Thanks for your encouragement, yes I would like to date/mate but the facts of my weirdness speak for themselves, hence my question.

About the friendship circle, that is a good idea. However, where I live (San Francisco) it is very hard for me to relate to people. Not only women, I have trouble making male friends. I cannot even ask male friends for advice because, well, I have none. People here seem to have a completely different mindset on everything compared to myself. People here care about tech, money, nightclubs, hiking--all stuff that I more or less hate. People here are also very superficial and arrogant, and I, being too honest and on the humble side instead of the show-off side, often have big cultural conflicts with most people here.

All of the women with whom I have went on dates here have been totally incompatible with my personality. I only realised this recently. They were basically the polar opposite of myself--outgoing, extroverted, talkative, party-goers, focussed on careers/making huge sums of money, beauty/fashion, outdoors types. I, on the other hand, am introverted, shy, quiet, very blunt/honest, prefer academic subjects instead of popular culture, am very indoors, do not really pay attention to looks and my fashion, etc.

I am not sure if this hurts my chances even further, but my physical appearance is very different to other guys. For almost a decade I tried to emulate the looks of John Lennon, complete with long hair and circular glasses. Right now I have aviator glasses trying to emulate Ray Manzarek (the keyboardist of The Doors). Most women whom I have met have reacted negatively and/or insulted me for my looks rather than reacted positively. It is what it is, but if I am really that weird, there is nothing much to do about it.