Okay so I like this guy and all. Normally when i like a guy, I hide in the corners and don't even talk to him. I don't even go around him so he can come up to me. Well I have put myself out there for the first time in my life. I have been trying to get to know him more and to know his family. Hes everything I want in a man:
-Christian
-funny and knows when to be for real
-hard worker
-family man
Well I thought he felt the same way about me because my family sees us together and they all think the same thing. I invited him to go to the races with me and he said he could until today. He said he doesn't think, he'll beable too. He said he would keep trying to find someone to switch his hours with but doesn't look promising. My mom told me he wanted to make a goodbye video for someone on that day. So he might be making excuses for why he can't come. I don't get it, I think its all bully crap. He told me he could and now at the last minute, he is backing down. I'm so disappointed and hurt. It sucks because I feel like he's saying No to me on everything in the nicest way as possible. I just want someone to love me for who i am and it just seems like me isn't good enough for anyone. I'm not asking much for a guy, I want someone to love me for me and to be a good man. I think i might just go back to hiding in my hole so i don't get hurt.

Therein lies the problem.

There is no ethereal "one". This a whimsical myth purported by various forms of media so they can better shove their inane puppy-love bull**** down our respective throats and acquire vast sums of money in the process. Romeo and Juliet? To hell with the both of them! Ehem... Pardon me ... Anyway, my point is, losing this one bloke, regardless of his credentials, shouldn't put you off from the whole dating thing entirely. There will be more blokes to come merrily along the path of life. You've just got to sniff them out.

Contrary to the aforementioned myths, it's quite common for the earlier romances of one's life to fail, often on epic proportions. (Mind you, I did not say all early relationships.) This is because first-timers oft know not in God's good name what they're doing (and, again, most first-timers are expecting the infatuation and adoration as seen on TV). Social skills, like any other skill, take a good deal of time to learn. And, like one unknown author once said, "Good decisions are based on experience. And experience is gained through bad decisions" (ten cool points to whomever can name the author). To paraphrase... you needn't be afraid of a failed relationship. Think of them, instead, as an opportunity to learn from mistakes.

Furthermore, with practice comes confidence in those skills I mentioned previously. And confidence is one of those noteworthy traits which wins the hearts of good men.