(11-30-2025, 04:57 PM)stealth blimp Wrote: I'm 40 years old and have never had a girlfriend, been in a relationship or even had a friend who was female save for an elderly female relative. Women have either always ignored me or construed me as a competitor rather than a lover but they seem to be enamoured with men who I can only describe as "thugs" and "bad boys". Now I don't hate women for this as there are obviously evolutionary adaptations why women gravitate toward the most confident, successful and sometimes aggressive males (protection, resources etc.) at the expense of socially awkward men such as myself. However I do object to young women mocking me slyly while they give pleasure to "bad boys". It's as if women can tell I'm genetically unfit to reproduce and I find this upsetting.
Some women don't like nice guys, others get disinterested with them, and many want them for life.
Women are just like men. Some of us are looking for different things than others. One thing I can tell you, life usually isn't a Hallmark movie. You all aren't just going to meet by dumb luck and hit it off. If it's something you want, you're going to have to go out and find it. I'm barely younger than you, and hate to say it this blunt, but you're not getting any younger.
So if it's something you truly are looking for, a partner, you need to go find just that. Someone who you can respect as an equal, and who reciprocates that. Think of what your interests are, and go out looking for those interests, that's where you're going to find someone at least semi like minded. If you don't find it there, then you need to leave your comfort zone, and that is something that people will find attractive, both sexes.
Most of us aren't born with a trust fund, looks of a movie star, or very much really that separates us. But you can control your personality (to an extent), character (huge extent), and how you treat other people (fully). You didn't get the shit end of the stick, if anything you're probably so normal it's going to be hard to show how you're different.
These are all things that you could do in under a year with success that would blow your mind. Start getting in shape, eating better, trying to better yourself. Doing those consistently are going to build confidence so you can get out there. It will make you glow, you'll be proud of yourself.
Or, you can go through life solo. There's nothing wrong with being so comfortable in your own skin that you don't have to have a companion. Just know shit might get weird when you get close to the finish line.