Where Are All The Single Women?
Where is she? There are more than 3 billion women on this planet why can’t I just find ONE! I’m sure that has probably gone through your head at one point in time. And, I know how frustrating it can be. So, this post is for the frustrated man who just can’t see to find that special women. Let’s take a look at an email a gentleman named R sent me …
Heya Jen,
I wouldn’t say that I’ve mastered attraction, but I have exercised it enough that for the first time in my life women are finding me attractive and I at least know enough to keep improving. Attraction isn’t my issue, and as I read more I find the gurus constantly going over old ground but never addressing what I believe is the massive bottleneck in my dating life.
Where the expletive deleted are all the single women?
I’m not meeting them. The world that I live in seems to be entirely populated by couples and single men, and every effort I have ever made over the years to meet single women has just brought me into contact with single men out looking for women with the same idea as me. For example, I took up jive dancing recently (which I love) but the classes are full of IT guys and the women are outnumbered.
I live in Oxford in the UK, a university city, there must be tens of thousands of young women here. Maths tells me that there must be a number of single women out there to equal all these men but try as I might I just can’t find them. An abundance mentality self-deception can only be pushed so far before it seems a bit ridiculous in these circumstances!
Do you have any thoughts on this? If you were the woman for me how and where am I supposed to find you? Is it possible to build a lifestyle where attractive single women are automatically coming to me? If so how?
Cheers!
R
It was hard to think about what to write in response to this email – but only if I believe your story about not being able to find attractive single women.
And, I don’t.(And, I’ll show you how this can benefit you in the long run and help you find that woman or those women)
Your inner world controls your outer world. Learn to improve your inner world, and your outer world would be affected too.
- Remez Sasson
What you believe you can or can’t do; can or can’t see – completely determines the way that you see your world. It’s that simple. Our beliefs are SO strong that despite what anyone tell us, we will believe them to be ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Think about it like seeing the world in purple. And, then everyone telling you that it’s green. And, as hard as you try to see your world in green – you despair because all you see is purple. You need to change the color of your filter if you want to experience something different. Now, don’t get me wrong. I will give you some strategies on where to find the single women – but the truth of the matter is that it’s in your mindset.
If you are committed to finding single women out there, then you will.
There is no doubt about it. If you are committed, you will go to that nearby university and find a way to meet the women there. You will move to a city where you know there is an oversupply of single women. You will change your job, change the places you spend time at, change anything and everything to put yourself in situations to meet these single women. But coming from a constant place of “where are all the women” is a self defeating question. The real question is: Are you truly ready to fully receive a woman that is single, attractive, and highly available?
So keep that in mind as we go through some strategies that are aimed at getting you out of that mindset to help you get IN FRONT of good quality and attractive women.
1) Keep an open mind about how you could meet her.
Some of the happiest couples I know met each other when they were not looking. In fact, take my best friend for example. One night, I really wanted to go out dancing and have a good night out. I had to struggle to get her out the door. And, boy was she resisting. When we got there, we had a dance, and were just relaxing outside on the deck and this guy (now her long time boyfriend) started chatting her up and the rest is history. Random encounter in a pub/club of all places. You can find someone special in the most random places. You can meet people online. You can meet people in other states. You can meet someone a little younger than you expected. And you can meet someone older than you thought. The truth is that you have to open to meeting someone who isn’t quite what you were expecting, but in actual fact is someone you were truly looking for.
2) Start noticing just how surrounded by women you are
Just start noticing where women are. Whether they are old, whether they are young. Whether they are pretty or not. Whether they are dressed nicely or wearing frumpy clothing. Just start noticing where and when you see a woman in your environment. And, then I want you to start counting. I want you the count the women you encounter in your life. Whether that is passing them by the street, working with them, talking with them on the phone. My guess is that unless you live in Antarctica those numbers will start piling up. And, while you maybe be thinking, “But HAF these women are NOT datable” – it still proves to be a very important step in my grand master plan. What does it accomplish? It doesn’t trick your mind into an abundance mindset – it CONVINCES through real life experience that there is an abundance of woman around you. See, the truth about “faking it till you make it” – is that you know that your faking it. It isn’t until something feels “real” to you that you can really believe it and once you believe something – that is when you can really integrate that mindset and start to experience your world in a whole new way. You see the brain will always look for what you are asking it to look for. However if you have a limiting belief – something that colors the world in a specific way then it will be hard to see something that is right in front of you.
