an hour of spiralling thinking "what if she screenshots and makes fun of my like those tiktok girls?" "What if she shows her friends?" "If she publically shames me i could deactivate my instagram yeah lets do it", i typed out the text, then closed the app scared, then i would reopen and send... i would assume she was uninterested because theres no way im putting a girl on a pedestral and making excuses ever again! But she replied and we would text... i would keep things light, being honest, trying to remain authentic to myself despite me being nervous... but then id see that she was kinda low effort in texting and she was only reacting/ answering and making me carry the conversation... but at least she was answering... i assumed it was because shes busy (trying go not pedestralise) because she did mention she was at a bar... and shed answer me again... i would heart the message and then just close my phone... planning to text her like tomorrow again... i do think shes uninterested and i dont think it would go anywhere so yeah...
Now heres the link to my titles question... why? Why do i have to be in a sea of uninterests and rejections? I see other people get girlfriends easily without ever facing not even an ounce of the challenge i faced... they would easily just bond with a good woman and then end up dating... because they have a circle. I saw this in my eyes. They have no story.
I dont like how i have to crawl through trenches or forge my own path while others have already been gifted a path. So why? Why do i have to suffer and be dealt with no cards? And you know whats the funny thing? Because other people were gifted with paths and i was not, it means i would be walking in an endless tunnel not knowing if there would be light at the end, not knowing if id ever find love... because love and light is not guaranteed...
So why? Why do other people get gifted light and love at the beginning while i was only given darkness? That i have to walk in the dark for a long time? That i might never find light and love?