The problem for me, I want to have a relationship so badly, that when I see a decent girl who is not relationship material (too old, single mom, mediocre body, not cute enough, too pale, etc...) - I completely lose all interest. I don't think I could even put in a decent effort just to get laid with one of those women even if I tried.
I honestly dunno what to do. I'm so stuck in my comfort zone of work, working out, hanging out with my friends. hanging out with family. I don't meet women in my natural daily routine, I can't do online dating because I look like dog crap in pictures and I'm so far stuck in my comfort zone that random cold approaches are incredibly daunting (unless they give me signs of interest before hand, which seems to be happening less and less even as I seem to be getting in better shape and better looking as I get older)
I feel like a rat caught in a wheel
It seems like a long time ago, but prior to the '60's it was the norm to get married in your early 20's or even earlier than that. After all, your entire life as a child, teen and young adult was spent in school. You were socializing with the same people every day from the same school and same neighborhood. Not to mention, all teens and young adults are extremely horny and so it only made sense to do what society considered not only acceptable but beautiful. Even sacred.
Even in eastern europe, which hasn't been touched by the same degenerate forces as the west, women normally get married by their late teens.
We're now at a point where those in power are using every single weapon at their disposal to infiltrate, upset, confuse and destroy society as efficiently and as quickly as possible. Social trust has evaporated. There is no such thing as social norms. Uncertainty and confusion reign. Homosexuality and transgenderism are promoted as religions.
Most people do wind up getting married but the rate of divorce is high, and increases with each subsequent divorce. This leads to lots of older women most with children seeking relationships. This creates terrible confusion as young men who would normally date someone slightly younger in age have new options in terms of age, and race.
Kids grow up confused since a majority grew up in a broken home. They didn't have a strong father presence, and even if they did, are so bombarded with degenerate media and curriculum everything the minority of parents with any moral integrity taught them is threatened or undermined by tv, internet, and of course school.
I went out earlier this evening and it was an absolute appalling circus. The bar was filled with illegal aliens, weird gangster/thug types, some of the local drug addicts who wandered in, the security staff looked like the zombie apocalypse. And this is in a NICE suburban community!
It's difficult to overstate how far off the rails society has gone, everywhere in the western world it seems. I can't even imagine the reaction of an american from the '50's or even from a century ago. I can't help but believe they'd bring in the cavalry and not stop until the job was finished.
tl, dr: society has been flipped completely upside down by a small ruling elite who are doing everything in their power and then some to completely undermine and destroy one of the greatest civilizations to have ever been built. You can't expect dating and marriage to make much sense under such circumstances.