@Reluctant_Weeb @monsterislandcolonizer @nierenstein You’re missing out, on the rare (but extant) ones worth dating. Dating is like the fun of a dog, where you like cuddling it and playing with it, and you like the way it’s happy to see you
combined with the fun of playing a long game of handling a girl and drawing her into your gravity well like a trapdoor spider hunting a frog.
Wrap it up with a way that makes home feel more like home, more complete and fulfilling, where you have someone who can still make you feel something. It’s nice when it works….but I definitely get seeing that as a fantasy not worth the gamble. I finally got to that point and figured I wouldn’t put another iota of effort into dating….then a month later everything fell into place. (still might ruin my life tho)