I know that feeling all too well. Basically my whole search for a relationship, for a partner to settle down has been a huge failure. When I was younger I dreamed that I will have kids when I was 28, now I'm 27 and have never been in a relationship.

In my case, I know my biggest problem. I'm extremely shy and was not able to talk to woman I was attracted to. Beside that, I don't give the feeling that I'm approachable to strangers. In a culture where it is expected that man make the first step, this is not a good combination. A miss a lot of chances due to the fact that I literally can't approach woman and the woman who would approach me won't do it because I'm not approachable.

In my case I was able to solve the major problems a week ago. Since 6 months I had a crush, but I have already given up. Due to the change in my personality I just decided that I will talk to this person without any concrete goal. Honestly, I was not expecting anything, for me it was just prove that I finally overcome my fear in approaching other people. The first answer from her was as expected, but than she invited me to drink coffee with her. Basically my behaviour was so bad that I even missed woman who are clearly interested in me.

I can't say what your problem is, but I hope that you can take away one thing from this one: Don't give up, identify your weaknesses, the chains that hold you back and break them. Honestly, I feel free for the first time in years. It was like I was chained all these years without realising it and now that I'm free I just realize what freedom is. This feeling is just amazing.