If I think I would be settling no matter what happens is it better if I give up on dating and accept being alone?
Im a 26 year old guy who has never been in a relationship or gone beyond making out with a woman and going on dates. I have had multiple women walk all over me, lead me on, use me for attention, and make me their back up guy. The worst experience was a woman I really cared about who I went on a few dates with and thought she would end up being my girlfriend played so many games with me, had many red flags, and would end things between us without saying why and then come back to me. Eventually I realized this was never going to work out and I had to just give up on that so I tried to stay her friend like she wanted and stopped giving her so much attention. She hated it, would interrupt me if I talked to the group if friends we had which is what she would do when women tried to talk to me before we started going out on dates, and she flirted with a guy in the group in front of me. She had randomly denied feelings for him when we were seeing each other and by this point he randomly deni...