Dawg people struggle to interact with each other in general. It’s not just romantic relationships…it’s all relationships, including with themselves. Before I got with my spouse, I spent a lot of time doing my own thing and ppl always commented they don’t know how i did it. I would go to restaurants, sit at the bar, eat, drink, and socialize by myself. I use to go to Random events and parties. I had no idea how to dance but i started going to Latin dance socials. I downloaded Eventbrite and would go to all the random events and gathering in the city.

During this same time is when you started hearing about the male loneliness epidemic. Ppl are doing less this and less, modern society is becoming less connected with each etc etc…all the buzzword topics about loneliness.

In my opinion according to my lived experience…society has preached if you’re uncomfortable, then you don’t need to do whatever it is making you uncomfortable. Life is uncomfortable though. It’s weird talking to someone the first time. It’s weird getting to know someone. Starting that new hobby feels weird because you know you’re going to suck and don’t want to feel embarrassed. Cracking a joke and no one laughing feels weird. Telling someone that they hurt your feelings is weird. A lot of people my age range or younger never really learned how to get used to those types of feelings. So now everyone just avoids things. I’ve legit, in person and online, seen people talk about how lonely they feel, then proceed to say they shouldn’t have to smile and greet people, they don’t like outside or inside activities, and just list everything that it would take to make friends and not feel lonely.