Everyone Always Tells Him He’s Good-Looking, Yet He Continues To Struggle When It Comes To Dating
This 24-year-old guy claims that, for as long as he can remember, he has been an awkward and “ugly” nerd.
“And the high school years were harsh,” he added.
However, upon graduating high school and going off to college, he started to take better care of himself. It was at that point that he started to hear compliments he had never heard before.
More specifically, more and more people began telling him that he was really good-looking.
Still, following years of awkwardness, he continued to struggle with his self-confidence.
“So it did not help that much. I was just a better-looking awkward nerd,” he said.
But, over time, things started to click. He finally began developing his self-confidence and working on his social skills. Then, even more people started to tell him that he was downright handsome.
Yet, for some reason, the compliments have not really helped him. He knows that he is supposedly good-looking but still severely struggles when it comes to dating. And he just cannot understand the disconnect.
“Even those people telling me I’m handsome would still reject me if I tried to be more than a friend,” he revealed.
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He claimed that he really tries to put himself out there nowadays, too. He has become more social and goes out a ton. He also talks to women, asks women out, and is friends with a decent number of women. Not to mention, he tries to dress well and puts effort into bettering himself as a person.
Despite all of that, he feels as though he is lacking something that he cannot exactly put his finger on. He wants to know what it is so he can change in order to finally thrive in the dating scene.
“I don’t get it, really,” he vented.
“I like who I became. I think I’m much better inside and outside than I was a few years ago. But factually, the situation is absolutely the same as when I was the ugly, awkward nerd.”
So, he’s been left wondering what he is doing wrong when it comes to dating.
Does it sound like he is doing anything “wrong?” Or is it more likely that he still just isn’t confident enough in himself? Have you ever had a “glow-up” but continued to lack self-confidence afterward? What advice would you give him?
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