3) Focus on what you control rather than what you can’t
How about restructuring that question, “Where are all the single women”, to, “Ok, I know single attractive women are out there so where are the women that I would find interesting be?” This is a two part process because first you have to determine what it is that you want in a woman. What kind of values, and characteristics does she have? Then you have to ensure that you are the kind of man that a woman you want would really be able to relate to. In fact, if you have not even completed this step yet, then I would focus on THIS before anything else. It takes the responsibility of finding all the women (which in some ways is putting the responsibility on something that you can’t control to an extent) and putting it back onto yourself. One of my favorite quotes is by Naomi Judd which goes along the lines of “You only get to be a victim once. After that, you’re a volunteer.”
R, you are not a victim to this situation. It’s not like all the single attractive women are all there hiding behind the wall and smuggling laughing. In fact, some of those women are probably thinking to themselves, “Gosh, where are all the good guys around here?” And, while I could play matchmaker, I’m not going to – because it’s not because you can’t find her, it’s that you don’t want to.
So, why don’t you want to find her R? What are you afraid of? Why are you using this as an excuse? Go inside, ask those hard questions, and free yourself from those limitations. When you can do that, then you can completely recolor your world and see an abundance of attractive, single, available women who were always there, but that you just couldn’t see.
4) Get into her mind and think where would she be?
Once you have established the kind of values and characteristics you want in a woman; and you confident that she would be drawn to the kind of man that you are – then put yourself in her shoes and ask, “Where would I be?” “Who would I spend time with?” “Where would I hang out?” “What would I do after work?” “Where would I spend my weekends?” Would you find her someone in the vineyards wine tasting or would you find her at the shopping mall. Will you find her in a pilates class or at a trendy cafe? Will you meet her on a hiking track or more likely find her watching a movie with her friends? Whatever the kind of woman that you desire, think of the places she would most likely hang out and then go to those places. You may be thinking, is it that simple? And, the answer is HELL YES! Once you have changed the color of your internal world you will start hearing and noticing different things.
Look, I’m being really honest in this post, because I have been where you are. As a woman I have asked myself at times, I wonder where all the great single guys are? But only after some self reflection did I realize that they were always there. It was just that I was scared. I didn’t want to get back out there and start dating yet. I didn’t really know what I wanted. I didn’t want to put myself out on the line. So it was an internal thing, not so much an external thing. And, for you I’m suggesting that first you look at the internal stuff. And, I’m absolutely 1000% certain that where you make a few simple shifts you will see a real difference in the abundance of attractive women you can date. All the best R.
Note to women reading this post: I know you are all out there! The same applies to you. Just replace “her” with “him” because the principles are still the same. And, as a woman I know how notorious those lists and high standards can be when it comes to the men we date. But can I just say that the best relationship experiences came around 1) when I was looking and 2) when I wasn’t expecting anything. Keep that in mind. And, if you are single and available, say hello in the comments section to give these men a SPARK of hope! Because I know you are all out there!
I’ve had my say, now it’s your turn!
Hot Alpha Female



Excellent advice! And it’s so true- all of the single women out there are asking the very same question.
Superb article Jennifer, as always. And everyone should read the Remez Sasson quote 100 times because its gospel truth.
@Christina: Thanks for stopping by =)
@Jason: Yes, I love that quote! Thank goodness for google!
Hot Alpha Female
Why don’t I want to find her? Why DON’T I want to find her?!
Are you serious? You take the thing that I want the more than anything else in the entire world and you argue that the reason I don’t have it is because of some kind of unconscious self-sabotage?! It is the perfect argument I guess, after all any counter argument on my part can only further confirm to you my massive cognitive bias.
I am committed to finding someone. That’s why for months I have been tirelessly making the effort to meet new people, try activities I’d never had even considered in the past, and, dare I say it, asking dating experts for constructive advice on how to do things better.
I happen to know a lot about belief and cognitive bias, which is why I have to take what you write seriously, but I know the difference between a limiting belief and an objective statement of fact – “I do not meet many women who are single” is the latter. I also know the difference between being hindered by a limiting belief and being hindered by a lack of competence – again, being unable to work out how to meet lots of single women is the latter.
I am not a victim to this situation, I am the captain of my own damn ship, I have full ownership and this is my responsibility, so forgive me in my ignorance for trying to work out what course to steer.
