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@coco9 for clearing this out for me because I have been dealing with a...
Oh! The comment you just left is so different than how I read the first posts. It has a whole different feel to it and it's not the same scenario that comes up in my head.
I dont think thats you in the first posts, this one is. You know, if you're really guarded because you've been hurt badly and feel used or rejected, that guarded quality will make you look aloof. You're accomplished and attractive, you take pride in looking after yourself. Thats all good, there's nothing wrong with that.
But when women don't know that you're reserved and not showing vulnerability because your feeling the need protect yourself from getting hurt, they automatically decide its because you're stuck up. Sometimes they're just trying to protect themselves from feeling like your judging them for not measuring up. It can go both ways there. Some may be afraid you'd think less of them so they decide not to like you first. I've seen that sort of thing.
I suspect you're intimidating without realizing it. That invites competition and nastiness in women.
There's so many places and people that would totally get you. When I was in my 20's I felt just like you do, then I gradually figured out after making one friend that was 35 that I just needed older people than me to be around. I also discovered gay men are the the best girlfriends for me. I have no idea how old you are or what would work for you, I'm just saying it hit me like a rock thrown at my head at 25 that I'd been miserable hanging around people I was never going to fit in with before.
Its not you, its the people you've been around. You can change your whole world like wallpaper in the lounge. Dont be sad. :cry::inlove::hug: