[LiteraryLark]

I don't know how I feel. Awful, I guess.

I have so much love to give but it's rejected by everyone. No one has ever loved me. They use the L word when they want sex and then they vanish with some petty excuse that they're not ready. I'm routinely used and backstabbed by practically all my friends who have come and gone over the years. I have never once had a true friend. I guess that's why I prefer my own world of imaginary friends and obsessions, like my Metalocalypse obsession, because they're my only comfort when the real world screws me over. They don't. It's sad and pathetic to say I'm 24 years old and most of my friends are imaginary. Right now, what I crave the most is to feel truly loved by someone from the real world but that's never going to happen. Why bother having friends if they backstab me? Why bother dating if they only want sex? I'm so upset right now I'm crying I just want to feel loved by a real person with no ulterior motives other than that they love me for who I am. :_(

[unaluna]

Somebody loving you is only half of the equation. Sometimes less than half. Its about what you will put up with to have a companion in life. Or what you will give up, in order to have a companion in life.

Or its a matter of luck in finding the right person. I feel like i just found my soulmate, but we're a lifetime away from each other. Hes just starting his life as im ending mine. But if there is one person out there, maybe theres another? Just a LITTLE older this time, god please

Meanwhile, get going to meetups or school or just any way you can to meet people in your age group-ish. The older you get, the harder it is. But like president kennedy said, sort of, you have to also think of what you can do for them. Thats the part i find really difficult. What kind of crazy are you willing to put up with? A stamp collector? See what i mean?

[divine1966]

It will happen. Please don't say never.

Keep doing things, going places, joining groups ( meetups is s good like unaluna said), take classes, keep doing well at your job, go to gym, tahr art class etc etc life is just starting for you at 24. Hang in there

[MickeyCheeky]

I feel the exact same way.. I'm so sorry you feel like this

[TishaBuv]

At 24, I felt good and ready to be with 'the one'. I had already been through at least 7 significant relationships, but knew I wouldn't marry any of them.

Then I met my h at 26. I believe guys get 'ready' for a committed relationship just like girls do.

You have so much going for you, so much to offer. Just be yourself and don't waste time with creeps. You're bound to find love with someone ready, willing, and able.

[AbladeintheMeadow]

I feel the same. My heart actuallty hurts when I see couples together & so obviously loving & caring for each other. I've found myself in tears in shops, in the street, many places. I'm not jealous in a horrible way. I just so desperately want to feel loved. Someone to hug me. Someone to hold my hand. Just to have genuine human loving contact.

I guess I'm just saying I think I understand how you feel.

[Mystery007]

im sorry...feel the same way..but i dont have a solution to offer.