What type of massage?
Wasn't that what you were doing before you got into OLD?
I don't relate with that. I find that with a woman you love, the "me" or alone time is nicer because you know you have someone. It sounds like you've tried unsuccessfully meeting women where nothing came out of it. However, if you got into a relationship where you are and the lady are compatible and you like each other, then you would enjoy watching the same types of movies together. I had a nice relationship back in 2012, where there was a good compatibility with the girl, and I can say that although there had aspects of stress and anxiety at the beginning and ending points of the relationship (i.e. she wasn't acting right with me), as a net, we were happy together and enjoyed doing allot of things together. When I was by myself it was more blissful it was just a pleasant experience.
You just haven't found the right match or someone you are compatible with. I was also married in 2014 and had a worst match than 2012, but was desperate and proceeded into a marriage with her anyway. At the end of the day, because the experience was bad, I really felt great being by myself and appreciated the freedom of being single and not being tied down to anyone.
You probably were dealing with the types of women you were not compatible with, had allot of dark issues behind the scenes in their life or past you are not aware of, and it's just that you haven't met your soulmate. If you had a soulmate experience at least once in your life then you wouldn't write like that. If she's out there, it's worth it in the end of you don't quit. I experienced this at least once in my life and I can say it's the type of woman that makes up for all the mess before. So don't quit since you may miss out on her then you would have really wasted your time.
Why not look at some Indian Bollywood love-stories or something....maybe something high-energy could get you in the mood to search for true love. Nothing like a good Indian love movie that captures the spirit of finding the one true soulmate.
What type of massage?......the one you get to make your muscles feel better lol, so your standard one I guess. Not sure if you were implying it was one of those asian massage parlors lol.
Well, I'm in my late twenties and never been in a relationship, though I've gone out one dates and stuff. I don't believe in "matches" or soul mates or true love, I think it does exist but in the real world it is very rare. I can think of so many people that I know that are in relationships simply because they can't imagine being alone, or perhaps are terrified of it. I don't quite understand this mindset, as I've been "alone" my whole life, but what I do know is that these people are not strong individuals. So many of these relationships are unhealthy, there truly is no real compatibility with the couple and it truly does appear that the relationship exists out of this inability to be alone.
I truly don't think there is anyone out there for me, I'm just too different and unique from other people so I honestly can't see myself ever being truly compatible with someone to that degree. Granted, I have friends and can enjoy my time with them but they are very different than I am and also I'm obviously not sleeping with them, living with them or around them to any degree comparable to that of a girlfriend.
As for the women I've met and dealt with, I do in fact feel what you mentioned about shady pasts and all that is probably the case. Without getting into details, I can look back on all of the different women I've had interactions with over the years and can honestly say that there were underlying issues that I was really not aware of. I used to believe that these women were full on bat **** crazy or legitimately enjoyed messing with me, something about them just seemed off.
For instance- There was a woman I met about 2 years ago at the gym, she was seeing someone but she continued to interact with me whenever I was there. I was really attracted to her but something felt off, though I just ignored it. I had stopped talking to her around December of 2017 and a few months later I found out she was a communist/Marxist that was VERY politically active in our area. She organized anti Trump protests, one of which had completely blocked the downtown area of my city and had lead to a lot of arrests and injuries. I found other news articles about her hosting these rallies at a park to change it's name from Christopher Columbus to something else.
Naturally I didn't know about any of this when I had met and known her but I can look back and say that due to fate a bullet was unwittingly dodged. Normal and well adjusted people don't engage in activities like that in their free time, this isn't 1920s Russia lol.