It is true. True friends and people who actually love you are so hard to find that some people never have any at all. There's that whole fairy tale mentality. Everyone will have one true friend. Everyone will have one true love.

In the end, I think the majority of people are just aquaintances (don't want to get involved deeper,) or what I call "box friends." As long as you're in the box they want you in, you're their friend. Once you go outside that box, they disappear.

Lots of people have left me as well. Everyone leaves me. I even fear one day my children will leave me. Being in a relationship does not mean you won't be lonely.

What I've learned is you've got to be good at being by yourself and you've got to get your social interaction from those "aquaintances." If something deeper comes along there is no guarantee in this life that that person won't just suddenly stop being there, either.

As for the "I like her, she doesn't like me. She likes me, I don't like her." Yes, you're looking in the wrong place. Make a list of qualities that you're looking for in the "perfect woman." Then make a list of "realistic qualities." And remember "Real relationships aren't perfect and perfect relationships don't exist."