This will end up restating things that others have said, but more personal views the better?
There is nothing wrong with you, and I don't see people looking at you as though there is something wrong with you. Being attracted to people that are interested in you and this leading to infatuation is quite natural. Dating does seem to mostly come down to experience, and getting to know more people. Getting the experience is hard (especially as more people settle into long term relationships as we get older), meeting more people increases the chance that you will meet someone who wants a relationship with you. Hiding really doesn't help here. Hiding means not interacting with people, which is a sure way staying single.
People could be interested in you. You might not be noticing the signs through lack of relationship experience - in effect being blind to people flirting with you?
I really doubt that you're hanging in the wrong group of friends. As long as you are meeting new people and maintaining friendships with people then you will end up meeting people that find you attractive, and some of those will be interested in a relationship, some of whom will try harder then others. Really expanding your circle of friends is the only way I know of to increase your chance of finding a relationship.
As for the rejection question, rejection is always a risk. I feel that in investing on your emotional resources on someone for some time and that person rejecting you is going to be a particularly nasty form of it though. The other thing that springs to mind is that if you are obviously after someone in particular, people around you start to pick that up and are less likely to see you as someone open to the idea of a relationship. At the same time, you are less likely to notice anyone that isn't the person you are infatuated with at that moment.
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There is nothing wrong with you, and I don't see people looking at you as though there is something wrong with you. Being attracted to people that are interested in you and this leading to infatuation is quite natural. Dating does seem to mostly come down to experience, and getting to know more people. Getting the experience is hard (especially as more people settle into long term relationships as we get older), meeting more people increases the chance that you will meet someone who wants a relationship with you. Hiding really doesn't help here. Hiding means not interacting with people, which is a sure way staying single.
People could be interested in you. You might not be noticing the signs through lack of relationship experience - in effect being blind to people flirting with you?
I really doubt that you're hanging in the wrong group of friends. As long as you are meeting new people and maintaining friendships with people then you will end up meeting people that find you attractive, and some of those will be interested in a relationship, some of whom will try harder then others. Really expanding your circle of friends is the only way I know of to increase your chance of finding a relationship.
As for the rejection question, rejection is always a risk. I feel that in investing on your emotional resources on someone for some time and that person rejecting you is going to be a particularly nasty form of it though. The other thing that springs to mind is that if you are obviously after someone in particular, people around you start to pick that up and are less likely to see you as someone open to the idea of a relationship. At the same time, you are less likely to notice anyone that isn't the person you are infatuated with at that moment.