HAF I really appreciate that you got back to me, that you clearly took a lot of time in writing about this; it’s really good that you do what you do. Perhaps there are people out there that this can help, but regretfully I don’t think I’m one of them.
@R:Ok, could I have missed something? Perhaps. I am human and don’t always get it right the first time. Here is what I am wanting to say. We all have conscious and unconscious levels at play. And, we don’t always know what the unconscious things are. So, even though a person may put best efforts forward, something in the unconscious can block the results one may think is desirable.
The thing about unconscious motives and so forth is you can’t necessarily prove they are there. It can only be a guess.
You seem to have given this a lot of thought. What have you thought about? What have you tried? You know the answers to that. Some times to get a break through, I ask myself, “What haven’t I tried? What have I been unwilling to try?” We all have biases – cognitive or otherwise. In a sense, one’s personality is a bias. For example, an introvert will gravitate towards certain situations; an extrovert to others.
In one model of self-efficacy, there is the idea of having an internal locus of control. People who have this bias of an internal locus of control are more likely to focus on what factors are in their control. Such factors could include: changing one’s thoughts, engaging in personal growth work, intentionally placing oneself in new environments, actively setting up situations in which one is likely to succeed, etc.
In many ways, you are very likely the captain of your ship given you appear to be active in your life. And, perhaps some things I write won’t help you. But, I would guess that if you focus on factors outside of your control (whatever those might be) you will be giving up some of that control to someone or something else.
So, I hope you find what you are looking for.
Hot Alpha Female
@R
“An abundance mentality self-deception can only be pushed so far before it seems a bit ridiculous in these circumstances!”
Yeah you are right R, like a mentor said to me
“the person who says you can’t
and the person who says you can
are both usually right.
That letter is nuts! This guy has to have something wrong with him that he isn’t letting on, and by mentioning that he’s perhaps almost ‘mastered’ attraction, I’m seeing a potential red flag
Single women are everywhere! And we’re looking for guys who aren’t creeps who will take care of us and love us and not hop in bed with some slut the moment they get the urge. (aka, be faithful)
Open your eyes bud.
Lennie Ross
http://lennierosswrites.com
@Romyl: I like that quote!
@Lennie Ross: Oh, Lennie. I hope that adequate venting has occurred! Love your enthusiasm.
Hot Alpha Female
R,
I can’t stand it. I’ve got to chime in here. I get it. You’re frustrated. Believe me when I tell you, it comes through in your writing. (At about 120 decibels) And truly, I understand.
But, Hot Alpha Female clearly spent a lot of time, and put a lot of thought, and a lot of work into her post; for YOU. (FOR YOU!!!) Right or wrong, she deserves your appreciation, and just as importantly, your respect! And for the record, I think she’s right. But it doesn’t matter—coming onto her blog and blowing a fuse is not only counter-productive, it’s just not nice! So you didn’t like what she had to say. That’s no reason to get all nasty. I bet she wasn’t too thrilled with what YOU had to say. It probably hurt her feelings (and you were trying to, and you know it) but look how gracefully she handled it. She’s 10 times the man you are! Is that how you’re going to treat your woman when you finally find her? If so, I feel sorry for her.
You know, R. Women are clever. I bet they all have spare rings that they carry around in their purses. When they see you coming, they pop those babies out and stick them on their fingers.
OK, all that having been said, I’m going to give you some (unsolicited) advice from a MALE perspective. Why? Because you kind of pissed me off. And though I’m not female, you best damn-well-better-listen to what I have to say if you ever want to have a hope in hell of being in a lasting relationship! OK?
In your comment you indicated that finding someone was the thing that you want more than anything else in the world. I understand. I feel your frustration. I sympathize. I really do. But it’s a selfish motivation. It’s all about you. What YOU want. You’ve been tirelessly searching, looking, wanting, waiting…But it’s all about you. For you.
Let me make a suggestion: Forget about women! Stop. You’ve got time. Right now stop, redirect and focus everything in your life on improving yourself as a man. Work on becoming the man of her dreams instead of finding the woman of yours.
