Ask HN: How is your dating/romantic life?
For some personal context: 29 year-old below-average dev, live in a large city in the US and no real hobbies to speak of. As a lot of my friends and acquaintances around my age settle down into long-term relationships or get married, I’ve been feeling a bit left out and lonely. The latter is something new to me since I’ve always been a loner and never sought out others’ company. I tried to improve on this aspect of my life before but I didn’t really get anywhere. I’m socially awkward and can come off as having a bad personality. After a few unsuccessful attempts at dating, I pretty much just gave up. But I know I can’t procrastinate on it for too long, because the longer I stay single the harder it gets to learn about what I want and actually find a partner.
I’m interested in hearing from others here who might have dealt with this issue. Did you reach out for help? Put down a personal plan for improvement? Just let things be and whatever happens happens?