Deep breath....

You could consider giving up the whole dating thing and finding other ways to relate to men and people.

Take up a hobby that can include group involvement, and appeals to men, and then join a group or two and be patient. Concentrate on the hobby and learn all about it. Go to hobby events and celebrations. Example of a good hobby: Metal detecting.

Dating ,and flirting lost on your generation ,and others. Flirting was an art when i grew up no cell phones ,most families never had phones period .Slow dancing holding hands meeting in person ,talking instead of texting . the list goes on . lol🤔

I feel you. It's no fun from this side either :(

Live and love your life. Whatever happens tomorrow,happens. Could be good,or bad or just plain old Nah...But if you go looking for love,it just grinds you down. It will come,don't you worry. Just be open to it,and be ready to share your heart(and dinner plate) when the time arrives

i can understand why you hate it, just reading your description of it made me a bit nauseous. this is why I'm not on tinder. it has reduced romance and love to one night hook ups. its a sad time for romantics. i miss the days where we took time to know each other and it took weeks or months before we had sex. the love came first and then the sex not the other way around.

Ha. I was there up until a year ago minus Tinder. I actually liked dating for awhile after my divorce. That lasted a year before it became a burden. When I stopped caring is when I actually found someone I connected with.

As someone on the opposite side of it all, it's no picnic here either.

It wasn't any better 20 years ago. Just a different set of problems and annoyances

I couldn’t imagine how much it’s changed

My nephew is still single pambi! When you visit ireland I'll introduce you! ☺

Just do what I do and don't participate if you're so unhappy.

First world problems

I think the reason you're not finding what it is you're looking for is modern dating culture is both basic and dumbed down, mirroring modern western culture.

The problem is you are neither basic or dumb, but you're playing in their sandbox.

Make your own rules and what you want will find you.

It is a crazy world.

Maybe you shouldn't let insignificant events ruminate in your mind far past their welcome. Or maybe you should try not to react too sensitively to the people with whom you share the world. Or maybe the whole modern dating scene is just horrendously fucked up. Maybe it's all three.

Dating sucks! I thought it would be more fun. Cute chic at a restaurant, a walk afterwards, porch light moment for the first kiss.

Oh hell no. It's hey you have a match. Now answer this match's hundred questions and then get unmatched. Or text someone for a week or two and really get to know them then set a date to meet and just when it's time you realize that you have been blocked. And if you're fortunate enough that they do show up you realize instantly that all their pics were fifteen years old and you have what resembles your friends mom sitting in front of you.

I still find it unbelievable that you are still single

Move to the UK sweetie you would have thousands of men wanting to date you