I’m not talking about mastering attraction, or anything superficial like that. I’m talking about becoming a better man. A strong, compassionate, honest, faithful, and loving man. You’ve got to develop super human emotional endurance, because she will need you to be her rock. It WILL be hard. Women are beautiful, wonderful creatures, but certain things go with the territory. Part of that beauty is their vulnerability. They need support, compassion, caring, and trust. You cannot be a flake! You cannot get frustrated and flip out! You cannot let her down! There is going to be drama. There is going to be heartbreak. There are going to be seemingly insurmountable struggles and setbacks. Maybe her mother gets cancer. Maybe she loses a baby, or wrecks the car. The house burns down. You lose your job. Whatever. You will not get through life without getting beat up. A lot! And in those times she will be a mess. And you will need to be her immovable, unbreakable anchor. And you will need to love her, and comfort her. You will need to be that force in her life that she can ALWAYS depend on. That’s what it means to be her man. It is ALL about HER. Whatever she says to you?whatever she does to you, you can take it, because you’re a man. When she’s in your life, your wants and desires are irrelevant. She’s the reason you get up in the morning, and the reason you draw breath. She’s all that matters, because you could never bear to see her hurt or unhappy.
If you’re not up to this…if it doesn’t sound good…if you’re not sure, then you’ve got no business trying to find that special woman. You’ll only end up choking the life out of something beautiful, and killing the one thing you thought you wanted. There is no place for selfishness in a relationship. I’m sorry, but that’s the cold hard truth of it.
So quit looking. Quit seeking what YOU want. Start working to becoming the person that SHE wants and needs. You’re not there yet. You’re not ready. It screams out from the comment you posted like a siren. I can’t help but think that the apparent lack of available women is Gods way of saving them and you from an awful mistake. Right now, focus on you. When you’re ready?when you’ve become that man?you’ll find her. She’ll sense your strength and integrity and she’ll like it.
Now you can come back and be all pissed off at me, or you can take what I said and make something of it. Either way, it doesn’t affect me. Get mad and throw it back in my face if it makes you feel better. But some day, whether that day is tomorrow, or 100 years from now, I hope you revisit this with an open mind.
Get every self-improvement book you can find and start reading. I highly recommend, as a start, Steven Covey’s book, The 7 habits of Highly Effective People. This book is fantastic, and one of my all time favorites. It can change your life.
All the best. I hope you find your happiness, R.
Amen Paul!
Jeff, Thank dude. Hey, nice blog!
@Lennie Ross
I’m glad you liked my letter, and thanks for giving me a hint at the sort of men you’ve been meeting.
What I wanted to convey about attraction is that it isn’t my problem any more. I have put a lot of effort into developing myself so that now when I do meet single women I am generally finding that they can be interested in me. The real me too, not an act I put on.
My issue is that weeks or even months can go by between these instances.
@Paul
Somehow I don’t think your post is about me.
@HAF
Paul is right that I should perhaps have shown you more gratitude, so I apologise if what I wrote came across as ungrateful for the time and effort you put into writing your reply. I am grateful, and there are things you said that have given me pause for thought.
I agree that internal attitudes are very important and they can affect perception. For example a friend recently mentioned to me the idea that passion isn’t found it’s grown. For me that statement was a decisive moment because I realised then that perhaps I’ve been looking to find that great relationship, but it’s not something that exists out there to be found, I have to give each possibility of a good relationship a chance and see what it grows into.
BUT I still actually need to meet women before any of the above can even begin, and yes it’s very frustrating when it’s not happening. All the personal development in the world won’t lead to a great relationship if I never cross paths with any women.
Difficult as it may be to believe I’m just a guy with a lifestyle that doesn’t bring me into contact with many single women. I want to change that, and I am asking for constructive advice so I can make that happen. There are men out there right now who are meeting single women; they are thinking, believing or doing something that I’m not and I would dearly like to know what that elusive obvious factor is.
@ R – lol so much craziness in here, I meet 15-20 women on weekend nights. learn to be creative. organize parties or be invited to one man or join a club or something! you suck! kidding
well good luck
there’s always away, you got to fix that mindset and attitude
@hotalphafemale – hi :p
R, you’re right, that comment wasn’t about you. Actually, it was about me. I was trying to start my own blog in the comment section of Hot Alpha Female’s. My apologies to you. Really, I mean it. Especially the part about the spare rings. I was way out of line. I’m sure you’re a great guy. Kind of ironic how I went after you for blowing a fuse, huh?
Just having a rough day, and you just popped up in my crosshairs.
