@xigoi thanks for sharing this feeling with me. If you'd like to know my experiences, just forget about men and women and treat everyone the same: with kindness, friendship, and respect. Put yourself in social situations -- join a club, perhaps -- that make you happy, and share that happiness with the people around you regardless of their gender. Then romance will come, and great platonic friendships, too, and your relationships -- all of them -- will be more meaningful for it.