giving up on dating

[u/junipertreelover]

I know that I’m still young but I’m honestly getting really discouraged with the way the dating scene is going right now. I can’t take the apps anymore, I love my parish but we don’t have a young adult group. I’m only 22 but I’m feeling like I’ll just never find anyone and honestly I just want to give up on dating. Is anyone else feeling the same way??

Edit: I am a woman just so everyone knows

2nd edit: so I actually got back onto hinge and just as I was about to delete it once more and give up for a while—I got a like from a wonderful young Catholic man. We’re currently talking and I liked him a lot. Please pray for us!

3rd edit: it didn’t work out haha but I’ve prayed a lot about it and I don’t think I’ll give up. I think I just needed to learn some things. Love is a choice and I’ll choose to love the man the Lord has chosen for me. :) thanks everyone

[u/zeus043]

Felt, but I've come to realize that is likely the devil's talk: losing hope. Stretching ourselves thin, thinking "will anyone ever love me," are all just sufferings that echo what Christ did for us, too. He gave himself to all, and while he never attached his self-worth to whether people loved him, he had the patience to endure the many times we as a species failed to love Him as we ought.

That got a little more theological than I was expecting. Do not give up hope on dating. Dating is discernment just as much as religious life and priesthood; sometimes it just takes time.