Hope there’s no hard feelings. If you’re ever in the states, I’ll buy you a drink.
No hard feelings.
@Paul: LOL, you crack me up. I hope you had an adequate venting session. This is a topic which I think can hit a lot of sore spots for many different people. So, there is no need to apologize. I understand what you were trying to communicate and there are actually a few points where I whole heartily agree with you. Thank you for maintaining respect for the people commentating on this blog post, too.
@R: I truly hope that you find the answer to what it is that you are looking for. I can only offer you one opinion and that is something that comes from my own life experience and learnings up until this point. It is only one opinion and every single one of us has to follow the voice in our head and hearts that is true for us. I have no hard feelings. My only hope is that you really do find that woman and enjoy the process of looking for her, too. Each and every one of you guys that comes to this blog inspires me to continue to contribute. Because it means that each and everyone of you has enough hope and enthusiasm to look for an answer. Don’t lose that hope. Focus on being open and receptive to the opportunities to meet women in front of you. Search for other gurus that may be able to help you with this. I will admit I believe at the core of every challenge is a conflict of beliefs – so all my teachings and advice will reflect this. Truly wish you all the best R.
@Jeff: Thanks for stopping by =)
@hotalphamale: right back at you =P
Hot Alpha Female
R, you’re a stud! Thanks.
Have a read of this post by Liz Leia about limiting beliefs. I think she explains this very well.
http://www.gettinginsideawoman.com/what-the-is-a-‘limiting-belief’
Beliefs are very important, but sometimes the person is just incompetent, ie missing a skill. This can be extremely difficult to put across to someone Like a guru who is unconsciously competent in that skill because often they won’t even recognise that what they’re doing is even a skill.
I really do think the women are there but i also think because of there past marriage or relationship being a nice guy with a good job and a home is not enough. I treat every women with respected and would give my heart to her but being average just does not cut it. The women of today seems to want more then to be loved.
So you keep saying you are “incompetent, ie missing a skill”. And you’re suggesting that this “skill” is finding out ways to meet women. I guess that skill would be socializing. You’re making the skill seem complex.
A, I think you’re absolutely right.
Perhaps it’s a skill like flying an airplane; I do that all the time and it’s easy. Here, you have control for a bit… What? You say you don’t know what to do with all these levers and dials? It’s easy, just fly! Stop making it seem so complex!
To the incompetent the simple feels very complicated and difficult; it’s how you know you’re incompetent.
I’m far from being a friendless social hermit but yes I’ve come to a similar conclusion; becoming an easy socialiser – in the sort of circles where I will meet women – is where I need to push the envelope.
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Wow! I feel like this man must live in Bizarro world where everything is the opposite of reality. Maybe he needs to move to New York where there seem to be at least 10 women for every man. I know soooo many single, smart, attractive, kind and wonderful women and none of them can seem to meet any men that are worth a darn! The only ones that do, get them when they are just out of a marriage before someone else can scoop them up. And it’s only gotten much worse since 9/11. All I see now are bright, attractive women settling for men they never would have settled for 15 years ago. And men have the pick of the litter. So maybe you just need to take a trip across the Atlantic because if you are considered a catch, it’ll take about five minutes for you to catch a good woman–as long as that’s what you are really looking for. If you need help, I have a list. Contact me on my website! http://www.BonnieTrachtenberg.com where you’ll also see my debut book based on my first disastrous to marriage to one of those men I was talking about, called Wedlocked: A Novel.
Maybe he’s not approaching. Of course if a guy aint approaching then his chances of finding a single woman is decreased. He’ll maybe just rely on online dating, and social peers.
I’ve approach girls, and yeah I stumble upon engaged women from time to time, but single women fully out number them.
Why is everybody being so hard on R? He asked a question he wanted answered, and if you don’t like that, quit reading and move on to something else. We all have problems finding women from time to time. I mostly run into women who already have a boyfriend or are engaged. Its just the hazard of the circles I run in.
@R Good luck finding those single women man, I don’t see why they call dating a “game”, it seems like something else entirely
@HAF Hi, nice article. I really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to reading more of your work.
@M: Thanks for stopping by. I agree we all have different things that are challenging us at one point or another. I’m glad you enjoyed the article!
Hot Alpha Female
I couldn’t read the article because I couldn’t see past the enormous chin implant on the girl on the right in the pic!
