26, never any girlfriend

Hi. I know I'm not the only person to have this problem or similar. I've never had a girlfriend and it's really depressing. I'm 26 by the way. I'm generally depressed about life anyway.

Almost every woman I ever like already has a boyfriend. That's the case with my friend who I have huge crush on. I think she's very sweet, smart, and pretty and we have a lot in common. I haven't told her of course since that might cause problems. I've been informed that women are smart and "just know" if their male friends have a crush on them. But whatever, I'm just going to keep quiet. If she doesn't already know I'm obsessed with her, finding out will just hurt her. It hurts me to feel this way and hear her talk about her boyfriend all the time.

It seems as if everyone my age is paired off. Most of my friends are either married or in one of those long-term relationships where they may aswell be. It almost seems like every few months I hear about someone else I know getting engaged or getting pregnant. I actually can't name one women I know who is single at this moment and I know a lot of women. I guess everyone's supposed to be settled down by my age, I didn't think this was supposed to be true unless much older.

Any time I meet a woman I like who don't have a boyfriend they have no interest in me. I don't know for sure why, probably many reasons, may be because I'm not very fun or exciting to be around, lack confidence or may be that or I'm ugly or something else. I don't know.

So......... How do I get over my friend? How do I find single women? How do I attract single women? How do I stop being so miserable and unlovable?