1) I'm super picky. The lady has to be thin, nerdy, great sense of humor, smart, attractive, fun to be around, kinky.
2) It's winter and I have seasonal depression so a) getting into a relationship is a bad idea and b) the depression keeps me from having the confidence in myself to flirt and it likes to make me say stupid things. I call it the safety valve. Whether it makes it safer for me or the women of the world I'm not sure.
3) I work in an all male group home and I'm straight. The odds of meeting a coworker and having something start are slim.
4) I live with my mother. That always makes the ladies come running. (Sidenote: Does anyone else feel there's a weird double standard about men and women living with their parents?)
5) I get nervous on dates and say stupid things. Granted it only happened twice. First time I was a teenager, second time it was a girl I met on Tindr. (Both stories I don't want to tell right now.)
6) I tend to attract and be attracted to women who don't know what a healthy relationship is. My last girlfriend told me I could never be mad at her.
7) I'm in a small town in a small state. Hard to meet people when you run into the same ones all the time. That's why I do the online thing most of the time.
None of these reasons keeps me from wanting one. Or feeling lonely. In fact the depression likes to play on the loneliness and the doubt that I'll ever find someone.