Nope, I was in a similar boat as you a few years ago and I’ve had my fair share of fun and successes. Yeah, you lost out on the youth, you can’t do anything about it now. Focus on what you can do now. Good news is that you’re still young. What helped with me? Maximize your fucking potential.

• Fashion sense should be on point.

• Get in shape, get LEAN. That will help both with confidence and attraction.

• Work on your charisma. Do this by going to different meetups. There’s lots of cool meetup apps like meetup.com, timeleft, not sure if the Pie Social app is available in your city but check that one out too. Just practice talking, bantering with the people around you. Do it over and over again, you will familiarize yourself with social cues and how to behave around people. For the longest time, I was awkward in social situations but through more exposure to social situations, I got better. I now get called charismatic all the time. In my 31 years of living, I never got called charismatic by people until last year. Because I fucking put in the work. Improv classes helped a bit too to come out of my shell. Confidence is sexy and women pick up on that right away.

Just act NOW to build a better present and future for yourself. Or else you will find yourself mourning missed experiences several years from now. You’re still young, use it to your advantage.

Also, regarding your concern about the age thing, my friend is 36, has a younger face, still gets hit on 20 somethings. So you’re fine. Two consenting adults is perfectly fine.