So how to find a spouse? 🙈
Sooo ... I'm that girl. A bit ashamed to even do this post, but here we go:
My ex-girlfriend and I broke up recently after two years of being in a relationship because I wanted marriage and a long-term relationship/commitment and she didn't. I didn't have the greatest luck in the past dating and finding romantic partners. Things are way better now since I came out (I'm a trans woman and mostly attracted to men and masc people, but not exclusively) and I have a lot of people now that find me attractive, but I don't seem to find people who are looking for a serious and committed love relationship, let alone marriage and potentially children. It doesn't help that most men I get in touch with are either freaked out by me being trans or overly fixated on that and not really interested in my interests, hopes and dreams (probably not just a problem in Germany and maybe not even just a problem for trans women, but still disheartening).
Thank you for even reading this far and listening to my whining... 💜
So... how would you go about asking for divine support with this? Who would you petition? Are there relationships and aspects to this I'm not seeing?
What I have tried so far: I did pray to Aphrodite about it on and off over the last decades (I'm in my late 30s), but never noticed a tangible change (all of this pre-transition, though). I used to also ask Dionysos for support and he certainly helped get me to be more outgoing, but haven't asked him specifically to help me find a spouse yet. I don't think I ever prayed to any other of the Greek gods or heroes about this subject. 🤔
I guess I should talk to Hera? Or are there other or additional deities, heroes, etc you would recommend? I know the Gods decide on what they give and which prayers to answer. And I'm just tired of this being such a long standing issue and worried I'm getting too old to find anyone.