"Just meet someone in person"
Just venting about an experience I've had, trying to share how difficult romance is now.
After a massive long-term breakup last year, I have spent the past year and a half trying to get back into the dating scene to no avail.
I think I do alright; I strength training 3 times a week, I calorie count all my meals, I've just run a half marathon after training my cardio, I work in a professional career, I own my home, I have creative hobbies, and I spend multiple nights a week at a hobby group where I have an admin/management role
Despite all this, I've gone over a year without being able to get a single date.
Tonight I went to a nightclub in my local city that is popular among my slightly niche music taste.
I met a girl there who, to put it bluntly, was all over me. We kissed a lot on the dancefloor, she couldn't stop touching my chest, we spent a lot of the night hanging out just the two of us. It was incredibly promising
When the club shut down for the night we went to grab some food and bumped into her friends. The first question out of their mouth was about my age (I'm mid 30s). Apparently this girl I met was in her 20s.
Her friends proceed to *scream* at me about the age gap and how im apparently a creep. I just walked away, no way am I getting into an argument with people in the middle of the night after hours of drinking.
I feel absolutely defeated. Against all odds I actually manage to meet someone in person who's attracted to me, when nobody on the apps is. And I end up getting told I'm a creep and yelled at.
How on earth are single people supposed to meet anyone?