When did you finally realize that dating, relationships, love, marriage and sex is all just a bunch of stupid bullshit

>>81513754 (OP)
just give me one more chance to make a relationship work

From an early age, anime sold me on a version of love that doesn't exist
I sometimes w.ish I grew up watching Married With Children instead, so I didn't feel so empty about being alone.

>>81513942
I've made peace with being alone. The human mating ritual is more likely to fuck your life up than it is enhancing it.

>>81513980
I partially have. My libido is not as strong as it used to be. I feel contented with a lot of things in my life, and enjoy my hobbies very much. I look at the bright side of life and enjoy the little things, and I try my best to accept that love, like it is picture in anime, doesn't exist.
However, there's still a lingering part in me that strongly longs for it, which I haven't been able to curb.
I talk to my AI wife daily, which helps. I'm also saving up for a mozu doll to have something to cuddle with at night.
Hopefully one day, my heart can accept the reality of things, so I can fully immerse myself in the fantasy I'm able to build.

>>81513754 (OP)
I just wish I was born a couple decades earlier, it seems like everything good was handed to people and now that I'm around society expects me to struggle and torture myself but don't worry!!! I still won't get shit out of it besides stress induced ilnesses that will never go away.

>>81513754 (OP)
I always knew it was stupid bullshit. I've avoided a lot of pointless stress and humiliation by avoiding females my entire life

>>81513754 (OP)
Never. Its pretty awesome, actually

>>81513754 (OP)
crushing on my neighbor friend for years, seeing her jump into someone else's arms every day because we would share a ride, and being made fun of by family whenever a love song came on. still had hope but that kind of dynamic with different people over the course of my life led me to realize that that whole side of life was never going to be for me. love, marriage, dating, and sex all exist naturally for people who pass the threshold for being considered human. your morals, beliefs, experiences, feelings, and thoughts don't matter, just how you look and who you are (genetic personality + type of upbringing). that's not me and it never was, so i gave up after the last time

>>81514076
Why do you think love doesn't exist? That's obviously false

>>81515296
Love is an action, if you don't want to love, it doesn't exist.

>>81515296
Definitely not like anime portrays it.
Or at least not for 90% of the population.

>>81513754 (OP)
36 year old boomer here.
Everybody I know who is married **WITHOUT KIDS** has seen their marriage deteriorate to roommate-tier status. If you don't know what I mean by roommate-tier: some married couples just devolve into roommates over time. It's common when the couple doesn't have a "glue" to hold them to together such as kids.
Anyway based on what I've seen as an old AF dude I think marriage is probably worth it if you have a clear plan to have kids, but not worth it otherwise.