

I just want to love one guy, and to be loved. Why is it so difficult....
When I was about the age you seem to be, I was just entering a period where I didn't even get a date for more than 7 years... and when I finally did find someone, the relationship wasn't the right one. It took several more years after that to Find Someone Nice... and though that has had its good points to be sure, it wouldn't make anyone's Top 10 Romance Novels list Actually making a relationship work turns out to be a lot of effort... all the more so when your lives start to get complicated by children or ill family members or "I don't like him either, but he is my brother" or by one of you working at a demoralizing or degrading job that you can't afford to leave...
Love is hard. And like the old song goes... "Nice work if you can get it; and if you can get it, won't you tell me how?"