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Some rambling thoughts… I (and many of my single male friends) often think there are few single women to meet when we go out. I was wondering if this was true or a perception, so I did a quick look at my Friends list on Facebook, completely unscientific to be sure, to see what my friendship breakdown was.
Discovering I had the same number of male & female friends (86), here is what I found:
36 single male friends (41.86%)
50 male friends in a relationship (58.14%)
28 single female friends (32.56%)
58 female friends in a relationship (67.44%)
Of course the study has the flaws of only being my friends, assuming everyone is heterosexual (they’re not), etc. Conceivably, I could throw a party for my single friends only and in the best case scenario, have just 8 male friends go home alone!
From experience, I rarely hear my single female friends say they can’t find a man (I hear them say they can’t find a _good_ man much more often) whereas my single male friends will often say they can’t find a woman at all. And I know many of the women in the single category at least casually date or have recently gotten out of relationships while many of the guys haven’t had any date in a long time.
So I think that my own belief of the scarcity of single women is skewed a bit because I hear from men being lonely far more than women, but it is evident that it would be easier to find a single male in my friend circle than a single female.
The OP mentioned going to a dance class and it being filled with men looking for women and I will agree with him on that. I took a class years ago with my girlfriend at the time and those that were there without a significant other were all single men. It is a good idea on the surface and at the least, you can learn a skill that will help you in social situations with women. On the other hand, I sympathize that men will go to classes (which many people will tell you is a great way to meet women) and feel frustrated with the short term situation of having no women there and give up. Of course, you can meet someone there who may know someone to introduce you to later on, but it’s easy to lose sight of that.
You can meet women through mutual friends or meet them when you have no previous connection whatsoever. The first way is easier, as you have some common ground to begin a conversation and it’s a less intimidating situation. I will also say (especially as you get older), it is not always so easy to get in that situation. I’ve been to three parties/get togethers over the past few weeks thrown by friends and I found in every case that it was couples and mostly single men with a couple single females at one. One married female friend recently told me that she feels bad when her single male friends ask if she knows any single females because she does not know any (or at least doesn’t know any she’d set them up with). Again, may just be perception being skewed…
So let’s say you can’t meet them through friends and have to meet them in other situations. I’ve been to bars with single male friends who will sit with their drink and say, “there’s no women here at all” when there are tables of women all over the place. I think for them it comes down to the intimidation factor. In these situations, my single male friends simply cannot approach a group of women (or worse, a group of women AND men!) and seem to instead be waiting for the perfect 10 to walk in, sit down next to them, and start the conversation for them. When I’ve told friends there’s no man that’s ever gotten a drink thrown at him or slapped in the face for saying “Hi, my name is…” to a woman, they will respond that it’s creepy to approach a stranger in that manner. I think that’s why meeting women at classes is more enticing because there’s less pressure and a conversation can grow organically instead of having to surmise within a few minutes if the meeting can go anywhere (or if she has a boyfriend, an entirely different topic altogether!).
IGetting back to my question of if “it’s creepy” to approach a stranger, I’m reminded of a time when I was at a bar with a group of three friends (two single men, one woman who is not single) and a man sat next to me and asked me a question clearly designed to start a conversation. He looked like a lonely guy that was also friendly and I ended up having a nice chat with him for awhile. But when he left and I turned my attention back to my group, I was ridiculed for talking to the creep. Now, they knew nothing of what we discussed yet the fact that it was someone approaching a stranger was enough for them to think negatively. I have female friends who work at coffee shops that will tell me as I’m getting my drink of the creepy men that talked to them when ordering that day..
Maybe it’s a generational thing (I’m older than the majority of my friends), but there seems to be a stigma about being able to meet someone “cold” and without any set-up. Even I have found myself as a single man wondering if I appear badly when I start making small talk with a stranger or if they are merely being polite enough to not say “f— off, I know you’re just hitting on me, leave me alone”. It’s a topic I’d like to see a dating coach approach one day. Many focus on the negative belief of “I don’t want to be rejected”, which is fine, but I think there are subtle differences between fear of rejection and fear of being thought of as creepy (the former implies you will approach and there will be no interest while the latter implies you can’t approach at all because no matter what, you will be thought of negatively). Does anyone else think people have this belief?
I’m know this was all over the place and dealt more on my situation/questions than R’s… I wish the best of luck him and everyone out there who deals with this problem and hope you find a good woman to be happy with!