Emily | Eating and Roaming :
I really feel this!!! Following my last breakup about a year ago, I have zero interest in dating, perhaps ever again. I’m a lot older than you at 49, though - and have two divorces behind me, adult children, and many other relationships. My last relationship happened because a person from my past reached out to give things another go, and I’d long thought of him as the one who got away, so I was thrilled. However, it was all incredibly traumatizing, especially when he told me in the end that the whole relationship was a joke and a game and I was a fool if I thought someone like him could ever be truly interested in someone like me (i.e., plus-sized and not conventionally attractive). And he was someone who was a friend for a very long time, even if we weren’t in touch constantly over the years. The whole thing made me incredibly distrustful of men from a romantic perspective. I certainly have no interest in dating apps, singles events, etc. I try to tell myself I’d be open to meeting people organically but I think even then I’d be pretty skeptical. All that said, though, I am having the very very best time being single! So many adventures in terms of my work, having fun on solo dates, and my increasingly intensive content creation hobby. My autonomy and my peace are extremely precious to me, and I can’t see giving those up for anyone.
2026-08-20 13:43:52