u/Samar_again

I don’t even know why I’m writing this. Maybe just to get it out.

Met a girl on Reddit a few days ago. We started talking… and somehow it just clicked. Like really clicked. Spoke for a couple of days, late nights, random shit, the kind of conversations where you forget you’re talking to a stranger. Felt that little spark. The rare one.

And then… silence. I think I’ve been blocked. Or maybe she just vanished. Either way, she’s gone.

I know, I know. It’s Reddit. You can’t expect anything from here. People come and go. No promises, no attachments. I keep telling myself that. But we connected so well in such a short time that it actually hurts. More than it should.

It just hurts to see people disappear like that. One day you’re talking like you’ve known each other for months, next day you’re staring at a blank chat wondering what you did wrong… or if you even did anything.

Hopefully she somehow reads this. I don’t even want anything from her. Just… I don’t know. Maybe to know she’s okay. Or that it wasn’t all in my head.

That’s all. Just needed to say it somewhere.

I'm 26, living alone in Mumbai, and lately this has been on my mind a lot.

People keep asking why I don't have a girlfriend. They say I look decent and could easily get one if I tried. But my life is honestly just office, gym, home, and repeat. I'm not very social, don't use Instagram, and I barely have any photos of myself, so dating apps never really appealed to me.

I never felt like I was missing out before, but now that I'm in my mid-20s, the fact that I've never been in a relationship is starting to feel... weird. Almost like everyone else has experienced something that I somehow skipped.

It's just an odd feeling when you realise you've reached this age without ever having that part of life.

Anyone else in their mid-20s or older relate to this?

Honestly as weird as it might sound but i just wanna see what it feels like and want to experience it once no expectations just want to see how it feels like.

I'm 26, living alone in Mumbai, and lately this has been on my mind a lot.

People keep asking why I don't have a girlfriend. They say I look decent and could easily get one if I tried. But my life is honestly just office, gym, home, and repeat. I'm not very social, don't use Instagram, and I barely have any photos of myself, so dating apps never really appealed to me.

I never felt like I was missing out before, but now that I'm in my mid-20s, the fact that I've never been in a relationship is starting to feel... weird. Almost like everyone else has experienced something that I somehow skipped.

It's not that I'm desperate to date. It's just an odd feeling when you realize you've reached this age without ever having that part of life.

Anyone else in their mid-20s or older relate to this?

I'm 26, living alone in Mumbai, and lately this has been on my mind a lot.

People keep asking why I don't have a girlfriend. They say I look decent and could easily get one if I tried. But my life is honestly just office, gym, home, and repeat. I'm not very social, don't use Instagram, and I barely have any photos of myself, so dating apps never really appealed to me.

I never felt like I was missing out before, but now that I'm in my mid-20s, the fact that I've never been in a relationship is starting to feel... weird. Almost like everyone else has experienced something that I somehow skipped.

It's not that I'm desperate to date. It's just an odd feeling when you realize you've reached this age without ever having that part of life.

Anyone else in their mid-20s or older relate to this?

I'm 26, living alone in Mumbai, and lately this has been on my mind a lot.

People keep asking why I don't have a girlfriend. They say I look decent and could easily get one if I tried. But my life is honestly just office, gym, home, and repeat. I'm not very social, don't use Instagram, and I barely have any photos of myself, so dating apps never really appealed to me.

I never felt like I was missing out before, but now that I'm in my mid-20s, the fact that I've never been in a relationship is starting to feel... weird. Almost like everyone else has experienced something that I somehow skipped.

It's not that I'm desperate to date. It's just an odd feeling when you realize you've reached this age without ever having that part of life.

Anyone else in their mid-20s or older relate to this?

Hiraeth (pronounced heer-eye-th) is a Welsh word with no direct English translation. It describes a deep, poignant longing for a home, time, or person to which you cannot return—a profound sense of grief for a past or idealized place that may no longer exist. 

I've been living in Mumbai, away from my family, for a while now. The strange part is I don't really miss home, but I don't feel like I belong here either. And when I go back, that place doesn't quite feel like mine anymore.

It's like existing between two places, with neither one feeling like home.

I keep seeing people talk about red flags, green flags, confidence, charisma, looks, communication, attachment styles, etc. They're all important, but I feel like we ignore the biggest factor: actually meeting the right person.

You don't date every compatible person out there. You date the people who happen to be in your college, office, friend circle, gym, or wherever life puts you.

I've seen people with plenty of flaws end up in happy relationships just because they met someone at the right time. And I've also seen genuinely attractive, confident, emotionally mature people stay single for years simply because they never met someone they clicked with.

Self-improvement definitely helps, but sometimes it feels like timing and proximity do a lot more heavy lifting than we like to admit.

i keep wasting my time alot so it will be good if we can both push each other.